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Posted by: Qassändra 26th February 2015, 01:18 PM

I'd pretend to be shocked, but really I'm not at all. For the third year in a row, the third heat was the most heartbreaking of them all - 2013 brought us the stillbirth of Janet Leon's disco wigout and Amanda Fondell's post-Idol career; 2014 brought the final demise of Shirley Clamp and Alban och Folcker; 2015 brought pure pop injustice, as Ellen Benediktson made a run from acoustic borepop to threatening electro slutpop and was exterminated at the hands of the KKK and 'tonight Matthew, I'm doing Shake It Off!'. Still, the 17 year olds among us probably made it three for three on perfect results this year - but oh, how I'm mourning for that corset.

So loves, we're pulling into the end of MF 2015. Christ that was quick. I have to say, so far I'm not totally bowled over by this year - the results have generally seen the best of a mediocre bunch get through - but for my PINK POUND we've got a few all-time classics already, and lord knows we've needed a final as good as the one we've got waiting for us next month for a while now. That said, the line-up we've got this week could pretty much make or break the year as a whole, and the descriptions we've got already promise the best one out of the four we've had, so I've got my CUNT CROSSED loves - and that ISN'T just for the two contestants I've had my hopes staked on for a good three months now. LET US MINCE


01: Midnight Boy - Don't Say No
Text och musik: Johan Krafman, Kristofer Östergren och Olle Blomström
Best known for: Lobbing his WOO-WOO out inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nahnFSRZqZM
William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 7.00 / 6/1 / 7th
William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 81.00 / 80/1

Send an URGENT TELEGRAM to your 80s queens - we've GOT AN 80s QUEEN

The first slot of the fourth heat has become something of a TRADITIONAL SLOT in the last five contests, each time going to a RENOWNED act pleasing queens the wrong side of 40, and until last year each time BREAKING THE HEARTS of queens the wrong side of 40. Charlotte Perrelli, Army of Lovers, Melody Club - all acts huge in their time, brought low by the vagaries of lyrical recall, homophobia, or an unforgiving Swedish voting public (mostly the latter, but I cling to the former).

UNTIL LAST YEAR. Alcazar DESCENDED STAGE DISCOBALL, doubted even by MY FAIR SELF, and single-handedly rewrote the rule book, defying the norm of introducing heat four with failure and rollicking the ingénues following them to win the heat with gusto with their reheated gaypop. So with the curse lifted, and for the first time since MF was revamped, we're opening with a DÉBUTANTE - albeit one playing to the EXACT same audience as all the others *.*

Until now Midnight Boy's been a very underground type act, being known (if at all) for lobbing his widge out in public in music videos with pretty left-field electropop accompanying LA VISAGE (the electropop has invariably been better than said widge, but god loves a trier). Okay, he looks a bit like Ed Balls has gone (and lost) twenty rounds with a bottle of bleach and a hairdryer, but who gives a f*** if he looks like a bulldog if the music is potentially that good? And CHRIST KNOWS Boy George wasn't much of a looker either

Anyway, queeny old Boy here's fronting a HERITAGE track written by some top-notch producers (including one of Melody Club), and the word is that even though this bitch has only got love from Calvin Harris rather than living through it the first time round (not that you'd know from the WITHERED FACE), he's paying full tribute to the decade he was born in with a DEAD OR ALIVE pastiche. Hold on to the railings loves - it's either going direkt or failing miserably, but either way we're in for a SHOW TO REMEMBER *.*


02: Caroline Wennergren - Black Swan
Text och musik: Nicklas Eklund, Joel DeLuna och Aimee Bobruk
Best known for: Finishing 5th in MF 2005 with bossa nova dirge A Different Kind of Love
William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 3.50 / 5/2 / 4th
William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 26.00 / 25/1

Picture the scene. Heat 4, Melodifestivalen 2005. Going by the typical Buzzjack MF-watching demographic, you're either closeted in your early teens or not alive yet, but we'll ignore that for now. You've just been exposed to such marvels as Anne-Lie Rydé's FORTY FOOT FEATHER BOA OF SHAME and Mathias Holmgren and Rickard Engfors powering the entire 2005 Atlantic hurricane season with toxic levels of onstage homosexuality, before needing a cigarette after Nanne Grönvall basically reinvented entire notions of what rock could DO AND MEAN at Melodifestivalen, holding out an olive branch from the genre to a whole generation of Swedish homosexuals who would later go on to be betrayed by the likes of, well, Neverstore.

But WAIT, RUSH BACK IN from that cigarette loves, some 19 year old Brazilian black girl who just won STARS IN THEIR EYES as an Ella Fitzgerald impersonator is ABOUT TO ENTER MELODIFESTIVALEN

And HERE SHE DESCENDS TO SAVE US ALL WITH A POP BANGER



Oh. What the FUCK WAS THAT?!

And not only that, it WENT TO THE FINAL AND FINISHED THIRD ON TELEVOTES. And it was the worst of all worlds: not only did it do so WELL, it also didn't do WELL ENOUGH - a mere 4,000 votes more and it would've overtaken Martin Stenmarck on televotes, robbing him of 22 points and sending OUR GRAND MILITANT SCHLAGER DAME Nanne to Kiev for that year's Eurovision. I'm eternally grateful I wasn't following Melodifestivalen at the time, because I reckon I'd have been put off RIGHT THERE AND THEN

Okay, I've kind of come around to A Different Kind of Love in the meantime - it's almost ENTRANCINGLY vile in how uncompromising it is, but I can't exactly say OLD CAZ has been on my wishlist for returnees. Anyway, ten years on (and not even in her THIRTIES YET!) old Cazza here is back with something she's probably been submitting to the MF entry juries every year since 2007 (although I can't deny the title doesn't have me giggling like a schoolgirl *Caroline enters stage to deliver three minute bossa nova psychological thriller as ballerina*). Pretty much every veteran MF queen will be left ASTOUNDED if this is fabulous, so it's pretty much a no-lose entry - if it's dreadful, we all saw it coming, and if it's fabulous it's probably the making of a terrific heat. Let's not get our hopes up TOO MUCH (though I'm looking forward to doing this in drag to troll my Svenska queens at the Duke of York).


03: JTR - Building It Up
Text och musik: JTR (John Andreasson, Tom Lundbäck, Robin Lundbäck), Erik Lewander och Iggy Strange Dahl
Best known for: Finishing 7th in X Factor Australia in 2013
William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 2.10 / 11/10 / 2nd
William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 11.00 / 10/1

I'm too old for this shit.


04: Hasse Andersson - Guld och gröna skogar
Text och musik: Anderz Wrethov, Elin Wrethov, Johan Bejerholm och Johan Deltinger
Best known for: Dansband/country veteran 80s star
William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 4.00 / 3/1 / 5th
William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 51.00 / 50/1

Dansband (the melodic country/rock n roll hybrid precursor to the schlager genre) is another of the pillars this dear contest was built on over the last sixty years, albeit one which hasn't had a great deal of success recently. With the exception of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0b5lQgQJ7g, since Thorleifs went out in 2009's andra chansen with balls-out dansband romp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjksCGW7fuc it's been a proper drought for the genre in terms of both entries AND success. Hasse here's planning to change that, hooking up with the writer behind Insomnia (!) to make a comeback as the DANSBAND SAVIOUR, having in his time scored massive hits with, amongst other things, songs about his http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc1tvdanJPs (!!). I'd probably be on board if this were by a woman, but as it goes your mileage may vary. Can Hasse join the veterans revival so far this year?


05: Dinah Nah - Make Me (La La La)
Text och musik: Dinah Nah, dr alban, Jakke Erixson och Karl-Ola Kjellholm
Best known for: She AIN'T
William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 2.38 / 11/8 / 3rd
William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 34.00 / 33/1

I'm sorry bitches, but you should ALL KNOW that if there's one thing that'll get me A'FOAMIN' AT THE GUSSET, it's a GERIATRIC OLD MOO popping it and locking it (and by 'it' I mean her hip socket) with the best of the teen bitches to some PRIME SLUTPOP. And if there's ONE THING that's got me A'FOAMIN' at aforementioned GUSSET, it's QUEEN DINAH NAH (pronounced as three syllables: DEE/NAH/NAH - substitute as appropriate QUEENAH NAH).

There's only so much my evangelism and hyperbole can say. I'll let the following two videos SPEAK THE FAITH:





Apart from the joys of a 47 year old who looks like Nicola Sturgeon as envisaged by a Drag Race contestant GOING EGYPTIAN and donning a hugely unflattering black wig, along with the joys of a total nobody embarking on a SERIOUS MISSION of self-promotion to get people to learn her nonsensical/iconic name by dropping it at every moment in her tracks, the music is DROP DEAD FUCKING FABULOUS in all its B-rate 2004 Europop glory.

This is the shit I live for from Melodifestivalen kids, and if that wasn't all then QUEENAH has roped in last year's KING OF ROPE - the one and only DOCTOR ALBAN (medical accreditation uncertain but I would allow him to operate on me out of SHEER FAITH) - and the writers behind Bedroom last year. She's bringing the HARD CLUB track that's going to have me losing my shit like I've been at a G party for 72 hours solid, and frankly I can't envisage a place where this will finish on Saturday that would make it anything other than instantly iconic - direkt, AC, busting or dead last will all feel deeply appropriate for this, and even sixth will have enough of a note of 'well, you tried' tragedy to send Queenah into my heart for eternity. Can we even dare to hope Dinah Nah will survive to drop her name again past this week?


06: Annika Herlitz - Ett andetag
Text och musik: Amir Aly, Maciel Numhauser, Robin Abrahamsson, Sharon Dyall och Sharon Vaughn
Best known for: Dame of the stage who did the singing voice for Elsa in Sweden's version of Frozen
William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 7.00 / 6/1 / 6th
William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 34.00 / 33/1

The rumours of a Charlotte Perrelli return were SADLY OVERBLOWN, but thankfully for our luck OLD ANNIE HAIRLIP here's bringing Charl's face along for the ride.

Annika here was the voice of Elsa in the Swedish redub of Frozen last year. Yep - you know exactly what you're getting here. The only question will be whether the musical theatre/schlager ballad formula works as well onstage as it does in the most successful animated musical of all-time, although lord knows Annika will be starting out with a hell of a lot of goodwill anyway. Vox is the order of the day - she's also starred alongside Charlotte in the stage version of Evita in Sweden, so she's got the chops that should ensure a crowd-pleasing performance. Is it enough for direkt, or will Annika be screaming the house down next week opposite Kristin?


07: Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
Text och musik: Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad och Joy & Linnea Deb
Best known for: MF veteran of the 00s, finishing top five twice
William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 1.13 / 1/8 / 1st
William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 3.00 / 2/1 (second favourite to win)

Team Otter: it's time.

The pimp slot of the entire contest has been much abused in the last six contests. Since Malena's triumph in 2009 with the sanity-defying schlager-opera anthem that was La voix, each subsequent year has seen Christer's favourite plonked in the final slot of Melodifestivalen only to drown in its overblown hubris. Peter Jöback whining through ten key changes of musical theatre pastiche; Love Generation alienating a nation as a group of nobodies on a RedOne knock-out; Danny Saucedo recycling Without You a year too late; Ulrik Munther oddly going on to be more of an inspiration than the track ever warranted with overblown faux-epic Tell The World I'm Here; Anton Ewald justly embarrassing himself in front of a nation with gospel-EDM bast*rd Natural: each in their own way a track that made total sense as the show-stopper of each year's Melfest, yet in the same way felt bizarrely disappointing and totally unworthy of victory compared with the majesty of curtain-closers of years past: stand up La Voix, Evighet, and of course, Hero.

