SVT has revealed the dates for the previews of all 43 entries in this years Eurovision. There will be four shows on Sundays starting April 27th and the songs will be judged by well known singers such as Lena Philipsson and Shirley Clamp. Christer Björkman will host all four shows.

As a SVT tradition, they will air preview shows of all the entries. But this yearSVT haschanged the jury, from the Nordic version till almost all Swedish. Only Thomas Lundin from Finland will be back from last year.

The new judgesare: the musician and comedian Thomas Järvheden, tv host and comedian Babben Larsson and the singers Shirley Clamp and Lena Philipsson.

Shirley Clamp has been in Melodifestivalen three times. First time was in 2003 with the song Mr Memory. It didn’t make it to the final.Shedid better in 2004 when she made it to second place with Min Kärlek. In 2005 she made it to fourth place with Att älska dig.

Lena Philipsson is one of the most successful artists from Melodifestivalen in Sweden. She has been in the contest four times, first in 1986 with Kärleken är evig, which came insecond place. In 1987 she came in fifth place with the classic hit Dansa I neon. Then tried again in 1988 and came second place again, this time with the ballad Om igen. In 2004 she made a comeback with the song Det gör ont and finally won Melodifestivalen. She performed the song in English for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004, It Hurts came shared 5th place together with Cyprus. Lena has also been a host for Melodifestivalen.

• 1st preview show on SVT1 – April 27th 18:30 CET
• 2nd preview show on SVT1 – May 4th 18:30 CET
• 3rd preview show on SVT1 – May 11th 18:30 CET
• 4th previewshow on SVT1 – May 18th 18:30 CET