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

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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 third heat got released.

The competing songs of the third heat:

In the meantime, you can read through the lyrics of all six competing songs of this heat in our previous article.

Carina Berg is the host of all the shows of the tour this year! With the next show of the contest on Saturday February the 3rd, Melodifestivalen will take place in Malmö, then Göteborg follows and finally the final show in Stockholm on the 9th of March.

The schedule for the six shows of the Melodifestivalen 2024 tour

  • Heat 1: Saturday 3 February 2024, Malmö Arena, Malmö
  • Heat 2: Saturday 10 February 2024, Scandinavium, Göteborg
  • Heat 3: Saturday 17 February 2024, Vida Arena, Växjö
  • Heat 4: Saturday 24 February 2024, Stiga Sports Arena, Eskilstuna
  • Heat 5: Saturday 2 March 2024, Löfbergs Arena, Karlstad
  • Final: Saturday 9 March 2024, Friends Arena, Stockholm – Solna

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

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The upcoming heat of Melodifestivalen 2024 will take place next Saturday, February the 17th and will take place at Vida Arena in Växjö.

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:

  • Effortless – Jacqline

Love is all in the making

Feelin’ it in my soul

Making my mind go crazy

Aaah aaah

You got my full attention

Keep it up all night long

And we dancing in the moonlight

Until the dawn

Cupid came around with the hottest news

He be shooting

Got me thinking he’s Lucky Luke

Love is just a game and it got no rules

Call the police

Cause you just stole my heart

So effortless

So effortless

So effortless

Epiphany

In the backseat of your car

So effortless

So effortless

So effortless

So effortless

So effortless

You touching me like no other

Got me down on my knees

I don’t mind going under

With you

With you

Cupid came around with the hottest news

He be shooting

Got me thinking he’s Lucky Luke

Love is just a game and it got no rules

Call the police

Cause you just stole my heart

So effortless

So effortless

So effortless

Epiphany

In the backseat of your car

So effortless

So effortless

So effortless

So effortless

So effortless

Cupid came around with the hottest news

He be shooting

Got me thinking he’s Lucky Luke

Love is just a game and it got no rules

Call the

Call the police

Cause you just stole my heart

So effortless

So effortless

So effortless

Epiphany

In the backseat of your car

So effortless

So effortless

So effortless

So effortless

So effortless

So effortless

So effortless

So effortless

So effortless

So effortless

  • Aldrig mer – Clara Klingenström

Vet att tiden kommer bära mig

Hjärtat kan förlåta

Ser hur ljuset börjar närma sig

Låter det få måla

Ah

När jag blundar kan jag höra musiken

Ah

Det var den som gjorde mig stark

Aldrig mer

Kommer jag ångra mig

Och det finns ingenting som jag ska sakna

Jag kommer aldrig se tillbaka

Aldrig mer

Kommer jag ångra mig

För det finns ingen annan jag kan vara

Jag kommer aldrig

Kommer aldrig ångra mig

Jag kommer aldrig ångra

Jag förlåter det som skadat mig

Tar mig själv i handen

Måste tro det kommer ordna sig

Klipper alla banden

Ah

När jag blundar kan jag höra musiken

Ah

Det var den som gjorde mig stark

Aldrig mer

Kommer jag ångra mig

Och det finns ingenting som jag ska sakna

Jag kommer aldrig se tillbaka

Aldrig mer

Kommer jag ångra mig

För det finns ingen annan jag kan vara

Jag kommer aldrig

Kommer aldrig ångra mig

Det som varit

Alla sår

Vet att inget kommer falla där jag går

Aldrig mer

Kommer jag ångra mig

Och det finns ingenting som jag ska sakna

Jag kommer aldrig se tillbaka

Aldrig mer

Kommer jag ångra mig

För det finns ingen annan jag vill vara

Jag kommer aldrig

Kommer aldrig ångra mig

Kommer aldrig ångra mig

Kommer aldrig ångra mig

  • Take My Breath Away – Kim Cesarion

They say My love

Don’t show

That I keep it inside

But lately I

Don’t know

How to act when you’re walking

In into to room

I make a move but when I do

My lips are frozen

But God I hope

I scream it out

Cause when it comes to you

I move the oceans

Yeah you should know that

You take

My breath away

You take

My breath away

It’s in the air

I give it all up

Show me the edge

You know that I’ll jump

No need no words to say

You take

My breath away

You take my breath away

I know

My heart

Will wait

To the day it’ll be heard so

Babe

Don’t hold

It back

If you got things to say cause

God I hope

I scream it out

Cause when it comes to you

I move the oceans

Yeah you should know that

