As I was explaining earlier on, I will devote some of this blog's posts to the wonderful and exciting Swedish music festival Melodifestivalen. During six live shows the Swedish participant for the Eurovision Song Contest is chosen. First four shows will be the 4 semi-finals, followed by the Andra Chansen round (second chance show) which ultimately will lead to the final show where 11 participants will compete.
Recently the dates & locations for the live shows were announced through the official Melodifestivalen website:
February 7th, Göteborg / Scandinavium 1st Semi-final
February 14th, Nagpur / Skellefteå Kraft Arena 2nd Semi-final
February 21st, Leksand / Ejendals Arena 3rd Semi-final
February 28th, Malmö / Malmö Arena 4th Semi-final
March 7th, Norrköping / Himmelstalundshallen Andra chansen
March 14th, Stockholm / Globen Final
What is more exciting is that the writers & song titles that will compete in the contest already have been announced (with the exception of 4 wild cards). Though the names of performers have not yet been made public, there can be made some speculations on the following tracks:
Stay the night M&L: Anders Hansson, Mårten Sanden, Andreas Lundsted, Lina Hedlund, Therese Merkel
Interesting about the above track is Andreas Lundstedt, Lina Hedlund and Therese Merkel; all members of Alcazar who participated in MF twice (2003 & 2005), but Andreas also solo in 2007 with the track Move (he did not qualify for the final that year). Most likely this will be the new Alcazar track before their upcoming 3rd studio album.
It's my life M&L: Alexander Bard, Bobby Ljungren, Oscar Holter
This could be a new BWO song who then will be trying for the 4th time (sounds a bit desperate to me..?) to win the festival. Of their three participations the last two were most succesful (2006's Temple Of Love reaching no.2 in final just behind Carola's Invincible, however it reached no.1 in the Swedish single charts and made their album Halcyon Nights quite a succes. 2008's Lay Your Love On Me did not have the quality of Temple Of Love after a first listen to me, though it reached no.3 in the final show. If BWO is to participate again, it is most likely with this song as Alexander Bard is band member and Oscar Holter a frequent remixer of their latest tracks.
Moving on M&L: Sarah Dawn Finer, Fredrik Kempe
Sarah Dawn Finer participated in the Melodifestivalen before, in 2007 to be exact, with a beautiful ballad called I Remember Love reaching the 4th overall position. Afterwards she released her album A Finer Dawn which I believe has some good tracks. This track Moving On however might be the return of Sarah Dawn Finer?
Hope and glory M&L: Fredrik Kempe, Måns Zelmerlöw, M: Henrik Wikström
From one 2007's edition participant to another; Mans Zelmerlöw. He reached the 3rd place with Cara Mia, which was also composed by Fredrik Kempe. Mans is a 2005 Swedish Idol contestant who appeared in the Swedish adaptions of the musicals Grease & Footlose. After competing in MF 2007 he released his debut album Stand By For.. which included singles as Cara Mia and Work Of Art. This contribution (Hope and glory) might be the forthcoming single for a new album and perhaps Swedish 2009's Eurovision participant. Let's "Hope"!
You are not alone M&L: Fredrik Kempe, Alexander Bard, Anders Hansson
As I was speaking about BWO earlier on, this could be a possible track for them as well as it is written by band member Alexander as well, but also by Anders Hansson who wrote more songs together with the band on their previous records. Though I have to say I'd give It's My Life a bigger chance. It will be interesting to see how it turns out when the performers are announced, they might not even perform at MF 2009 at all...
Du vinner över mig M&L: Thomas G:son
Translation; You Win Me Over. As Thomas G:son composed this song all by himself, I wouldn't be surprised if this will be a true Swedish pop track in the likes of Carola's Invincible (2006) and Ven A Bailar Conmigo (Guri Shanke - Norway ESC 2007).
1000 miles M&L: Jarl Niklas , David Stenmarck
This track is written by David Stenmarck, the younger brother of Martin Stenmarck whom we all know from 2005's Las Vegas. This could possible be a next single for Martin? After 2005's poor ESC result with Las Vegas Martin released 2 huge succesful Swedish albums including the no.1 hit (for 10 weeks!) 7milakliv. His latest release is an English track in collaboration with Scandic Hotels. So it wouldn't be surprising if he's trying his luck with an English language album soon?
This track is written by David Stenmarck, the younger brother of Martin Stenmarck whom we all know from 2005's Las Vegas. This could possible be a next single for Martin? After 2005's poor ESC result with Las Vegas Martin released 2 huge succesful Swedish albums including the no.1 hit (for 10 weeks!) 7milakliv. His latest release is an English track in collaboration with Scandic Hotels. So it wouldn't be surprising if he's trying his luck with an English language album soon?
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