In a year that feels like the first clawback for the Melodifestivalen veteran in a very, very long time, it's only appropriate that this year's show-closer should go to one of the contestants who perfectly blends the mix of the contest's old and new in a way only his closest rival this year, Eric Saade, has matched since: Måns Zelmerlöw.

I don't really need to explain Måns' appeal that much: it's telling that despite him totally predating Buzzjack's mass interest in Melodifestivalen, his two MF entries both made it to the final of Super Melodifestivalen last year on this forum with relatively little effort, but I'll give you a bit of backstory anyway.

Fresh from a successful stint on Idol 2006, Måns' first attempt at MF stardom coincided with Fredrik Kempe concluding that as a bald, overweight man in his forties, his dream of going to Eurovision as a star solo act in his own right was pretty unrealistic (not that it stopped Roger Pontare, but that kind of act was never really Kempe's forté). So, he turned his talent for pop songwriting to the most successful formula Melodifestivalen has ever seen, and pretty much the only one that is a guarantee in every year since it was conceived - the schlager twink fronting a devastatingly simple pop track written by Kempe, each with a knockout hook and inevitably in the top five of each given MF year. Legal restrictions forbid me to explain any further what went on behind the scenes, but years of therapy and deadened eyes have been worth it for hours of last.fm playcounts and the odd Eurovision third place finish/andra chansen for Kempe's chosen boys.

And Måns was the first to lay down the template, with absolute max track Cara mia - which finished third and went on to be the breakout pop hit of MF 2007, setting things up for an inevitable comeback with a killer mix of boy next door good looks, obvious star quality, clear performing chops and superb material. Måns didn't quite manage to win the fight the following year to front Kempe's crowning glory Hero (and we should be thankful - competent he may be, but no way in hell would Måns have managed to nail the money note or the sheer do-or-die desperation that Charlotte's reading brought to the greatest pop track of all time), but his hugely anticipated comeback with Hero rewrite Hope and Glory in 2009 entered the contest as the initial prohibitive favourite. And you can see why - an extra two years of stage experience had transformed Måns into Sweden's pre-eminent pop performer. Six years on, I imagine the way his perf leaves me must be how all those 14 year old girls feel watching Linus Svenning - a mix of awe, thrill, and a general sense that he frankly needs to be giving me his children this damned instant (the second chorus with the co-ordinated choreography with the BEVY OF WHORES still ranks as one of my favourite MF moments of all time).

However, despite storming the heat and the jury vote in the final, the public didn't quite get on board (the Hero comparisons probably rang a little too true), and poor Måns went out fifth in the televote and birthed one of the all-time great FACES OF HATE at having a big career setback in front of a viewing audience of 4 million (with love to ADAM for sourcing the following)



So, Måns has been out of the pop game for a while, but he's still kept up appearances - hosting MF in 2010 and various summer music festivals in Sweden in the years since, getting his arse out for QX Gay-galan last year to make amends for a mild homophobia scandal (HOW COULD YOU MÅNS) and a flop EP. So, to truly make penance for his sins and his flops, he's re-entered the contest that made his name.

He isn't back with schlager. But as one of the great performers of the MF stage, that doesn't matter too much. We're due a cross between Avicii, Guetta, and Tell The World I'm Here (yep, again). It sounds like it's going to be a repeat of every show-closer for the last three years - but I'm holding out hope for Team Otter, because if there's anyone who can sell a perf to me, it's old Måns 'MY OVARIES' Z. But after a rapturous reception for Jon Henrik and Mariette, will the rivalry with Saade even register in the public's consciousness? We'll find out.

-x-

Thursday: Reviews of the rehearsals with thirty second clips of the performances. Needless to say if they're that short, take any impressions with a silo of salt - unless they're obviously Hero-level quality and going to change our lives in which case SET HYPERBOLE TO 11
Friday: Reviews of the second rehearsal and the notoriously hit-or-miss results of the 'gen-rep' poll of audience members at the rehearsals
Saturday: In the afternoon 2:30 clips of the songs are uploaded to SVT. A livestream of the heat will start at 7pm GMT on svt.se/melodifestivalen

GO GO GO

Posted by: Conderella 26th February 2015, 01:31 PM

Let's just post in here then with the hope that all of the Heat 4 posts will be moved to the forthcoming thread~

Posted by: Conderella 26th February 2015, 01:32 PM

Midnight Boy https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=931434436902061
Caroline Wennergren https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=931426613569510

Posted by: Conderella 26th February 2015, 01:35 PM

Oh and mah predictionses

DTF: Måns, Annika
AC: Hasse, JTR
5th: Dinah Nah
6th: Caroline
7th: Midnight Boy ( )

Posted by: Robot 26th February 2015, 01:41 PM

Well, Hasse is representing dansband this year, so it'll probably make it through in some form or another.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 26th February 2015, 02:19 PM

I'm hoping SOMEHOW Midnight Boy isn't dead last, although that does seem to be an almost forgone conclusion sadly.

Posted by: Conderella 26th February 2015, 02:27 PM

JTR https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=931454420233396

Could be okay as a full song but the vocals are way too bad really.

Posted by: ┌ ╫ ┘ 26th February 2015, 02:32 PM

i have never said that, if you could find that quote i'll buy you a bottle of poppers!

and besides eric/mans/jon henrik and that guy from last year who i thought was marlon brando's son all look incredibly similar, does sweden take orange looking twinks with dark hair right into their hearts?

Posted by: ┌ ╫ ┘ 26th February 2015, 02:33 PM

also anyone in leather pants always looks like a total c**t

Posted by: Qassändra 26th February 2015, 03:19 PM

DONE

Posted by: Qassändra 26th February 2015, 03:29 PM

Jon Henrik is Colombian you racist!

Also





bottle of rush pls

Posted by: Qassändra 26th February 2015, 03:32 PM

PREDIX:

DTG: Mans, JTR
AC: Annika, Hasse
05: Caroline
06: Midnight Boy
07: Dinah Nah

Posted by: AdamAloud 26th February 2015, 03:38 PM

Posted by: AdamAloud 26th February 2015, 03:40 PM

Predictions

DTG: Mans, Annika
AC: JTR, Dinah Nah
5th: Hasse
6th: Caroline
7th: Midnight Boy

Posted by: Liаm 26th February 2015, 03:41 PM

JTR'S vocals have somehow gotten WORSE since X Factor!! I didn't think there was much scope for even more of a downward trajectory... Tbf they're going to be one of those acts I'll just hate regardless of the song, it'd have to be astounding for me like it I think... 2006 is as far back as I properly went retrospectively when I started following MF in 2011, so I missed that Caroline song but jesus wept

Lookin forward to Mans obviously but also Dinah Nah.

Posted by: ┌ ╫ ┘ 26th February 2015, 03:43 PM

i will buy you that bottle and bring it to finalen

(i also selected those names at random to impress you at the time)

and as for jon yes he may be but it doesn't change the facts swede's love what i described. i find it baffling (tho i do fancy jon)

Posted by: ┌ ╫ ┘ 26th February 2015, 03:43 PM

also did you type this up at the library pay as yo go dell comp from 1998

Posted by: Qassändra 26th February 2015, 03:50 PM

cheers luv *.* I couldn't really go on a MANS SOURCING mission @ work so I am eternally in your debt


KNEW IT (thx 4 the rush tho hun)

I don't even think Jon and Mans look all that similar to the others really. Mans isn't even really a twink anymore!

Posted by: ┌ ╫ ┘ 26th February 2015, 04:02 PM

i am watching this and getting teary:



what an inspirational song / woman / everything

Posted by: Vülker 26th February 2015, 04:05 PM

It's finally time for Team Otter!


It's been a long wait for me since he became my personal deity in that 2009 deltävling 2. ^{**whispers** he was my first **whispers**}

Now,

Posted by: Vülker 26th February 2015, 04:14 PM

f*** me, this Dinah Nah track sounds epic in every proportion. Summer hit 2015, ovviously.

Posted by: Iz~ 26th February 2015, 04:20 PM

Caroline is TWENTY-NINE? Dinah looks younger than her!

I don't exactly know how to predict but I think I'm looking forward to Midnight Boy, Hasse and Mans, to see how they sound, and then probably Annika and Dinah look like they could be good.

Oh go on then, I guess the top 3 seem pretty safe from reading those write-ups carefully (fab job once again T), but the bottom 4 could be going any way depending on the songs - not listened to any of the clips yet.

DTF: Mans, Annika
AC: JTR, Midnight Boy
5th: Hasse
6th: Dinah
7th: Caroline

Posted by: Conderella 26th February 2015, 04:21 PM

oooh dinah nah sounds like a hit indeed. You just KNOW there is going to be a big breakdown in it somewhere so i'm very much excited~

Posted by: ┌ ╫ ┘ 26th February 2015, 04:22 PM

just finished reading thank you tirren for writing as per usual x

diner nah has me most excited *.*

Posted by: ┌ ╫ ┘ 26th February 2015, 04:23 PM

can you post the bloody clips when bloody talking about them bloody plsss!

Posted by: Conderella 26th February 2015, 04:27 PM

Go on svt's facebook hoe. You can get there via one of the clips i posted

Posted by: Vülker 26th February 2015, 04:28 PM

https://www.facebook.com/svtmelodifestivalen

Posted by: Conderella 26th February 2015, 04:44 PM

Mansy now 2nd fav to win not far behind Jon

Posted by: LexC 26th February 2015, 04:44 PM

THANK YOU TIRREN!

-x-

Having heard all the clips except Mans, I'd guess the results will go something like

DTF: Mans, Annika
AC: JTR, Dinah Nah
5th: Hasse
6th: Midnight Boy
7th: Caroline

I have hope that the Swedes will reward what sounds like a maximal Dinah Nah song but I am braced for disappointment.

Posted by: ┌ ╫ ┘ 26th February 2015, 04:59 PM

all of those clips sound dreadful (with the exception of 'guld och gröna skogar')

Posted by: Lee_J11 26th February 2015, 05:14 PM

Colour me excited for Dinah *.*

Posted by: Vülker 26th February 2015, 05:16 PM

Surely he can't be more of an inspiration than the track that actually originated the movement?

Posted by: Cal 26th February 2015, 05:17 PM

Really enjoying the sound of Caroline's song. Everything else so far sounds horrendous.

Posted by: Qassändra 26th February 2015, 05:18 PM

Take Our Hearts was fab but like HELL was Tell The World I'm Here based on it!

Posted by: Qassändra 26th February 2015, 05:18 PM

I'm SCREAMING for how FABULOUSLY BASIC Make Me (La La La) is!

SLAY! *.*

Posted by: Vülker 26th February 2015, 05:21 PM

Seriously? They sound like audiotwins to me...

On a side note, I much prefer Jesper (Glorious ).

Posted by: Vülker 26th February 2015, 05:23 PM

O M F G


This loon has shat his pants due to the sheer excitement Le Måns' clip has caused.

win. thanks. bye.

Posted by: Vülker 26th February 2015, 05:25 PM

The more I hear it the more amazing it sounds.


// dead //

(I'll retreat to rehab now)

Posted by: LB1108 26th February 2015, 05:29 PM

Anything other than a Mans/Queenah DTF will be a sheer TRAVESTY

Posted by: AdamAloud 26th February 2015, 05:31 PM

Mans clip here http://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/mans-zelmerlows-nya-grepp-som-ska-ta-honom-till-final-i-melodifestivalen-2015

2015 is saved!

Posted by: gooddelta 26th February 2015, 05:35 PM

Sounds (and looks) incredible. BYE Eric.

Posted by: Silas 26th February 2015, 05:40 PM

Oh my lord. *.* #TeamOtter gonna slay this shit.

