Posted March 6, 201411 yr http://c1.tacdn.com/img2/localguides/guidephotos/stockholmpanorama.jpg http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1393707950/svts/article1859688.svt/alternates/large/9XI7x5i0cMp0xoisJBeDNKFnIh2.jpg http://olevision.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/friends_arena.jpg I'm going to need a moment to compose myself loves. So, we're at the end of six of the seven most enjoyable weeks of the year. (If you need me to explain the seventh, I'm not quite sure what you're doing here.) And what a ride it's been. We've been graced with thirty two moments. Thirty two moments of triumph, horror, stagecraft, boredom, disgust, mess, vox, nox, fabulosity and delight. I'd add links, but hey - we were all there. And in many ways, this is where the fun bit begins. It's not measurable, it's not guaranteed, but you'll all leave here with 32 tracks. And then on some idle evenings - maybe in April, maybe in November, maybe not even for a few years - one by one some of these tracks that you at first dismissed (disclaimer: probably not Bygdens son) will sneak up on you and burrow their way into your heart. And then in the January of that year following, you'll find yourself back here and salivating endlessly for a minute long clip of some desperado singing over a thinly veiled pastiche of a smash hit from two years ago. So, to all the fans we've gained this season: sorry for doing this to you. But hey, I'm sure you'll forgive me. Short of the AlexRanges of the world (and good god you know a contest is doing something right if he hates most of it), I'm sure most of you found those twenty keepers for the iPod (well, iPhone - who even USES iPods anymore?) that I predicted back in week one. But anyway, down to business. Last week gave us the final two pieces of the puzzle, giving us a line-up of ten ready to go for the biggest prize in Swedish entertainment: the Melodifestivalen crown (and incidentally the honour of being their Eurovision entrant. Easy to forget that bit, isn't it?). One of these ten will join the pantheon of ABBA, Afro-Dite, Carola, Charlotte Perrelli, Lena Ph, Loreen, and, uh, Blond. But still, there's serious musical vintage in the list of former winners, and you won't find many that the average Swede wouldn't remember. And by mere virtue of the intensive selection process they've just had to go through, they tend to stand a pretty good chance of performing respectably come the Eurovision final up against less discerningly selected opponents - with only the eternally shamed Anna Bergendahl not at the least getting Sweden to the final evening. And though it's been a diamond of a year, I don't think we have a Eurovision winner here: but I'd definitely keep an eye out for one of the following at the left hand side of the scoreboard come May. For those unacquainted with the final, the voting works a little differently. Much like Eurovision, it's split 50:50 - half the vote going to the international juries, and the other half of the vote being the Swedish televote. There are eleven international juries (Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom), each composed of a group of jurors from that country's music industry (apart from the UK, which just picks five gays off the street. And DAMN RIGHT TOO.). They award points to their top seven entries on a 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1 basis. Importantly, the televoting is open before and AFTER the international jury vote has been announced, which gives an opening for some tactical voting in response to the first set of results - and then the televotes are announced and awarded proportionally. As the international juries have a sum total of 473 points to award, televoting points are awarded as a percentage of 473 - so someone getting 10% of the vote would get 47 points, someone getting 20% of the vote would get 95 points (because of rounding), and so on. In practice, because there's an absolutely GARGANTUAN number of televotes being made (over 1.5 million last year, and totals over 2 million aren't unheard of at all), the televote winner will typically get somewhere between 20-25% of the televote (generally over 300,000 votes), and if they're getting much more than 25% of the vote then they're in for a landslide. So, before I'm consumed by depression at the thought that it's nearly all over for another year - who's going to take the crown? http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389264609/melodifestivalen/article1719257.svt/alternates/large/antonewald.jpg 01: Text och musik: John Lundvik Betfair odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f / projected finish): 21 / 20/1 / 7th Trout pout Ken here had it all a month ago: the chosen one cackling over a virgin cocktail as Helena, his projected big threat from