You take

My breath away

You take

My breath away

It’s in the air

I give it all up

Show me the edge

You know that I’ll jump

No need no words to say

You take

My breath away

You take my breath away

So tell me

Cus I want it

Would you be my, my forever

This ain’t easy girl

When you hold me I love it

I wanna stay cus

You take my breath, away

You take

My breath away

You take

My breath away

It’s in the air

I give it all up

Show me the edge

You know that I’ll jump

No need no words to say

You take

My breath away

  • För dig – Klaudy

Och den eviga sommaren som aldrig får ta slut

Jag vill bara va med dig

Göra om allting på nytt

Fånga solens strålar

Dela glädjetårar

Med dig

Med dig

Ska skriva tusen låtar

Över tusen stråkar

För dig

Bara för dig

Lika våldsamt som en stormande orkan

Vill jag få älska dig

Med varje andetag

Vår tid är nu kommer aldrig tillbaks

Så låt mig älska dig

Tills mina lungor

Lägger av

Jag ser min framtid by your side

Och jag ska hålla dig så hårt

Att mina fingrar byter färg

Ingen annan ska få ta dig ifrån mig

Ingen annan

Mer än jag ska få

Fånga solens strålar

Dela glädjetårar

Med dig

Med dig

Ska skriva tusen låtar

Över tusen stråkar

För dig

Bara för dig

Lika våldsamt som en stormande orkan

Vill jag få älska dig

Med varje andetag

Vår tid är nu kommer aldrig tillbaks

Så låt mig älska dig

Tills mina lungor

Lägger av

Jag ska älska dig

Tills mina lungor

Lägger av

  • I Won’t Shake (La La Gunilla) – Gunilla Persson

Oh oh oh

Don’t need the lies

Oh oh oh

My spirit flies

Oh oh oh

Their words so thin

Oh oh

I’m gonna win

Judgments made

Without a clue

You don’t know me

And who are you

Talking shit

Behind closed doors

Spreading rumors

To even scores

La la la

La la Gunil-la

I won’t bend

No I won’t break

La la la

La la Gunil-la

Make a storm

But I won’t shake

They make a storm

But I won’t shake

Oh oh oh

In the darkest night

Oh oh oh

I’ll find my light

Oh oh oh

When things get tough

Oh oh

I’ll be strong enough

In this song

The message rings

Let’s rise above

And spread our wings

Honesty as our guiding light

Let’s leave the bullshit

And do what’s right

La la la

La la Gunil-la

I won’t bend

No I won’t break

La la la

La la Gunil-la

Make a storm

But I won’t shake

They make a storm

But I won’t shake

I won’t fall down

I’ll hold my stance

Everybody—let’s sing and dance

La la la

La la Gunil-la

I won’t bend

No I won’t break

La la la

La la Gunil-la

Make a storm

But I won’t shake

They make a storm

But I won’t

La la la

La la Gunil-la

I won’t bend

No I won’t break

La la la

La la Gunil-la

Make a storm

But I won’t shake

They make a storm

But I won’t shake

  • Give My Heart A Break – Cazzi Opeia

Wanna be weightless like a butterfly

Sometimes I wanna fly away

From all the expectations

Just need to have a little fun tonight

So tell me lies

The world has gone a little bit too cold

Don’t know what’s fake don’t know what’s real

What is our destination

I need to feel like I’m alive tonight

Alive tonight

So give my heart a break

It’s just too much to take

Not a single drop got no more tears to cry

So give my heart a break

Give my heart a bre—

Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh

Eh eh eh eh eh eeak

Not a single drop got no more tears to cry

So give my heart a break

Give my heart a break

I’ve been feeling lonely

I been feeling down

Know I’m not the only

Looking for a sign

What is our destination

I need to feel like I’m alive tonight

So give my heart a bre-

Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh

Eh eh eh eh eh eeak

Not a single drop got no more tears to cry

So give my heart a break

Give my heart a break

Give my heart a break

Give my heart a break

Not a single drop got no more tears to cry

So give my heart a break

Give my heart a break

It’s just too much to take

Not a single drop got no more tears to cry

So give my heart a break

Give my heart a bre—

 

Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh

Eh eh eh eh eh eeak

Not a single drop got no more tears to cry

So give my heart a break

Give my heart a break

Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh

Eh eh eh eh eh eeak

Not a single drop got no more tears to cry

So give my heart a break

Give my heart a break

Give my heart a break

Give my heart a break

Not a single drop got no more tears to cry

So give my heart a break

Give my heart a break

Carina Berg is the host of all the shows of the tour this year! With the next show of the contest on Saturday February the 17th, Melodifestivalen will take place in Växjö, then Eskilstuna follows and finally the final show in Stockholm on the 9th of March.

