After the second rehearsal, Cornelia Jakobs spoke exclusively to the EurovisionFun and Matamis Apostolis.
Sweden‘s representative at Eurovision 2022 stated that she had some problems with her sound and microphone, which were corrected after a while and that the rehearsals are never perfect.
She also said that they have gone further than what they expected and that she feels very comfortable with her team and is happy to have her. She also stated that she will change some things on the cameras for her final appearance.
Finally, she stated that he would like to organize a tour in Greece in the future!
You can watch the entire Cornelia Jakobs interview at EurovisionFun via the following link:
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Ninety minutes ago, the show of the Final of Melodifestivalen 2022, started off on SVT and SVT Play and we now know that Cornelia Jacobs will represent Sweden at Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, with the song “Hold Me Closer“!
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Melodifestivalen 2022 Final show will begin in a few moments, with the new competition and voting format in place and will be aired tonight at 20:00 CET on SVT and SVT Play. Twelve contestants will have to perform their song and compete in order to claim their ticket to Turin, to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest this year.
Tonight’s contestants
Klara Hammarström – “Run to the Hills“
Theoz – “Som du vill”
Anna Bergendahl – “Higher Power“
John Lundvik – “Änglavakt“
Tone Sekelius – “My Way”
Anders Bagge – “Bigger than the Universe“
Robin Bengtsson – “Innocent Love“
Faith Kakembo – “Freedom“
Liamoo – “Bluffin“
Cornelia Jakobs – “Hold Me Closer“
Cazzi Opeia – “I Can’t Get Enough”
Medina – “In i dimman“
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, according to the betting odds, Cornelia Jakobs is in the lead, with a winning chance of 55%, Anders Bagge and Klara Hammarström follow.
Let’s see what is going to happen, when we will get the chance to watch the actual Final show 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 at Friends Arena!
Which artist is your favourite for the win, that will secure their ticket to Turin to represent Sweden this Saturday?
Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding Melodifestivalen 2022 and the selection process Swedish entry for Eurovision 2022!
Source: Eurovision World
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After qualifying for this year’s final in Sweden’s Melodifestivalen 2022, Cornelia Jakobs speaks exclusively to EurovisionFun members Apostolos Bogiannos and Apostolis Matamis.
Cornelia is one of the twelve finalists in Melodifestivalen 2022 and will try to represent Sweden at Eurovision 2022 with the song “Hold Me Closer”. This is her third attempt overall but her first as a solo artist, since in 2011 and 2012 she took part in the national final of the country as a member of the women’s band Love Generation.
Although it remains the same competition as when I took part as a student, the main difference is that as a solo artist for the last five years I feel safer and more confident, more authentic. A very good friend of mine encouraged me to take part this year. At first I was hesitant but finally realized that Melodifestivalen is the perfect opportunity to start doing my own thing to the world, showing one of my performances on TV. I wrote “Hold Me Closer” last August, at a time of a break up during which I was emotionally charged and my feelings, thoughts and situations were very intense. It’s a little unpleasant, I know. We wrote a lot of songs then and I had said that if I found what I felt was the right one, I would submit it. So it happened.
She states that she is completely satisfied with her appearance in the first semifinal and happy for her qualification to the final, while she is not planning particularly big changes in terms of her stage appearance in Saturday’s final.
There will be small changes to the glitter on my clothes and the stage lights. In the semifinal there were quite a few technical problems with the lighting and the appearance did not have everything we needed. It was good anyway, but in the final there will be more.
Among the rest of the participating songs, she says that those of Anna Bergendahl and Lisa Miskovsky stand out to her the most.
Her favorite Swedish Eurovision entry is that of Carola (2006), while from the competition in general she especially mentions Lordi (Finland 2006) and Måneskin (Italy 2021), whom she would choose if she chose a eurostar to work with.
It would be my pleasure and honor to represent Sweden at Eurovision. That is the best thing that could happen to me right now.
Just before the end of the interview, Cornelia sang us a part of her participation a capella!
Watch the full exclusive interview with Cornelia below:
Listen to “Hold Me Closer“, Cornelia’s Melodifestivalen 2022 entry!
Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Sweden’s participation in Eurovision 2022!
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The rapidly spreading Omicron COVID19 variant and all the latest measures imposed by governments in most countries around the world could not leave Eurovision related events unaffected.
