Marcus and Martinus won OGAE Second Chance 2023 with the song “Air”!

Following Medina’s victory with “In i dimman” in the previous year, Marcus and Martinus won this year’s OGAE Second Chance competition, which was organized by OGAE Sweden. This victory marks Sweden’s 19th triumph overall!

What is OGAE Second Chance?

It is a contest that has been organized annually since 1987, with the goal of showcasing the best song that did not make it to the Eurovision stage. Thus, each organization selects what it considers to be the best song that competed in the national final of its country. It is not required that this song has placed second.

These are the competition’s results for this year:

  1. Sweden –  Marcus & Martinus – “Air “ – 322 points
  2. Norway – Ulrikke – “Honestly” – 286 points
  3. Finland – KUUMAA – “Ylivoimainen” – 252 points
  4.   Italy – Lazza – “Cenere” – 179 points
  5.   Spain – Vicco – “Nochentera” – 164 points
  6. Serbia – Filip Baloš – “Novi plan drugi san” – 161 points
  7. 🇧🇪 Belgium – Chérine – “Ça m’ennuie pas” – 125 points
  8. Estonia – OLLIE – “Venom” – 112 points
  9. Ukraine-  Jerry Heil – “When God Shut the Door” – 89 points
  10. Poland – Jann – “Gladiator” – 84 points
  11. Albania – Elsa Lila – “Evita” – 49 points
  12. Germany – Will Church – “Hold On” – 48 points
  13. Portugal – Edmundo Inácio – “A Festa” – 38 points
  14. Denmark – EYJAA – “I Was Gonna Marry Him” – 27 points
  15. Croatia – Harmonija Disonance – “Nevera (Lei, lei)” – 26 points
  16. Flag of Earth.svg Moldova (OGAE Rest of the World) – SunStroke Project – “Yummy Mommy” – 17 points
  17. Ireland – Connolly – “Midnight Summer Night” – 16 points
  18. Lithuania – Rūta Mur – “So Low” – 13 points
  19. Romania – Andreea D Folclor Orchestra – “Perinița mea” – 10 points
  20. Czechia – Rodan – “Introvert Party Club” – 7 points
  21. Iceland – Langi Seli og Skuggarnir – “OK” – 4 points
  22. Malta – Ryan Hilli – “In the Silence” – 1 points
  23. Latvia – 24. Avenija – “You Said” – 0 points

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Sweden: Will Loreen return to Eurovision?

Her name has been on everyone’s lips since November 2022, when it was announced that she would once again participate in the Melodifestivalen, Sweden’s national final. Loreen had already won in 2012, with “Euphoria” becoming instantly an anthem, and one of the eurofans’ favourite songs. Many were confident that the singer would triumph again both at Melodifestivalen and Eurovision itself, and so she did. 583 points brought her to the crystal microphone, which she held up again 11 years after her first victory.

“Euphoria” and “Tattoo” put her in the Contest’s “Hall of Fame”, being the only one to win the competition twice, along with Johnny Logan, who has two wins as a singer (“What’s Another Year” and “Hold Me Now”, in 1980 and 1987) and another as a songwriter (“Why Me”, Ireland 1992). However, this is not that important to her, as she says in an interview during her concert in Spain.

“I could see smiling faces and I received a bright energy. That was my victory, not the trophy or saying ‘I won twice’. If I had won twice but failed to connect with people, I wouldn’t have enjoyed it”

Will we be seeing Loreen again at Eurovision?

She has participated twice in Eurovision, but will there be a third time? Loreen answers:

“To be honest, I don’t know. Because even up until a year ago I thought I knew and obviously I didn’t. If I had decided with my brain, I wouldn’t have experienced all these wonderful things, so I don’t know”

However, she keeps the possibility alive:

“If the opportunity came up and there were a lot of signs, you’d probably see me crying saying, ‘Oh my God, why would I do it again? Why? Why?’ Probably. But I would”

For Loreen to consider participating in Melodifestival again, the song has to be real, there has to be “truth” in it:

“There are certain songs that connect with my spirit. And the reason is that there’s a match, that they’re made to be interpreted”

“It has to be real, it has to feel right. You have to feel nothing but happiness and joy. When you feel that way in your life, regardless of whether it’s about music, then you’re in the right place”

If she does indeed participate again in Melodifestivalen and become Sweden’s representative at Eurovision, she could break another record and make history once again, as a third win would make her the representative who has won the Contest the most times.