The schedule for the six shows of the Melodifestivalen 2024 tour

  • Heat 1: Saturday 3 February 2024, Malmö Arena, Malmö
  • Heat 2: Saturday 10 February 2024, Scandinavium, Göteborg
  • Heat 3: Saturday 17 February 2024, Vida Arena, Växjö
  • Heat 4: Saturday 24 February 2024, Stiga Sports Arena, Eskilstuna
  • Heat 5: Saturday 2 March 2024, Löfbergs Arena, Karlstad
  • Final: Saturday 9 March 2024, Friends Arena, Stockholm – Solna

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding Sweden’s entry for Eurovision 2024!

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Sweden: Over 2,7 Million Viewers for Melodifestivalen 2024 Heat Two!

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On Saturday, the second qualifying round of this year’s Melodifestivalen took place, with two artists taking the ticket to the final and two remaining in the competition for a second chance.

Sweden: LIAMOO and Maria Sur are the two direct finalists of the Second Heat of Melodifestivalen 2024!

For Sweden’s major music festival, a total of 2,754,000 viewers (76.71%) tuned in to watch the second heat of the country’s national final.

The second qualifier of the Swedish selection increased by 23,000 viewers compared to the corresponding semi-final in 2023 and marks the fourth worst ever night for a second semi-final after last year’s semi-final, 2006 and 2002!

The two entries that made it to the grand final are Maria Sur and LIAMOO, with Dear Sara and Fröken Snusk advancing to the second chance round of the 5th heat.

Melodifestivalen 2024 continues next Saturday with the Third Heat and six more contestants!

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Betting Odds: Ukraine Leads by Margin | Greece and Cyprus out of Top 20!

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Following the first Super Saturday of the year, we saw significant reshuffling in the betting odds chart. Three new songs were selected last night, and the odds saw many changes, with Ukraine maintaining its top position, and moreover, with a clear lead. Bad news for Greece, which has significantly dropped compared to our previous article, and for Cyprus, which, despite gaining ground, still finds itself low in the rankings.

Top 5

Ukraine remains in the first position, with a considerable lead over its pursuers. A victory for Teresa Maria is playing out in odds of approximately 3.5, with no significant changes compared to our previous article. The United Kingdom, after the release of a teaser for Olly Alexander’s song “Dizzy,” temporarily dropped to third place, but is now back in second. A victory for the United Kingdom is playing out in odds ranging from 7 to 9. Italy is third, and after Angelina Mango’s victory, its odds have dropped, with a victory playing out in odds from 7.5 to 11. Sweden is fourth, and so far, has not convinced that it has a winning song. Rounding out the top 5 is Israel, which, after Eden Golan’s victory, regained some ground it had lost in the previous period.

The other countries making up the top 10 are Iceland, Croatia, Georgia, Finland, and Ireland.

Greece and Cyprus

Greece continues to lose ground and is now found in 21st place. A victory for Marina Satti is playing out in odds of up to 66, when just a few months ago, it was playing out in odds up to 35. Cyprus, on the other hand, had an upward trajectory in recent days, likely due to the publicity received from the filming of the video clip in Limassol. Cyprus is now in 27th place, with a potential victory for Silia Kapsis playing out in odds of up to 90.

The many fluctuations we have seen this year at the top of the betting odds herald an exciting year where we won’t know the winner early on, as happened in the previous two seasons. Of course, under the proviso that no song emerges as a clear favorite, and betting companies crown it the unbeatable favorite, as was the case with Stefania and “Tattoo.” We are likely heading towards a repeat of 2021, where things didn’t clear up even during rehearsals, as we had 3-4 songs that were betting favorites vying for victory on almost equal terms.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments!

Sweden: LIAMOO and Maria Sur are the two direct finalists of the Second Heat of Melodifestivalen 2024!

