Sweden: Listen to the snippets of the “Melodifestivalen 2023" 1st Semi-Final songs

Sweden: Listen to the snippets of the “Melodifestivalen 2023
Thursday, 02 February 2023

  • Ahead of the 1st semi final of Melodifestivalen 2023, the Swedish broadcaster has released snippets of the competing songs in this semi final heat. 

    Like every year SVT is giving us a small taste of the we willl see on the Mello stage in Saturday's first semi final by releasing one minute snippets of the competing songs. 

    This year's edition of Melodifestivalen will kick off this Saturday with the first semi final round set to take place in Gothenburg.

    A total of 7 acts will take the stage and compete for two spots that lead directly to the final and two to the second chance round. Listen below to the snippets of the songs by clicking on the song titles: 

    1. Tone Sekelius – “Rhythm of My Show”
    2. Loulou LaMotte – “Inga sorger” (No Worries)
    3. Rejhan – “Haunted”
    4. Elov and Beny – “Raggen går” (The rattle goes)
    5. Victor Crone – “Diamonds”
    6. Eva Rydberg and Ewa Roos – “Länge leve livet” (Long live life)
    7. Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Arc north feat. Adam Woods – “Where are you (Sávečan)”

    A total of 28 acts will be taking part in this year's national selection in Sweden, which will consist of four qualifying heats, one semi-final and a grand final show. 

    The Melfest competition will take place according to the following schedule: 

    • Heat 1 – Göteborg (Feb.4, 2023)
    • Heat 2 – Linköping (Feb. 11, 2023)
    • Heat 3 – Lidköping (Feb. 18, 2023)
    • Heat 4 – Malmö (Feb.25, 2023)
    • Semi-final – Örnsköldsvik (March 4, 2023)
    • Final – Stockholm (March 11, 2023)

     

    Sweden in Eurovision

    Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 58 times since making its debut in 1958, missing only three contests (1964, 1970 and 1976). At the 1997 contest, Sweden was one of the first five countries to adopt televoting. Sweden is the only country to have hosted the event in five different decades, three times in Stockholm (1975, 2000, 2016), twice in Malmö (1992, 2013) and once in Gothenburg (1985).

    Sweden is one of the most successful competing nations at the Eurovision Song Contest, with a total of six victories, just one win behind Ireland. The country has the most top five results of the 21st century, with thirteen. In total, Sweden has achieved 24 top five results in the contest. After finishing second with Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson in 1966, Sweden went on to achieve its six victories with ABBA (1974), Herreys (1984), Carola (1991), Charlotte Nilsson(1999), Loreen (2012) and Måns Zelmerlöw (2015).

    In 2020 The Mamas won the Melodifestivalen 2020 and earned the right to represent Sweden in Rotterdam with their entry "Move" . Unfortunately for them, the contest was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak and The Mamas never had the chance to perform in Rotterdam Ahoy. Last year Tusse won Melodifestivalen 2021 with his song 'Voices' and went on representing the Nordic country in Rotterdam. After qualifying from the 1st semi final, he finished 14th in the Grand final with a total of 109 points in the overall score. 

    Last year Cornelia Jakobs defended the Swedish colors in Turin singing 'Hold me closer' which after qualifying 1st from the 2nd semi-final, finished 4th in the Grand final adding one more top-5 placing in the country's Eurovision history. 

     

    News Source/Image:SVT