Do you think Loreen will return to the contest attempting a third win? Would you like her to return? Let us know in the comments below!

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Source: RTVE.es

Eurovision 2024: Tickets very likely to be sold before Christmas!

With the first month of the Eurovision 2024 season coming to an end,fans are getting hyped as tickets are likely to be sold before christmas time for the first time in years.

According to a  Skånska Dagbladet report,the contest organizers’ aim to release the tickets for the upcoming contest within 3 months from now,as the city of Malmö has already set in train the preparations for next year’s Eurovision edition,marking the third time that the Swedish city hosts the European contest.

Karin Karlsson,one of the 2024 contest’s organizers,suggests the following:

“Of course we want as many people as possible to be able to see everything in place. Last time, 83,000 tickets were sold and we hope for even more in 2024.”

Sweden earned the right to host the 2024 contest after having won this year’s contest with Loreen and her song “Tattoo”,marking the 7th time that the Scandinavian country won the contest,tying its record with Ireland.

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United Kingdom: Eurovision-winning songwriter Linnea Deb shows interest in writing a UK Eurovision entry!

One could say that Linnea is a hit-making-machine and that’s not wrong! Deb won the Eurovision Song Contest back in 2015, when she was one of the songwriters for Måns Zelmerlöw‘s Swedish entry “Heroes“, but that was not just it!

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Sweden: These are the dates for the six shows of Melodifestivalen 2024!

Five days ago, was the last day of application for Melodifestivalen 2024. Through the contest’s social media accounts, confirmed that a total of 2624 songs were submitted, a tad less than the number of submissions SVT received last year!

Today SVT announced the dates of all six shows of next year’s Melodifestivalen tour!

This is the schedule of the six shows of the Melodifestivalen 2024 tour:

  • Heat 1: Saturday 3 February 2023, Malmö Arena, Malmö
  • Heat 2: Saturday 10 February 2023, Scandinavium, Göteborg
  • Heat 3: Saturday 17 February 2023, Vida Arena, Växjö
  • Heat 4: Saturday 24 February 2023, Stiga Sports Arena, Eskiltuna
  • Heat 5: Saturday 2 March 2023, Löfbergs Arena, Karlstad
  • Final: Saturday 9 March 2023, Stockholm – Solna

The 68th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Malmö, Sweden in 7, 9 and 11th of May 2024, after the second win of Loreen in Liverpool, with her song Tattoo:  

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Source: Melodifestivalen/SVT  

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Sweden: Malmö’s Eurovision 2024 budget is set at 30 million SEK!

With less than 8 months to go until Eurovision 2024, the planning has gradually began in Malmö, the host city.

According to Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, the Head of the Malmö Municipality Board, the city of Malmö intends to invest 30 million SEK (or roughly 2,5 million euros) to host the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest.

The Malmö Municipality’s investment for Eurovision 2024 has increased by 5 million SEK compared to 2013, when the budget for the contest was 25 million SEK (about 2,1 million euros). However, the tourism industry brought in an amazing 185 million SEK (about 15,5 million euros) in 2013.

However, it will be a less expensive organization than the one in 2016, which was held in Stockholm. In Stockholm, 100 million SEK were invested in the event’s organization, with half of that heading toward renovations and arena-related costs.

Obviously, 30 million SEK will not be the only source of funding for Eurovision 2024. The contribution of the SVT has yet to be declared.

Malmö may be a less expensive option for Sweden when compared to Stockholm. Sweden’s 2024 goal may be the same as in 2013, “less is more.” This rationale will help cut delegation costs by creating good presentations on a lower budget, which is a great motivation for smaller countries, especially during a worldwide energy crisis.

Loreen brought Eurovision 2024 back to Sweden and once again back to Malmö after her second win in Liverpool, the past May with her song “Tattoo”.

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Source: epochtimes

Sweden: 2624 songs submitted for Melodifestivalen 2024!

Today 15/9 was the last day of application for Melodifestivalen 2024. Through the contest’s social media accounts, SVT posted that the submission window had been closed! A total of 2624 songs were submitted, a tad less than the number of submissions SVT received last year!

Last year, around 2824 applications were submitted to the competition. The final list of Melodifestivalen participants will be published later this year, between end of November and beginning of December.  

