The popular artist in Italy and the country’s representative in Eurovision 2013 returned to this year’s Sanremo festival, winning last night, ten years after his previous victory. Marco Mengoni confirmed he will represent Italy at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, but he hasn’t decided yet if he goes with his winning Sanremo entry, Due Vite! Read more
The 73rd Festival di Sanremo has come to an end, crowning Marco Mengoni winner with the song Due Vite.
Amadeus, along with Gianni Morandi and Chiara Ferragni, were tonight’s presenters. There were also a lot of guest appearances, including a message from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a performance by Depeche Mode.
During the first phase of the final we listened to all 28 songs again for the third time and, after a 100% televoting which was added to the rankings of the previous nights, the first 5 songs qualified to the next phase: the super final, in which voting restarted from zero, not taking into consideration any of the previous voting procedures of the whole week. In the super final, everyone had a say: televoting by 34%, demoscopic jury by 33% and jury of journalists also by 33%.
Elodie – Due
Elodie’s best performance in this year’s Sanremo. Her look is gorgeous and she’s very good vocally.
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Colla Zio – Non mi va
A performance with lots of energy, the band truly seem to enjoy themselves!
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Mara Sattei – Duemilaminuti
An on spot performance as always, Sattei receives big applause from the audience.
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Tananai – Tango
Tananai enters wearing a yellow and blue flower. His performance is really emotional and and the audience cheer. At the end, he thanks the Ukrainian protagonists of his music video.
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Colapesce Dimartino – Splash
A performance with a lot of humor. The song is very retro and the audience clap to the rhythm.
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Giorgia – Parole dette male
A very warm welcome for the famous singer. An excellent performance vocally.
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Modà – Lasciami
Another great performance from the beloved pop-rock band.
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Ultimo – Alba
Possibly his best and most moving performance in this year’s Sanremo. Vocally excellent and full of emotion and power.
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Lazza – Cenere
A powerful performance with the audience singing along and cheering at the end.
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Marco Mengoni – Due vite
The steady number one during the whole week delivers yet another excellent performance full of emotion.
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Rosa Chemical – Made in Italy
An epic performance that everyone will remember for a long time. The singer takes Fedez from the audience, who’s sitting first row, brings him on stage and kisses him. The audience cheers.
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Cugini di Campagna – Lettera 22
A nostalgic song with a beautiful performance by the group who, despite their huge status, take part in Sanremo for the first time.
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Madame – Il bene nel male
Another beautiful performance by the very emotional by the end Madame.
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Ariete – Mare di guai
The young singer’s best performance who seems more comfortable on stage than in the previous nights.
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Mr. Rain – Supereroi
The choir of children returns to the stage and the audience is moved. Another moving performance by the dark horse of this year’s Festival.
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Paola e Chiara – Furore
A fun song and performance which takes us back to the dance music of the 00’s.
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Levante – Vivo
A great performance by Levante who unfortunately is quite underrated this year.
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LDA – Se poi domani
A good performance by the newcomer.
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Coma_Cose – L’addio
The duet’s best performance.
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Olly – Polvere
A satisfying, uplifting performance from the newcomer.
Articolo 31 – Un bel viaggio
Big applause for the hip-hop duo and their nostalgic song.
Will – Stupido
A satisfying performance from another newcomer. Amadeus congratulates all newcomers who take place in Sanremo for the first time this year.
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Leo Gassmann – Terzo cuore
Lots of smiles and lots of energy from Leo, who seems to really be enjoying himself on stage! Probably his best performance as well.
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Gianmaria – Mostro
Another energetic performance from the Sanremo Giovani winner.
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Anna Oxa – Sali (Canto dell’anima)
A rather eccentric appearance from Sanremo legend Anna Oxa. Excellent vocally once again.
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Shari – Egoista
Newcomer Shari seems a lot more comfortable on stage.
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Gianluca Grignani – Quando ti manca il fiato
Full of passion, Grignani’s performance receives a big applause from the audience.
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Sethu – Cause perse
The performances part of the final ends with Sethu! Despite coming steadily last in the ranking since the beginning, Sethu delivers a fun and energetic performance.
