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20:00 CET, Melodifestivalen 2010
Tonight: First semi final in Sweden
The show
The show to be broadcast on SVT 1 will start at 20:00 CET. It will be hosted by Christine Meltzer, Måns Zelmerlöw and Dolph Lundgren at the Fjällräven center in Örnsköldsvik. Eight acts will present one song each and the qualifiers will be chosen in two rounds of televoting. The winner of the first round directly qualifies for the national final on 13th March. The second, third, fourth and fifth placed entries will compete in the second round of the televoting. The winner of the second round will directly qualify for the national final as well while the second and third placed acts will qualify for the second chance round Andra chansen on 6th March.
How to watch?
A webcast will be made available for international viewers on the official website here. The link will appear shortly before the show starts.
Participants
Composer/Lyricist in brackets.
- Ola Svensson - Unstoppable
(Dimitri Stassos, Alexander Kronlund, Hanif Sabzevari, Ola Svensson) - Jenny Silver - A place to stay
(Torben Hedlund) - Linda Pritchard - You're making me hot-hot-hot
(Tobias Lundgren, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson) - Pain of Salvation - Road salt
(Daniel Gildenlöw) - Anders Ekborg - The saviour
(Henrik Janson, Tony Nilsson) - Jessica Andersson - I did it for love
(Lars Diedricson/Kristian Wejshag) - Frispråkarn - Singel
(Hamed K-One Pirouzpanah/Håkan Bäckman) - Salem Al Fakir - Keep on walking
(Salem Al Fakir)
Listen to the songs
- You can listen to snippets of the songs here.
Your opinion
- You can vote for your favourite song in our poll here.
In 2009, Sweden was represented by Malena Ernman with the song La voix. She finished fourth in the first semi final but dropped to 21st place in the final getting 33 points.
Related polls
- Sweden decided: How much do you like This is my life?
- esctoday.com National Final Awards 2010: Best SONG not to qualify in SWEDEN?
- esctoday.com National Final Awards 2010: Best PERFORMANCE not to qualify in SWEDEN?
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And now the songs go all american ...
I really can't see why people think all the songs are bad? 
they are not at all ..... no NF tonight have good songs, the only good song for Norway is didrik but for me when I have heard it again is quiet boring .... iceland nahhhh, and denmark, I wasen't very impressed by.
1. Ola
I Like this song its catchy and its NOT SCHLAGER ! it's modern and good !
2. jenny silver -
BOOOOOOOORRRRING!!!
3.Linda Pritchard
exocitc and very american, I like this, it's nice to me 
4. pain of salvations
this was so boring I did'nt like it at all ....
5.anders ekborg
old fashioned and very boring, I guees this will pass to the finale anyway 
6. Jessica Andersson
well she is nice but the song is not nice it's way to avarage for me :/
7. Fristråkaren
it's okay nothing more, this would kill ESC though lol
8. Salem al fakir
I LOOOOVVVEEE THIIIIS !!!!!!!!!!!! It's very myserious and strange but I like it. I really want to hear the whole song 
A very good semi final ! Modern and trendy !
@ Stockholm,
THAT'S IT! But ever since I watched Shreck2 I can't possibly pull the song and the movie apart
OK, let Charlotte sing it. It's a nice song. I just hope she won't be inaugurating a new face this time (my God, she's only my age and she's already looking like a Kabuki mask)
Marcelo
Perhaps that's the one.
Here's Mimmi Sandén (Swedish JESC 2009 contestant) singing "I need a hero"
http://www.youtube.c(...)/watch?v=UA4_NeIaTac
@ Charlotte & Stockholm,
The only song listed as "We Need a Hero" is that used at the end of Shrek2 (if I remember rightly, it was originally Bonnie Tyler's). It would be sort of a nice joke, so to say, thematically speaking. I wouldn't like it to be a remake of "Hero", for it might be a bad omen for Sweden.
And, about the contestants in general, I have a feeling like "I can't hate them" only, if you know what I mean. All songs seem done and produced seriously, everyone very dedicated and hopeful as always. But there is nothing that stands out. Maybe I am missing the point, given the fact that I am not Swedish (or or from a less different culture and society); this was greatly discussed among the more serious members about what could make a song "eurovisible" over the last 3 weeks in the countless articles about the Spanish preselection. We generally could not come to an agreement 
On the other hand, if we must favour the ones we like, letting aside ESC strategy (which I somehow favour), I would favour only one or two. Let's see...
PAIN OF SALVATION (10 TIMES WOW) (WHO SAYS ESC IS JUST SHIT?)
JESSICA ANDERSSON (REALLY GOOD)
THE REST... NOTHING SPECIAL
Judging from the snippets, I don't like any songs from this semi pity.
I hope for Jessica and Ola they both are amazing
1. Jessica Andersson
2. Ola
3. Salem
4. Anders Ekberg
thank you anyway! best of luck! i love Sweden
Charlotte
Sorry, I don't know if it is a new song, it didn't say
1. Pain of Salvation - Road Salt
2. Frispråkarn - Singel
3. Ola - Unstoppable
4. Jessica Andersson - I did it for love
I like Linda Pritchard too, but only four can make it through!
Jessica till Finalen!!!!!! Love from Ireland!
To the final:
Pain Of Salvation
Jessica Anderson
To the second chance round:
Ola
Frisprakan/Linda Pritchard
Jessica och Ola till finalen!
from Israel
I really hope Jessica makes it through, she is a great singer & the song sounds good from the bit I heard! Jessica till Finalen!!!! Lots of Love from Ireland!!
thank you so much for the info! is "We need a hero" a new song?
Charlotte Rulzzz
I think Charlotte Perrelli will appear in the opening act. Together with Nanne Grönwall and Sonja Aldén she will sing We need a hero
This is how the audience voted last night:
http://poplight.ziti(...)land-genrepspubliken
Actually i'm cheering for Linda now.
Go Linda!
Melodifestivalen begins
Pain of Salvation, Salem and Ola are the best from this semi!
LOL...what king of word is "unexpectible"....?! Guess I was inspired by -God forbid- OLA.... 
My votes (if nothing unexpectible happens...like another song would be better!) tonight goes to Linda Pritchard and Salem Al Fakir. The songs of Jessica Andersson and Pain of Salvation (btw, "Road Salt" sounds a bit like Elton Johns "Rocket man" in the beginning IMO) sounds promising too.
1. You´re making me hot-hot-hot
2. Keep on walking
3. I did it for love
4. Road salt
The songs from MF are always the same.. : crap!
I'm really disappointed with this MF so far, I really hope the quality picks up, and considering it's exactly a year since my love for Emilia, it's quite a bad time... hmph. I think I want Pain and Salvation, and Salem to the final, and maybe Jessica and Jenny to the second chance, but unless the performances are good, I couldn't care less what happens tonight...
Ola and Linda Pritchard to the final!
I listened to the snippets again and the 2 I want to go through are Ola and Jessica.
I paid more attention to Pain of Salvation since so many people seem to like them and the song does have potential but I'd like to hear more of it to see how it builds up.
None of these had huge appeal from the snippits, but that may change when I hear the full versions.
Pff, tonights Denmark's and Norway's and Iceland's final, plus Sweden's, I wonder which one I'll watch : S
I love Jenny Silver. Ola is a nice surprise. And I want to hear the whole song of POS before I judge it.
Jessica Anderson is very boring in my opinion, though I am sure she will be a sure qualifier for Globen.
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