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Ninety minutes ago, the show for the Second Heat of Melodifestivalen 2024, 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 LIAMOO and Maria Sur which we will get to see perform their songs live, on the 9th of March, when the finals will take place at Friends Arena.

But how things developed during the night?

The experts

New in Melodifestivalen this year is the participation of a couple of really knowledgeable music and Mello-experts – radio and TV profile Tina Mehrafzoon and Mello-oracle Ronny Larsson. During both the races and the final, they analyze the evening’s line-up and give their opinion on how they are doing.

The show

The first week of competition arrived really fast. On Saturday, February 10, Melodifestivalen 2024 starts and it starts from this year’s Eurovision city Malmö.

Carina Berg is the host of all the shows of the tour this year! With the next show of the contest on Saturday February the 10th, Melodifestivalen will take place in Göteborg, then Växjö follows and finally the final show in Stockholm on the 9th of March.

Carina is now at the arena and everything is ready to begin! It’s time to face the music!

The opening act is a band playing in the green room with the crowd dancing along as Carina enters the arena. Then Carina describes how Estonia gained their independence without bloodshed, she then connects it to Eurovision “united by music”.

After the intro, Carina presents this show’s contestants!

The numbers

    • “When I’m Gone” – Maria Sur

    Totally different than “Never Give Up”. A POP Dance banger with a hint of melancholy! Amazing performance, crystal clear vocals, very much more improved than her rehearsals. The best I’ve seen from her, she totally feels true to herself with this performance. Love seeing this!

    • “Norrland”– Engmans Kapell

    If you mix Swedish folk with a beat then you got Norrland. I wouldn’t say I am impressed by this kind of song. They’re very much improved and their lead singer definitely did not forget the lyrics this time. He did on one of the rehearsals.

    Photo: Andreas Papayiannakis

    • “The Silence After You” –  Dear Sara 

    A mid tempo song for Dear Sara, sounds familiar. It is sort of a ballad, could listen to it to a roadtrip. Pleasantly. That’s Sara’s best run. The crowd claps throughout her performance which is good to see.

    Photo: Andreas Papayiannakis

    • “Ahumma” – C-Joe

    Aftobeat vibes are here but in a pop way to do it! C-Joe is not very stable vocally though, he had some vocal issues with his performance during her rehearsals. A feel-good song that the crowd loved though.

    Photo: Andreas Papayiannakis

    • “Dragon” – LIAMOO

    Now imagine LIAMOO’s kind of songs mixed with Imagine Dragons. This is epic. I don’t wanna hear anyone compare this performance to Andrew Lambrou’s last year’s entry with Cyprus. This is so much better. By far his best performance and it is 100% himself. Love to see this! A strong contender for the win. Best song of the contest so far.

    Photo: Andreas Papayiannakis

    • “Unga & fria” – Fröken Snusk

    Now mix a bit of epadunk with Swedish folk, a tiny bit of Käärijä’s “it’s crazy, it’s party” but on a female Swedish version. Too much pink. Louis Vuitton balaclava is removed for the televised program. She is quite good vocally I must admit, the crowd went nuts on her.

    Photo: Andreas Papayiannakis

These were the six numbers of this week, a recap follows to show the voting numbers for the contestants of the heat.

The Intervals

First to be inducted into the Hall of Fame this very special Melodifestivalen and Eurovision year is none other than the host Kristian Luuk, in good company with the artist and presenter Lotta Engberg – and her Fyra bugg och en Coca Cola. During the evening, we will hear the song, which was Sweden‘s entry in Eurovision 1987, in its own version signed by the artist Viktor Norén.

The Direct Qualifiers

First voting round winner: “Dragon” – LIAMOO
Second voting round winner: “When I’m Gone” – Maria Sur

Semi-Finalists

Second voting round 2nd place: “The Silence After You” – Dear Sara  
Second voting round 3rd place: “Unga & fria” – Fröken Snusk

Second voting round results

Age-band 3-9 years old winner: “When I’m Gone” – Maria Sur

Age-band 10-15 years old winner: “When I’m Gone” – Maria Sur

Age-band 16-29 years old winner: “Unga & fria” – Fröken Snusk

Age-band 30-44 years old winner: “When I’m Gone” – Maria Sur

Age-band 45-59 years old winner: “When I’m Gone” – Maria Sur

Age-band 60-74 years old winner: “When I’m Gone” – Maria Sur

Age-band 75+ years old winner:“When I’m Gone” – Maria Sur

Televoting winner: “When I’m Gone” – Maria Sur

 

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

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Melodifestivalen 2024 Second 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 in the competition, as their last chance in the hopes of competing at the finals.