Thus, a few minutes ago, after SVT has gone into several crisis meetings in order to come to a decision, they announced from their official Melodifestivalen accounts on all social media, that the whole selection process of all the semi-finals and the grand final will exclusively be held in Stockholm.
This decision contradicts what SVT has originally planned, for the selection process to return to their usual tours this year.
All six shows will be crowded, as it seems, according to the Swedish health authorities’ guidelines for indoor gatherings.
The show
This means that the previously scheduled shows in Malmö, Göteborg, Linköping, Lidköping, Örnsköldsvik are cancelled and they’re all going to take place in the Swedish capital. Until now, there is no information whether the scheduled dates for Melodifestivalen 2022 are affected as well.
1st Semi Final – 5th of February, in Malmö
Malou Prytz – Bananas
THEOZ – Som du vill
Shirley Clamp – Let There Be Angels
Omar Rudberg – Moving Like That
Danne Stråhed – Hallaballoo
Cornelia Jacobs – Hold Me Closer
Robin Bengtsson – Innocent Love
2nd Semi Final – 12th of February, in Gothenburg
LIAMOO – Bluffin
Niello & Lisa Ajax – Tror du att jag bryr mig
Samira Manners – I Want To Be Loved
Alvaro Estrella – Suave
Browsing Collection – Face In The Crowd
John Lundvik – Änglavakt
Tone Sekelius – My Way
3rd Semi Final – 19th of February, in Linköping
Cazzi Opeia – I Can’t Get Enough
Lancelot – Lyckligt slut
Lisa Miskovsky – Best To come
Tribe Friday – Shut Me Up
Faith Kakembo – Freedom
Linda Bengtzing – Fyrfaldigt hurra!
Anders Bagge – Bigger Than The Universe
4th Semi Final – 26th of February, in Lidköping
Anna Bergendahl – Higher Power
Lillasyster – Till Our Days Are Over
Malin Christin – Synd om dig
Tenori – La Stella
MEDINA – In i dimman
Angelino – The End
Klara Hammarström – Run To The Hills
The detailed schedule of Melodifestivalen 2022 is described below:
First Semi on the 5th of February
Second Semi on the 12th of February
Third Semi on the 19th of Februrary
Fourth Semi on the 26th of February
Fifth Semi on the 5th of March
The Finals on the 12th of March
Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments related to the Swedish national selection for Eurovision 2022!
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The the running order as well as contestant allocation for the semi-finals of Melodifestivalen 2022 was just revealed by SVT!
The running order is determined, each year, by the production team of Melodifestivalen, taking into consideration both the competing songs’ musical qualities as well as stage performance and other production considerations and can be read below:
1st Semi Final – 5th of February, in Malmö
Malou Prytz – Bananas
THEOZ – Som du vill
Shirley Clamp – Let There Be Angels
Omar Rudberg – Moving Like That
Danne Stråhed – Hallaballoo
Cornelia Jacobs – Hold Me Closer
Robin Bengtsson – Innocent Love
2nd Semi Final – 12th of February, in Gothenburg
LIAMOO – Bluffin
Niello & Lisa Ajax – Tror du att jag bryr mig
Samira Manners – I Want To Be Loved
Alvaro Estrella – Suave
Browsing Collection – Face In The Crowd
John Lundvik – Änglavakt
Tone Sekelius – My Way
3rd Semi Final – 19th of February, in Linköping
Cazzi Opeia – I Can’t Get Enough
Lancelot – Lyckligt slut
Lisa Miskovsky – Best To come
Tribe Friday – Shut Me Up
Faith Kakembo – Freedom
Linda Bengtzing – Fyrfaldigt hurra!
Anders Bagge – Bigger Than The Universe
4th Semi Final – 26th of February, in Lidköping
Anna Bergendahl – Higher Power
Lillasyster – Till Our Days Are Over
Malin Christin – Synd om dig
Tenori – La Stella
MEDINA – In i dimman
Angelino – The End
Klara Hammarström – Run To The Hills
The detailed schedule of Melodifestivalen 2022 is described below:
First Semi on the 5th of February
Second Semi on the 12th of February
Third Semi on the 19th of Februrary
Fourth Semi on the 26th of February
Fifth Semi on the 5th of March
The Finals on the 12th of March
Oscar Zia will present Melodifestivalen 2022. The Semi-Finals will follow the touring concept once more (after the coronavirus outbreak), as usual, with the finals being held at Friends Arena! With the opening of the contest in Malmö, Saturday February the 5th, Melodifestivalen will be held in Göteborg, Linköping, Lidköping, Örnsköldsvik and then in Stockholm.
Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments related to the Swedish national selection for Eurovision 2022!
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Just a few minutes ago, the Swedish public broadcaster SVT, posted an announcement on their official Twitter account for Melodifestivalen, stating that tomorrow morning at 09:00 Greek time (08:00 CET) the allocation of all contestants to the semi-finals and their running order will finally be revealed!
We remind you that the line-up of the 28 contestants that will compete, in hopes of representing Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 are the following:
Anders Bagge – Bigger Than The Universe
Cazzi Opeia – I Can’t Get Enough
Omar Rudberg – Moving Like That
Klara Hammarström – Run To The Hills
Tribe Friday – Shut Me Up
John Lundvik – Änglavakt
Cornelia Jacobs – Hold Me Closer
Niello & Lisa Ajax
Faith Kakembo – Freedom
LIAMOO – Bluffin
Linda Bengtzing – Fyrfaldigt hurra!
Samira Manners – I Want To Be Loved
Danne Stråhed – Hallaballoo
THEOZ – Som du vill
Malou Prytz – Bananas
Lisa Miskovsky – Best To come
Browsing Collection – Face In The Crowd
Anna Bergendahl – Higher Power
MEDINA – In i dimman
Robin Bengtsson – Innocent Love
Tenori – La Stella
Shirley Clamp – Let There Be Angels
Lancelot – Lyckligt slut
Tone Sekelius – My Way
Alvaro Estrella – Suave
Malin Christin – Synd om dig
Angelino – The End
Lillasyster – Till Our Days Are Over
The detailed schedule of Melodifestivalen 2022 is described below:
First Semi on the 5th of February
Second Semi on the 12th of February
Third Semi on the 19th of Februrary
Fourth Semi on the 26th of February
Fifth Semi on the 5th of March
The Finals on the 12th of March
Oscar Zia will present Melodifestivalen 2022. The Semi-Finals will follow the touring concept once more (after the coronavirus outbreak), as usual, with the finals being held at Friends Arena! With the opening of the contest in Malmö, Saturday February the 5th, Melodifestivalen will be held in Göteborg, Linköping, Lidköping, Örnsköldsvik and then in Stockholm.
Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments related to the Swedish national selection for Eurovision 2022!
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The final announcement has been made prematurely (names are leaked in the official Melodifestivalen app) and you can now flick through the list of the full line-up of the 28 contestants of Melodifestivalen 2022! Are you ready?
The 28 contestants anounced by SVT are the following
Anders Bagge
Song: Bigger Than The Universe
Songwriters: Anders Bagge, Jimmy Jansson, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son
There are very few people in Sweden who do not know Anders, he is one of the most popular TV personas and composers in the country.
The Swedish Idol judge has collaborated with international artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, Celine Dion, Janet Jackson, Santana and Enrique Iglesias.
He also wrote the Azerbaijani entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, When The Music Dies by Sabina Babayeva.
Cazzi Opeia
Song: I Can’t Get Enough
Songwriters: Bishat Araya, Jakob Redtzer, Cazzi Opeia, Paul Rey
Cazzi Opeia has become one of the most sought after K-pop composers, with many hits on US Billboard and collaborations with global superstars such as BTS, Red Velvet, NCT 127 and Enhypen.
As a songwriter, Cazzi has sold more than 20 million physical albums and has over 4 billion streams and more than 1.5 billion views on YouTube.
Omar Rudberg
Song: Moving Like That
Songwriters: Omar Rudberg, Gustav Blomberg, Amanda Kongshaug, Kristin Marie
Omar is an artist, songwriter and actor and a former member of the most successful Scandinavian boy-band: FO&O.
As one of the stars of the successful Netflix series, Young Royals, he has established himself as an idol at a younger audience and has since then become (one could say) a global star.
This is Omar’s third entry in the Melodifestivalen.
