After four semi finals and a second chance round, the Swedish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 will be held tonight. A total of ten acts will compete in the final of Melodifestivalen 2010.
The show
The show to be broadcastin Sweden onSVT 1 and SVT World, aswell as Finland on YLE FST5and will start at 20:00 CET and it will be hosted by Christine Meltzer, Måns Zelmerlöw and Dolph Lundgren at Globen Arena in Stockholm. Ten acts will perform one song each and the winner will be chosen by five regional juries (in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Luleå and Umeå), six international juries (in Russia, Ireland, Norway, Greece, France and Serbia) and televoting. The eleven juries will each give 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 10 and 12 points to their respective top seven while the top seven in the televoting will be given 11, 22, 44, 66, 88, 110 and 132 points.
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.
- A webcast is also available here.
Participants
Composer/lyricist in brackets.
- Darin – You're out of my life
(Henrik Janson, Tony Nilsson) - Pernilla Wahlgren – Jag vill om du vågar
(Pontus Assarsson, Jörgen Ringqvist, Daniel Barkman) - Andreas Johnson – We can work it out
(Bobby Ljunggren, Marcos Ubeda/Andreas Johnson) - Timoteij – Kom
(Niclas Arn, Karl Eurén, Gustav Eurén) - Peter Jöback – Hollow
(Anders Hansson, Fredrik Kempe) - Ola Svensson – Unstoppable
(Dimitri Stassos, Alexander Kronlund, Hanif Sabzevari, Ola Svensson) - Jessica Andersson – I did it for love
(Kristian Wejshag, Lars "Dille" Diedricson) - Salem Al Fakir – Keep on walking
(Salem Al Fakir) - Anna Bergendahl – This is my life
(Bobby Ljuggren/Kristian Lagerström) - Eric Saade – Manboy
(Fredrik Kempe, Peter Boström/Fredrik Kempe)
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. In 2010, the country will compete in the second semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest on 27th May.
