Tonight, the third semi final of the popular Swedish Melodifestivalen will take place in the Scandinavium in Göteborg.

The Show

Kicking off at 20:00 CET, 8 artists will compete for 2 places in the final and 2 places in the Andra Chansenround, where artists will have a second chance at reaching the final. The other 4 artists will be eliminated from the competition.

How to Watch

[alert-info] The show will be aired live on SVT1 as well as on SVT Europa via satellite at 20:00 CET. For the international viewers, a webstream will be made available on the Melodifestivalen.

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The Participants

Tonight’s participants, listed in running order: 1. OuttriggerEcho 2. EKORed 3. Oscar ZiaYes we can 4. Shirley ClampBurning alive 5. State of DramaAll we are 6. CajsaStina ÅkerströmEn enkel sång 7. Ace WilderBusy doin’ nothin 8. Dr. Alban ft. Jessica FolkerAround the world

The Swedish selection consists of 6 rounds. Three more semifinals will be held in the same format as tonight. After all semi-finals, the 3rd and 4th placed acts from each semifinal will compete in the Andra Chansen (second chance) round and the top 2 acts from Andra Chansen will proceed to the final . The final will be held on March 8 at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, where a total of 10 acts will battle for the golden ticket to Copenhagen. Stay tuned to esctoday.com for the latest news on Melodifestivalen, Sweden and the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest.

Who do you think will win tonight’s Melodifestivalen Semi-final 3 and go direct to Stockholm?

 


I'm Luke Borg and I'm from Malta. I'm currently studying media and I'm a big Eurovision fan! My first Eurovision memory is when I was 8 and asked my dad why we have to sing in the semi-final to be able to sing on Saturday...it was in 2004!