heat one, slumped out into andra chansen. Sanna had yet to come in heat two, but hey - she'd come fourth last time, so it's not as if she was some unbeatable foe. Heat three was full of nobodies and some pretender to his throne who'd finished eighth on the X Factor one time. And hey - he was definitely sailing through his heat with Natural. Who was he supposed to be worried about? Janet Leon? How quickly things turn around eh? Despite sweeping through heat four at first asking, the hype behind Anton pretty much dissipated the second he stepped offstage from his reprise and Alcazar stepped on to give Sweden the show they couldn't forget, and two weeks of Spotify and radio play confirmed that if anything, the big pop contender was Ace, not Anton. Publicly bitching about Sanna Nielsen to the Swedish press by implying she isn't a popstar probably hasn't done his status any favours either (at least she can SING love. Not to mention that 's twenty times the pop song anything you've come out with is...). Still, he started the season saying he came to win, and the opening slot historically has been one of the more victorious ones to perform in - although it hasn't given us a winner since 2008's transcendental Hero by Charlotte Perrelli, and in recent years it seems to have become a default slot for cute twinks with fanbases or punchy songs who end up coming close but not quite (since 2008 we've had Måns, Darin, Danny, David Lindgren and Ulrik Munther). Three out of those ended up fourth, which seems about right for Anton. He seems out for the count on the televote - but can the international juries save Anton's chances of becoming just another Melodi also ran? http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1390837430/melodifestivalen/article1719101.svt/alternates/large/ellenbenediktson.jpg 02: Ellen Benediktson - Songbird Text och musik: Sharon Vaughn, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson och Tobias Lundgren Betfair odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f / projected finish): 15 / 14/1 / =5th Stepping out on that stage in Malmö five Saturdays ago, you can bet your bottom krona that this was probably the last place Ellen was expecting to be five weeks thence - and if she was, certainly nobody else was. Still, most of the animosity against OLD ELLEN has almost certainly dissipated now the TRUE old Ellen is accompanying her in the final after all, and god knows there weren't enough of us vocally saying it was a shame Songbird was almost certainly going to crash out while it was onstage. So here she is! And here she'll almost certainly stay, but that's beyond the point - just getting to the final is victory enough for artists like Ellen, who won't have been coming here with any wild dreams of Maytide Copenhagen nights - it's albums and airplay if they're lucky, and Ellen's struck very lucky here indeed. Well, to a point. Christer's smothering this one in the crib and given Songbird the wooden spoon slot of second, traditionally bunged off to someone rumoured to have annoyed him very much indeed along the road, sometimes even just by qualifying to begin with. And you can bet Ellen won't have caused a happy night chez Björkman by knocking out Helena after he'd spent years chasing her to finally get onboard the Melodixpress, especially as he in all likelihood just had her in mind as a filler seventh place heat entrant when he heard old Ellen on stand-in duties for Amandine Bourgeois last year. That said, it's not unheard of for an act to cause big damage even from second - came four thousand votes away from winning the whole thing with a similarly heartfelt stark ballad, though something tells me Ellen probably isn't going to be winning the ballad televote any time soon in a heat with Sanna. Can Ellen shock the punters once more? http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389264517/melodifestivalen/article1719252.svt/alternates/large/alcazar.jpg 03: Text och musik: Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger och Hamed 'K-One' Pirouzpanah Betfair odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f / projected finish): 15 / 14/1 / =5th Tess's facial expression in that photo never gets old. clapclap, WOO! Literally DESCENDING TO EARTH TO SAVE US ALL (leading to the creation of the script stage direction 'enter stage discoball', as opposed to 'enter discoball upstage' as pioneered by Alcastar and built upon by Solayoh), Alcazar came, Alcazar glittered, and Alcazar qualified (alcaveni, alcagliti, alqualici), and to hell with accusations of self-plagiarism (alcakempi). After all, who CARES when you've got an act so blasé about fabulosity they use pyrotechnics for EVERY CHORUS? *.