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A DNQ is no barometer of the merit of a song anyway - Pink Pony Club is challenging for No.1 this week (yes I’m aware it had a deduction but clearly it would only have been like 15th in its semi anyway without one). I’ve had DNQs with some of my favourite songs I’ve ever sent but I agree that I have very few regrets with my entries - clearly I always loved them at the time. The Turkish song I went out with two contests ago is fantastic and charming - it’s no less a song because it didn’t make it into the final. I do like when some of the less conventional stuff makes it into the final on here - because several songs in this final would never have any chance whatsoever to cross into the mainstream, but that doesn’t mean they are not deserving of being heard and enjoyed, they just don’t suit commercial tastes.

Scarlet's song is a great track and far better than their entry last year - doesn't sound like one Sweden would send to Eurovision though. Kind of Gaga does When I Grow Up vibes in the verse. Think it's still Måns' to lose, assuming juries bury KAJ as expected. Presuming he's got the jury win sewn up and 1st/2nd on the public vote. KAJ will be 1st/2nd on the public vote but probably mid-table with juries, Scarlet I would expect to be top five on the telvote and jury, but can't see it being enough against those two. Arwin is my other favourite, I loved a song by him last year called För bra för att vara sant so I had relatively high hopes anyway, but definitely not disappointed. Nice schlager chords and urgency. Vilhelm Buchaus seems to be the other favourite to progress in one way or another, I thought that one was ok. Victoria's song is a bit of a dated mess, but enjoyable in a Cascada's 2009 album fashion. Arvingarna's is fine, the worst of their recent trio of entries though, I don't expect it to progress. And Saga Ludvigsson's is another competent but unremarkable country pop song for this Melodifestivalen season. Anyway, when all is said and done with the 30 songs, despite all the cries of a weak year, I have at least 5-6 on repeat, with another two additions this week, and that's still a significant amount more than I have on repeat than any other national final, so go Sweden!

Ooooh, thank you so much voters <3 An honour to be through with this, as the message behind it means a lot to me. I'm glad people I hoped might like it in in the other semi will have the chance to hear it too.

First two of my votes out there in Semi 1, both of those were great.

2 points! :o I’d have voted for Summericia, it doesn’t feel that far removed from Sovarasma’s German winner this time last year. That is a real surprise to me.

Continuing to chip away from the bottom and going for Craig David - not good at all.

Would love to see it, but I'll be amazed if they stretch The Vault into the 90s. The 80s ones don't even seem to sell that well. Although hopefully there is still good profit in them considering most of the songs used are not usually touched with a bargepole so are hopefully cheap to pick up. I could maybe imagine them doing a Vault covering the entire decade in one album.

Agreed and I'd stretch that all the way down to Boyzone because Lutricia McNeal, Tin Tin Out, Imaani and that Boyzone song are favourites of mine, and I like that Louise track too. I'm so happy Sarah and Paula got a place!

Son of Dork - that whole project was pretty awful.

Ceasars for me, but close between that and Amy.

True! Weird that Steps aren't here actually. Even if Heartbeat/Tragedy are being saved for 1999 when they peaked at No.1, 5,6,7,8 peaked in 1998 so it goes against their own usual rule a bit if they put it on 1997.

Love it, even more my thing than a lot of the main release, disc 3 is near perfection, I hope they pick all the correct single edits. Although the single mix of Let Me Entertain You isn’t even available to stream. Quite surprised that High and Here’s Where The Story Ends weren’t included on the main release.

Amazed they got J back, that felt like it would never happen. I've seen them as a three-piece before at a 90s festival, not sure I ever loved them enough to want to see the full band, but I have always loved Until The Time Is Through and Keep On Movin'.

Same here, it's on repeat and it's in my head constantly. I would love to believe it could win but Sweden usually put their 'game face' on in the final and go for what they think will do best at Eurovision and I guess they imagine that will be Måns (not to mention that the international juries usually avoid the Swedish language stuff) but actually, I think Bara Bada Bastu could be top three on the televote and get a strong jury showing too if it went to Eurovision. It's just a much better song than Revolution, where it feels like they put everything into the package but forgot one crucial ingredient - a great song.

Voted (for the first time on nu-BuzzJack). Really loving my top four, and a good selection all round, very strong choices for this theme.

Why is the one story that sticks in my head her job at a department store? I guess because it was funny to see someone actually working outside of the square where they all conveniently have picked up jobs within two minutes of where they live.

Baller wasn’t among the ten songs I listened to yesterday and that is my new fave after the NF. Banger, and was great live! Cloudy June going straight out was not it.

Klara has climbed to No.1 in Sweden which is nice for her - she’d have never had the chance if all of the finalists were released simultaneously as they always have been before. Dolly Style new at No.5 and Meira at No.6, above all of the other finalists so far… and Greczula at No.9. I’d expect Måns and Kaj to enter in the top two in the next chart.

Really strong entry! I promised Leww I'd post this. The chorus lyric melody of this reminds me of the instrumental hook in Moving On Up by M People so I asked Rave DJ to do its thing and wasn't disappointed! https://rave.dj/OJFXPxhEnyBFOA

Very tricky now. Will go with Mya although it’s a great track and I’m glad she had one big solo hit.

Avril to win, one of my favourites from her for sure. Not fussed on the Justin track particularly.

Barry Islands…I agree with Dandy that give or take a couple this list is almost already in order of best to worst, so I’m just chipping away at the later years now.

By far the best / most competitive they had. I’m still not sure it’s much of a hit but at least they gave themselves a fighting chance.

It's an ok track with a good performance. Probably midtable in my ranking but there were far better Eurovision options in Sanremo. It's fair to give him first refusal though I guess, and I'm intrigued to see how it does, doesn't seem as obvious a hit as usual for Italy.

They won't. BJSC next month sorted though :lol: I'm in Switzerland atm and able to pick up this national final on RTL on TV. It's a damn sight better than the likes of Norway/Iceland/Denmark, so Raab has clearly had an impact. Still more than a few songs that would get a sub 5 points televote, but I guess they're hoping for the jury love again this year with a lot of these.