The 68th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Malmö, Sweden in 7, 9 and 11th of May 2024, after the second win of Loreen in Liverpool, with her song Tattoo:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE2Fj0W4jP4

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Sweden: Submission window for Melodifestivalen 2024 closed!

As we had already reported in one of our past articles, today 15/9 was the last day of application for Melodifestivalen 2024. SVT now informs all the hopefuls that the submission window had been closed. 15 of the proposals submitted will be selected by a professional jury, while 15 more will be invited by SVT to directy participate at the heats. 

Last year, 2824 applications were submitted to the competition. The final list of Melodifestivalen participants will be published later this year, between end of November and beginning of December. 

It seems like Loreen’s success in the contest that brought Sweden their 7th victory, but also post-contest, led so many artist to submit their song for next year’s Melodifestivalen in the hopes of representing Sweden. One of these submissions will be selected next March to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest.

The 68th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Malmö, Sweden in 7, 9 and 11th of May 2024, after the second win of Loreen in Liverpool, with her song Tattoo: 

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Eurovision 2024: The goal is to shorten the Eurovision broadcast, Per Blankens confirms!

As we have previously reported, Christer Björkman returns as competition producer for Eurovision 2024, together with “American Idol” producer Per Blankens, completing now the Eurovision 2024 core team for Malmö.

As reported by Aftonbladet‘s Törbjorn Ek, Björkman is currently in Berlin for meetings with the EBU. On Tuesday, Björkman‘s and Blanken‘s new roles will be presented both to the reference group, which is the competition’s highest decision-making body, and to all the countries’ heads of delegation who are on site to participate in a workshop about the competition, according to the plans.

Back in June, we had reported reveals by Aftonbladet that the Swedish production, led by executive producer Ebba Adielsson, was planning to shorten the Eurovision broadcast by a full hour.

According to Per Blankens, speaking to Aftonbladet, the cut in the duration of the show is high on the agenda of 2024:

“There may be reasons why the competition is so long, you have to have time to collect and compile all the public votes. But it will be late for those who live in the east and also for us who live in central Europe, so the program has everything to gain from being made shorter, but without shredding or just tearing it off.”

Another rumor circulating among Eurovision fans is that SVT is thinking about introducing some form of Second Chance in the European competition as well.

Per Blankens comments:

“I haven’t heard of it at all so I can’t comment on it, it’s nothing I know about”

Christer Björkman laughs when he hears about the rumour:

“I don’t think that’s really what we’re aiming for. We have a format that is very good and alive and many of the big changes happened in 2013 and 2016 in tonality and with the voting. I don’t think a lot of adjustments are needed right now. What we have to work on is trying to make a tight broadcast, efficient good television that doesn’t take up too much time. That is our big goal.”

The 68th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Malmö, Sweden in 7, 9 and 11th of May 2024, after the second win of Loreen in Liverpool, with her song Tattoo:

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Source: Aftonbladet


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Eurovision 2024: Christer Björkman and Per Blankens are the last additions to the contest’s core team!

The Director’s Team for Eurovision 2024 was completed today, with the Swedish public broadcaster, adding two more core members. We are talking about the well-known Christer Björkmanand the experienced Per Blankens.

Christer Björkman has a really long journey in both Melodifestivalen and Eurovision Song Contest, while Pen Blankers, has worked in many music shows, like Melodifestivalen, Idol, American Idol and the song contest The Next for China’s Dragon TV in Shangai.

Christer Björkman stated:

“Eurovision’s values are more important than ever, where diversity and community are the foundation. Therefore, I am extremely proud to once again be one of the producers for this event –  it was impossible to say no”

Per Blankers added the following:

“I remember my years at Melodifestivalen as fantastic, but to be able to participate in the big Eurovision Song Contest party in this way is a dream come true. To be able to work so closely with Eurovision’s television elite will be an incredible adventure!”

Earlier this year, SVT presented the executive team that will be responsible for the 68th Eurovision Song Contest. The team consists of Ebba Adielsson, Christel Tholse Willers, Tobias Åberg and Johan Bernhagen. Other names that were later added to the production are David Wessén – Head of  Production Department, Mats Lindgren – Head of Legal Department, Madeleine Sinding-Larsen – Head of Media και Linnea Lopez – Executive Assistant.

The 68th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Malmö, Sweden in 7, 9 and 11th of May 2024, after the second win of Loreen in Liverpool, with her song “Tattoo”:

https://youtu.be/BE2Fj0W4jP4

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Source: eurovision.tv


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