The first qualifiers in Sweden are known and direct to the final of Melodifestivalen 2016 in Friends Arenan, Stockholm, went: Ace Wilder and Robin Bengtsson! To Andra Chansen (the second chance round) went: Albin & Mattias and…

The first semi final of Melodifestivalen 2016 will be taking place this coming Saturday in Gothenburg. Earlier today, SVT released short clips from the rehearsals of the seven artists competing in this week's semi final, and it was suddenly…

ISA, from Sweden, will participate in Melodifestivalen for the second year in a row. Last year, she finished 7th with a total of 56 points. She will compete, this year, in the second semi-final with her song ''I will wait''. She took the…

Melodifestivalen 2016 will start in February, and the aim is to select the best entry for Sweden which is the host country of 61st Eurovision Song Contest. Band Smilo (Arvid Ångström, Dennis Babic and  Oscar Berglund Juhola) is one of the…

Melodifestivalen 2016 will start in February, and the aim is to select the best entry for Sweden which is the host country of 61st Eurovision Song Contest. Mimi Werner is one of the newcomers to Melodifestivalen, and she will compete in the…

Minutes ago, Christer Björkman has revealed the hosts for Melodifestivalen 2016. He declared that, because this is the 15th year of Melodifestivalen being on a six week tour, they wanted to celebrate this festive fact. They decided to do…

SVT has just announced that the hosts for Melodifestivalen 2016 will be announced tomorrow! At 12:15 CET tomorrow the press conference will start and can be watched from here(click!). Frederik Ekelund will be leading us through the press…

Swedish tabloid Nöjesbladet can reveal that Linda Bengtzing will be competing in Melodifestivalen for the 6th time next year. Her song is said to have been written by no less than Melodifestivalen 2013 winner: Robin Stjernberg!  Robin…

Aftonbladet, often highly reliable when it comes to Melodifestivalen with well-informed sources, claim they can reveal the first names for Melodifestivalen 2016 already! The first and most remarkable name is Ace Wilder. Via social media…

This morning, at 8:59, the submission deadline for Melodifestivalen 2016 closed. After the closing it became clear that 2450 have been submitted, of which 1982 songs to ordinarie tävling (''regular contest'' for established composers, those…