Sweden: SVT to air preview shows

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by Victor Hondal March 28, 2009 6:01 pm 88 views

With the aim of introducing all 42 participating entries this year to the audience, the Swedish public broadcaster SVT will be airing a total of four preview shows between April and May. A jury will appraise, as usual, each of the songs.

The shows, to be aired on SVT1,will be presented by Christer Björkman. The jury will comprise former Melodifestivalen contestants, which are Petra Nielsen, Marie Serneholt and Christer Lindarw; and also Charlotte Perrelli, 2008 Swedish Eurovision representative, and Thomas Lundin, Finnish television presenter.
The schedule of all four programmes is as follows:
  • April 20: Montenegro, Czech Republic, Belgium, Belarus, Sweden, Armenia, Andorra, Switzerland and Turkey.
  • April 27: Israel, Bulgaria, Iceland, FYR Macedonia, Romania, Finland, Portugal, Malta and Bosnia & Herzegovina.
  • May 4: Croatia, Ireland, Latvia, Serbia, Poland, Norway, Cyprus, Slovakia, Denmark, Slovenia, Hungary and Azerbaijan.
  • May 11: Greece, Lithuania, Moldova, Albania, Ukraine, Estonia, the Netherlands, France, Russia, Germany, United Kingdom and Spain.

Sweden will participate at the first semifinal of this year's Eurovision Song Contest with the song La voix, sung by Malena Ernman, winner of the latest edition of Melodifestivalen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7TgUIH96Q0&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&rel=0

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