* clapclap, WOO! Anyway, after heat four's conclusion, the 'Zar's odds plunged lower than Andreas' CD4 count after a weekend on the lash (every weekend), nearly rivalling Sanna at one point, though since Ace started taking off on Spotify they've drifted a bit and they don't really look in contention for victory anymore. Still, as ever with the 'Zar, they can't be ruled out until after the performance - though performing from third certainly isn't going to help. I'd round off by asking if there was a chance of Alcazar even winning anymore - but let's face it, the real question this Saturday: can Tess make it through the perf without going arse over tit? DISCO! DISCO! DISCO! http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389263730/melodifestivalen/article1719222.svt/alternates/large/oscarzia.jpg 04: Oscar Zia - Yes We Can Text och musik: Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger och Hamed 'K-One' Pirouzpanah Betfair odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f / projected finish): 41 / 40/1 / 8th I have to say: this year really hasn't birthed a more http://www.moopy.org.uk/forums/images/smilies/zombie.gif image than Oscar's prepubescent face emoting simultaneously on five widescreens. This bitch really DOESN'T work in motion - and I bet he's never SHALALALALA'ed in his LIFE either This really is the most difficult one to call prediction-wise this year. The expected qualifier by a good country mile from his heat, he's since been overshadowed a bit by Ace, but at the same time he does still have a very slickly done and well-performed pop song on his hands here. He's got the fanbase that he's probably my initial 'PIMP SLOT NEXT YEAR THEN' pick for now (not that it's done Ulrik or Anton much good), but at the same time he's fighting for a divided vote against Natural - and lord knows which way this'll go with the juries. 40/1 looks insanely long on this to me - can Oscar take his 90s revivalism to the top three? http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389261188/melodifestivalen/article1719108.svt/alternates/large/linussvenning.jpg 05: Linus Svenning - Bröder Text och musik: Fredrik Kempe Betfair odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f / projected finish): 81 / 80/1 / 10th Actually, here's another one who could well be back. But I tell you: it better not be as SICKENING as this or I'll see to it he's in the PLOT next to his brother. Baby videos, puppies and 'I MISS YOU DEAD BROTHER' written in big letters on LED screen were enough to get Linus through to the final from andra chansen. Being one of two entries in Swedish could work either way for this one when it comes to the juries though - that most of them won't know a word he's saying might hold it back a bit. On the flipside, that might actually be to its benefit jury-wise - most of them won't know he's going all out on emotional manipulation and wringing his brother's memory of every vote it can muster with a song he didn't even write (much as I love the man for his melody and production skills, Kempe's lyrical form is such that the concept of going to him to write a song vicariously in someone's memory has to go down as one of the greatest post-death insults in Western civilisation. Linus must've really loathed his 'kära bröder'). Anyway, despite going into andra chansen with all the momentum, this seems to have fallen back a bit in the last few days. It could still do damage though - as the only male ballad in the heat it's got a niche on lock right there, which could make all the difference amidst seven big pop songs. Will the value of Linus' brother's memory be worth a top five position, or a bottom five one? Now there's a thought on the meaning of life to make you shudder. http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389261139/melodifestivalen/article1719103.svt/alternates/large/helenapaparizou.jpg 06: Text och musik: Bobby Ljunggren, Karl-Ola Kjellholm, Henrik Wikström och Sharon Vaughn Betfair odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f / projected finish): 13 / 12/1 / =3rd It took five weeks, a hoard of gay screams and at least six heart attacks (and that was just the evening of andra chansen CHEZ CASS), but Helena's finally done it and completed the task she came to do - make it to the final and give her music career the kickstart it needed after a few years outside of the limelight. Given the importance of Melodifestivalen to the Swedish music industry, the chances are that that motivation was far more important than any particular desire on Helena's part to go back to Eurovision (after all, once you've won it's only ever really the need to pay the bills that brings anyone back, whether you're Johnny Logan or Dana International - but especially if you're Charlotte Perrelli). We're likely in for an album in the next few months, which is wonderful, but that aside - Saturday's almost an afterthought, right? Well... Those international juries