Posted by: Qassändra 26th February 2015, 05:40 PM

YÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅS

Posted by: Conderella 26th February 2015, 05:45 PM

Oh my. Consider me SLAIN!

TAKE ME MÅNS

Posted by: LexC 26th February 2015, 05:48 PM

That is a THREAT (to both the competition and my pelvis).

Posted by: AdamAloud 26th February 2015, 05:51 PM

Vilket bidrag är din favorit i den fjärde deltävlingen?
Hittills: 200 röster
1. ”Don't Say No” – Midnight Boy 7%
2. ”Black Swan” – Caroline Wennergren 8%
3. ”Building It Up” – JTR 4%
4. ”Guld och gröna skogar” – Hasse Andersson 4%
5. ”Make Me (La La La)” – Dinah Nah 8%
6. ”Ett andetag” – Annika Herlitz 6%
7. ”Heroes” – Måns Zelmerlöw 63%

VI HAR EN VINNARE

Posted by: Iz~ 26th February 2015, 06:01 PM

I'm not convinced yet.








Of it winning, that is, the song is pretty strong and without having listened to any of the other clips yet, will have an easy time in this heat.

Posted by: ┌ ╫ ┘ 26th February 2015, 06:14 PM

song sounds dreadful and he looks like any old washed out gay @ G.A.Y.

Posted by: Qassändra 26th February 2015, 06:17 PM

UM

Posted by: Qassändra 26th February 2015, 06:19 PM

If anyone's doing the washed out gay look it's MIDNIGHT BOY!

Posted by: ┌ ╫ ┘ 26th February 2015, 06:21 PM

all these identakit 4/10 swedes with identakit songs, the mind BOGGLES

Posted by: Qassändra 26th February 2015, 06:27 PM

MÅNS is NOT a FUCKING 4/10

Posted by: ┌ ╫ ┘ 26th February 2015, 06:29 PM

btw is it normal each year that songs/artists get preferential treatment / they know what is going to do well so put it on last. where is the competition? i don't like being lead up the garden path and i'm finding it quite off putting this year...

Posted by: Iz~ 26th February 2015, 06:30 PM

I would use that to describe Eric, Danny, Anton, Oscar Zia and basically all the Swedish guys EXCEPT Mans, who's normally quite good for his genre. Which means we only really have Eric repping the 4/10 guys this year.

(as far as solo acts go, S&V and probably JTR are falling into that category too)

Posted by: Vülker 26th February 2015, 06:47 PM

OUT!

GET. OUT!

Posted by: Robot 26th February 2015, 06:50 PM

Yeah, happens just about every year. Heat 4, final slot is almost always given to someone they're really trying to push. Mans, Anton Ewald, Ulrik Munther, Danny Saucedo, Love Generation etc.

People don't HAVE to vote for a song if they don't like it just because it performs last but it makes sense to have big fanbase acts on last to keep people watching etc, bearing in mind this is a TV show as much as anything. You can't push something if people aren't interested in it though, 'Natural' was the final song of last year and the first song of the final, two big slots, rock bottom in the final. Sanna, performs 6th in her heat, 8th in the final and wins it - ultimately the running order won't ever decide a winner imo and people do sometimes fail to qualify at all even placed last.

Posted by: Qassändra 26th February 2015, 06:54 PM

Exactly. It always happens that the bigger acts who've earned their keep get the better slots or bigger production - it doesn't always mean they do best.

Posted by: Martyn 26th February 2015, 08:46 PM

Mans in leather pants has made my life

Posted by: Ryan. 26th February 2015, 10:30 PM

Sweden are masters in manipulation with running orders, just see what they did to Eurovision itself with their producer decided running order! (Although to be fair it has worked out quite well considering the massive negativity towards it when first announced...)

Not quite getting the "Mans is incredible" comments, seems like a solid but unspectactular track to me but of course you can't tell anything from 30 seconds really. It definitely isn't screaming winner though to me. Staging looks very cool though!

Posted by: randomfurlong 26th February 2015, 11:48 PM

dead.

to.

me.

'Heroes' sounds pretty good, his star power definitely gives it the boost it needs even in that short clip. So smooth and confident.

(lovely commentary as ever Tirren, I did guffaw at the JTR bit)

Posted by: Conderella 27th February 2015, 05:31 PM

Dinah NAH-HUH

(spoiler)

http://cs623331.vk.me/v623331533/26b81/t0QZOtolPjw.jpg

:|

Posted by: Qassändra 27th February 2015, 05:56 PM

YES! *.*

Posted by: AdamAloud 27th February 2015, 06:52 PM

Måns still has 52% of the votes on the favourite song poll on the MF website. Not even Jon Henrik got higher than about 37% I think!

Posted by: Robot 27th February 2015, 06:53 PM

There's hardly much competition though is there, let's be honest. Looking at this semi, the only thing that seems of any note whatsoever is Mans (well, Dinah has potential but she's hardly gonna challenge him or appeal to a huge amount of the public).

Posted by: Conderella 27th February 2015, 07:01 PM

yeah the fact he is leading with such an amount says nothing about how he will perform against Jon and Eric. Also nobody seems to think there are THREE man candy faves and only one female. Some votes might get divided~ Let's hope Mariette will benefit from all this peen abundance~

Posted by: gooddelta 27th February 2015, 07:16 PM

I genuinely don't see Eric as being a contender at all...Mans vs Jon vs Mariette I'd say!

Posted by: Ryan. 27th February 2015, 07:20 PM

A lot depends on the running order for me especially with 12 songs, I think if Eric is on near the end then he can't be ruled but if he gets the opening slot or somewhere in the first half then he has no chance. I think it's a guarantee that Mans, Mariette and Jon Henrik will all be on near the end (Jon Henrik will probably get the closing slot) but I think they might use Eric to start the show off with. Not sure what they'll do with Isa, but if she somehow manages to get an Ace-style draw (which I doubt - I expect she'll be shoved in the middle) then she can't be ruled out either.

Posted by: AdamAloud 27th February 2015, 07:22 PM

Sadly, even as a Saade stan, I think it's all over for him even if he gets the pimp slot. There are far stronger songs this year that the jury and even the public will prefer.

Posted by: Qassändra 27th February 2015, 08:02 PM

Saade ain't getting the pimp slot. I reckon depending on odds by the time of the Tuesday before the final it'll be either Jon Henrik or Mans - Mariette's got something like 10th sewn up I reckon.

Posted by: Vülker 28th February 2015, 07:44 AM

I reckon she'll get 6th or 8th. I'm sensing a 2012 rehash with Mariette playing Loreen, Eric playing David Lindgren and the MZ would obviously close with his Amazing-like number [albeit miles better obvs].

The question is where they put Juan-Enrique. But I reckon he'll be put between Mariette and Måns [9th or 10th?].

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 01:25 PM

I'd be shocked if Sting above about 5th to be honest. I'm really sensing him "doing a Natural", except for him it's a bigger fall because obviously he's a bigger name and won before with a monster song like Popular.

Posted by: ┌ ╫ ┘ 28th February 2015, 02:08 PM

i have been a bit critical of late but i really want a full blown 'hero' trajectory cross-pollinated with loreen's eurovision journey for mariette. the best thing to come out of melfest for several years.

Posted by: ┌ ╫ ┘ 28th February 2015, 02:10 PM

as much as i'd JUMP at the chance of getting onboard with dinah; it's dreadful and deffo not a keeper, utterly derivative in a pedestrian remix sort of way...

Posted by: AdamAloud 28th February 2015, 02:19 PM

Hmm the quality of this doesn't scream HEAT OF DEATH like years gone by. Måns' song is of course brilliant and is much more of a winning track than 'Sting'. Dinah Nah's song is so basic yet utterly joyous at the same time, combined with her outfit it could be the hot mess of the year!

Want:
DTG: Måns, Dinah Nah
AC: Midnight Boy, JTR
5th: Annika
6th: Caroline
7th: Hasse

Think:
DTG: Måns, Caroline
AC: JTR, Annika
5th: Hasse
6th: Midnight Boy
7th: Dinah Nah

Posted by: Ryan. 28th February 2015, 02:50 PM

Måns song sounds solid, but it's the weakest of the "big 5" for me on first listen but maybe the stage performance will change that. Jon Henrik or Mariette are the only possible winners for me I think!

Posted by: Måns Vülkerlöw 28th February 2015, 03:50 PM

I don't know why~ but Hasse is so clearly the other DTF of this heat for me.

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 03:57 PM

Yeah I'm thinking Hasse will go DTF At LEAST AC. Even JTR are better than him! Thoughts coming in a sec, just listening through the 2:30s... My christ though, the "rap" in JTR's "song" is absolutely tragic

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 04:02 PM

Make Me La La La is great in a hot mess way, but I'd be shocked if it progressed. Måns is the best obv and I quite like Midnight Boy but again I'd be surprised if that progressed... Caroline's isn't that bad actually, it's just that her voice is horrifically irritating at times. JTR and Hasse are probably the two worst of the whole YEAR for me! Hasse is obviously just not my thing.

The """rap""" in JTR's song is absolutely tragic oh my god They have only got worse and more of a Lidl answer to 1D since XF! The song is nothing special anywayl, but it might be ok under another artist. It's odd because I'm not used to having a pre-existing hatred for MF singers, I never know them well enough (and if I do I like them or don't care, never hate). Ugh. To be fair I'd be shocked if they pulled it off live, I mean look at these (their vocals can be absolutely shocking, although I guess they could have improved by then and have probably been intensely rehearsing for MF):






Want:
DTF: Måns, Dinah Nah
AC: Midnight Boy, Caroline
5th Annika
6th JTR
7th Hasse

Think:
DTF: Måns, Hasse
AC: Caroline, JTR
5th Annika
6th Dinah
7th Midnight Boy

This one is hard to predict though!

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 04:18 PM

OMFG SLAY ME MAKE ME LA LA LA

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 04:37 PM

YASSSSSS

Posted by: LexC 28th February 2015, 04:38 PM

Mans is brilliant, a potential winner and probably a contender in Vienna if it gets that far

Still on team Mariette personally but if it's a choice between that and jag ar fri then Heroes will do very nicely.

Posted by: Qassändra 28th February 2015, 04:43 PM

hun you have literally only followed this year and last year i will need you to do exploration before you're coming out with definitive statements like THIS (regardless of how true they may be)

Posted by: Qassändra 28th February 2015, 04:45 PM

AMAZING heat

01 - Dinah Nah - The Romanian slutpop wave LIVES! *.* I like to imagine that somewhere in a Bucharest bordello Sanda is tending to her weeping sores with tears of joy on hearing this

02 - Annika Herlitz - Okay this is the kind of track which could literally have been entered in any year since 1981 but IT HASN'T IN A WHILE AND THAT'S THE POINT. Thank god we have this otherwise we might have gone a whole MF without a VoR 'MF IS DEAD' tantrum and the idea of that is just UNACCEPTABLE

03 - Midnight Boy - OMG OMG OMG I'm QUEENING OUT PROPER OVER THIS, I can't wait to dance like a miserable 80s queen with Kaposi's Sarcoma to this *.* I'm probably going to end up listening to this the most out of all the songs in this heat - it's totally shameless, totally doomed, and totally fabulous

04 - Caroline Wennergren - Those harmonies in the chorus are SO Amanda Jenssen it's RIDICULOUS but THIS IS AMAZING. I wonder if this is the track they were trying to get her to enter with last year? I'm a little upset Caroline's comeback isn't disgusting as I was looking forward to trolling people by bursting out into song with it as A Different Kind of Love has been, but this is probably for the best. This is actually probably better than fourth but that's how good this heat is.

