Tonight, Andra chansen, the second chance round of Melodifestivalen 2010, the Swedish national pre-selection to determine the country's representative at this year's Eurovision Song Contest, will be held. Eight acts will compete for the two remaining spots in the national final.
The show
The show to be broadcast on SVT 1 and SVT World, and will start at 20:00 CET. It will be hosted by Christine Meltzer and Måns Zelmerlöw . Eight acts will compete and the two qualifiers will be chosenby televoting. Tonight's qualifiers will complete the line-up for the Swedish national final, to be held on March 13th.
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
(Composers/lyricists in brackets)
- Alcazar – Headlines
(Peter Boström, Tony Nilsson) - Kalle Moraeus & Orsa Spelmän – Underbart
(Lina Eriksson, Johan Moraeus) - Jessica Andersson – I did it for love
(Kristian Wejshag, Lars "Dille" Diedricson) - Pauline – Sucker for love
(Fredrik "Fredro" Ödesjö, Andreas Levander, Johan "Jones" Wetterberg, Pauline Kamusewue) - Pain of Salvation – Road salt
(Daniel Gildenlöw) - Pernilla Wahlgren – Jag vill om du vågar
(Pontus Assarsson, Jörgen Ringqvist, Daniel Barkman) - Neo – Human frontier
(Tobias Jonsson, Anneli Axelsson) - Crucified Barbara – Heaven or hell
(Håkan Larsson, Björn Lönnroos, Jörgen Svensson)
In 2009, Sweden was represented by Malena Ernman with the song La voix. She finished 21stin the final. In 2010, the country will compete in the first half of the second semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest, to be held on May 27th.