are pretty hard to call, but if last year taught us anything, it's that polished professional pop with a big hook goes down well with them lot, and someone of Helena's performing nous and reputation (she's likely going to be the only name most of the jurors recognise) could very easily end up being the big jury favourite. And who knows what kind of goodwill the power of andra chansen and a few fishwife cackles might have given R LEN with the Swedish voting public? She's almost certainly not going to win - after all, two andra chansen victors on the trot would be slightly surprising, given it took so long for just one - but if all the predictions hit the fan with Sanna and Ace plays just to the teenage crowd, Survivor could well be the dark horse. I don't see it happening, but if there's any outcome that would be the sweetest and by far the most appropriate for this song, a victory against the odds which needed fighting for every step of the way would definitely be it. Can Helena steal this one at the death? http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389282907/melodifestivalen/article1720174.svt/alternates/large/yohio.jpg 07: YOHIO - To The End Text och musik: Andreas Johnson, Peter Kvint, Johan Lyander och YOHIO Betfair odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f / projected finish): 13 / 12/1 / =3rd To think this one was the big favourite this time a year ago! Even with YOHIO bagging a direkt spot in the most competitive heat of the year (with four qualifiers and over 400,000 votes, compared with ~300k votes for the others), the total lack of hype around him at this point is making him feel a little bit like an also-ran before Saturday's already happened - and if it weren't for his intensely loyal fanbase, he'd have the David Lindgren Comeback Memorial televote wooden spoon (SING WITH ME CAL) wrapped up. That said, he does have that intensely loyal fanbase - though even THEN 12/1 still looks like it's stretching it a bit - but safe to say that even though he's back with something a little more jury friendly this time around he's probably not going to be hitting the drama of the sudden death top two this year. Does anybody really care outside of his hoard of diary scribbling thirteen year olds? http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1390297955/melodifestivalen/article1719184.svt/alternates/large/sannanielsen.jpg 08: Text och musik: Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger och Hamed 'K-One' Pirouzpanah Betfair odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f / projected finish): 1.5 / 1/2 / 1st For all the perennial losers - the Shirleys, the Lindas, the Jessicas - this one's for you. Here's the little schlager diva that could: denied time and time again (most painfully after winning the televote in 2008), she finally has the wind totally behind her this time - the biggest ballad of them all, with crystal vox and a performance totally free of mess (outside of the diabolical Kempe lyrics - but let's not blame our DARLING SAN for that one). Sure, she's earned a few grumbles that she's a bit beige for this glitterfest of a contest - but this lady's proved she can glitter with the best of them in the past and it's never quite got her past the finishing post, so it almost feels a bit uncharitable to begrudge her a victory the one way Sweden will let her have it. How would it perform at Eurovision? Truth be told, it's been heard before - although rarely executed so professionally, so it could well contend for the top five, but if forced to choose I'd say it's got a faint whiff of respectable sixth place finish to it. And it has to be said, if R MOL is an MF loon on the sly this is probably the one amongst this lot she's most crossing her fingers doesn't get through. If there's one thing that's going to hold Sanna back from that victory she's worked so hard for the last six times she's been here, it'll be the juries. The family vote should keep her safe from Ace's Spotify insurgence in the televote, but it's quite difficult to call how the international votes would go for a slice of voxtastic special school power balladry - and it's easy to imagine another 2013 scenario where she wins the televote but the juries punish her enough to steal the victory from her, which would be an even more painful twist of the knife after Empty Room. Can San win? Or is she perpetually doomed to a lifetime of bridesmaidery and coaching Sigrid to fulfil her legacy? http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389262845/melodifestivalen/article1719178.svt/alternates/large/panetoz.jpg 09: Panetoz - Efter solsken Text och musik: Johan Hirvi, Mats Lie Skåre, Nebeya Baheru, Njol Badjie och Pa Modou Badjie Betfair odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f / projected finish): 67 / 66/1 / 9th The