05 - Måns Zelmerlöw - It's interesting and really suits the heat 4 song 8 slot but I'm sorry Måns, in a heat with a generic MF Swede ballad, a woman making Ace Wilder glad she's no longer the oldest creature to ever enter MF, and Midnight Boy, you're going to have to UP YOUR GAME

06 - JTR - Look I can't even really forgive Eric for One Direction offcuts so you voxless nobodies can just take a running jump

07 - Hasse - Does my withered face remind you of the grim spectre of death?

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 04:47 PM

Heroes is definitely impressing me more in 2:30 form, a song that builds very well into something incredibly anthemic. Really hoping he or Jon can take it (or Isa if she's really in contention but I highly doubt it).

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 04:48 PM

Now we've heard everything (aside from the last 30 seconds of this heat's tracks obv), I'd say Mariette and Måns are the only real contenders for the whole shebang (as in the Eurovision win). Jon Henrik would probs flop and I think Sting mght do about as well as You did? Maybe. It depends if him being a bigger name than Robin was helps but tbf he won't be getting that far anyway.

Heroes is my fourth fave of the whole thing behind Don't Stop Believing, Don't Stop and Hello Hi.

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 04:59 PM

I really don't think Jon would flop at Eurovision at all, I really disagree with this, we're British and quite a lot of us find the whole thing really quite spectacular so it's not just something that makes sense to a small group. It's very unusual for Eurovision but would stand out incredibly, it's anthemic, really well produced, quite emotional, well performed. I think it'd challenge for the win a lot more than the others (perhaps Mariette aside though I'm saying this going by the hype on here).

Posted by: Ryan. 28th February 2015, 05:01 PM

I don't think Jon Henrik would win, but top 10 would definitely be very possible.

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 05:03 PM

Dinah Nah: *.* I KNEW there was going to be an explosive chorus in this. YASS YASSS YASSSSS A MILLION TIMES YASSSSS. MANS WHO

Midnight Boy: It WORKS despite being ridiculously dated. AMAZING.

Måns Zelmerlöw: Eh. This was supposed to be groundbreaking. Still great but erm let's hope Mariette slays your old ass

Annika Herlitz: Disney called, they want their dress and staging and song back.

Caroline Wennergren: I think this is going to work better live. Still, this is dead last in heat realness, sadly

Hasse: Actually could be good when DRUNK.

JTR: oh god there's kind of a BREAKDOWN in this bitch?! Sounds 6.5/10. Skip


Also,

http://cs621917.vk.me/v621917533/14114/ZjXP4KVjhoM.jpg

THANK HEAVENS

Posted by: LexC 28th February 2015, 06:38 PM

Jon Henrik would suffer what we in the biz call "the Malena effect" i.e. all the power and impact would be lost because you would have to try and replicate the effect of the massive choir on the backing track with a maximum of 5 people (not to mention probably getting rid of the angels and the dancers while you're at it unless you can find three people who are really good at singing while suspended in mid air).

Add to that the fact that he was quite out of tune in places, he isn't exactly a charismatic performer and the fact that ethnically flavoured songs are struggling in eurovision these days you're on track for a national embarrassment.

Posted by: LexC 28th February 2015, 06:39 PM

Basically Sweden, you've got two potential eurovision winners in this selection, (to quote a very wise manwoman) "Good Luck...and DON'T f*** IT UP!"

Posted by: Ryan. 28th February 2015, 06:43 PM

That is Jon Henrik's main problem indeed, to try and replicate the backing vocals and stage production live at Eurovision will be very difficult - unless they do a 'Marija Magdalena' and break the rules!

Posted by: Iz~ 28th February 2015, 06:58 PM

Well, turns out I'm here for the first hour after all!

Haven't even heard any clips so this will be exciting.

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 07:01 PM

ahhhhhhhh we are starting *.*

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 07:05 PM

Sanna's Free Your Mind *.*

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 07:06 PM

Sanna demonically shouting IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M A PROSTITUTE is my moment of the year.

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 07:08 PM

THIS. IS. INCREDIBLE

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:08 PM

I AM HERE

Posted by: Iz~ 28th February 2015, 07:08 PM

That's a winning performance! <3 Those dance skillz, not to mention Sanna in that.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:09 PM

Oh shame I missed another borderline brilliant opening number

TO YOOOOTOOOOB (in 3 hours)

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 07:10 PM

sanna rapping was my favourite moment.

I Thought they couldnt top last weeks opening. But they did. AMAZING. Sanna to host every year plz

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:11 PM

What a RANCID QUEEN, I had no idea prior to this week

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 07:12 PM

Sanna's rapping is the PINNACLE of modern history

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:13 PM

The song REDEFINES what *.* has come to mean though

Posted by: Cal 28th February 2015, 07:14 PM

Sweden, please say no!

Posted by: Iz~ 28th February 2015, 07:14 PM

I'm not saying no. To the music that is. The visuals I could do without.

Quite up for camp 80s-esque pop most of the time anyway.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:15 PM

Between this and 4 episodes of Dynasty this afternoon I feel like I might have accidentally travelled back to 1985 (bar having a laptop, mobile etc, don't nitpick)

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 07:16 PM

AMAZING

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 07:17 PM

Midnight Boy - Don't Say No / AMAZING. That really would've suited being a Heat 1 Slot 1 number to kick off Melodifestivalen. It's pretty much a direct rip off of You Spin Me Round, so so 80's but delivered so well. I'd love for it to go further but the heart suggests there's no chance. LOVE. 9/10

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:17 PM

That is TERRIFYING

go away and never come back

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 07:18 PM

Omg Wienergreen showing most personality in her segment than any of the other contestants *.*

Posted by: Cal 28th February 2015, 07:19 PM

LOVING THIS.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:19 PM

That chorus!! f*** me

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 07:19 PM

Don't Say No *.* It's like, the most fabulously 80s thing EVER.

Loving Black Swan too, the perf is making it work for me! Her 2005 track (the name escapes me now) that I heard earlier this week was AWFUL so I didn't expect this.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:19 PM

Though perhaps if she didn't sound like she was on 50 a day it might be even better

Posted by: Iz~ 28th February 2015, 07:20 PM

I was prepared to hate this for some reason, but I think I'm feeling the opposite! It's very cinematic and Bond-like, and that's definitely a good thing. Only bad thing is her voice doing those rasps.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:21 PM

This really has been an amazing start this week

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 07:21 PM

if only she had a bit more energy and looked more likeable but the song is FABULOUS and she SASSY YASSSSS

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 07:21 PM

Prepare your ears for the worst vox of the year. Probabyl worse than Janet Leon in Hollow. Actually, scratch that - definitely.

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 07:22 PM

Caroline Wennergren - Black Swan / Did absolutely nothing for me, it's not that I disliked it and it had a "nice" bop and melody, but nobody really wants something NICE. Especially not when a nice song is matched with an annoyingly raspy vocal. 6/10

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 07:23 PM

Until it was all over. JTR are on

Posted by: Cal 28th February 2015, 07:23 PM

This isn't DENMARK, guys.

Posted by: Iz~ 28th February 2015, 07:24 PM

Er.. these guys can GET THE f*** OUT

Pretty clear contender for worst song this year already, and definitely the worst vocals.

Oh god they're rapping now. MAKE IT STOP.

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 07:24 PM

My god they are even WORSE than on XF!! They should have stayed in Aus (but not entered for them, christ that'd be WORSE).

DYING at the rap. So tragic. It's even worse than when they managed to desecrate Cher Lloyd (!!) when they covered Want U Back in current hits week.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:24 PM

1/3 ain't quite cutting it for me with this

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 07:25 PM

Does Denmark have boybands tho

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:25 PM

Oh my the rap is terrible, but beyond that the song was pretty good. They just aren't very good at this whole singing thing.

Posted by: gooddelta 28th February 2015, 07:26 PM

VoR?

Enjoyed Midnight Boy and Caroline, not so much JTR...

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 07:26 PM

JTR - Building It Up / I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO ME, IT'S LIKE MY BRAIN JUST STO- well, it's not really like that a song, it's just the 'I don't know' in the same tune that makes me do that. The chorus could be a little stronger but a catchy little number, don't even think the vocals are that bad personally. Would support that going AC (or DTF because realistically Dinah and Midnight Boy are NOT gonna be there). 7.5/10

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 07:26 PM

Robin reminds me of my ex with facial hair at times, just notiicing this :drama;

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 07:27 PM

I had this same confusion and then realised Tirren just copied and pasted this same post from Moopy where there's a member called VoR.

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 07:27 PM

Hasse on now. Gotta prepare spare panties. Those that i am wearing will probs get all wet and sticky during the performance

Posted by: Iz~ 28th February 2015, 07:29 PM

INCREDIBLE ALREADY.

May you follow in the footsteps of Ravaillacz, Hasse.

Posted by: Aaron. 28th February 2015, 07:30 PM

Holy Shit. 11/10 for Hasse. DTF!!

Posted by: gooddelta 28th February 2015, 07:30 PM

Ohhhh, thought it was an abbreviation of some sort

Hasse *.*

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 07:32 PM

COME ON DINAH NAH *.*

SO READY

Posted by: Aaron. 28th February 2015, 07:32 PM

Nobody that wrote Dinah Nah's song could have been bothered to show up.

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 07:32 PM

that was actually quite enjoyable. It may just have been because JTR set the bar so low anhything would be better but hey.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:33 PM

Sorry I experienced a mild case of BRAIN DEATH when Hasse appeared on stage

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:34 PM

So yeah, time to redefine BASIC with this too

Posted by: Cal 28th February 2015, 07:35 PM

This is SO shit. Not even sorry.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:35 PM

All in all it'll be a good night for publishers of the dictionary according to Johnkm

Posted by: Iz~ 28th February 2015, 07:35 PM

I can't decide whether this is tragic and badly trashy or a huge bit of fun and greatly trashy, the sort that you never tell anyone you know about.

We can agree it's trashy though.

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 07:35 PM

FABULOUS DARLING

YASSSSSSSSS

DINAH YASS YASS YASSSSSSSSS

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 07:36 PM

DINAH NAH - MAKE ME LA LA LA / I CAN'T STOP TYPING IN CAPITALS AFTER THAT ABSOLUTE MF MOMENT OF LIFE. IF THIS ISN'T GOING AC I'LL BE SO SO SAD, ONE COS IT'S AMAZING AND TWO COS IT'LL BE TOO EXPOSED TO SEND TO BJSC. WHAT A MOMENT. 10/10

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:36 PM

At least she was better than Hasse, so that's something

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 07:37 PM

That was basic, trashy and a hot mess - so of course I loved it *.* Like Midnight Boy though, I shan't get invested. 6th at best HO

Posted by: Cal 28th February 2015, 07:37 PM

This is where an entire nation goes to make a cup of tea/coffee.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:39 PM

And I get ready to LIP at force 11 *.*

Posted by: gooddelta 28th February 2015, 07:39 PM

This is incredible!

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 07:39 PM

This nice, at best. Boring at worst. The absolute defintion of 5/10.

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 07:40 PM

I can see this doing really well, maybe even DTF. It's very Disney which is obviously a bad thing, cos ballads like that are usually very annoying but it's definitely stronger hook-wise than Can't Hurt Me Now.

Posted by: Iz~ 28th February 2015, 07:40 PM

I can see that becoming a real favourite if I give it time when I get the MP3. Feels a bit anonymous in this heat though unfortunately.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:40 PM

THAT was much more like it, dated and not even 1% original but bloody brilliant

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 07:41 PM

cue rich

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 07:41 PM

Mirakel *.*

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:41 PM

I've realised this year has been missing some HARDCORE WIND MACHINE BALLADRY. I'm glad we didn't go without completely.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:42 PM

Oh dear, leather trousers can only make one look like a PRIZE TIT

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 07:42 PM

Mirakel

Already swooning at Mans <3

Posted by: Cal 28th February 2015, 07:43 PM

I LOVE the staging but the song is utter kack.

