SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, has told esctoday.com that the announcement of the 2008 Melodifestivalen artists will take place in December. Contrary to previous reports, no date was set and no press conference was, or is yet, announced.

SVT are still in the process of completing the line-up of singers, and the press conference will be announced in the near future. Commenting on the publication of a list of finalists by Swedish newspaper, Expressen, Christer Bjorkman stated on television that many names are correct, but the list is far from complete.

esctoday.com will announce the date of the press conference as soon as it is confirmed and will be covering the annoucement of the artists and who will participate in each semi final as soon as possible.