Klara Hammarström
Song: Run To The Hills
Songwriters: Jimmy ‘Joker’ Thörnfeldt, Julie Aagaard, Anderz Wrethov, Klara Hammarström
Klara Hammarström became known to the public through the SVT reality show “Familjen Hammarström”, which was all about her successful family.
Having participated in both 2020 and 2021, Klara Hammarström has a unique consecutive hat-trick at Melodifestivalen.
Tribe Friday
Song: Shut Me Up
Songwriters: Isak Gunnarsson, Robin Hanberger Pérez, Noah Deutschmann
With their signature mix of indie rock, dance-pop and emo, Tribe Friday from their debut already have a devoted global fan-base.
The band describes itself as three “emo-losers” from three different Swedish small towns who share the dream of becoming the biggest band in the world.
John Lundvik
Song: Änglavakt
Songwriters: Anderz Wrethov, Elin Wrethov, Benjamin Rosenbohm, Fredrik Sonefors, John Lundvik
No introductions needed! Fifth place in Tel Aviv in 2019 with Too Late For Love here! Also one of the composers, Benjamin Rosenbohm, is a member of Ben & Tan from Denmark, who won the Melodi Grand Prix 2020, but eventually never represented Denmark due to the cancellation of the competition that year.
Cornelia Jacobs
Song: Hold Me Closer
Songwriters: Isa Molin, David Zandén, Cornelia Jakobsdotter
Cornelia Jakobs has been involved in music since she was seven years old. At school she started playing in various garage-rock bands and her love for playing live remains undiminished.
An artist with a musical vision and creativity, she has done almost everything in the last five years, releasing 9 singles and an upcoming debut album
Niello & Lisa Ajax
Song: Tror du att jag bryr mig
Songwriters: Yvonne Dahlbom, Niklas ‘Niello’ Grahn Linroth, Jesper Welander
Niello and Lisa will be appearing together for the first time in Mellodifestivalen, but have already collaborated last summer on the song Ingen annan.
Niello started off in 2013 with the release of his song Legenden, while Lisa Ajax became widely known through Idol.
The lovely nurse from Jönköping who participated in the talent show P4 Nästa in 2019.
She then met hitmaker Jörgen Elofsson who gave her the song Crying Rivers, which she performed at Melodifestivalen 2020. Faith Kakembo finished fifth in the third semifinal.
LIAMOO Song: Bluffin
Songwriters: Jimmy ‘Joker’ Thörnfeldt, Sami Rekik, Dino Medanhodzic, Ali Jammali
LIAMOO won the Swedes’ heads and hearts, back in 2016, when he won Idol, showing off his skills as both a singer and a rapper.
In 2018, LIAMOO participated in the Melodifestivalen with the song Last Breath in which he also co-composed and in 2019 with the duet, Hold You, together with Hanna Ferm, finishing in third place.
Linda Bengtzing Song: Fyrfaldigt hurra!
Songwriter: Thomas G:son, Linda Bengtzing, Myra Granberg, Daniel Jelldéus
In addition to her past seven participations in Melodifestivalen and her 8th next year in 2022s revision of Melodifestivalen, Linda has starred in a number of TV shows and musicals, acquiring amazing reviews, including a nomination for Best Actress for her role as Mimi Marquez on RENT.
Samira Manners
Song: I Want To Be Loved
Songwriters: Samira Manners, Fredrik Andersson
Samira Manners is 21 years old and she’s performing and writing music from a very young age. The singer-songwriter is focused on her feelings and experiences while composing new music and her dream is to share her experiences with the broad audiences through her songs.
Danne Stråhed
Song: Hallaballoo
Songwriters: Danne Stråhed, Fredrik Andersson, Erik Stenhammar
Danne Stråhed has been a member of various bands since the mid-1970s and, as a member of the band Chinox, had connections with the then relatively unknown band AC/DC.
His musical roots are in Swedish folk music, with essences of South American and Caribbean vibes. His music, which is inspired by Scandi/Cajun sounds, has a strong appeal in audiences in Sweden.
THEOZ
Song: Som du vill
Songwriters: Tobias Lundgren, Axel Schylström, Tim Larsson, Elize Ryd, Jimmy ‘Joker’ Thörnfeldt
THEOZ is one of Sweden’s most famous influencers with over two million followers on all their social networks.