Posted by: Iz~ 28th February 2015, 07:46 PM

Mans once again proves why he's the best Swedish male popstar. That was great.

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 07:46 PM

Wow Mans vocals are INCREDIBLE.

Yo erics could literally never

Posted by: gooddelta 28th February 2015, 07:46 PM

Mirakel YASSSS *.*

Heroes is amazing, what fantastic staging too!

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:46 PM

Eric is (was) hotter and has better music. FACT.

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 07:47 PM

Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes / Bye Saade, take your seat. That performance was incredible and matched with a very strong vocal and an extremely instant song with a huge chorus. Wow, that felt so special, I could definitely see that winning now. The only thing I'm downgrading it for which I'll very quickly get over is the silly country-western voice he's putting on in the first verse. 9.5/10

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:47 PM

The song is good, the staging is brilliant, he is very good. It's easily the most professional and 'biggest' sounding of all the songs this year. I don't think it will be winning though.

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 07:48 PM

Heroes is the best staging this year imo. Mans gave one of the best perfs too, it feels WAY bigger than Sting for sure. I'd say it's definitely this, Mariette or Jon. PLEASE NOT THE LATTER

I'm inclined to think it'll be Jon then Mariette then Mans though Sting will be 5th or 6th I think!

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 07:49 PM

WANT

DTF: Dinah Nah, Mans Zelmerlow
AC: Midnight Boy, JTR
5th: Annika Herlitz
6th: Hasse Andersson
7th: Caroline Wennergren

PREDICT

DTF: Mans Zelmerlow, Annika Herlitz
AC: Hasse Andersson, JTR
5th: Dinah Nah
6th: Caroline Wennergren
7th: Midnight Boy

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 07:50 PM

WHY are they intent on recapping Building It Up with the bloody rap

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:50 PM

Eric will be pretty lucky with 5/6 tbh, I can easily see him ending up very near the bottom. There is no buzz and he is a smug c**t now, or at least can't hide it anymore.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:51 PM

I think

DTF: Mans, Caroline
AC: JTR, Hasse
05 Dinah
06 Annika
07 Midnight Boy

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 07:51 PM

Last week there was a few negative Aftonbladet articles and a bit of a backlash against him after he made quite a pervy sounding comment about 'waiting for Isa' who's only 16 aswell as saying 'yey disney music' when Jon went through, which sounded quite sarcastic, a bit of a silly move against someone so popular.

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 07:51 PM

I'm gonna guess:

DTF: Mans, Hasse
AC: JTR, Annika
5th Caroline
6th Dinah
7th Midnight Boy

Want:
DTF: Mans, Dinah
AC: Midnight Boy, Caroline
5th Annika
6th Hasse
7th JTR

I hope Mans is DTF in the slang tense as well ~

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 07:52 PM

Anton teas even moreso

Posted by: Iz~ 28th February 2015, 07:52 PM

Let me see:

01 Hasse
02 Annika
03 Caroline
04 Mans
05 Midnight Boy
06 Dinah
(very very large gap)
07 JTR

Would be a classic no-miss heat if it weren't for JTR. That top 3 I'm deciding is incredible and Mans is incredibly competent and contender-ish.

Predictions:

DTF: Mans, JTR (being pessimistic as I can't call it otherwise)
AC: Hasse, Caroline
5th: Annika
6th: Dinah
7th: Midnight Boy

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:53 PM

I fear the actual results tonight will be far removed from my rankings:

10 Annika
09 Caroline
09 Midnight Boy
08 Mans
07 JTR
05 Dinah
00 Hasse

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 07:54 PM

Precisely my thoughts, only he has a better support and bigger following than Anton so he won't be damaged as much by it but he wants to be careful how far his "lol you guys need to stop being so serious" kinda comments are gonna come across.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:54 PM

It almost eerily similar to a certain b-o-job lipped twink last year and we know were THAT ended

Posted by: Cal 28th February 2015, 07:55 PM

I just want Caroline DTF and then I'll be happy!

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 07:56 PM

Oh God we're being reminded of little and large form last year.

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 07:57 PM

He stands to lose a lot more, but the reason I say ~5th instead of like 9th is that he is as you say so much bigger!

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 08:02 PM

YES!! I can cope with 5th, I was just desperate for her to make it at least top 5!

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 08:02 PM

dtf: mans, annika
Ac: dinah, jt
5 hasse
6 caroline
7 midnight boy

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 08:03 PM

feel like annika will go through over hasse idk why

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 08:03 PM

i was wrong

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 08:04 PM

Predictable, but what a shame at those two so low

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 08:04 PM

Annika tho wot

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 08:05 PM

Caroline to SMASH now to make up for that slap in the face

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 08:06 PM

Annika out is a no brainer, she ain't Jessica who got through on goodwill as much as anything

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 08:06 PM

Caroline really needs to slay her way to AC and then win against Linus in the duel~

Posted by: Aaron. 28th February 2015, 08:07 PM

K everyone has performed. Now someone upload the album and allow all the performances in Youtube. Thx.

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 08:07 PM

Damn, went to make a sandwich while Phillipa was droning on and missed the results


Glad but surprised @ Annika being out and Dinah being top 5 lmost certainly 5th but still.

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 08:10 PM

yeah the album will be out tonight. Im on it like Johnkm is on 13 yo boys (ALLEGEDLY)

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 08:10 PM

Well, if you want the performances, Dailymotion is your friend for everyone apart from Magnus.

Posted by: Aaron. 28th February 2015, 08:13 PM

<3
Overall this year was.. meh, 2 MAYBE 3 standouts per heat. This was actually my one of my favorite heats but only for Midnight Boy, Mans and Dinah. Mans song just struck a cord with me. It's different but expected at the same time. A grower. Hope he does well.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 08:13 PM

I'm guessing 5th for Dinah

Posted by: Aaron. 28th February 2015, 08:13 PM

The quality on there sucked, maybe I just found shit quality - but Youtube is just easy to sync to my TV and build a playlist when I'm drunk.

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 08:15 PM

I need the studio of Don't Stop, Heroes and Don't Stop Belieiving *.*

Posted by: Cal 28th February 2015, 08:18 PM

TRAVESTY!!!

Posted by: Aaron. 28th February 2015, 08:18 PM

f***.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 08:18 PM

Hmm, they didn't deserve that but I'm not massively surprised

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 08:18 PM

oh god

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 08:18 PM

What a silly decision, FRIENDS OR BUST is gonna be dull as hell now, cos we know Mans is the other one. Although, Heroes is a bigger SHOW CLOSER, I guess...

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 08:19 PM

This is the biggest injustice involing them, aside pushing out Ellie Lovegrove in the sing off despite not being able to sing when they were in XF Aus. *reference lost on all*

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 08:19 PM

So that leaves us with a very boring DTF or BUST moment at the end too

Posted by: gooddelta 28th February 2015, 08:20 PM

The worst finalist so far, easily. Album filler.

Posted by: Aaron. 28th February 2015, 08:21 PM

This song is like a One Direction bonus track from their first album that was only released in Africa. Don't get it.

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 08:22 PM

Oh well, not like it's gonna do much and I'd much rather see this in the final than Hasse who seemed the more likely 2nd finalist. It'll do an Oscar at best.

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 08:23 PM

COME ON DINAH NAH PLS, although 5th is a nice enough showing... but it's not gonna happen, is it?

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 08:23 PM

WOW

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 08:24 PM

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

SHOCKED.

DINAH!!!!!!!!

!!!

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 08:24 PM

YESSSS DINAH OMFG

Posted by: Cal 28th February 2015, 08:24 PM

CAROLINE.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 08:24 PM

f*** f*** f***

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 08:24 PM

WHO COULD IT BE?!!!

MANS 5TH?!!!

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 08:25 PM

f*** RIGHT OFF SWEDEN

my favourites ALL BOTTOM 3

Posted by: gooddelta 28th February 2015, 08:25 PM

Thank GOD, was actually worried there as Caroline has form.

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 08:25 PM

LMAO @ that shocked cheer from Mans as they set up an LED screen on the stage right next to the seats.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 08:26 PM

I am deeply ENRAGED right now, Caroline out over DINAH AND HER NON SONG AND NON VOICE and Hasse and his shrivelled dick. WRONG WRONG WRONG.

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 08:26 PM

Caroline had her defeated face on as soon as Hasse went DTF

I obv loved Heroes but I would cried laughing if Caroline actually went DTF. How on earth she came fifth before in the FINAL in 2005 with such a horror too

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 08:28 PM

NON SONG? Please, John.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 08:30 PM

I'm allowed to be hyperbolic. I'm ANGERFUL.

Posted by: Aaron. 28th February 2015, 08:31 PM

I adore Heroes. Would have been legit upset had it crashed and burned.

Posted by: AdamAloud 28th February 2015, 08:33 PM

THIS YEAR HAS GONE SO WELL!

Love all 8 of the finalists so far and if Dolly Style, Dinah, Kristin and Linus make it out of AC, I WILL EXPLODE FROM HAPPINESS

Don't f*** it up Sverige

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 08:40 PM

watch all of these 4 get paired up and eliminate each other. Oops

Posted by: AdamAloud 28th February 2015, 08:41 PM

I know it will, it never goes perfect.

http://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/se-bidragen-i-melodifestivalen-2015-igen#2661416_29_14

Posted by: AdamAloud 28th February 2015, 08:44 PM

Oh except for Jessica Andersson's for some reason.

Posted by: Robot 28th February 2015, 08:48 PM

MY TOP 28 (FOLLOWING THE SEMIS) RANKING:

01. Dinah Nah - 'Make Me (La La La)'
02. Dolly Style - 'Hello Hi'
03. Mans Zelmerlöw - 'Heroes'
04. Isa - 'Don't Stop'
05. Jon Henrik Fljallgren - 'Jag är fri (Manne Leam Frijje)'
06. Samir & Viktor - 'Groupie'
07. Eric Saade - 'Sting'
08. Ellen Benediktson - 'Insomnia'
09. Midnight Boy - 'Don't Say No'
10. Linus Svenning - 'Forever Starts Today'
11. Magnus Carlsson - 'Möt mig i Gamla Stan'
12. Kristin Amparo - 'I See You'
13. JTR - 'Building It Up'
14. Mariette - Don't Stop Believing
15. Elize Ryd & Rickard Söderberg - 'One By One'
16. Molly Pettersson Hammar - 'I'll Be Fine'
17. Annika Herlitz - 'Ett andetag'
18. Jessica Andersson - 'Can't Hurt Me Now'
19. Andreas Weise - 'Bring Out The Fire'
20. Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone - 'Det rår vi inte för'
21. Hasse Andersson - 'Guld och gröna skogar'
22. Caroline Wennergren - 'Black Swan'
23. Marie Bergman & Sanne Salomonsen - 'Nonetheless'
24. Neverstore - 'If I Was God For One Day'
25. Kalle Johansson - 'För din skull'
26. Emelie Irewald - 'Där och då med dig'
27. Andreas Johnson - 'Living To Die'
28. Daniel Gildenlöw - 'Pappa'

love a good rank

Posted by: Aaron. 28th February 2015, 08:56 PM

0_0

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 09:05 PM

01 Mariette - Don't Stop Believing
02 Dinah Nah - 'Make Me (La La La)'
03 Kristin Amparo - 'I See You'
04 Dolly Style - 'Hello Hi'
05 Jon Henrik Fljällgren - 'Jag är fri (Manne Leam Frijje)'
06 Elize Ryd & Rickard Söderberg - 'One By One'
07 Ellen Benediktson - 'Insomnia'
08 Måns Zelmerlöw - 'Heroes'
09 Midnight Boy - 'Don't Say No'
10 Eric Saade - 'Sting'
11 Linus Svenning - 'Forever Starts Today'
12 Caroline Wennergren - 'Black Swan'
13 Andreas Johnson - 'Living To Die'
14 Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone - 'Det rår vi inte för'
15 Isa - 'Don't Stop'
16 Magnus Carlsson - 'Möt mig i Gamla Stan'
17 Molly Pettersson Hammar - 'I'll Be Fine'
18 Annika Herlitz - 'Ett andetag'
19 Hasse Andersson - 'Guld och gröna skogar'
20 Marie Bergman & Sanne Salomonsen - 'Nonetheless'
21 Jessica Andersson - 'Can't Hurt Me Now'
22 Andreas Weise - 'Bring Out The Fire'
23 Kalle Johansson - 'För din skull'
24 Emelie Irewald - 'Där och då med dig'
25 Daniel Gildenlöw - 'Pappa'
26 Samir & Viktor - 'Groupie'
27 JTR - 'Building It Up'
28 Neverstore - 'If I Was God For One Day'