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After Amadeus signaled the closing of the televote lines, he announced the official places 28-6 in the ranking:
6. Giorgia
7. Madame
8. Rosa Chemical
9. Elodie
10. Colapesce e Dimartino
11. Moda
12. Gianluca Grignani
13. Coma_Cose
14. Ariete
15. LDA
16. Articolo 31
17. Paola e Chiara
18. Leo Gassmann
19. Mara Sattei
20. Colla Zio
21. Cugini di Campagna
22. gIANMARIA
23. Levante
24. Olly
25. Anna Oxa
26. Will
27. Shari
28. Sethu
He then went on to announce the top 5 artists who made it to the super final in a random order. These 5 artists were the following:
Other than the big award of the overall winner, Sanremo gives out a set of extra awards every year, in a beautiful gesture of recognition of specific aspects of the songs, from best lyrics to best composition. The winners of these awards were the following:
Award Mia Martini (jury of critics): Colapesce e Dimartino
Award Sergio Bardotti (best lyrics): Coma_Cose
Award Lucio Dalla (jury of journalists): Colapesce e Dimartino
Award Giancarlo Bigazzi (best composition): Marco Mengoni
The official top 5 is the following:
Marco Mengoni is, therefore, the winner of Sanremo 2023 with the song “Due Vite”! We will be waiting for the press conference in a few hours, in which he will confirm whether he accepts to be the Italian representative in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. For now, you can enjoy his performance here:
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MESC 2023, Malta’s national final for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, was completed a little while ago. The Busker was the big winner and therefore they will represent the island of knights in Liverpool, with the song Dance (Our Own Party). Read more
Croatia‘s traditional final, “Dora” has come to an end. HRT, the Croatian public broadcaster, once again organised their national final to select a representative for Eurovision 2023. Public television has selected 18 artists who competed tonight in the Grand Final of Dora 2023!
The presenters of the evening were Mirko Fodor, Mario Lipovšek Battifiaca and Marko Tolja. Marko Tolja tried to represent Croatia in the competition twice, in 2007 and 2009, but failed.
At the beginning of the evening, last year‘s representative of the country Mia Dimšić appeared on stage and performed her participation “Guilty Pleasure” in Eurovision 2022.
Below you can see the performances of the 18 candidates:
Top of the Pops feat. Mario 5reković — “Putovanje”
Yogi — “Love At First Sight”
Boris Štok — “Grijeh”
Tajana Belina — “Dom”
Krešo I Kisele Kiše — “Kme Kme”
Maja Grgić — “ I still live”
Barbara Munjas — “Putem Snova”
Đana — “Free Fallin”
Patricia Gasparini — “I Will Wait”
The Spitters — “Lost & Found”
Hana Mašić — “Nesreća”
Damir Kedžo — “Angels and Demons”
Martha May — “Distance”
Detour — “Master Blaster”
Meri Andraković — “Bye Bye Blonde”
Let 3 — “MAMA ŠČ!”
Eni Jurišić — “Kreni Dalje”
Harmonija Disonance — “Nevera (Lei, Lei)”
Without any particular change from previous years, the winner was chosen by both the jury and the Televoting with 50% each.
The results of the jury votes
The Televoting and the Final results
With the sum of the two individual results, the grand winner of Dora 2023 is Let 3 and will represent Croatia in Eurovision 2023 with the song “Mama ŠČ”
Below you can listen to the studio version of “Mama ŠČ“:
What do you think about Croatia this year? Do you like the song?
Tell us in the commets below!
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The Romanian national final, Selecţia Naţională 2023, has just finished.
TVR, the Romanian public broadcaster, has decided to organise once again a national final for the selection of a representative for Eurovision 2023. Public television had selected twelve artists who competed tonight in the Grand Final of Selecţia Nacională 2023!
At the beginning of the evening, last year‘s representative of the country WRS appeared on stage, performing among other songs, his participation “Llámame” in Eurovision 2022 .
In the list below you can see the twelve artists and their nominated songs for Selecţia Naţională 2023 (You can listen to the songs by clicking on the song titles):
Deiona — “Call on me”
Andrada Popa — “No time for me”
Ocean Drive — “Take you home”
AMIA — “Puppet”
Andrei Duțu — “Statues”
Theodor Andrei — “D.G.T. (Off and on)”
Steven Roho x Gabriella x Formaţia Albatros — “Lele”
Aledaida — “Bla Bla Bla”
Adriana Moraru — “Faralaes”
Maryliss — “Hai Vino”
JaxMan (Erin Dăneţ) — “Bad & cool”
Andreea D Folclor Orchestra — “Periniţa mea”
The voting opened during the show and the winner was decided only by the televoting. After the counting of the votes, the moment of the result was reached.
Selecţia Nacională 2023 was won by Theodor Andrei and with the song “D.G.T. (Off and on)” and he will represent Romania in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!
Listen to the studio version of “D.G.T. (Off and on)“
Do you like the Romanian selection this year? Tell us in the comments below!