fandom is universally predicting this for last place on Saturday and universally singling it out as the one track 'ruining' the final (honestly, bloody gays...) - which generally tends to be a sign that that's probably not what's going to happen. Ninth slot is one that can leave quite an impact (it's also one of the more successful ones for victories in recent years - step up Anna and Robin), and it's only going to help Panetoz given there's nothing else in here like this. It's not a winner by any means, and calypso pop in native Swedish isn't exactly a tried and tested formula for winning over the juries, but this probably has a few televotes lying about - as most party tracks are wont to have this late on after most viewers have drained their third Kopparberg (which should also aid excessive snorking at OLD JOHAN'S rhythm, spending all three minutes looking like the white boy on work experience). They're probably just delighted to have made it this far though. Can this make it much higher than eighth come Saturday? http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389263503/melodifestivalen/article1719207.svt/alternates/large/acewilder.jpg 10: Ace Wilder - Busy Doin' Nothin' Text och musik: Ace Wilder och Joy och Linnéa Deb Betfair odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f / projected finish): 3.75 / 11/4 / 2nd Well well well, who'd have called this three weeks ago? Not me at least. Even with an egregious record of off-the-mark predictions and tragically misplaced looning, predicting this to finish eighth (and behind Shirley Clamp) is probably going down as one of the worst calls I've made now it's on the precipice of victory, or at least a respectable runners-up slot. But in my defence, Sweden changing tack and going for this kind of thing is going against a lot of history in their voting out young females doing excellent, contemporary pop music. Although I suppose Anniela and Love Generation are a whole different kettle of herring compared with Ace here - well, for a start, they're under thirty. (I'm still in shock this woman's half a year younger than R LEN! 31!) And it's easy to see why. Slinking through the performance like a cat on heat and singing over a track which sounds like Miley Cyrus masturbating to a mash-up of I Love It and Wake Me Up, Ace looked far more like a contender than desperate old Annie and RedOne's second string harem ever did - cool, catchy, contemporary. She's spent the last two weeks with a vice grip on the Spotify and airplay charts in Sweden, and it has to be said that of all the entries here, this is by far the most representative of the kind of music Sweden are exporting to the world at the moment (well, being 2013 in a blender probably explains that). The question is: is that the criteria Sweden are looking at for their Eurovision entries? After all, on that basis 2012 would've been a no brainer pick for Danny in the eternal duel between Euphoria and Amazing. Still, that's a debate that'll doubtless be had a lot over the next week. What we do know is this: if anything's threatening Sanna's coronation this Saturday, it's Ace. Can the Debs make it two in a row? -x- The final begins this Saturday livestreaming from SVT.se/melodifestivalen at 7pm. But for Melodifestivalen this year - that's it all done here. Despite the fact it's cut a good DAY in total out of my life over the last six weeks, writing these threads has been an utter joy - and I hope you've all enjoyed reading them as much as I've enjoyed making them. They certainly wouldn't feel anywhere near as rewarding without all of you lot posting and interacting, so for that, big love to you all, and especially to anybody who's joined the big Melodifestivalen ride along the way. Hopefully see you all back here again next year! http://www.moopy.org.uk/forums/images/smilies/disco.gif
March 6, 201411 yr Great writing through all of these weeks! I've enjoyed reading them. Last year I predicted that Robin would win MF, this year I hope and think Sanna will win!
March 6, 201411 yr I'm shocked YOHIO has odds on 3rd.... I'd be surprised if he even cracks the Top 5...
March 6, 201411 yr thank you trashy for all your writing over these past 6 weeks. you've converted me from somebody who has never even heard of the damn thing to a *.* fan i think saturday is really difficult to call. i'm not sure how well ace connects live and i don't think she is particularly likeable either. she was definitely helped through by that hockey match i'd say. i can't see international juries loving it either. tho of course i could be totally off the mark of course. would love a len papa win *.* (tho would settle for beige robot sanna)
March 6, 201411 yr Great write-up as ever Tirren. Of the realistic contenders, I just want Sanna to FINALLY do it, but I'll take anything but Panetoz.