Something like that. It always changes and it's early so shut up

Posted by: AdamAloud 28th February 2015, 09:09 PM

01. Dolly Style - Hello Hi
02. Dinah Nah - Make Me (La La La)
03. Måns Zelmerlöw – Heroes
04. Magnus Carlsson – Möt mig i Gamla Stan
05. Kristin Amparo - I See You
06. Ellen Benediktson - Insomnia
07. Eric Saade - Sting
08. Jon Henrik Fjällgren – Jag är fri (Manne Leam Frijje)
09. Isa - Don't Stop
10. Jessica Andersson - Can't Hurt Me Now
11. Mariette - Don't Stop Believing
12. Midnight Boy - Don't Say No
13. Elize Ryd & Rickard Söderberg - One By One
14. Linus Svenning - Forever Starts Today
15. JTR - Building It Up
16. Annika Herlitz - Ett andetag
17. Molly Pettersson Hammar - I'll Be Fine
18. Neverstore - If I Was God For One Day
19. Behrang Miri ft. Victor Crone - Det rår vi inte för
20. Caroline Wennergren - Black Swan
21. Samir & Viktor - Groupie
22. Andreas Weise - Bring Out The Fire
23. Kalle Johansson - För din skull
24. Emelie Irewald - Där och då med dig
25. Marie Bergman & Sanne Salomonsen - Nonetheless
26. Hasse Andersson - Guld och gröna skogar
27. Andreas Johnson - Living To Die
28. Daniel Gildenlöw - Pappa

Something like that.

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 09:10 PM

Duell 1
1. Andreas Weise – ”Bring Out the Fire”
2. Linus Svenning – ”Forever Starts Today”

Duell 2
1. Hasse Andersson – ”Guld och gröna skogar”
2. Kristin Amparo – ”I See You”

Duell 3
1. Dolly Style – ”Hello Hi”
2. Dinah Nah – ”Make Me (La La La)”

Duell 4
1. Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone – ”Det rår vi inte för”
2. Samir & Viktor - ”Groupie”


OKAY SO

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 09:10 PM

Dolly vs Dinah. f*** ME I WANT TO DIE

Posted by: AdamAloud 28th February 2015, 09:11 PM

OH WHAT THE FUCK CHRISTER YOU WANT ME TO SWITCH TO NORGE

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 09:14 PM

Nooo @ Dolly vs. Dinah Much as I love the latter, Dolly Style NEED to be through.

Gonna guess at Linus, Kristin, Dolly Style and Samir & Viktor? Maybe?

Posted by: Iz~ 28th February 2015, 09:31 PM

Oh god damnit at both Annika and Caroline out. At least Hasse is through, JTR are awful awful finalists.

And those are pretty dire duels too, guaranteeing I'll lose a good one in Hasse vs Kristin, meanwhile making sure that the two worst songs in this contest that aren't JTR go up against each other meaning we get one of those in the final.

I will think up a top 28 now, momentarily.

Posted by: Iz~ 28th February 2015, 09:35 PM

01 Jon Henrik Fljällgren - 'Jag är fri (Manne Leam Frijje)'
02 Dolly Style - 'Hello Hi'
03 Elize Ryd & Rickard Söderberg - 'One By One'
04 Mariette - Don't Stop Believing
05 Hasse Andersson - 'Guld och gröna skogar'
06 Ellen Benediktson - 'Insomnia'
07 Annika Herlitz - 'Ett andetag'
08 Caroline Wennergren - 'Black Swan'
09 Linus Svenning - 'Forever Starts Today'
10 Neverstore - 'If I Was God For One Day'
11 Kristin Amparo - 'I See You'
12 Måns Zelmerlöw - 'Heroes'
13 Emelie Irewald - 'Där och då med dig'
14 Isa - 'Don't Stop'
15 Jessica Andersson - 'Can't Hurt Me Now'
16 Daniel Gildenlöw - 'Pappa'
17 Midnight Boy - 'Don't Say No'
18 Dinah Nah - 'Make Me (La La La)'
19 Magnus Carlsson - 'Möt mig i Gamla Stan'
20 Molly Pettersson Hammar - 'I'll Be Fine'
21 Eric Saade - 'Sting'
22 Kalle Johansson - 'För din skull'
23 Andreas Johnson - 'Living To Die'
24 Marie Bergman & Sanne Salomonsen - 'Nonetheless'
25 Andreas Weise - 'Bring Out The Fire'
26 Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone - 'Det rår vi inte för'
27 Samir & Viktor - 'Groupie'
28 JTR - 'Building It Up'

Pretty much everything this year aside from the teeny bops has been listenable. Will probably only really come back for the top 10, maybe 12 though.

Posted by: AdamAloud 28th February 2015, 10:37 PM

Current Swedish iTunes

8. Magnus Carlsson - Mot mig i Gamla Stan
10. Samir & Viktor - Groupie
18. Kristin Amparo - I See You
21. Andreas Weise - Bring Out The Fire
22. Dolly Style - Hello Hi
23. Eric Saade - Sting (TV Version)
24. Linus Svenning - Forever Starts Today
25. Dinah Nah - Make Me (La La La)
42. Mariette - Don't Stop Believing
53. Andreas Johnson - Living To Die
57. Jon Henrik Fjallgren - Jag ar fri
60. Molly Pettersson Hammar - I'll Be Fine
68. Jessica Andersson - Can't Hurt Me Now
72. Ellen Benediktson - Insomnia
75. Caroline Wennergren - Black Swan
76. Eric Saade - Sting (Radio Edit)
124. Kalle Johansson - For din skull
128. Isa - Don't Stop

Posted by: J▼hnkm 28th February 2015, 10:50 PM

01 Mariette - Don't Stop Believing
02 Jessica Andersson - 'Can't Hurt Me Now'
03 Annika Herlitz - 'Ett andetag'
04 Ellen Benediktson - 'Insomnia'
05 Eric Saade - 'Sting'
06 Midnight Boy - 'Don't Say No'
07 Elize Ryd & Rickard Söderberg - 'One By One'
08 Caroline Wennergren - 'Black Swan'
09 Kristin Amparo - 'I See You'
10 Dolly Style - 'Hello Hi'

11 Måns Zelmerlöw - 'Heroes'
12 Linus Svenning - 'Forever Starts Today'
13 Molly Pettersson Hammar - 'I'll Be Fine'
14 Marie Bergman & Sanne Salomonsen - 'Nonetheless'
15 JTR - 'Building It Up'
16 Isa - 'Don't Stop'
17 Magnus Carlsson - 'Möt mig i Gamla Stan'
18 Kalle Johansson - 'För din skull'
19 Andreas Weise - 'Bring Out The Fire'
20 Neverstore - 'If I Was God For One Day'

21 Dinah Nah - 'Make Me (La La La)'
22 Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone - 'Det rår vi inte för'
23 Hasse Andersson - 'Guld och gröna skogar'
24 Emelie Irewald - 'Där och då med dig'
25 Daniel Gildenlöw - 'Pappa'
26 Jon Henrik Fljällgren - 'Jag är fri (Manne Leam Frijje)'
27 Andreas Johnson - 'Living To Die'
28 Samir & Viktor - 'Groupie'

Posted by: LexC 28th February 2015, 10:52 PM

At least this way, one of Dinah and the Dollies is guaranteed to be through. If they were separate then there's the possibility that they would have both gone home.

Posted by: LB1108 28th February 2015, 11:05 PM

Just listened to sting on YouTube (it's out there people) and by God I forgot what a letdown it actually was

Posted by: Martyn 28th February 2015, 11:06 PM

Am I right in thinking that it is the winner of the 4 duels that go through, rather than being paired off again and only two going through?

Just caught up on this heat. Love Mans. Gutted for Annika.

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 11:16 PM

Yes, you are.

Posted by: Conderella 28th February 2015, 11:19 PM

Dinah, Mans, Midnight Boy, Annika and Caroline (+ Mariette) are all out in studio form but I shall wait for the entire pack to leak~

Posted by: Martyn 28th February 2015, 11:21 PM

When the album is "out there" so to speak. If someone could PM me with the details of how to obtain it, I would be much grateful.

Posted by: Liаm 28th February 2015, 11:51 PM

*.*
01 Isa - Don't Stop (it's basically Shake It Off, was I ever going to do anything other than fall head over heels *.*)
02 Mariette - Don't Stop Believing
03 Dolly Style - Hello Hi
04 Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
05 Kristin Amparo - I See You
06 Dinah Nah - Make Me (La La La)
07 Ellen Benediktson - Insomnia
08 Molly Petersson Hammar - I'll Be Fine

09 Eric Saade - Sting
10 Jessica Andersson - Can't Hurt Me Now

11 Midnight Boy - Don't Say No
12 Linus Svenning - Forever Starts Today
13 Caroline Wennergren - Black Swan
14 Elize Ryd & Rickard Söderberg - One By One

15 Marie Bergman & Sanne Salomonsen - Nonethelesss
16 Samir & Viktor - Groupie (ugh this has grown on me too much since I hated in the heat )
17 Neverstore - If I Was God For One Day
18 Behrang Miri ft. Victor Crone - Det rår vi inte för
19 Annika Herlitz - Ett andetag
20 Emelie Irewald - Där och då med dig

21 Kalle Johansson - För din skull
:/
22 Magnus Carlsson - Mot mig i gamla stan
23 Andreas Weise - Bring Out The Fire
24 Hasse Andersson - Guld och gröna skogar

25 Jon Henrik Fljällgren - Jag ar fri
26 Andreas Johnson - Living To Die
27 JTR - Building It Up
28 Daniel Gildenlöw - Pappa

Posted by: Ryan. 28th February 2015, 11:55 PM

Watching Mans' performance, I've fallen in love with 'Heroes'. The staging is incredible, I've never seen anything like it. If he can take that staging/projection screen to Vienna with him if he wins in a couple of weeks, he could win Eurovision as well.

Any of the big 5 winning would be fabulous

Posted by: LexC 28th February 2015, 11:59 PM

Look at Ryan still trying to suggest that Isa is in a 'big 5'. Isn't it cute!

Posted by: Ryan. 1st March 2015, 12:05 AM

Don't burst my bubble

Posted by: Liаm 1st March 2015, 12:32 AM

Isa even BEING in the final is beyond my expectations so I'll take whatever comes! Top 5 would be brilliant.

Posted by: Qassändra 1st March 2015, 12:46 AM

Isa isn't in a big five. Not that there's a big five anyway - it's one of Mariette, Jon Henrik or Måns who's winning this.

