Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2023 competing acts of Heat 3 & 4 revealed
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Sweden's national broadcaster, SVT, has revealed the rest 14 competing acts of Melodifestivalen 2023.
Following yesterday reveal of the first set of 14 acts to compete in Heat 1 & 2 of Melodifestivalen 2023, SVT completed the final line up this morning revealing the rest 14 artist to compete in the third and fourth heart of the Swedish national selection for Eurovision 2023.
Namely the contestants that will perform in Heat 3 & 4 in next year's Melfest edition are:
Heat 3 (18/2 -Lidköping)
- Casanovas - Så kommer känslorna tillbaka
- Ida-Lova - Låt hela stan se på
- Laurell - Sober
- Marcus & Martinus - Air
- Melanie Wehbe - For the Show
- Nordman - Släpp alla sorger
- Paul Rey - Royals
In this heat we see Paul Rey returning as a Melfest participant after his two in a row appearances in Melodifestivalen 2020 and 2021 with the songs 'Talking in my sleep' and 'The missing piece' respectively. For Nordman this will be the third time competing at Melodifestivalen, following their participation in 2005 with Ödet Var Min Väg, and in 2008 with I Lågornas Sken.
From the band Casanovas, Henrik Sethsson has previously scored a win at Melodifestivalen as a songwriter, with Listen To Your Heartbeat performed by Friends back in 2001 and was among the writers of the the Melodifestivalen song Something In Your Eyes sung by Jenny Silver.
Heat 4 - (25/2 - Malmö)
- Axel Schylström - Gorgeous
- Emil Henrohn - Mera mera mera
- Kiana - Where Did You Go
- Loreen - Tatoo
- Mariette - One Day
- Signe & Hjördis - Edelweiss
- Smash Into Pieces - Six Feet Under
In this fourth heat stands out of course the Eurovision 2012 winner, Loreen with the song 'Euphoria' but who has also taking part previously in Melfest 2011 with 'My heart is refusing me' and in Melodifestivalen 2017 with 'Statements'. Among the contestants of this round is Mariette who has participated in the Melodi competition four times in the past, in2015 with the song "Don't Stop Believing", in 2017 with 'A Million Years' , in 2018 singing 'For You' and in 2020 peforming the song 'Shout it out'.
Axel Schylström iwas invovled in the 2022 edition as a songwriter of THEOZ's Som Du Vill which reached the grand final.
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.
This 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.
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Angelos D.
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