Power ballads. Wild costumes. Great manufacturing worth. Campy humor. Melodifestivalen is right here! Each 12 months, Sweden holds a contest to pick out their entry for the Eurovision tune contest. This colossal televised occasion shakes up Swedish popular culture for a number of weeks every spring as thousands and thousands of viewers cheer on their favourite Swedish acts. If you’re into schlager, that is undoubtedly for you. If you don’t know what that’s – learn on! This week we’ll take a look at 5 core components of Melodifestivalen to prep you for the semi-final on Saturday!
1. Formatet / The format
Melodifestivalen will get began months earlier than the precise dwell reveals. Artists should submit their bidrag (entry) for overview in September of the earlier 12 months. From there, a jury selects the highest bidrag to enter the competitors. At least 10% of the songs should be in Swedish, though the successful songs are typically på engelska (in English). Typically, English songs have a broader attraction as soon as every nation competes in Eurovision.
Song lengths are 3 minutes max and there are different regler (guidelines) for the music and stage efficiency. If you might be accepted into Mello (slang for Melodifestivalen), you’ll first compete in 1 or 4 whole deltävlingar (heats). After the semi-final, and last …it’s off to Eurovision for one fortunate bidrag. Each of these occasions is televised on SVT and runs for a pair of hours.
Read Melodifestivalen Swedish Song Contest Breakdown! for a bit extra about Mello and…