-x-

- I was actually LOSING IT at how fabulously disgusting Midnight Boy was, especially with that STONE BLACK HEART in the corner throughout. IMMEDIATELY ICONIC

- Poor, poor Caroline AS IF that went out fifth when A Different Kind of Love did so well (although the performance felt a bit like it ripped off JT's live perfs of Mirrors but STILL)

- I was so sickened by JTR going direkt I had to IMMEDIATELY LEAVE THE SCREENING for a cigarette

- I went into Hasse DETERMINED to hate it but those damned folk dancers won me over

- OMG OMG OMG DINAH! I SCREAMED FOR MY LIFE when her heart started exploding - that performance was the lovechild of Popular and La La Love I NEVER DREAMED POSSIBLE AND FUCK YOU CHRISTER YOU UTTER PIGCUNT HOW DARE YOU PUT HER AGAINST DOLLY STYLE

- Annika was DOOMED FROM THE START but I still love my schlagerballad bitches I'M HERE FOR YOU ANNIE

- Måns showing these CHILDREN HOW TO ACTUALLY PERFORM is ALWAYS welcome. Wonderfully deserved landslide win

- I AM ALLOWED TO REFERENCE VoR GIVEN HIS REACTIONS ARE 100% OF THE REFERENCES TO 'THE OTHER PLACE' AND ARE ICONIC IN AND OF THEMSELVES

- Full CD TACK PAV

Posted by: Conderella 1st March 2015, 08:12 AM

ADAM <333

Posted by: ▲Ɩɘχ 1st March 2015, 09:34 AM

01 Dolly Style - 'Hello Hi'
02 Magnus Carlsson - 'Möt mig i Gamla Stan'
03 Mariette - Don't Stop Believing
04 Isa - 'Don't Stop'
05 Måns Zelmerlöw - 'Heroes'
06 Eric Saade - 'Sting'
07 Dinah Nah - 'Make Me (La La La)'
08 Ellen Benediktson - 'Insomnia'
09 Midnight Boy - 'Don't Say No'
10 Kristin Amparo - 'I See You'
11 Jon Henrik Fljällgren - 'Jag är fri (Manne Leam Frijje)'
12 Linus Svenning - 'Forever Starts Today'
13 Andreas Weise - 'Bring Out The Fire'
14 Elize Ryd & Rickard Söderberg - 'One By One'
15 Samir & Viktor - 'Groupie'
16 JTR - 'Building It Up'
17 Caroline Wennergren - 'Black Swan'
18 Andreas Johnson - 'Living To Die'
19 Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone - 'Det rår vi inte för'
20 Jessica Andersson - 'Can't Hurt Me Now'
21 Annika Herlitz - 'Ett andetag'
22 Molly Pettersson Hammar - 'I'll Be Fine'
23 Marie Bergman & Sanne Salomonsen - 'Nonetheless'
24 Daniel Gildenlöw - 'Pappa'
25 Kalle Johansson - 'För din skull'
26 Emelie Irewald - 'Där och då med dig'
27 Hasse Andersson - 'Guld och gröna skogar'
28 Neverstore - 'If I Was God For One Day'

Posted by: Qassändra 1st March 2015, 11:04 AM

God I'm TRANSFIXED by the SWEET GOSPEL of MS NAH

This would be a SENSATIONAL ROMANIAN ENTRY *.*

Posted by: LexC 1st March 2015, 12:55 PM

I'm trying so hard not to but Groupie is growing on me like a rash!

Posted by: Lee_J11 1st March 2015, 12:58 PM

Mans slaying swedish Itunes (not that it says much these days)

Posted by: gooddelta 1st March 2015, 01:11 PM

01 Måns Zelmerlöw - 'Heroes'
02 Mariette - Don't Stop Believing
03 Dolly Style - 'Hello Hi'
04 Jon Henrik Fljällgren - 'Jag är fri (Manne Leam Frijje)'
05 Isa - 'Don't Stop'
06 Elize Ryd & Rickard Söderberg - 'One By One'
07 Samir & Viktor - 'Groupie'
08 Annika Herlitz - 'Ett andetag'
09 Midnight Boy - 'Don't Say No'
10 Jessica Andersson - 'Can't Hurt Me Now'
11 Eric Saade - 'Sting'
12 Andreas Johnson - 'Living To Die'
13 Kristin Amparo - 'I See You'
14 Magnus Carlsson - 'Möt mig i Gamla Stan'
15 Molly Pettersson Hammar - 'I'll Be Fine'
16 Dinah Nah - 'Make Me (La La La)'
17 Linus Svenning - 'Forever Starts Today'
18 Hasse Andersson - 'Guld och gröna skogar'
19 Caroline Wennergren - 'Black Swan'
20 JTR - 'Building It Up'
21 Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone - 'Det rår vi inte för'
22 Ellen Benediktson - 'Insomnia'
23 Kalle Johansson - 'För din skull'
24 Marie Bergman & Sanne Salomonsen - 'Nonetheless'
25 Emelie Irewald - 'Där och då med dig'
26 Neverstore - 'If I Was God For One Day'
27 Andreas Weise - 'Bring Out The Fire'
28 Daniel Gildenlöw - 'Pappa'

Not an amazing year really, the bottom six or so are lost causes that I'll never listen to agin. Jessica Andersson down to Ellen all have their charms but I won't be rushing back to those either. The top five are the only essentials that I'll take away from this year, Heroes and Don't Stop Believing are amazing.

Posted by: AdamAloud 1st March 2015, 02:21 PM

Obviously I'm still in full on loon mode, but I think this year has been just as good as the past few (2013 aside of course). I don't think the overall quality has been better though despite losing 4 songs, which I still can't get my head around them doing that. I'd rather melodi nummer åtta than Filippa Bark!

Posted by: Jonjo 1st March 2015, 02:25 PM

Mans song is seriously incredible. HIM TO WIN PLEASE.

Posted by: Robot 1st March 2015, 02:30 PM

These are my thoughts exactly actually. By rights, I'm disappointed we're guaranteed to lose one of my two favourite songs but I had a feeling neither would progress so at least I'm guaranteed to get one in the final! (Which I imagine will quite comfortably be Hello Hi).

Delighted to see Groupie up against Behrang who seems like the only complete no hoper in the bunch so it seems even more likely we'll get that to the final too

RICH DONT BE EMBARASSED, EMBRACE THE GROUPIE!

Posted by: LexC 1st March 2015, 02:57 PM

01 Hello Hi
02 Don't Stop Believing
03 Heroes
04 I See You
05 Make Me (La La La)
06 Mot mig i Gamla Stan
07 One By One
08 Sting
09 Forever Starts Today
10 Don't Stop

11 Can't Hurt Me Now
12 Don't Say No
13 Insomnia
14 Groupie
15 I'll Be Fine
16 Nonetheless
17 Jag ar fri
18 Black Swan
19 Building It Up
20 Det rar vi inte for

21 Ett andetag
22 Living To Die
23 Bring Out The Fire
24 Dar och da med dig
25 If I Was God For One Day
26 Guld och grona skogar
27 For din skull
28 Pappa

Overall, on a par with 2014 for me, only one song that I never want to hear again and 20 that are keepers for the iPod.

Posted by: Ryan. 1st March 2015, 03:29 PM

My favourite part of that performance!

Posted by: gooddelta 1st March 2015, 05:04 PM

I'd forgotten that half of AC will go to the final this year! Linus, Kristin, Dolly Style and Samir & Viktor please.

Posted by: gooddelta 1st March 2015, 05:07 PM

It's just too catchy to ignore!

Posted by: Martyn 1st March 2015, 05:20 PM

We need an English language version of Groupie released in the UK, it's a surefire summer hit.

Posted by: Måns Vülkerlöw 1st March 2015, 06:34 PM

01 Måns Zelmerlöw - 'Heroes'
02 Molly Pettersson Hammar - 'I'll Be Fine'
03 Dinah Nah - 'Make Me (La La La)'
04 Magnus Carlsson - 'Möt mig i Gamla Stan'
05 Midnight Boy - 'Don't Say No'
06 Mariette - 'Don't Stop Believing'
07 Ellen Benediktson - 'Insomnia'
08 Andreas Weise - 'Bring Out The Fire'
09 Linus Svenning - 'Forever Starts Today'
10 Samir & Viktor - 'Groupie'
11 Hasse Andersson - 'Guld och gröna skogar'
12 JTR - 'Building It Up'
13 Isa - 'Don't Stop'
14 Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone - 'Det rår vi inte för'
15 Neverstore - 'If I Was God For One Day'
16 Eric Saade - 'Sting'
17 Kristin Amparo - 'I See You'
18 Andreas Johnson - 'Living To Die'
19 Annika Herlitz - 'Ett andetag'
20 Jessica Andersson - 'Can't Hurt Me Now'
21 Kalle Johansson - 'För din skull'
22 Marie Bergman & Sanne Salomonsen - 'Nonetheless'
23 Emelie Irewald - 'Där och då med dig'
24 Dolly Style - 'Hello Hi'
25 Caroline Wennergren - 'Black Swan'
26 Elize Ryd & Rickard Söderberg - 'One By One'
27 Jon-Henrik Fljällgren - 'Jag är fri (Manne Leam Frijje)'
28 Daniel Gildenlöw - 'Pappa'

Posted by: Conderella 1st March 2015, 06:58 PM

Caroline being all 'yeah calm the f*** down'. lmao

Posted by: Conderella 1st March 2015, 07:02 PM

Oh and oops. Poor Caroline



f***ing 13 yo girls who have access to mobile phones

Posted by: Robot 1st March 2015, 07:12 PM

^ Me when Mans is on screen.

Posted by: AdamAloud 1st March 2015, 07:18 PM

DTG
1. Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes
2. Magnus Carlsson - Mot mig i Gamla Stan
3. & 23. Eric Saade - Sting
4. Jon Henrik Fjallgren - Jag ar fri
8. Isa - Don't Stop
9. Mariette - Don't Stop Believing
18. Jessica Andersson - Can't Hurt Me Now
39. JTR - Building It Up

AC
7. Dinah Nah - Make Me (La La La)
16. Hasse Andersson - Guld och grona skogar
21. Samir & Viktor - Groupie
22. Linus Svenning - Forever Starts Today
26. Andreas Weise - Bring Out The Fire
27. Kristin Amparo - I See You
33. Dolly Style - Hello Hi
185. Behrang Miri ft. Victor Crone - Det rar vi inte for

How the hell did Behrang make it through to AC over Ell & Rikki?!

Posted by: Martyn 1st March 2015, 07:49 PM

Mans needs to come to my bedroom wearing those trousers but not that top.

Posted by: Liаm 1st March 2015, 09:07 PM

Oh my god, just looked at the English lyrics for Groupie - I thought it wa about groupie as in fans, but it's saying take a picture with people so it's a GROUPie not a SELFie. Oh christ

It's the most annoyingly catchy as f*** song like ever though so it's growing on me WAY too much

Posted by: gooddelta 1st March 2015, 09:25 PM

Magnus doing very well on iTunes!

I really hope Mans wins this, I could see it doing quite well at Eurovision and I've always thought he's easily the best of the Swedish males (plus I met him once and he was a genuinely nice guy). The incredible animated backdrop of the performance would no doubt send Twitter into meltdown.

Posted by: Conderella 1st March 2015, 09:32 PM

Yes, they are LITERALLY MAKING A GROUP SELFIE DURING THE PERFORMANCE SEVERAL TIMES (iirc i went to the toilet when they were on coz vom)

so xenophobique of u

Posted by: Martyn 1st March 2015, 09:35 PM

You met him? I am jealous.