Tonight’s contestants

  • “When I’m Gone” – Maria Sur
  • “Norrland”– Engmans Kapell
  • “The Silence After You” –  Dear Sara 
  • “Ahumma” – C-Joe
  • “Dragon” – LIAMOO
  • “Unga & fria” – Fröken Snusk

The odds

The betting odds depend on many factors and as these factors are subject to changes anytime, the odds can still fluctuate, even last minute. Currently there seem to be two clear direct finalists and these are LIAMOO and Maria Sur.

As for the two semi-final qualifiers, currently, in the third and fourth place of the betting odds we have Fröken Snusk and C-Joe respectively.

Let’s see what is going to happen, we will get the chance to watch the actual heat live, on SVT and SVT Play and of course at EurovisionFun you will get the chance to be informed about the results as soon as they are announced on TV!

Which two of today’s competing artists do you think will be the direct finalists, that will be competing on the 9th of March, hoping to represent Sweden in Malmö, this year?

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding Melodifestivalen 2024 and the Swedish entry for Eurovision 2024!

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Maria Sur: “I’m an uptempo girl and we needed to do something like this.” | Exclusive Interview

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Andreas Papayiannakis and EurovisionFun is accredited by SVT to follow the Melodifestivalen tour for a third year in-a-row. In Göteborg we got the chance to meet a few people involved in this year’s Melodifestivalen. Among those was Maria Sur who had us over at Clarion Hotel Post, the appointed artist hotel in Göteborg on an extensive interview, during the Thursday welcome party.

Maria Sur is not somebody you don’t already know. She took part in last year’s Melodifestivalen with the song “Never Give Up“. This year she does a back-t0-back comeback with the song “When I’m Gone“. She feels good to be back. Her rehearsals on Thursday and Friday went quite well and even though she felt a bit overwhelmed, she though that it will be cool and things will be fine-tuned.

“There are some moments to improve, but we will fix it.”

Last year, the song she participated with was not totally her style of music. She was more trying to pass on a message to the audience, given the circumstances with her moving from Ukraine to Sweden, seeking for a better life after the – still ongoing – clash between Ukraine and Russia. She comments on her song this year:

“I definitely feel like in the right place, I think. I was saying to everyone that I’m an uptempo girl, everyone knew, and that we need to do something like this. And I think when we were writing this song, I knew more exactly what I want to do and the songwriters got to know me better. They felt me and they felt what kind of style I want. The whole team and me we just got to know each other better. And we found, my style that I really like and that I think like it’s my natural environment.”

Julie “Kill J” Aagaard, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Anderz Wrethov and the artist herself wrote the song. Maria is the first that she is involved in the song writing process and she is collaborating with Anderz Wrethov for a second time after last year. When and how was the song written?

“It’s actually my first song where I’m also involved in the process and where I’m also a songwriter to. So this feels also like a level up and feels like more my thing, you know. We were in a songwriting camp and it was in August, we wrote the song very fast but again it was because we knew kind of what we want, we had a vision, I had the references and the great songwriters of course helped.”

Last summer she took part in the Digiloo tour with other artists, among which LIAMOO, who is a really really close friend of hers. What are her plans for this year after Melodifestivalen?

“I’m gonna do have gigs 100 percent. And of course, we’re gonna write more music. So I hope we’re gonna work more on my own material and write in this kind of style. Because for my own tour, I have to have a lot of songs to perform with. For now we are focusing on Mello and I’ve also recently signed with Livenation. So I’m gonna have my booking agency for the gigs.”

Her song reminds me a bit of the style of Becky Hill, but her actual icon and inspiration is someone else. She tells us more about that:

“My inspiration was Rihanna, I just I feel I like her vibe and her kind of songs and they can give a lot of self-confidence. Which is which is I think great. I really wanted to have this kind of song this year to just represent myself more on stage as an artist because last year it was like more storytelling about me and presentation of me as an artist for the audience and this year I want people to see myself on stage and I think this song can really show what I can do.”

She is really good friends with LIAMOO and she tells what she thinks about his song too:

“I like LIAMOO’s song as well and we have the same songwriters and it was the same songwriting camp when his song was written. We’re really good friends with Liam and he’s such a nice guy and I really like him and his song this year. We are really supportive for each other and I hope it will go well for us.”

