Tonight, the Swedish national broadcaster SVT heads to the Sparbanken Lidköping Arena in Lidköping for the Andra Chansen (Second chance) round of Melodifestivalen. The show will begin at 20:00 CET.

The show

Tonight, the eight artists who reached the third and fourth places of the previous four heats will battle it out for the final two spots in the Melodifestivalen final on 8 March. The first round of voting will choose the top four, who will be placed into a duel-style super final to compete for the final two spots.

How to watch

The participants

Here is the list of tonight’s participants, by their running order:

1. Ammotrack – Raise Your Hands
2. Linus Svenning – Bröder” (Brothers)
3. J.E.M – Love Trigger
4. State of Drama – All We Are
5. Ellinore Holmer – En himmelsk sång (A heavenly song)
6. Martin Stenmarck – När änglarna går hem (When the angels go home)
7. Helena Paparizou – Survivor
8. Outtrigger – Echo

Poll

The Swedish selection consists of 6 rounds.  Now that the first four semi-finals have taken place, the 3rd and 4th placed acts from each semi-final will compete in the Andra Chansen (second chance) round, and the top 2 placed acts from Andra Chansen as voted by the Swedish public 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 2014.

Stay tuned to esctoday.com for the latest news on Melodifestivalen, Sweden and the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest.