Finally we know for sure: SVT, through this year's social media guru Sofia Dalén, have just announced the 28 acts competing in Melodifestivalen 2019! And as usual it is a right mix: some veterans we haven't seen in a long, highly…

SVT, the Swedish broadcaster of Melodifestivalen, has announced that the acts and song titles for next years Swedish Eurovision selection will be revealed on Tuesday 27th November.  It confirmed this on its Twitter yesterday evening:…

Just this afternoon, in Stockholm, Swedish broadcaster SVT have revealed which people will be guiding the Swedish viewers through the six Melodifestivalen shows in the winter of 2019. SVT have chosen 4 presenters this year: Marika…

As usual, each show of Melodifestivalen will be held in a different city next year! Traditionally the final is held in Stockholm but the four heats (deltävlingar) and second chance round Andra Chansen change city nearly every year and have…

Melodifestivalen 2018 received a great deal of criticism, both on national level and abroad, for both the content and the songs, and the viewership took a dive: below 3 million viewers for 4 of the 6 shows, an amount that hadn't been seen…

There is an update concerning the preparations and decisions for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, which is set to take place in Israel next year. Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand and his Eurovision team are currently in Israel, meeting…

Today we have learnt that the Swedish Eurovision commentary team for 2018 will be made up on Edward af Sillén and Sanna Nielsen.  Edward has been the regular commentator for Sweden since 2009, apart from a couple of occasions in 2013 and…