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After one Semi-Final and a Grand Final, Supernova 2023, the selection process for the next Latvian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, has just finished.
The big winner of Supernova was Sudden Lights with the song “Aijā“, who will travel with the Latvian flag to Liverpool.
The Participants:
The Results:
The song with the highest number of votes based on the combination of votes from a jury panel and the Latvian public will be declared the winner.
Τhe results were as follows:
Sudden Light will wave the Latvian flag in Liverpool with “Aijā“!
Don’t miss the exclusive interview from Sudden Lights on our Youtube channel some days ago!
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The final of the 2023 edition of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix took place tonight and once again it determined the next Dane representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 which is going to take place in Liverpool, United Kingdom the coming May. The DMGP took place in Næstved Arena in the city of Næstved .
8 songs competed in the first round of tonight’s final. After the completion of the first round the three favourite songs of the public proceeded to the second round of the final, where the result was determined 50% by the televoters and 50% by the jury.
The hosts of the show were Tina Müller and Heino Hansen
The 8 finalists of the show were as follows:
After the performances of the aforementioned artists, lines opened and the public voted for the three songs that they wanted to see in the second round of the final. At this point we remind you that the Danish public had the chance to vote for their favourite entries during the whole week, as the voting process commenced on Monday 6th of February and ended on Friday 10th of February.
The three songs that gained the most public votes and advanced to the second round of the 2023 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix were:
After the completion of the second round, the voting process started again so that the public alongside with the jury panel to vote and determine the 2023 representative of the Scandinavian kingdom in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest.
When the voting procedure completed, with the combination of the votes from the televoting and the juries, the 51st Danish representative is
Reiley – “Breaking My Heart”
Reileyand Denmark are going to participate in the first half of the second semi-final which is scheduled on 11th of May. Do you think that Denmark is going to qualify to the Grand Final after 2 years of elimination ? Let us know in the comments below!
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After two Semi-Finals and a Grand Final, Eesti Laul 2023, the selection process for the next Estonian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, has just finished.
The big winner of the evening was Alika with the song “Bridges” , who will travel with the Estonian flag to Liverpool.
The Participants:
The presenters of the evening were Grete Kuld and Tõnis Niinemets, and the evening took place at Saku Suurhall in Tallinn.
In today’s Grand Final, twelve songs competed to represent Estonia in Liverpool.
The Show:
Meelik opened the final of Eesti Laul 2023. They are using a black and white effect for their performance until the third chorus. They have a well thought-out performance.
2. Inger – “Awaiting You”
Second on stage is Inger. He is on a round platform, sitting on a chair. He is very good on TV, but has slight vocal difficulties.
3. JANEK – “House of Glass”
Janek will follow up Inger with a powerful ballad. His performance for the grand-final is simplistic unlike his semi-final one. There are multiple videos during his performance that show him in a room full of confetti. 
4. Elysa – “Bad Philosophy”
Elysa was one of the two wildcards. She is accompanied by three dancers that were dressed in red and black. She will not be among the strong vocalists tonight.
5. m els – “So Good At What You Do”
The red colour continues to prevail in m els’ performance. She starts her performance from the front of the stage and ends up on a high platform. She’s a present performer and a good vocalist.
6. Bedwetters – “Monsters”
The first rock song of the final. The Bedwetters have an eccentric performance reminiscent of Winny Puhh. The crowd was going crazy.
7. Andreas – “Why Do You Love Me”
After Bedwetters’s bombastic performance, Andreas sings an ethereal ballad accompanied by a female dancer. Low lighting prevails. Not many changes from his semi-final performance.
8. Alika – “Bridges”
Alika is accompanied by a piano that has the illusion of being played on it’s own. She’s dressed in white. One of the best vocalists from this Eurovision season.
9. Anett x Fredi – “You Need to Move On”
Anett x Fredi are next, an atmospheric and well-staged performance that will get highly appreciated by the jurors.
10. OLLIE – “Venom”
The second rock entry of the night. The performance is very professional. Pink lighting predominates, and Ollie’s vocals are very good.
11. MIA – “Üks samm korraga”
Mia follows Ollie’s energetic performance. She sings in Estonian while wearing a silver jumpsuit. She is accompanied by a pianist and a dancing couple.
12. Sissi – “Lighthouse”
Sissi will close Eesti Laul 2023. She is dressed in white for her Eesti Laul performance. Manages to stand out on her own and gave Alika a run for her money.
The Results:
The winner will be selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, an international jury (50%) and public televote (50%) will determine the top three entries to proceed to the superfinal. The second round will be fully determined by the public televote.
