Entries by Andreas Papayiannakis

Sweden: The betting odds, just a few moments before the Melodifestivalen 2024 Fourth Heat results!

Melodifestivalen 2024 Fourth Heat show will begin in a few moments, with the new competition format in place and will be aired on SVT and SVT Play. Six contestants will have to compete against each other tonight, in order to secure one of the direct finalist places, or if not directly qualifying to the finals to remain […]

Sweden: The general rehearsal of the Fourth Heat of Melodifestivalen 2024! (Live)

The general rehearsal of the 4th Heat of Melodifestivalen 2024 has just started. We are happy to be watching it live, at Stiga Sports Arena in Eskilstuna, Sweden. We will be covering this rehearsal, describing in detail what is happening during the show, for you to follow the entire process. This article is being updated in real-time, all […]

Sweden: Watch clips from the rehearsals of the Melodifestivalen 2024 fourth heat!

As usual, a few hours before each Melodifestivalen heat, SVT published the rehearsal clips of all six competing artists of the fourth heat of February the 24th, taking place in Eskilstuna. A while ago, the first 30 second rehearsal clips of the upcoming heat got published! You can watch the published clips, by clicking on the song title […]

Sweden: Listen to the song snippets of the fourth Heat of Melodifestivalen 2024!

As usual, a couple of days before each Melodifestivalen heat, SVT publishes snippets of all six competing songs of the heat. A while ago, the song snippets of the fourth heat got released. The competing songs of the fourth heat: “Done Getting Over You” – Albin Tingwall CLICK TO LISTEN “30 km/h” – Lia Larsson CLICK TO LISTEN “It’s […]

Sweden: Danny Saucedo was forced to scale-down planned Melodifestivalen stage show?

On a previous article earlier today, you read my comments about this week’s songs, including Danny Saucedo‘s song, “Happy That You Found Me“. Danny Saucedo should be alone on stage, singing on his own. According to SVT‘s excellent encyclopedia, carefully put-together facts by Mello-expert Gustav Dahlander, Mellopedia, his stage show will consist of an archway and […]

The Netherlands: Joost Klein’s song “Europapa” will be released on February 29th!

About an hour ago, Joost Klein in collaboration with the Dutch public broadcaster, AVROTROS, and the Eurovision official Instagram account, published a new Reel revealing that his Eurovision song is called “Europapa” and will be released on Thursday, February the 29th!   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Eurovision Song Contest […]

Sweden: Insight into the Melodifestivalen 2024 4th heat songs! | SVT Pre-Listening Event

Melodifestivalen 2024 second show is on the forthcoming Saturday, February the 24th, which will take place at Stiga Sports Arena, in Eskilstuna. The Pre-listening Process This year, we are invited to the pre-listening event that SVT holds every Tuesday at 10am CET, before each of the five heats of Melodifestivalen 2024, or as it is called “Förhandslyssningen“. Approximately 50 people, carefully […]

Sweden: The lyrics of the songs competing at the fourth heat of Melodifestivalen 2024!

The upcoming heat of Melodifestivalen 2024 will take place next Saturday, February the 24th and will take place at Stiga Sports Arena in Eskilstuna. A while ago, SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster released the lyrics of all six competing songs, of this upcoming heat. You can read the lyrics of the competing songs down below: “Done Getting Over You” […]

Iceland: Last week’s Söngva­keppn­in almost the same TV ratings as last year!

The average TV ratings for last Saturday‘s semifinal night of Söngva­keppn­in, the Icelandic national selection process was 35 percent. Last year’s average ratings were 37 percent. Cumulative ratings were 45 percent, compared to 48 percent last year. Considerable pressure was exerted to cancel the contest in Iceland and thereby not participate in Eurovision. Many people said […]

Sweden: Melodifestivalen Heat 3 peaked on TV lower than last week!

The third round of Melodifestivalen lost 100.000 viewers compared to the previous two, clocking in at 2.6 million. The second round grossed a bit more than 2.7 million viewers which was almost the same as the premiere of the Swedish national selection process, which was aired beginning of February from Malmö, Sweden. The show was […]