Tonight, the first semi final of Melodifestivalen 2010, the Swedish national selection for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest will be held. Eight acts will compete for two spots in the national final.
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.