He started his career in 2018, at the age of just twelve, with the song Het. The music video for this song became the most popular one of the year in Sweden.
Malou Prytz Song: Bananas
Songwriters: Alice Gernandt, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb
Malou participated successfully for the first time in Melodifestivalen when she was only 15 years old in 2018, with the song I Do Me qualifying for the finals, also gaining multiple streams on Spotify and great success on the radio. She returned two years later with the song Ballerina, rendering her appearance in 2022 her third participation in the national contest.
Lisa Miskovsky Song: Best To come
Songwriters: Lisa Miskovsky, David Lindgren Zacharias
Lisa is one of Sweden’s most highly acclaimed artists and composers, having sold over 200,000 albums and having already won 2 Grammys.
Nature has always meant a lot to Lisa and it is said that she draws a lot of energy from the land of Västerbotten.
Browsing Collection Song: Face In The Crowd
Songwriters: Carolina Karlsson, Mimi Brander, Moa Lenngren, Nora Lenngren, Sandra Bjurman, Jimmy Wahlsteen
This punk rock band with metal influences, is known for their intense-energy concerts and massive participation of the crowds.
Anna Bergendahl Song: Higher Power
Songwriters: Anna Bergendahl, Thomas G:son, Bobby Ljunggren, Erik Bernholm
Anna returns to the scene of the crime for the fourth time, after representing Sweden in 2010 with This Is My Life at the age of 19, Ashes To Ashesin 2019 and Kingdom Come in 2020. Everyone should know her by now!
MEDINA Song: In i dimman
Songwriters: Jimmy ”Joker” Thörnfeldt, Sami Rekik, Dino Medanhodzic, Ali Jammali
MEDINA is one of the most successful and beloved hip hop duos, of the 00s. Their participation in Melodifestivalen is one of their first live performances together, after their split up 5 years ago.
Robin Bengtsson Song: Innocent Love
Songwriters: David Lindgren Zacharias, Victor Sjöström, Victor Crone, Viktor Broberg, Sebastian Atas
His fourth appearance at Melodifestivalen, in the hopes to represent Sweden once again after his success in Kiev in 2017 with the song I Can’t Go On. This year with a strong composing team for his song and Victor Crone being one of the bunch!
Tenori Song: La Stella
Songwriters: Dan Sundquist, Kristian Lagerström, Marcos Ubeda, Bobby Ljunggren, Sarah Börjesson Wassberg
Tenori consists of two quite respectable tenors of the opera scene: Alexander Grove and Kalle Leander. By participating in Melodifestivalen, they adding up more spice to their classical repertoire.
Shirley Clamp Song: Let There Be Angels
Songwriters: Mats Tärnfors, Pelle Nylén, Shirley Clamp, Jakob Skarin
Shirley Clamp, Melodifestivalen legend with six entries in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011 and 2014 and after the presentation of the second chance for this year’s Swedish national selection process, returns to the competition for the seventh time.
Lancelot Song: Lyckligt slut
Songwriters: Lancelot Hedman, Niklas Carson Mattsson
Lancelot songs could be called ‘heartfelt’ songs, exploring the emotional rollercoaster one can experience in their life. Love, betrayal and self-examination are the ‘trademarks’ of this artist.
Tone Sekelius Song: My Way
Songwriters: Anderz Wrethov, Tone Sekelius
Tone is one of the most famous YouTubers in Sweden! She shares stories of her everyday life at home in Stockholm with the 300,000 subscribers of her channel.
He composed and performed One More In The Crowd, the official anthem of Stockholm Pride 2017.
Alvaro Estrella Song: Suave
Songwriters: Linnea Deb, Jimmy ”Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Alvaro Estrella
Alvaro, who is a singer, dancer and composer at the same time is well known to Melodifestivalen fans. In addition to being a former dancer of artists such as Danny Saucedo, Eric Saade and Måns Zelmerlöw, he has also competed himself twice in the Swedish national selection process. Last year’s Baila Baila became one of the most successful and commercial songs of the season!
Malin Christin Song: Synd om dig
Songwriters: Jonathan Lavotha, Oliver Heinänen, Malin Christin
Malin is an experienced artist, having worked as a composer with both Swedish and international artists. Once she started composing for herself, she established a signature style somewhere between modern Swedish pop and alternative RnB.
