The Swedish national
broadcaster, SVT, has revealed all 32 acts, song titles and songwriters for
Melodifestivalen 2014, as well as the venues and dates for all six live shows.
Melodifestivalen has been Sweden's means of selecting a song since 1958,
and is one of the most eagerly anticipated events in the Eurovision calendar.
The complete line-up (in
alphabetical order) is
as follows, with the songwriters' names in brackets.
Heat 1 - 1st February
2014, Malmö, Malmö Arena
- Mahan Moin - Aleo (Mahan
Moin, Anderz Wrethov)
- Alvaro Estrella - Bedroom (Jakke
Erixson, Jon Bordon, Lauren Francis, Kristofer Östergren)
- Linus Svenning - Bröder (Fredrik
Kempe)
- Sylvester Schlegel - Bygdens son (Sylvester
Schlegel)
- Elisa Lindström - Casanova (Ingela
"Pling" Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren, Jimmy Jansson)
- Ellen Benediktson - Songbird (Sharon
Vaughn, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren)
- Elena Paparizou - Survivor (Bobby
Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström, Karl-Ola Kjellholm, Sharon Vaughn)
- YOHIO - To the end (Andreas
Johnson, Johan Lyander, Peter Kvint, YOHIO
Heat 2 - 8th
February2014, Linköping, Cloetta Centre
- Panetoz - Efter solsken (Johan
Hirvi, Mats Lie Skåre, Nebeyu Baheru, Njol Badjie, Pa Modou Badjie)
- Manda - Glow (Joy Deb,
Linnea Deb, Melanie Wehbe, Charlie Mason)
- Pink Pistols - I am somebody (Joakim
Törnqvist, Nestor Geli, Per Ivar Hed, Susie Päivärinta, Tord Bäckström)
- J.E.M - Love trigger (Thomas
G:son, Peter Boström, Julimar "J-Son" Santos)
- Martin Stenmarck - När änglarna går
hem (Andreas Öhrn, Alexander Bard, Martin Stenmarck, Peter
Boström)
- Little Great Things - Set yourself
free (Charlie Grönvall, Cristoffer Wernqvist, Felix Grönvall,
Adam Dahlström)
- The Refreshments - Hallelujah (Joakim
Arnell)
- Sanna Nielsen - Undo (Fredrik
Kempe, David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah)
Heat 3 - 15th February
2014, Gothenburg, Scandinavium
- State of Drama - All we are (Göran
Werner, Sanken Sandqvist, Emil Gullhamn, Sebastian Hallifax)
- Dr. Alban & Jessica Folcker - Around
the world (Dr. Alban, Jakke Erixson, Karl-Ola Kjellholm)
- Shirley Clamp - Burning alive (Bobby
Ljunggren, Marcos Ubeda, Sharon Vaughn, Henrik Wikström)
- Ace Wilder - Busy doin' nothin' (Ace
Wilder, Joy Deb, Linnéa Deb)
- Outtrigger - Echo (Joy Deb,
Linnéa Deb, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Outtrigger)
- CajsaStina Åkerström - En enkel sång (CajsaStina
Åkerström)
- EKO - Red (Joy Deb, Linnéa
Deb, Anna Lidman, Hannes Lundberg, Michael Ottosson)
- Oscar Zia - Yes we can (Fredrik
Kempe, David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah)
Heat 4 - 22nd February
2014, Örnsköldsvik, Fjällräven Centre
- Alcazar - Blame it on the disco (Fredrik
Kempe, David Kreuger, Hamid "K-One" Pirouzpanah)
- Ellinore Holmer - En himmelsk sång (Ellinore
Holmer, Vanna Rosenberg, Åsa Schmalenbach, Josefina Sanner, Henrik
Wikström, Amir Aly)
- I.D.A - Fight me if you dare (Albin
Nicklasson, Nicklas Laine, Louise Frick Sveen)
- Josef Johansson - Hela natten (Peter
Boström, Thomas G:son, Josef Johansson, Peo Thyrén)
- Janet Leon - Hollow (Karl-Ola
Kjellholm, Jimmy Jansson, Louise Winter)
- Anton Ewald - Natural (John
Lundvik)
- Ammotrack - Raise your hands (Jari
Kujansuu, Thomas Johansson, Calle Kindbom, Mikael de Bruin)
- Linda Bengtzing - Ta mig (Nicke
Borg, Jojo Borg Larsson)
Second Chance Round -
1st March 2014, Linköping, Linköping Arena
Grand Final - 8th
March 2014, Stockholm, Friends Arena
4 comments:
Inevitably, apart from Dr Alban and Alcazar, these are all new to me - but I am certain we will get a tip-top overview, analysis and commentary courtesy of Barbarella's Galaxy! Jx
There are a few acts in there that I know - Yohio, Sanna Nielsen, Shirley Clamp, Jessica Folcker, Anton Edwald and Linda Bengtzing. All have participated in MF before, most with decent/excellent songs.
Elena Paparizou won the Eurovison for Greece with "My Number One". Add to that Dr Alban and the fabulous Alcazar and that zooms up my knowledge of the acts.
I'm sure that as always, there will be loads of nice/tacky surprises along the way. And yes, of course the Galaxy will have full coverage when the time comes!
Ah yes, Elena Paparizou. Not a name that leapt off the page - but she did have a fab song. Jx
It was one of those cases where I heard 40 seconds of the song (long before the actual Eurovision show) and immediately declared her the winner. And win she did! Great song and a fun presentation.
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