Christer Bjorkman, the former Swedish Eurovision Song Contest representative in 1992 and the man who as competition producer has turned the Swedish national selection process into the most successful commercial success in Europe spoke to esctoday.com about the show, Sweden's recent poor results and more in an exclusive interview.
One night before Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest selection final takes place, Christer spoke to esctoday.com about the changes to this year's Melodifestivalen show and why this year is one of the closest finals in years.
Christer also talks about the problems Sweden faces by being one of the last countries to select their song and why they have struggled in recent years. Christer reveals some of the analysis about where Sweden's entries have gone wrong and how SVT is working to ensure that lessons are learned and Sweden get back to the top of the leaderboard in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Watch the Christer Bjorkman interview here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfN2dGz33K4&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&rel=0
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