Angelino Song: The End
Songwriters: Angelino Markenhorn, Julie Aagaard, Melanie Wehbe, Thomas Steengaard
Angelino has mentioned:
In times like these, it is very important to find new ways to share joy, sorrow or pain. Music has never been more important, or payed more of a social benefit, than now.
Lillasyster Song: Till Our Days Are Over
Songwriters: Jimmy Jansson, Palle Hammarlund, Ian-Paolo Lira, Martin Westerstrand
After the success of Pretender in 2021, where the rockers from Gothenburg reached the second chance, Lillasyster is ready to return in 2022.
The detailed schedule of Melodifestivalen 2022 is described below:
First Semi on the 5th of February
Second Semi on the 12th of February
Third Semi on the 19th of Februrary
Fourth Semi on the 26th of February
Fifth Semi on the 5th of March
The Finals on the 12th of March
Oscar Zia will present Melodifestivalen 2022. The Semi-Finals will follow the touring concept once more (after the coronavirus outbreak), as usual, with the finals being held at Friends Arena! With the opening of the contest in Malmö, Saturday February the 5th, Melodifestivalen will be held in Göteborg, Linköping, Lidköping, Örnsköldsvik and then in Stockholm.
Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments related to the Swedish national selection for Eurovision 2022!
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As promised by the national Swedish broadcaster SVT and the presenter of Melodifestivalen 2022 Oscar Zia by a post on the official Twitter account of Melodifestivalen, the time has come for the 14 first contestants of the Swedish national selection of 2022 to be revealed!
The first 14 contestants are the following
Anders Bagge
Song: Bigger Than The Universe
Songwriters: Anders Bagge, Jimmy Jansson, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son
There are very few people in Sweden who do not know Anders, he is one of the most popular TV personas and composers in the country.
The Swedish Idol judge has collaborated with international artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, Celine Dion, Janet Jackson, Santana and Enrique Iglesias.
He also wrote the Azerbaijani entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, When The Music Dies by Sabina Babayeva.
Cazzi Opeia
Song: I Can’t Get Enough
Songwriters: Bishat Araya, Jakob Redtzer, Cazzi Opeia, Paul Rey
Cazzi Opeia has become one of the most sought after K-pop composers, with many hits on US Billboard and collaborations with global superstars such as BTS, Red Velvet, NCT 127 and Enhypen.
As a songwriter, Cazzi has sold more than 20 million physical albums and has over 4 billion streams and more than 1.5 billion views on YouTube.
Omar Rudberg
Song: Moving Like That
Songwriters: Omar Rudberg, Gustav Blomberg, Amanda Kongshaug, Kristin Marie
Omar is an artist, songwriter and actor and a former member of the most successful Scandinavian boy-band: FO&O.
As one of the stars of the successful Netflix series, Young Royals, he has established himself as an idol at a younger audience and has since then become (one could say) a global star.
This is Omar’s third entry in the Melodifestivalen.
Klara Hammarström
Song: Run To The Hills
Songwriters: Jimmy ‘Joker’ Thörnfeldt, Julie Aagaard, Anderz Wrethov, Klara Hammarström
Klara Hammarström became known to the public through the SVT reality show “Familjen Hammarström”, which was all about her successful family.
Having participated in both 2020 and 2021, Klara Hammarström has a unique consecutive hat-trick at Melodifestivalen.
Tribe Friday
Song: Shut Me Up
Songwriters: Isak Gunnarsson, Robin Hanberger Pérez, Noah Deutschmann
With their signature mix of indie rock, dance-pop and emo, Tribe Friday from their debut already have a devoted global fan-base.
The band describes itself as three “emo-losers” from three different Swedish small towns who share the dream of becoming the biggest band in the world.
John Lundvik
Song: Änglavakt
Songwriters: Anderz Wrethov, Elin Wrethov, Benjamin Rosenbohm, Fredrik Sonefors, John Lundvik
No introductions needed! Fifth place in Tel Aviv in 2019 with Too Late For Love here! Also one of the composers, Benjamin Rosenbohm, is a member of Ben & Tan from Denmark, who won the Melodi Grand Prix 2020, but eventually never represented Denmark due to the cancellation of the competition that year.
