Last night, Swedish broadcaster, SVT, published the videos of the semi final performances of the ten acts that will participate in Saturday night's Melodifestivalen, the final national selection show of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest season. The show will be broadcast live on the internet via the official Melodifestivalen website.
Because of the nature of the competition, songs that qualify for the final are removed from public view until all entries have been decided in order to protect the fairness of the contest. Once all the finalists are determined, they are all put back online. This is to prevent songs from earlier weeks of the show gaining an unfair advantage.
The ten songs that will participate in the final are (Click the links to purchase the CD single):
- Charlotte Perelli – Hero
- Sibel – That is where I'll go
- Rongedal – Just a minute
- Linda Bengtzing – Hur svårt kan det va
- Christer Sjögren – I love Europe
- Amy Diamond – Thank you
- Sanna Nielsen – Empty room
- Nordman – I lågornas sken
- Frida feat. Headline – Upp o hoppa
- BWO – Lay your love on me
Rehearsals for the Melodifestivalen final kick off tomorrow and esctoday.com will for the fifth year in a row, cover live from the Globen arena throughout the event.
- Click here to watch the winning performances of the ten finalists.
- Click here topre-order the Melodifestivalen 2008 CD
- Click here to pre-order the Melodifestivalen 2008 DVD
The Ark finished 18th for Sweden in Helsinki with The worrying kind. In 2008, Sweden will take part in the second semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest on 22nd May.