March 6, 201411 yr Tirren, I almost feel as upset that Melodifestivalen is over as I do about these commentaries coming to an end. I've genuinely read each one through each week and frequently find myself laughing but I have no idea how you come up with some of the stuff you do. Nobody's mind works like yours, Tirren. Rooting for Ace now, I must say. Think it's gone ahead of 'Natural' as my favourite track of the year now, it's just so BOLSHY.
March 6, 201411 yr my ranking 01 ace 02 alcazar 03 helena --- 04/05 sanna/anton --- 06 ellen 07 linus 08 yohio 09 panetoz --- 10 oscar four groups here: LOVEEEE; so good but lacking oomph; like; FUCKING HATE ll|ll|ll|ll| predixxx 01 sanna 02 ace 03 alcazar 04 linus 05 anton 06 yohio 07 helena 08 ellen 09 oscar 10 panetoz
March 6, 201411 yr Those international juries are pretty hard to call, but if last year taught us anything, it's that polished professional pop with a big hook goes down well with them lot, and someone of Helena's performing nous and reputation (she's likely going to be the only name most of the jurors recognise) could very easily end up being the big jury favourite. Surely anyone who knows Helena will know Alcazar? Well Helena and cock. Anyhoo: WANT 01 Alcazar 02 Ace 03 Sanna --- 04 Helena --- 05 Ellen 06 Panetoz 07 Yohio --- 08 Anton 09 Oscar 10 Linus PREDICKS 01 Ace 02 Sanna 03 Alcazar 04 Linus 05 Helena 06 Yohio 07 Anton 08 Oscar 09 Ellen 10 Panetoz
March 6, 201411 yr Okay I decided to do an AlexRange and do my PERFECT MF 2014 *.* GOODDELTÄVLINGARNA DTG: Helena, Mahan Moin AC: Ellen Benediktson, Alvaro 05: YOHIO 06: Linus Svenning 07: Elisa Lindström 08: Sylvester Schlegel DTG: Martin Stenmarck, Pink Pistols AC: Sanna, JEM 05: Panetoz 06: Manda 07: Little Great Things 08: The Refreshments DTG: Ace Wilder, Outtrigger AC: Shirley Clamp, Dr Alban & Jessica Folcker 05: State of Drama 06: CajsaStina Åkerström 07: EKO 08: Oscar Zia DTG: Josef Johansson, Alcazar AC: Janet Leon, Linda Bengtzing 05: Anton Ewald 06: Ellinore Holmer 07: Ammotrack 08: I.D.A. ANDRA CHANSEN 01 JEM (duell vinner) 02 Janet Leon (duell vinner) --- 03 Linda Bengtzing :( SHIT I DIDN'T PLAN FOR THIS TO HAPPEN 04 Shirley Clamp :( SHIT I DIDN'T PLAN FOR THIS TO HAPPEN --- 05 Sanna 06 Ellen Benediktson 07 Dr Alban & Jessica Folcker 08 Alvaro FINALEN 01 Ace Wilder 02 Alcazar 03 JEM 04 Josef Johansson 05 Pink Pistols 06 Outtrigger 07 Martin Stenmarck 08 Helena 09 Janet Leon 10 Mahan Moin
March 6, 201411 yr PERSONAL RANKING 01 Ace Wilder 02 Oscar Zia 03 Sanna Nielsen 04 Panetoz 05 Linus 06 Helena 07 Anton Ewald 08 Alcazar 09 Yohio 10 Ellen I don't want to be overly optimistic because of my preferrences so I think Sanna will still win overall as much as I'm rooting for Ace (I expect her to be 2nd). What are the chances of Ace returning next year? PLEASE (although don't do an Anton and return with something lower standard that underwhelms)
March 6, 201411 yr Author I think Busy Doin' Nothin' will end up being successful enough that she won't need to do MF next year - though she is an MF loon herself so I imagine she'll want to do it again in future. Given coming back the year after has only served Eric and Loreen well recently I should think it might if anything be better for her to leave it a year and come back in two.