Lastly, she gives a heartwarming message to all her fans in Sweden and Internationally:

“I hope you like my song this year and it’s message about self-respect. Hope it can give you a boost of confidence as I was struggling this year with some insecurities and I felt like I really needed this song to boost my confidence and energy. And I hope people when they’re gonna listen to this they can also  feel this kind of powerful attitude they can feel their power they can they can be boosted by confidence. This is very important. And to stay humble.”

You can watch our exclusive interview with Maria Sur at the video down below:

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Sweden: Heat 2 of Melodifestivalen 2024 tonight!

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Tonight marks the continuation of what may be the most anticipated national final of the year, Melodifestivalen 2024. The host of Eurovision 2024 aims for Sweden’s historic eighth victory on home soil in Malmo, and for this reason, SVT’s executives promise one of the strongest Melodifestivalen editions of all time, ensuring that the successor to Loreen achieves the best possible result for the Scandinavian country.

Format

This year’s Melodifestivalen introduces a new format, featuring five heats, each hosting six artists. From each heat, the top two contenders will directly advance to the grand final on March 9th.

However, artists ranking third and fourth in their respective semi-finals will participate in a voting after the fifth semi-final. This voting will determine the two remaining finalists who will “complete the puzzle” of the twelve artists competing in the grand final of Sweden’s national selection.

During the five semi-final rounds, the final results will be determined solely by the votes of Swedish viewers. This, of course, will change in the grand final on March 9th, where Sweden’s representative will be decided by a 50% vote from Swedish viewers and a 50% vote from an international jury, following the Eurovision Song Contest standards.

The dates of Melodifestivalen 2024

  • Heat 1: Saturday 3 February 2024, Malmö Arena, Malmö
  • Heat 2: Saturday 10 February 2024, Scandinavium, Göteborg
  • Heat 3: Saturday 17 February 2024, Vida Arena, Växjö
  • Heat 4: Saturday 24 February 2024, Stiga Sports Arena, Eskilstuna
  • Heat 5: Saturday 2 March 2024, Löfbergs Arena, Karlstad
  • Final: Saturday 9 March 2024, Friends Arena, Stockholm – Solna

Finalists

Two artists have secured their spots in the grand final of Melodifestivalen 2024 following the first semi-final. These artists are:

Two artists will have another chance to qualify for the grand final of Sweden’s national selection. These artists are:

Second Heat

Six artists will compete in tonight’s second heat of Melodifestivalen 2024, appearing in the following order:

  1. Maria Sur – “When I’m Gone“
  2. Engmans Kapell – “Norrland“
  3. Dear Sara – “The Silence After You“
  4. C-Joe – “Ahumma“
  5. Liamoo – “Dragon“
  6. Fröken Snusk – “Unga & fria“

The host of all six shows of this year’s Melodifestivalen will be Carina Berg.

The second heat of Melodifestivalen 2024 will start at 20:00 CET and will last one and a half hour. You can watch it through the SVT website by clicking HERE.

Τhe winner of Melodifestivalen 2023 and hence the Swedish representative at Eurovision 2023 was Loreen with her song “Tattoo“. Loreen went to become the first female artist in history to win the Eurovision Song Contest twice.

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

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The general rehearsal of the 2nd Heat of Melodifestivalen 2024 has just started. We are happy to be watching it live, at Scandinavium in Göteborg, 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 you need to do is hit the refresh button on your browser and all the rest is on us!

We will keep you up to date with all the latest information and images off this semi-final rehearsal, allowing you to get a glimpse of what you will get to see tomorrow February 10, at 20:00 CET, when you watch the actual show of the heat, on SVT and SVT Play.

The experts

New in Melodifestivalen this year is the participation of a couple of really knowledgeable music and Mello-experts – radio and TV profile Tina Mehrafzoon and Mello-oracle Ronny Larsson. During both the races and the final, they analyze the evening’s line-up and give their opinion on how they are doing.

The show

The first week of competition arrived really fast. On Saturday, February 10, Melodifestivalen 2024 starts and it starts from this year’s Eurovision city Malmö.

Carina Berg is the host of all the shows of the tour this year! With the next show of the contest on Saturday February the 10th, Melodifestivalen will take place in Göteborg, then Växjö follows and finally the final show in Stockholm on the 9th of March.

