The rehearsals at the Friends Arena in Stockholm are in full speed. Earlier, all artists were presented by Christer Björkman, the exectuive producer of the show.

Check out the gallery below to see what’s going on right now on the stage and in the greenroom of the competition that will decide which song will represent Sweden in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest.

The grand final of Melodifestivalen 2014 will take place on Saturday, March 8th.

Photos taken by Gil Laufer/esctoday.


Gil is 23 years old, grew up in Israel and lives in Sweden. He began following the Eurovision Song Contest at the age of five, when the contest was held in Jerusalem in 1999. Gil joined the ESCToday team in March 2008, shortly after co-hosting the Israeli national selection that year.