March 6, 201411 yr Author Surely anyone who knows Helena will know Alcazar? Well Helena and cock. I imagine most of the jurors would only have prior knowledge of Eurovision, aside from one or two who might remember CATD being a hit a while back. I think the UK one's the only one that tends to choose MF loons for the jury.
March 6, 201411 yr Chills reading that write-up, Tirren, so on point and it's really giving me a feel for the final. I'm quite sad it's so near the end, but Saturday should be a whole load of fun. I'll unleash my full top 32 hurr, as of now, I keep changing that top 5 around: 01 Ace Wilder - Busy Doing Nothing 02 I.D.A - Fight Me If You Dare 03 Sanna Nielsen - Undo 04 Outtrigger - Echo 05 Alcazar - Blame It On The Disco 06 State Of Drama - All We Are 07 YOHIO - To The End 08 Martin Stenmarck - När Änglarna Går Hem 09 Ellen Benediktson - Songbird 10 Panetoz - Effer Solsken 11 Alvaro Estrella - Bedroom 12 Helena Paparizou - Survivor 13 Janet Leon - Hollow 14 Little Great Things - Set Yourself Free 15 Jem - Love Trigger 16 Linda Bengtzing - Ta Mig 17 EKO - Red 18 Shirley Clamp - Burning Alive 19 Josef Johansson - Hela Natten 20 Elisa Lindstrom - Casanova 21 Mahan Moin - Aleo 22 Dr Alban & Jessica Folcker - Around The World 23 Linus Svenning - Broder 24 The Refreshments - Hallelujah 25 Ammotrack - Raise Your Hands 26 Sylvester Schlegel - Bygdens Son --- (where it turns from good-ish to poor, v. good haul with 26 of them) 27 Manda - Glow 28 Ellinore Holmer - En Himmelsk Sang 29 CajsaStina Åkerström - En Enkel Sang 30 Oscar Zia - Yes We Can 31 Anton Ewald - Natural 32 Pink Pistols - I Am Somebody I've decided that Ace would be the best possible Eurovision entry for Sweden, it's upbeat, fun and modern, infectious, it's won me round to its sound and this is from the guy who really doesn't like 'I Love It'. Spotify to grant her the victory. *.* Failing that, Sanna, Alcazar and YOHIO would be lovely also, I was well behind Sanna until Ace just nudged ahead of her and given she's been at this so many times I kinda want her to go too (why can't they both... :(). Just not a solo male, unless he's YOHIO. :angry:
March 6, 201411 yr Oh yeah, and I'd better do some preliminary predictions:: 01 Ace (hopeful but...) 02 Sanna 03 Linus 04 Helena 05 YOHIO 06 Alcazar 07 Anton 08 Panetoz 09 Oscar 10 Ellen
March 6, 201411 yr Chills reading that write-up, Tirren, so on point and it's really giving me a feel for the final. I'm quite sad it's so near the end, but Saturday should be a whole load of fun. I'll unleash my full top 32 hurr, as of now, I keep changing that top 5 around: 02 I.D.A - Fight Me If You Dare 13 Little Great Things - Set Yourself Free 24 The Refreshments - Hallelujah 25 Ammotrack - Raise Your Hands 26 Sylvester Schlegel - Bygdens Son 28 Ellinore Holmer - En Himmelsk Sang 32 Pink Pistols - I Am Somebody so putin of u omg!
March 6, 201411 yr It's just pretty awful. There are far better 'gay interest' entries. Like Alcazar for one.
March 6, 201411 yr I'd quite like to not come last :kink: (I assume this running joke is still en vouge?) A top 3 of Sanna, Helena and Ace would make my Eurovision-adjacent year and I don't think it's that unrealistic *.*
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