Posted by: gooddelta 1st March 2015, 09:37 PM

In 2009, the day before his 5th place and 'the great face of doom' with Hope & Glory.

Posted by: Liаm 1st March 2015, 09:40 PM

I'm very inattentive I didn't make that connection oops.

Posted by: gooddelta 1st March 2015, 09:41 PM

Posted by: Robot 1st March 2015, 10:32 PM

The only worry is that people have mentioned LED screens haven't been allowed at Eurovision before as they supposedly take a while to set up (though SVT evidently didn't have any problems or maybe that's because it was last on which isn't a guarantee at Eurovision), the performance would certainly lose some of what makes it so spectacular if the graphics were to go.

But yeah, I'm definitely behind Mans to win this, puts Eric's effort to shame even if I do really like Sting.

Posted by: Ryan. 1st March 2015, 11:05 PM

Well extra LED screens have been allowed before, for Blue and Gaitana for example - but is there some sort of special projection involved in this as well I think? That might be an issue but I'm sure if SVT beg ORF enough and/or pay them some extra money then they may be allowed their extra technology.

Posted by: gooddelta 1st March 2015, 11:22 PM

Shame Blue's screens made the performance WORSE. They still give me nightmares!

Posted by: LexC 1st March 2015, 11:25 PM

If they have LEDs on the back screen then you could do it without extra ones but keep the camera close in and at the back of the stage.

Either way, Sweden are on for four top three finishes in five years if they go with Måns.

Posted by: ✖ ketalina ✖ 1st March 2015, 11:40 PM

good GOD at QUEENAH NAH! SLAMMERRRRRRR

Posted by: Qassändra 2nd March 2015, 12:39 AM

I thought Mans' performance was mostly just very high quality projection? (Hence why you could see the rain in front of him.) That won't be that hard to set up at all.

Posted by: Qassändra 2nd March 2015, 12:40 AM

Genuinely feel like my LIFE'S UPGRADED

*half-heartedly bodypops and flicks hair while backing dancers WRITHE EPILEPTICALLY TO THE BREAKDOWN*

Posted by: Conderella 2nd March 2015, 06:11 AM

Ooh I remember this picture! Were you in the Madame Tussauds?~

Posted by: Conderella 2nd March 2015, 06:55 AM

I just realised the full BLOODBATH POTENTIAL (which transforms to inevitable reality come Saturday ) of DEN TREDJE DUELL. Dolly Style and Queenah Nah are both ESSENTIAL. Just like oxygen and food. And we must lose one. Christer's message to the fans goes something like this: "Choose what you want to do. BREATHE OR EAT. Now let me go back to the ACTUALLY important things like https://pp.vk.me/c624016/v624016533/25db9/uHihR78oaVM.jpg ["I just put Dinah and Dolly Style in the same duell!" - "LOLOLOL"] and https://pp.vk.me/c624016/v624016533/25b31/pKPgLaaOuyo.jpg".

FUCK YOU CHRISTER

Posted by: gooddelta 2nd March 2015, 10:09 AM

Yes, it was the BJSC winners and Melodifestivalen losers exhibition.

Posted by: Jonjo 2nd March 2015, 11:37 AM

As if you guys needed more of an excuse to watch next week...

Posted by: Conderella 2nd March 2015, 11:57 AM

HOLY SHIT *.*

Posted by: Conderella 2nd March 2015, 12:03 PM

in other news,



ugh poor Mariette

Posted by: gooddelta 2nd March 2015, 12:28 PM

Why has Mariette slipped beneath Sting? Oh well, it doesn't matter as it looks like a two horse race now anyway.

PRAYING for Mans to win, I'm absolutely obsessed with it.

Posted by: J▼hnkm 2nd March 2015, 02:04 PM

I'm not a huge fan of Heroes but it NEEDS to win over that ALBUM INTERLUDE.

Posted by: Conderella 2nd March 2015, 02:16 PM

For Sweden's sake, yeah, Mans needs to win, because it's SO going to be Top 5 if the performance with all the animation and shit stays the same. But I personally would love to see Jon Henrik take the crown.

Posted by: AdamAloud 2nd March 2015, 03:49 PM

When Sweden inevitably let go of this masterpiece CAN WE HAVE IT INSTEAD

Posted by: LexC 2nd March 2015, 06:04 PM

Here's how the Finalists and ACers are doing on the Swedish Spotify charts

Interpret this info as you wish (although the heat 1-3 AC qualifiers have been on there for a few weeks already - not that I know if that means they'll be lower or higher than usual with Spotify but still, there will be a slight skew here).

Posted by: Ryan. 2nd March 2015, 06:12 PM

Isa doing pretty well! Mariette underperforming there too it seems.

Posted by: Robot 3rd March 2015, 01:06 AM

Might put a bet on Jon Henrik to win seeing as I'm fully supporting Mans to win... and we all know what happens when Rob backs a song. Yes, it comes 2nd.

Posted by: Conderella 3rd March 2015, 10:22 AM

Ylvis are performing in the final with a new song.

lolz

Posted by: Tom Moroder Kay 3rd March 2015, 10:50 AM

Wrong country dicks Can't they swap with En Godt Stekt Pizza?

Posted by: Robot 3rd March 2015, 01:20 PM

Loreen is performing Paperlight (Higher) in Andra Chansen aswell!

Posted by: AdamAloud 3rd March 2015, 03:22 PM

Daily Spotify Chart
3. Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes (224,839)
5. Samir & Viktor - Groupie (156,960)
---Eric Saade - Sting (Combined) (113,164)---
17. Jon Henrik Fjallgren - Jag ar fri (91,178)
20. Linus Svenning - Forever Starts Today (82,932)
29. Eric Saade - Sting (TV Version) (75,262)
30. Isa - Don't Stop (70,209)
35. JTR - Building It Up (64,544)
37. Dinah Nah - Make Me (La La La) (63,688)
42. Kristin Amparo - I See You (56,166)
45. Mariette - Don't Stop Believing (54,704)
49. Dolly Style - Hello Hi (50,473)
57. Eric Saade - Sting (Radio Edit) (37,902)
58. Andreas Weise - Bring Out The Fire (37,879)
61. Molly Pettersson Hammar - I'll Be Fine (37,113)
69. Midnight Boy - Don't Say No (32,488)
79. Ellen Benediktson - Insomnia (28,926)
83. Caroline Wennergren - Black Swan (26,874)
86. Elize Ryd & Rickard Soderberg - One By One (26,050)
94. Kalle Johansson - For din skull (23,333)
95. Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone - Det rar vi inte for (23,170)
96. Neverstore - If I Was God For One Day (22,576)
101. Annika Herlitz - Ett andetag (22,212)
104. Jessica Andersson - Can't Hurt Me Now (21,845)
124. Andreas Johnson - Living To Die (18,451)
178. Emelie Irewald - Dar och da med dig (13,007)

Current iTunes chart
1. Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes
2. Jon Henrik Fjallgren - Jag ar fri
6. Magnus Carlsson - Mot mig i Gamla Stan
7. Eric Saade - Sting (TV Version)
8. Mariette - Don't Stop Believing
13. Midnight Boy - Don't Say No
14. Isa - Don't Stop
15. Samir & Viktor - Groupie
16. Dinah Nah - Make Me (La La La)
19. JTR - Building It Up
22. Caroline Wennergren - Black Swan
30. Kristin Amparo - I See You
32. Linus Svenning - Forever Starts Today
33. Andreas Weise - Bring Out The Fire
36. Eric Saade - Sting (Radio Edit)
42. Jessica Andersson - Can't Hurt Me Now
43. Annika Herlitz - Ett andetag
48. Molly Pettersson Hammar - I'll Be Fine
68. Dolly Style - Hello Hi
71. Andreas Johnson - Living To Die
96. Ellen Benediktson - Insomnia

Posted by: Conderella 3rd March 2015, 06:49 PM

4 realz

Posted by: Robot 3rd March 2015, 06:55 PM

Oh.

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 3rd March 2015, 07:00 PM

I love don't stop
The Mariette song is also good

Posted by: ▲Ɩɘχ 3rd March 2015, 08:39 PM

I can't wait when will we get it?

Posted by: Conderella 3rd March 2015, 08:41 PM

Awks. AdamAloud distributed packs to all the LOUD FANS. It's not as hard to find now though~

Posted by: ▲Ɩɘχ 3rd March 2015, 08:45 PM

oh then it's my problem that I'm LOUD enough thank u

Posted by: J▲hq 3rd March 2015, 10:03 PM

Don't really get 'Heroes', I find it rather annoying and I prefer 'Sting' tbh.

Checked out 'Jag är fri' for the first time tonight and now have it on repeat, incredible. So atmospheric and different from the usual, really championing them to send this, would finally be an entry to be excited about.

Posted by: Liаm 4th March 2015, 01:15 AM

William Hill odds, much the same to the ones posted really but hey:

8/15 Mans Zelmerlow
5/2 Jon Henrik Fjallgren
10/1 Eric Saade
10/1 Mariette
20/1 Isa
25/1 Kristin Amparo
33/1 JTR
40/1 Jessica Andersson
40/1 Magnus Carlsson
66/1 Dinah Nah
80/1 Andreas Weise
80/1 Linus Svenning
80/1 Samir & Viktor
125/1 Behrang Miri ft. Victor Crone
125/1 Dolly Style
150/1 Hasse Andersson

Posted by: Conderella 4th March 2015, 09:50 AM

Okay guys, MALENA ERNMAN is going to be participating in AC. In Behrang's song singing the operatic back vocals live! That's Behrang through then unless no one will know Malena was actually there LOL

Posted by: AdamAloud 4th March 2015, 09:54 AM

I can't see even Malena Ernman saving them in the duel against Samir & Viktor. I'd say it's the only gurantee this weekend.

Posted by: Conderella 4th March 2015, 10:00 AM

I don't see Hasse winning over Kristin at all though. Unless she butchers her vocals big time. Like Janet Leon style.

Posted by: Tom Moroder Kay 4th March 2015, 10:22 AM

That sucks. I actually really like Det Ror Vi Inte For. I know a bear who will be on speed dial for Malena though

Posted by: J▼hnkm 4th March 2015, 01:41 PM

Oh Malena NOOO

Posted by: AdamAloud 4th March 2015, 04:18 PM

According to the MF website, each duel consists of a 3rd place and 4th place finisher in the heats.

Posted by: Martyn 4th March 2015, 06:53 PM

Annika Herlitz faved my tweet saying she and Manz should go DTF, from Saturday.

I didn't realise she did the Swedish voice for Frozen, did think she looked very Disney though.

Posted by: Qassändra 4th March 2015, 07:19 PM

Do you bitches not READ my write-ups?!

Posted by: Måns Vülkerlöw 4th March 2015, 07:27 PM

Where's the one for AC?

Posted by: Qassändra 4th March 2015, 07:29 PM

Coming OVERNIGHT as per *.*

Posted by: Måns Vülkerlöw 4th March 2015, 07:34 PM

Waiting for it like the third coming of Santa Catarina of Pereira!

Posted by: Martyn 4th March 2015, 07:38 PM

I'm usually drunk when I do.

Posted by: Måns Vülkerlöw 5th March 2015, 12:10 AM

http://www.stockholmdirekt.se/vi-ar-stockholm/jag-vet-vem-som-vinner-melodifestivalen/aRKocd!BrOwpi6DVmtQ3TekPZQ0Dg/

Posted by: AdamAloud 5th March 2015, 03:58 PM

http://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/folj-artisternas-forsta-rep-pa-scenen-infor-andra-chansen-i-melodifestivalen-2015 for andra chansen are now up. Malena doesn't not improve the Behrang song.