The jury panel that will vote in the first round of the final consists of Alma (Finnish musician), Birgit Simal (Belgian TV producer), Kat Reinhert (Berklee College of Music professor), Lucas Gullbing (Swedish music producer), Deban Aderemi (British journalist, editor at Wiwibloggs), Matther Tryba (American music producer), Anja Roglić (Serbian TV producer, music editor at RTS), Joe Bennett (American musicologist), Tomi Saarinen (CEO of Live Nation Finland) and Yves Shifferele (Swiss Eurovision Head of Delegation).
The results of the juries were as follows:
These are the combined results
In the final round, the country’s representative emerged solely from the people at home.
The Super Final was contested by:
The final results:
The winner of Eesti Laul is the one and only, Alika with the song “Bridges”
Estonia will participate in the first half of the second semi-final of Eurovision 2023, claiming one of the tickets leading to the grand final.
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Photo source: Gea Kumpel / ERR
Lithuania has started seeking its representative and participation for Eurovision 2023. “Pabandom iš Naujo! 2023”, as the Lithuanian public television process is now called, consists of two qualifying rounds (Heats), two semi-finals and a final. A few minutes ago, the Second Semi-Final was completed, with ten contestants qualifying for the next phase of the Grand Final.
The presenters of the evening were Giedraus Masalskis and Augustė Nombeko. In the Green Room the presenter was Richard Jonaitis.
With the jury already having voted, tonight the Lithuanian audience had the chance to see the live performances for the first time and vote for their favourites. The result was determined 50% by the jury and 50% by the TV audience.
Jury Results
Televoting Results
Final Results
The five artists that qualified to the Grand Final are:
Beatrich with the song “Like a Movie” was crowned as the winner of the Second Semi-Final, having gotten the first place by the jury voting and the third place by the TV audience.
The ten artists we will see to the Grand Final are:
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Source: LRT
Ninety minutes ago, the show for the Second Heat of Melodifestivalen 2023, started off on SVT and SVT Play. And we are here to share the results of the night with you!
The two numbers that qualify directly to the finals are Maria Sur – “Never Give Up” and Panetoz – “On My Way” which we will get to see perform their songs live, on the 11th of March, when the finals will take place at Friends Arena.
But how things developed during the night?
Jesper Rönndahl and Farah Abadi will present Melodifestivalen 2023. The heats are following the touring concept again, after SVT had pulled back last year due to health restrictions in Sweden, with the finals being held at Friends Arena!
Today, SVT welcomes us in Linköping at Saab Arena, with the next show of the contest taking place on Saturday February the 18th in Lidköping, then Malmö and Örnsköldsvik follow and finally the final show in Stockholm on the 11th of March.
Initially went through the direct finalists and the semi-finalists and then they show us this show’s contestants! Of course, when Theoz‘ name was heard, the entire crowd went manic! Linköping, Theoz’ hometown is this week’s host city of the show!
First up on stage, Wiktoria with her song “All My Life (Where Have You Been)”.
It’s a typical modern pop Swedish song, with a few 70s/80s elements. She was vocally impeccable as usual, she began the song alone on stage standing on a staircase prop. Later, two dancers joined her but then they became four in total. The staircase moved away, and a large W showed up behind her.
Photo: SVT/Alma Bengtsson
Second contestant was the debutant Eden and her song “Comfortable”.
As a song, it gave me Samira Manners vibes from her participation last year with “I Want to Be Loved”, which of course I consider less powerful and interesting than Samira’s song. A ballad with an acoustic style Eden’s vocals have improved a bit, compared to how she sounded like at her rehearsals.
Initially on stage sitting on a stool with a guitarist also sitting next to her and then a small orchestra appeared in the background consisting of three violins and a bass, in a minimalistic (but not so much in a good way) staging where not much was happening. Not that the song can make you even think that anything wow would happen during this performance.
Photo: SVT/Alma Bengtsson
Third performance of the show was another debutant, Uje Brandelius, with his song “Grytan”.
By no means is that a bad song, but since we’re talking about potential Eurovision contestants, I personally got bored within the first ten seconds. The song was not interesting, there was no peak at any point, it’s totally flat.
Regarding its staging, the only interesting feature of it, were the colors of the Swedish flag that dominated the props and the clothes of the people on stage. Three ladies who are his backing vocalists, joined him too, perhaps that was the only highlight of this participation, their perfect harmonies.
Photo: SVT/Alma Bengtsson
Fourth number for today, Panetoz with their song “On my Way”, their third participation in the Swedish national final, seven entire years after their last participation, which was back in 2016.