Carina is now at the arena and everything is ready to begin! It’s time to face the music!

The opening act is a band playing in the green room with the crowd dancing along as Carina enters the arena. Then Carina describes how Estonia gained their independence without bloodshed, she then connects it to Eurovision “united by music”.

After the intro, Carina presents this show’s contestants!

The numbers

  • “When I’m Gone” – Maria Sur

Totally different than “Never Give Up”. A POP Dance banger with a hint of melancholy! Amazing performance, crystal clear vocals, very much more improved than her rehearsals. The best I’ve seen from her, she totally feels true to herself with this performance. Love seeing this! Hopefully she will directly qualify!

Photo: Andreas Papayiannakis

  • “Norrland”– Engmans Kapell

If you mix Swedish folk with a beat then you got Norrland. I wouldn’t say I am impressed by this kind of song. They’re very much improved and their lead singer definitely did not forget the lyrics this time. He did on one of the rehearsals. But No-No-No-No-No-No-Norrland probably will not qualify.

Photo: Andreas Papayiannakis

  • “The Silence After You” –  Dear Sara 

A mid tempo song for Dear Sara, sounds familiar. It is sort of a ballad, could listen to it to a roadtrip. Pleasantly. That’s Sara’s best run. The crowd claps throughout her performance which is good to see. Maybe she will remain in the competition? Let’s find out tomorrow.

Photo: Andreas Papayiannakis

  • “Ahumma” – C-Joe

Aftobeat vibes are here but in a pop way to do it! C-Joe is not very stable vocally though, he had some vocal issues with his performance during her rehearsals. A feel-good song that the crowd loved though. Would he qualify now? I am not sure, probably not.

Photo: Andreas Papayiannakis

  • “Dragon” – LIAMOO

Now imagine LIAMOO’s kind of songs mixed with Imagine Dragons. This is epic. I don’t wanna hear anyone compare this performance to Andrew Lambrou’s last year’s entry with Cyprus. This is so much better. By far his best performance and it is 100% himself. Love to see this! Totally a DTF for me. Also a strong contender for the win. Best song of the contest so far.

Photo: Andreas Papayiannakis

  • “Unga & fria” – Fröken Snusk

Now mix a bit of epadunk with Swedish folk, a tiny bit of Käärijä’s “it’s crazy, it’s party” but on a female Swedish version. Too much pink. Louis Vuitton balaclava is removed for the televised program. She is quite good vocally I must admit, the crowd went nuts on her. Either second DTF or goes to second round.

Photo: Andreas Papayiannakis

These were the six numbers of this week, a recap follows to show the voting numbers for the contestants of the heat.

The Intervals

First to be inducted into the Hall of Fame this very special Melodifestivalen and Eurovision year is none other than the host Kristian Luuk, in good company with the artist and presenter Lotta Engberg – and her Fyra bugg och en Coca Cola. During the evening, we will hear the song, which was Sweden‘s entry in Eurovision 1987, in its own version signed by the artist Viktor Norén.

Björn Gustafsson is of course on stage again and explains to the audience that he cannot say what he will say tomorrow at the live show, therefore, he is now doing a 4:30 minute comedy show.

The virtual Direct Qualifiers

First voting round virtual winner: “The Silence After You” – Dear Sara

The first voting round winner moves from the green room onto an intermediate small stage in the middle of the audience and sing their song.

Second voting round virtual winner: “Dragon” – LIAMOO

The second voting round winner does exactly what the first voting round winner did. Green room, intermediate stage, main stage.

Those who virtually remain at the contest

Second voting round virtual 2nd place: “Ahumma” – C-Joe
Second voting round virtual 3rd place: “Unga & fria” – Fröken Snusk

Second voting round results

Age-band 3-9 years old virtual winner: “When I’m Gone” – Maria Sur

Age-band 10-15 years old virtual winner: “Ahumma” – C-Joe

Age-band 16-29 years old virtual winner: “Norrland”– Engmans Kapell

Age-band 30-44 years old virtual winner: “Dragon” – LIAMOO

Age-band 45-59 years old virtual winner: “Ahumma” – C-Joe

Age-band 60-74 years old virtual winner: “Ahumma” – C-Joe

Age-band 75+ years old virtual winner: “Dragon” – LIAMOO

Televoting virtual winner: “Dragon” – LIAMOO

A prediction

This week things are more clear for the direct finalists. For me the two direct finalists will be LIAMOO and Maria Sur, then Fröken Snusk and Dear Sara will remain in the competition.

