The selection for the home entry for the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö has kicked off properly today, with the first half of the candidates revealed today in a press conference.
The Swedish public broadcaster SVT has announced the following names so far in their press conference this morning: (updated live)
Heat 1, Karslkrona: (in alphabetical order)
- Cookies and Beanz – Burning flags (Fredrik Kempe)
- Mary N’diaye – Gosa (Johan Åsgärde, Mattias Frändå, Mary N’diaye)
- Yohio – Heartbreak hotel (Johan Fransson, Tobias Lundgren, Tim Larsson, Henrik Göranson, YOHIO)
- Jay-Jay Johanson – Paris (Jay-Jay Johansson)
- Anna Järvinen – Porslin (Björn Olsson, Martin Elisson)
- David Lindgren – Skyline (Fernando Fuentes, Henrik Nordenback, Christian Fast)
- Eric Gadd – Vi kommer aldrig att förlora (Eric Gadd, Thomas Stenström, Jacob Olofsson)
- Michael Feiner & Caisa – We’re still kids (Michael Feiner, Caisa Ahlroth)
Heat 2, Gothenburg (in alphabetical order):
- Anton Ewald – Begging (Fredrik Kempe, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad)
- Joacim Cans – Annelie (Joacim Cans)
- Sean Banan – Copacabana (Sean Banan, Ola Lindholm, Hans Blomberg, Joakim Larsson)
- Rikard Wolff – En förlorad sommar (Tomas Andersson Wij)
- Eric Segerstedt and Tone Damli – Hello goodbye (Robin Fredriksson, Mattias Larsson, Måns Zelmerlöw)
- Felicia Olsson – Make me no 1 (Amir Aly, Henrik Wikström, Ingela Pling Forsman, Maria Haukaas Mittet)
- Pernilla Wahlgren, Jenny Silver and Hanna Hedlund – On top of the world (Peter Boström, Thomas G:son)
- Louise Hoffsten – Only the dead fish follow the stream (Louise Hoffsten, Sandra Bjurman, Stefan Örn)
