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Sweden: Zara Larsson interested in being a Eurovision 2024 interval! | What about Melodifestivalen?

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Zara Larsson is one of the biggest representatives of Swedish pop worldwide.  She is turning 26 at the end of this year, but she already has a vast career, made her international breakthrough at the age of 18 and she has been involved with acting lately, making her debut at a Netflix film A part of You.

She has declared herself as a big fan of Melodifestivalen and Eurovision and has expressed her wish in the past to take part in Melodifestivalen as an interlude act. Now speaking at Sveriges Radio and Fredrik Hilmered, superstar Zara Larsson just expressed that she eagerly wants to go to Eurovision as one of the interval acts of this year’s contest to be held in Malmö, Sweden:

“I’m eager to do an interlude. Being on Eurovision would be really awesome. It’s by far the biggest program an artist can be a part of.”

But when asked about competing in Melodifestivalen, she sounds quite firm:

“I will never compete in Melodifestivalen. It’s more than just getting the chance to use the awesome stage. It’s the ultimate privilege for me as an artist.”

Has she been asked to do an interlude? She responds:

“I’ve told my management to hound them. We’ll see how it turns out. That would be super exciting.”

Her new album “Venus” gets released on the 9th of February and she sets off for her European tour on the 16th of the same month. No wonder why she’s left a big tour gap between the 16th of March and the 31st of May, if one takes a closer look to her tour dates. She seems to be really keen on participating at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest that is hosted by her home country, Sweden, after Loreen did a double and won last year in Liverpool with the song “Tattoo“.

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Zara Larsson Tour – Gap between March and May

Just yesterday, Zara Larsson released her new single from her upcoming album called “You Love Who You Love“. You can have a listen to the YouTube video down below:

In the next few months we will know more about this year’s contest, the hosts of the three shows and the participating artists as intervals. It remains to be seen if Zara Larsson will be involved in any way to the contest.

Source: Sveriges Radio
Photo: Jessica Gow/TT, Magnus Lejhall/TT

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Sweden: Eurovisionfun will be in Stockholm at Allsång på Skansen!

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In the summer of 2023, Allsång på Skansen is back like every year and is held at Skansen in Stockholm, Sweden.

Eurovisionfun of course will be there, accredited! This year the concert is taken over by Pernilla Wahlgren who will lead all the shows and will present this year’s guests, invites the crowd to sing with many surprises on stage.

The story behind Allsång på Skansen

Sven Lilja started the Allsång på Skansen tradition as early as 1935 and was the Allsång leader until 1950. Since 1979, Allsång på Skansen has also been a given feature on swedish television during the summers. Pernilla Wahlgren will be the seventh person to lead Allsång på Skansen since the program began to be televised. Previous presenters are Bosse Larsson (1979-1993), Lasse Berghagen (1994-2003), Anders Lundin (2004-2010), Måns Zelmerlöw (2011-2013), Petra Marklund (2014-2015), Sanna Nielsen (2016-2022) .

Who is Pernilla Wahlgren?

Pernilla Wahlgren is a Swedish singer and actress. She has participated in Melodifestivalen five times in total, with her 1985 entry titled “Piccadilly Circus” being very popular and successful. She has acted in several plays and films, playing roles including Esmeralda in the Academy Award-winning Fanny and Alexander. She has twice received the Guldmasken award for her work in theater.

Participating Artists

In the first day on the 27th of June, the audience can sing along with, among others, Laleh, two-times-Eurovision-winner Loreen and Mando Diao. The summer then offers guests (which include many Melodifestivalen stars who are joining the line-up) such as Zara Larsson, Hooja, Carola, Måns Zelmerlöw, Panetoz, Kiana, Oscar Zia, Nordman, Tomas Stenström, Admira Thunderpussy, Victor Leksell, Helen Sjöholm & Tommy Körberg and Darin.

Allsång på Skansen premieres June 27 at 8 p.m CET. and runs every Tuesday until August 15. Allsång på Skansen is also broadcast live on SVT and SVT Play and you can watch it here.

Allsång på Skansen 2023 Full Schedule

June 27th

  • Mando Diao
  • Laleh
  • Loreen
  • Lasse Stefanz
  • Louisiana Avenue

July 4th

  • Zara Larsson
  • Sven-Ingvar’s
  • Hooja
  • Jackie Mere

July 11th

  • Måns Zelmerlöw
  • Panetoz
  • Olivia Lobato
  • Erika and Cecilia
  • Malena Ernman and Rickard Söderberg

July 18th

  • Carola
  • Hanna Hedlund
  • Lucianoz
  • Lova

July 25th

  • Big
  • Kiana
  • Lancelot
  • Tomas Stenström

August 1st

  • Oscar Zia
  • Stefan Sundström
  • Admira Thunderpussy
  • Johar and Josefin

August 8th

  • Darin
  • Nordman
  • Naod

August 15th

  • Victor Leksell
  • Helen Sjöholm & Tommy Körberg
  • David Ritschard

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Sweden 2024: Zara Larsson would like to participate as interval act for Melodifestivalen!

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Zara Larsson is one of the biggest representatives of Swedish pop worldwide.  She may be only 25 but she has a vast career that includes an upcoming acting debut in Netflix film A part of You.

But apart her coming projects that include a tour and album, she also has time to enjoy Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest which she declares herself a big fan.

Talking about the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 which will take place in Sweden, Larsson is considering participating as one of the interval acts.  Although she does not outright reject the idea of representing Sweden one day, it seems we will not see her giving a try at least in the near future.

I’m a huge fan of Eurovision and Melfest, which is just Swedish culture. It really is. Everybody’s watching it, because it’s so fun. It’s just the show of the year. It’s so fun watching, and I would love to be part of the interval act next year. I don’t know if I would be up to compete in the competition. But I watch it every year with my whole family and my friends. It’s a huge event and I’m so happy for Loreen. I feel very proud to be a Swede. We take that s**t so seriously. It would be quite weird if we didn’t win, or at least get some of the top placements, because we love it.

Talking about this year’s winner, Zara Larsson does not only show respect for Loreen and her work but when she also said she would like to work with Loreen in the future:

She’s a very special artist and she’s always had such a clear vision of what she wants to do, and how she wants to do it. I love the fact that she’s not your typical Eurovision act, or Melfest act. She’s very artistic and a little left… experimental.

Source: Attitude

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