The schedule for the six shows of the Melodifestivalen 2024 tour

  • Heat 1: Saturday 3 February 2024, Malmö Arena, Malmö
  • Heat 2: Saturday 10 February 2024, Scandinavium, Göteborg
  • Heat 3: Saturday 17 February 2024, Vida Arena, Växjö
  • Heat 4: Saturday 24 February 2024, Stiga Sports Arena, Eskilstuna
  • Heat 5: Saturday 2 March 2024, Löfbergs Arena, Karlstad
  • Final: Saturday 9 March 2024, Friends Arena, Stockholm – Solna

Which two of today’s competing artists do you think will be the direct qualifiers to the finals, on the 9th of March?

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LIAMOO: “I am my strongest version of myself. I’m going to try to challenge the top.” | Exclusive Interview

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Andreas Papayiannakis and EurovisionFun is accredited by SVT to follow the Melodifestivalen tour for a third year in-a-row. In Göteborg we got the chance to meet a few people involved in this year’s Melodifestivalen. Among those was LIAMOO who had us over at Clarion Hotel Post, the appointed artist hotel in Göteborg on an extensive interview.

Liam or also known by his stage-name, LIAMOO, is one of the favourites of this heat but also of the entire Melfest tour this year. He had his first rehearsal yesterday at noon and he said it felt really good.

“It’s a lot of work to do, but it’s not big stuff to do. It’s more of the bits and pieces, the details that we got to work on. You know, this camera here and there and put this light on me on that part. And maybe I have some stuff and some personal stuff to work with, like the pitch and blah, blah, blah. But yeah, it feels nice. It’s really like explosive, the feeling. It’s really hot on stage.”

The arena indeed gets extremely hot, as LIAMOO’s performance is full of pyro! If I could describe it with a phrase, that would be “Yeah, yeah, fire!”. LIAMOO as an artist uses dragon a lot in his performances, two years ago on the backdrop LED screen he had a dragon, this year his song is called “Dragon“. But what does the dragon mean for him?

“The Dragon is inner strength. And I have Asian blood and the Dragon is Asian. So it started with me being very nervous during my previous performances. “Last Breath”, “Hold You”, “Bluffin”. Not so much “Bluffin”. I was pretty much secure on that. But I was very nervous. I started to cough all the time just to clear my throat. She’s one of the jury members in Idol, also a song coach, very spiritual. She said to me, you know what? It reminds me of a baby dragon who just like starts to get their fire going. And I was like, hey, I like that. I like that very much because the dragon is cool.”

LIAMOO has been to Melodifestivalen five times. Four as an artist and five in total. Now this is the time he feels he is more himself.

“For the first songs, someone else thought that I would do them good in Mello.Dragon, though, it didn’t happen on purpose. It just happened. The song just happened. But I knew that I wanted to write about the dragon because it has been with me since Bluffin. As soon as I finished the song, I was like, this needs to be in Mello. It feels so true and honest to myself. There’s not a song out that’s more LIAMOO to me than Dragon because it got the mysterious darkness and then the power.”

What is his expectation of this year’s participation though? He feels like he is the strongest version of himself this year. Not only on stage, but as a person. He feels very secure with himself. He adds:

“I feel like I found myself and I feel like before 2018 and 2019 and 2022, I was in the middle of my journey finding myself. Now I feel like I know who I am and I know what I want to do now. So I feel like I’m my strongest. I am my strongest version of myself and I feel like I’m going to try to challenge the top.”

He doesn’t have a clear favourite this year though. He explains a bit:

“Last year, I really loved air. And that was to me, that was a clear favorite. I love Tattoo also. Two hit songs. Very good songs. But now I don’t know. I haven’t heard all of them, so I don’t know yet. But and I try to not focus on everybody else. I’m just trying to focus on my number, my pitch, my clothes.”

Finally, a message to all LIAMOO’s fans in Sweden but internationally as well from the artist himself:

“What’s really important to me is that the dragon is not only for me but it’s also for you. It’s a message from me to you that you need to find your inner strength. You need to. See who you really are. Don’t be too hard on yourself. I am a professional on being too hard on myself. You just got to enjoy the moment and appreciate yourself a lot more. Appreciate the moment. Enjoy the moment.”

You can watch our exclusive interview with LIAMOO at the video down below:

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