Melodifestivalen 2024 continues this week, and in the preparation for Saturday’s show SVT has revealed one minute snippets of the studio version of the entries competing in this week’s show in Gothenburg.
One minute snippets released in SVT Play
Today, one minute of the competing entries have been revealed, and will be available until Saturday, when the competition takes place. Click on the song to listen to the one minute snippet.
| Order | Artist | Entry | Songwriter(s) |
| 1 | Maria Sur | ”When I’m Gone” | Anderz Wrethov, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Julie “Kill J” Aagaard, Maria Sur. |
| 2 | Egmans Kapell | “Norrland” | Larry Forsberg, who Lennart Wastesson, Sven-Inge Sjöberg |
| 3 | Dear Sara | ”The Silence After You” | Benjamin Rosenbohm, Jonas Thander, Marcus Winther-John, Sara Nutti |
| 4 | C-Joe | “Ahumma” | Charles Koroma, Diana Kambugu, Michael Didriksson, Palle Hammarlund, Tony Malm, Twice Ice |
| 5 | Liamoo | “Dragon” | Anderz Wrethov, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Julie “Kill J” Aagaard, LIAMOO |
| 6 | Fröken Snusk | “Unga & Fria” | Fröken Snusk, Sara Ryan |
Previews of the performances of the six competing artists in Heat Two of Melodifestivalen 2024 will be released on Friday.
What we know about Melodifestivalen 2024
As revealed back in June – the Semi Final stage is no more, and will be replaced by a run-off vote amongst 3rd and 4th placers in each heat, which will decide the final two of the Final participants, joining the two acts in each heat who qualify directly to the final – there now being five heats for the expanded 30 songs.
The dates and venues for the remaining shows in this year’s competition are as follows:
- Heat 2 – February 10 – Gothenburg – Scandinavium
- Heat 3 – February 17 – Växjö – Vida Arena
- Heat 4 – February 24 – Eskilstuna – Stiga Sports Arena
- Heat 5 – March 2 – Karlstad – Löfbergs Arena
- Final – March 9 – Stockholm – Friends Arena
Tickets for this year’s edition of the competition went on sale in early November.
Sweden’s Eurovision Journey
In 1958, Sweden made their debut in the Eurovision Song Contest, with Alice Babs representing them with the song “Lilla stjärna” which placed fourth. Since their debut, the Scandinavian nation has managed to win seven times (1974, 1984, 1991, 1999, 2012, 2015 and 2023).
In 2023, Loreen returned to represent Sweden, who won the 2012 edition of the competition. She competed with the song “Tattoo”, which managed to qualify for the Grand Final, and placed 1st with 583 points. Loreen won the jury vote, accruing 340 points from the jury, earning an additional 243 points from the televote. This now means Sweden matches Ireland for the record of most wins in Eurovision history.
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News Source: SVT
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