Dare to Dream
14, 16 & 18 May 2019
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Sweden made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958. The country is known for the most successful Eurovision winners ever, ABBA, which was the first of Sweden’s victories in the competition. Sweden is one of the most successful countries in the Eurovision Song Contest with six victories to date, coming second behind Ireland's record-breaking seven wins. Sweden has been in the top five countries in four of the last five contests including two victories in 2012 and 2015.
Sweden first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958 but it would take them until 1974 to win the competition when ABBA famously took the trophy with the song Waterloo, which became a global hit and an all-time Eurovision classic. Whilst Sweden has finished last on two occasions, in 1963 and 1977, over the past decade the country has come to dominate the contest.
Since the Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals were introduced in 2004, Sweden has only once failed to qualify for the Grand Final. In 2010 Anna Bergendahl finished 11th in the semi-final and narrowly missed out on a place in the Grand Final with her song This Is My Life. Since then Sweden has only once been out of the top five, in 2013, when the contest was hosted in the Swedish city of Malmö.
The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the most popular television programmes of the year in Sweden.
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Sweden made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958. The country is known for the most successful Eurovision winners ever, ABBA, which was the first of Sweden’s victories in the competition. Sweden is one of the most successful countries in the Eurovision Song Contest with six victories to date, coming second behind Ireland's record-breaking seven wins. Sweden has been in the top five countries in four of the last five contests including two victories in 2012 and 2015.
Sweden first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958 but it would take them until 1974 to win the competition when ABBA famously took the trophy with the song Waterloo, which became a global hit and an all-time Eurovision classic. Whilst Sweden has finished last on two occasions, in 1963 and 1977, over the past decade the country has come to dominate the contest.
Since the Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals were introduced in 2004, Sweden has only once failed to qualify for the Grand Final. In 2010 Anna Bergendahl finished 11th in the semi-final and narrowly missed out on a place in the Grand Final with her song This Is My Life. Since then Sweden has only once been out of the top five, in 2013, when the contest was hosted in the Swedish city of Malmö.
The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the most popular television programmes of the year in Sweden.
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The basics
Sweden made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958. The country is known for the most successful Eurovision winners ever, ABBA, which was the first of Sweden’s victories in the competition. Sweden is one of the most successful countries in the Eurovision Song Contest with six victories to date, coming second behind Ireland's record-breaking seven wins. Sweden has been in the top five countries in four of the last five contests including two victories in 2012 and 2015.
Sweden first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958 but it would take them until 1974 to win the competition when ABBA famously took the trophy with the song Waterloo, which became a global hit and an all-time Eurovision classic. Whilst Sweden has finished last on two occasions, in 1963 and 1977, over the past decade the country has come to dominate the contest.
Since the Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals were introduced in 2004, Sweden has only once failed to qualify for the Grand Final. In 2010 Anna Bergendahl finished 11th in the semi-final and narrowly missed out on a place in the Grand Final with her song This Is My Life. Since then Sweden has only once been out of the top five, in 2013, when the contest was hosted in the Swedish city of Malmö.
The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the most popular television programmes of the year in Sweden.
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Latest news about Sweden
Sweden picks Jon Henrik Fjällgren and Lina Hedlund for their final
Sweden's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, Melodifestivalen 2019, keeps touring the country. And this week's third semi-final marked a very special occasion, as it was the 100th live broadcast since SVT started the Melodifestivalen tour back in 2002. This time the stop was in Leksand where two more songs captured the viewers votes to reach the final: Jon Henrik Fjällgren with Norrsken and Lina Hedlund with Victorious. It's Jon Henrik's third time to qualify for the final after his 2015 and 2017 attempts and Lina's first solo qualifier since her entries with Alcazar. Two further entries made their way to Andra Chansen; the second-chance round: Martin Stenmarck, who represented Sweden in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest with Las Vegas, and Rebecka Karlsson. Next Saturday, the fourth, and last, semi-final will take place in Lidköping, where the remaining seven acts will compete to reach the final in Stockholm on the 9th of March.
Sweden: Malou Prydz and Hanna Ferm & Liamoo to the final
The second semi-final of Melodifestivalen, the Swedish national selection for 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, has taken place in Malmö. Two of tonight's seven participants proceed to the final and two to the second-chance round, Andra Chansen. The full televoting results put Malou Prydz with I Do Me and Hanna Ferm & Liamoo with Hold You directly in the final, while Andreas Johnson and Vlad Reiser have been given a second chance. In one week, the third semi-final will take place in Leksand, with a further seven acts competing for two more spots in the final in Stockholm on the 9th of March.
Wiktoria and Mohombi to the ‘Melodifestivalen’ final in Sweden
Tonight, the first semi-final of Melodifestivalen, the Swedish national selection for 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, has taken place in Gothenburg. The show saw two participants proceed to the final and two to Andra Chansen, the second-chance round. TV viewers awarded Wiktoria and Mohombi with spots in the final, while Nano and Anna Bergendahl were given a second chance. Next Saturday, the second semi-final will take place in Malmö, with a further seven acts battling for two tickets to the final in Stockholm on the 9th of March.
Popular Swedish media personalities to host Melodifestivalen 2019 tour
Eric Saade, Marika Carlsson, Sarah Dawn Finer and Kodjo Akolor will host Sweden's national selection spectacle Melodifestivalen. Eric Saade represented Sweden at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest with Popular, finishing in third place. Sarah Dawn Finer took part in and hosted the Swedish national selection several times and made fame internationally in the role of 'EBU spokesperson' Lynda Woodruff. Marika Carlsson is a famous Swedish stand-up comedian, Kodjo Akolor is well-known TV and radio personality.
The Melodifestivalen tour will travel from Göteborg, on the 2nd of February, to Malmö, Leksand, Lidköping, Nyköping and Stockholm, on the 9th of March.
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