Peter30

And don't worry, we all believed you except for Tyron.

They're confirmed for the selection. The way it's working is 5 people from the Irish music industry (record company execs, writers, producers etc.) are each selecting an entry of their own choosing and will mentor that entry. One of them, Caroline Downey-Desmond, is working with Jedward and currently searching for a song for them. Apparently a number of high profile writers are in the frame.

Surfin' Bird now at #11

First of all, apologies for my post last night. I'd had a few and as a result it came out alot more condescending and rude than I would have meant it to be. What you say does make alot of sense, but all I'm saying is that it's really impossible to make that kind of generalisation about the contest based on this last year. Sure, most of the contemporary songs found their way to the top, although alot of "classic Eurovision" sounding songs like In A Moment Like This and Apricot Stone did as well. And I'm sure that alot of countries will be attempting to be more contemporary and radio friendly in their entries this year, but when Lordi won alot of rock entries were sent the following year, and that has calmed down now, so it's impossible to say whether it is a trend, or just a phase. And it is alot more sudden than you seem to think, look at 2009. I don't see how "Fairytale" was contemporary. It was "new" in the sense that nothing like it had really been heard before. But it is much too quirky and folky to make it into the charts on its own merit, and much too poppy to be accepted on the folk scene. Eurovision is literally the only place that a song like that could work, and that is brilliant, that it was given a chance, but without Eurovision as a platform, it wouldn't have worked at all, whereas Satellite would have. Same with Is It True, which could have been out in 2001, Dum Tek Tek, which was typically Eurovision and It's My Time, which as has already been pointed out, is old fashioned. What I'm saying is that it's far from the case you're imagining, that It's My Time's success was a fluke because of Jade and Andrew Lloyd Webber, and it was lucky to be among a multitude of such modern radio-and-chart-friendly songs, because it wasn't. The contest is certainly looking like it's finally becoming more contemporary and I agree with everything you said about downloads, Youtube etc contributing to that in a big way. But I do think there's a case of selective memory going on here, and contemporary songs haven't been nearly as dominant or driving of the contest as you're making them out to be. Not yet anyway. It's certainly not mainly a case of "contemporary = success, date = flop"

Unbelievable... A song that could have been a huge hit in the UK a few years back wins Eurovision and all of a sudden Eurovision is a competition to find the song that has the hallmarks of a huge international hit :rolleyes: Also, the second chance contest is a load of crap, its just a competition to find the most schlagerific song that didn't make it. Not the best.

It's already been re-arranged slightly, so who knows what it will be like come May? bz5wxPhMgfo

People are reading WAYYYYY too much into the guy in the car. There's no way in hell they would kill off a known character in such an obscure way as that.

It certainly looks like Eric is the one to beat. Darin and Peter were the biggest names last year, but Eric Saade is very NOW and he's had a hugely successful year after Melodifestivalen last year. I can see Love Generation only reaching Andra Chansen or worse, crashing out at the heat. It has potential to be horrendous vocally, and let's face it, RedOne isn't going to put a "Bad Romance" into Melodifestivalen is he? It will probably be a spare song he's had sitting around.

I was sceptical about RedOne's involvement, seeing as there isn't even a song title yet, but if you look in the ESC Today he made some statement for the press conference.

Meh I get the thinking behind it, but still I don't like pandering to the masses, especially where Eurovision is involved. If they're only being drawn in because of a second rate girl group singing a song that every other artist RedOne writes and produces for has no doubt turned down then quite frankly they don't deserve to discover the treasures that Melodifestivalen has on offer -_-

In my experience, casual observers in a Eurovision forum is never ever a good thing.

'Mon now, it's not worth a change in thread title!! Let's not go all Sugababes-forum-on-the-day-of-Keisha's-sacking. Well it's the opposite really but the same thing.

Also, I can't see RedOne having anything to do with the entry...it'd be a big deal if he was, but for some reason I can't see him having anything to do with MF! We'll know in just over an hour I guess!

I wouldn't get too excited...I can't see Good Times being the tune they enter with :(

I'm starting to think that Le Kid will make it to Andra Chansen at best. They're just not your typical MelFest act, and they're not exactly massive in Sweden either :( Also bearing in mind that Danny is already a shoe-in for one of the DTG places. I don't actually WANT them to win, as I don't think Eurovision is the best route for them as I think they have a genuine shot at UK success (unless they're signed to AATW). That said I would love them to make the final and I'd be quite upset if they didn't!!

Linda Bengtzing is still my big draw :wub: I was worried that she might be in the 4th heat, but then it occurred to me, MAYBE the song is good enough to merit a place there and in fact she's this year's chosen one!!!!

Apparently the Jenny Silver song is by Thomas G:Son and is an Abba-esque number. So be prepared for something completely different to A Place To Stay. Also, for those who weren't aware, "The Moniker" is Daniel Karlsson who came 4th in Idol 2007.

Well she's not singing Your Song, she's singing Starry Eyed...

Maybe you do, but Melfest certainly doesn't :P My goodness, she was met with such indifference last time she entered, even Rich didn't give a $h!t about her when she walked past!! :lol:

FFS why can't Guy Chambers be bothered to do a song for us? He could probably cough out five songs better than That Sounds Good To me in a very short time.

Well I'm not 100% sure, but if it did just come out after Eurovision, bit of a random choice to have Is It True as the last track surely :S Nevertheless I agree it's a great album

Sorry, but you probably are :lol: In the case of Alcazar, unlike alot of other national finals, persistance is NOT rewarded at Melfest, and 3 years in a row would be overkill :( As for Molly, nobody cares :P And we all know she's not his real girlfriend :kink:

I think Yohanna released a deluxe edition of her album as well when Is It True went to Eurovision :) There's hope!

Two words: Deluxe edition.

Fair enough, I do condone getting the physical CD and I appreciate how some people like to have a hard copy. I just didn't understand how it was worthy of the glowing accolade of the album you've been most excited to ever get when you've got all the tracks already...surely you've been more excited about getting albums you've not heard yet?