The title makes you think that you will listen to a full English song, but it’s not. It is entirely in Swedish with a few English words and phrases here and there. They’re quite good vocally, I must admit!
The party vibes were also here, I saw similarities in style with Medina but also with this year’s Elov & Beny. The setting was quite summery, if only we could sunbathe right now, the background on the LED screen makes you wanna time-teleport somewhere in July 2023!
Two female dancers joined Panetoz and they altogether started a party on stage. It’s a very joyful and uplifting song, which makes you wanna dance to its beat even if you don’t understand exactly what the lyrics say!
Photo: SVT/Alma Bengtsson
The duo Tennessee Tears debuted at Melodifestivalen with their song “Now I Know”, and they were the fifth performance of the Second Heat show.
They gave me “Calm After the Storm” by the Dutch country rock duo The Common Linnets that placed 2nd at Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen. They were vocally great; they also fixed some issues that they had with their harmonies in some of their rehearsals!
Photo: SVT/Alma Bengtsson
Sixth number for today, the highly anticipated Ukrainian contestant Maria Sur, debuting with her song “Never Give Up”.
Maria got widely known in Sweden after she participated in a concert helping raise money for Ukraine, then she got signed off by Warner Sweden and everything after that is history. The song is a mid-tempo power ballad, one could say that it is not that modern as it reminds me a bit of the ballads of the 10s, but I can totally understand why the voting viewers could potentially like this.
Maria has a big voice and, unlike her surname which in Swedish means sour/mad/angry she is very very sweet! Today she totally nailed her performance! WOW! What a song ending! She gave it all!
Photo: SVT/Alma Bengtsson
Last number for this heat of the week, the Linköping sweetheart Theoz, with his (Swedish once more) song “Mer av dig”. Last year somewhere around mid-March, in the interview we’ve done together, he was not sure if he would ever participate in Melodifestivalen again. Now we already see him in his hometown, Linköping, competing for a second year in a row!
As for his song, it’s a happy and uplifting Swedish pop song entirely in Swedish, Theoz distinctive style and I’m sure his fans in Sweden will stream it like hell when it gets released. Vocally he was quite good, taking into account that he has an intense choreography that he has to perform at the same time.
Regarding the staging, he initially appears to be alone but eventually the in-house Melodifestivalen dancers and his choreographer (who almost always takes part in his performances) joined him up on stage, we saw lots of Theoz signature moves here. It was all about lights and camerawork and the LED backdrop plays a colourful mosaic pallete. And fireworks. And an eye wink. We could hear there were many of his fans in the arena going crazy over him. He also served a nice key change.
Photo: SVT/Alma Bengtsson
After all the performances were complete, the presenters interviewed the contestants and after that there was a recap of all the numbers of the show, as usual.
A small tribute to Thomas G:son and the songs he had composed followed. Last Saturday, Thomas G:son was suddenly expelled from the Greenroom during Heat 1 in Gothenburg. The whole thing was staged before the Melodifestival profile is now elected into the Melodifestivalen Hall of Fame. In today’s heat in Linköping, Thomas G:son joined the star-studded crowd that has grown up in the years since the Hall of Fame was formed.
The first direct qualifier to the finals is: Maria Sur – “Never Give Up”
In addition, the Melodifestivalen veterans, Linda Bengtzing and Magnus Carlsson stepped up on stage in a real song duel. Linda and Magnus have both competed eight times each in Melodifestivalen. Now, through a medley of their competition songs, they fought for space in a raging battle, during the second voting round.
Winner of the age-band 3-9 years old is: THEOZ – “Mer av dig”
Winner of the age-band 10-15 years old is: Panetoz – “On My Way”
Winner of the age-band 16-29 years old is: Panetoz – “On My Way”
Winner of the age-band 30-44 years old is: THEOZ – “Mer av dig”
Winner of the age-band 45-59 years old is: Panetoz – “On My Way”
Winner of the age-band 60-74 years old is: Tennessee Tears – “Now I Know”
Winner of the age-band 75+ years old is: Tennessee Tears – “Now I Know”
Winner of the televoting is: Tennessee Tears – “Now I Know”
First voting round winner: Maria Sur – “Never Give Up”
Second voting round winner: Panetoz – “On My Way”
First qualifier: THEOZ – “Mer av dig”
Second qualifier: Tennessee Tears – “Now I Know”
See you next Saturday, after the third heat, when you will have the chance to be informed in detail about the results, as soon as they are announced on TV!
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Source: SVT
Photos: SVT/Alma Bengtsson