Cornelia Jacobs
Song: Hold Me Closer
Songwriters: Isa Molin, David Zandén, Cornelia Jakobsdotter
Cornelia Jakobs has been involved in music since she was seven years old. At school she started playing in various garage-rock bands and her love for playing live remains undiminished.
An artist with a musical vision and creativity, she has done almost everything in the last five years, releasing 9 singles and an upcoming debut album
Niello & Lisa Ajax
Song: Tror du att jag bryr mig
Songwriters: Yvonne Dahlbom, Niklas ‘Niello’ Grahn Linroth, Jesper Welander
Niello and Lisa will be appearing together for the first time in Mellodifestivalen, but have already collaborated last summer on the song Ingen annan.
Niello started off in 2013 with the release of his song Legenden, while Lisa Ajax became widely known through Idol.
The lovely nurse from Jönköping who participated in the talent show P4 Nästa in 2019.
She then met hitmaker Jörgen Elofsson who gave her the song Crying Rivers, which she performed at Melodifestivalen 2020. Faith Kakembo finished fifth in the third semifinal.
LIAMOO Song: Bluffin
Songwriters: Jimmy ‘Joker’ Thörnfeldt, Sami Rekik, Dino Medanhodzic, Ali Jammali
LIAMOO won the Swedes’ heads and hearts, back in 2016, when he won Idol, showing off his skills as both a singer and a rapper.
In 2018, LIAMOO participated in the Melodifestivalen with the song Last Breath in which he also co-composed and in 2019 with the duet, Hold You, together with Hanna Ferm, finishing in third place.
Linda Bengtzing Song: Fyrfaldigt hurra!
Songwriter: Thomas G:son, Linda Bengtzing, Myra Granberg, Daniel Jelldéus
In addition to her past seven participations in Melodifestivalen and her 8th next year in 2022s revision of Melodifestivalen, Linda has starred in a number of TV shows and musicals, acquiring amazing reviews, including a nomination for Best Actress for her role as Mimi Marquez on RENT.
Samira Manners
Song: I Want To Be Loved
Songwriters: Samira Manners, Fredrik Andersson
Samira Manners is 21 years old and she’s performing and writing music from a very young age. The singer-songwriter is focused on her feelings and experiences while composing new music and her dream is to share her experiences with the broad audiences through her songs.
Danne Stråhed
Song: Hallaballoo
Songwriters: Danne Stråhed, Fredrik Andersson, Erik Stenhammar
Danne Stråhed has been a member of various bands since the mid-1970s and, as a member of the band Chinox, had connections with the then relatively unknown band AC/DC.
His musical roots are in Swedish folk music, with essences of South American and Caribbean vibes. His music, which is inspired by Scandi/Cajun sounds, has a strong appeal in audiences in Sweden.
THEOZ
Song: Som du vill
Songwriters: Tobias Lundgren, Axel Schylström, Tim Larsson, Elize Ryd, Jimmy ‘Joker’ Thörnfeldt
THEOZ is one of Sweden’s most famous influencers with over two million followers on all their social networks.
He started his career in 2018, at the age of just twelve, with the song Het. The music video for this song became the most popular one of the year in Sweden.
It is very likely for the next 14 contestants to be revealed in a week, Friday December the 3rd.
The detailed schedule of Melodifestivalen 2022 is described below:
First Semi on the 5th of February
Second Semi on the 12th of February
Third Semi on the 19th of Februrary
Fourth Semi on the 26th of February
Fifth Semi on the 5th of March
The Finals on the 12th of March
Oscar Zia will present Melodifestivalen 2022. The Semi-Finals will follow the touring concept once more (after the coronavirus outbreak), as usual, with the finals being held at Friends Arena! With the opening of the contest in Malmö, Saturday February the 5th, Melodifestivalen will be held in Göteborg, Linköping, Lidköping, Örnsköldsvik and then in Stockholm.
Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments related to the Swedish national selection for Eurovision 2022!
https://eurovisionfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/mf14uhd.jpeg7201280Andreas Papayiannakishttps://eurovisionfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/eurovision-fun-transparent-1-3.pngAndreas Papayiannakis2021-11-26 09:14:522021-11-26 20:17:02Sweden: These are the 14 first contestants of Melodifestivalen 2022!
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