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Sweden: First 10 participants for Melodifestivalen 2025 revealed!

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The first ten names of the Melodifestivalen 2025 have been revealed.

Among the first 10 names of the Melodifestivalen contestants we have previous participants in the Swedish national final including four previous winners of Melodifestivalen and even a former Eurovision winner.

According to Aftonblandet, these are the first 10 contestants we will see next year competing in Melodifestivalen:

  • Frans: Frans won Melodifestivalen in 2016 and represented Sweden in Stockholm with If I were Sorry
  • Måns Zelmerlöw: The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 winner will come back next year.  According to Aftonbladet, Måns is teaming with songwriter Ola Svensson.
  • Arvingarna: The Schlager, pop band won Melodifestivalen the first time they participated in the competition in 1993.  They have participated a total of six times since.
  • John Lundvik: John Ludvik has participated three times in Melodifestivalen.  He won the Swedish national final in 2019 and represented Sweden with Too Late for Love.
  • Kaliffa
  • Andreas Lundstedt: Andreas Lundstedt has competed five times in Melodifestivalen as part of Alcazar and four as a solo act.  And next will mark the tenth participation for the disco king.
  • Dolly-Style:  Dolly Style plans to compete in Melodifestivalen with their new line-up.  This will be the fourth time that the girl band has taken part in Melodifestivalen.  Dolly Style has four members, three of their current members had competed as Dolly Style in Melodifestivalen before.
  • Malou Prytz: Malou Prytz debuted in Melodifestivalen 2019 with I do me.  After having a positive reception she came back in 2020 and 2022.  Now she is 21 and is ready for her fourth participation.
  • Klara Hammarström
  • Scarlet

Are you looking forward to seeing the return to Melodifestivalen of some of the previous participants?  Which act are you most excited to see participating next year?

Source: Aftonbladet

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Switzerland: The choreographer of “Heroes” and “Cha Cha Cha Cha” to be in charge of “The Code”!

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On their Instagram account, Nemo (@nemothings) revealed that they are in rehearsals for Eurovision 2024. At the same time, they also announced that the experienced director and choreographer Fredrik Rydman will be the one in charge of the artistic direction of “The Code” in Malmö.

 

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Fredrik Rydman is no stranger to fans, as he is behind two very successful Eurovision entries. Namely Mans Zelmerlow‘s “Heroes”, which won Eurovision 2015 representing Sweden, and Kaarija‘s “Cha Cha Cha”, which last year gave Finland the second place in the overall ranking and the first place in the televoting.

Other entries he has directed are:

  • Sweden 2011 – Eric Saade – “Popular” (3rd place)
  • Finland – The Rasmus – “Jezebel” (21st place)
  • Ireland – Leslie Roy – “Maps” (16th in the semi-final)

Switzerland, currently ranked fourth by the bookmakers, will compete in the first half of the Second Semi-Final on May 9.

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Sweden: Örnsköldsvik interested in hosting next year’s contest!

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Last Saturday, Sweden won for the 7th time, equalling the victories of Ireland in the contest! Loreen with the song “Tattoo” brought the contest back home and even if only a couple of days have passed, cities around Sweden have started expressing their interest to host next year’s contest!

Following Malmö, Örnsköldsvik, a city in Northern Sweden with a population of about 30.000 poeple, joins the “hunger games” of the host city for 2024. Örnsköldsvik had bid to host the contest back in 2016, when Måns Zemerlöw won, but ahead of the contest Örnsköldsvik was reportedly unable to host the contest due to insufficient capacity!

Örnsköldsvik had hosted this year’s Melodifestivalen Semifinalen at Hägglunds Arena, where the arena looked a bit tiny compared to other shows of the tour and also there have been reports of rip-off prices to rather limited and not decent enough selection of hotel rooms, during the weekend of the contest.

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