Sweden: Melodifestivalen’s first name in 2023! – Eurovision News | music
The evening paper revealed a couple of minutes ago the first three potentials Melodifestivalen 2023 competitor!
They usually manage to guess most of the artists who compete in Sweden’s national selection process every year Eurovision Song Contest.
A few days after the announcement of the two presenters Jesper Rönndahl and Farah Abadithe names of the first contestants for Melodifestivalen 2023 have started to appear. These artists add to the potential lineup that will compete in the hope of being selected to represent Sweden next year, at the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Liverpool, UK. The following artists are more or less familiar to fans, each of them having competed more than once at Melfest in the past.
Norwegian
Norwegian had split up for a while but reunited over the summer. They started their carrer back in 1994 and had many hits such as “Shipwreck“, “The Wanderer” and “Be me“.
They have competed twice in Melodifestivalen, once in 2005 with the song “Fate was my way” and once in 2008 with the song “In the light of the flames“. Both of their participation gave them a “ticket” straight to the final each year. The sources said that they have a great song in hand that they co-wrote Jimmy Johnson with which they will compete in Melodifestivalen 2023
Loulou Lamotte
Loulou is well known as a member of the group Mama’s. According to Aftonbladet, she will compete in Melodifestivalen 2023, not as a group but as a solo artist, with a song she wrote herself!
As a member of Mama’sshe did background vocals for John Lundvik who represented Sweden already in 2019 with the song “Too late for love” and was selected to represent Sweden at the (cancelled due to the covid-19 outbreak) Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “Move“. The following year, in 2021, the group qualified directly for the final of Melodifestivalen with the song “In the middle“.
Victoria Johansson
Fan favorite Wiktoria Johansson, debuted in Melodifestivalen 2016 with the song “Save me” and then two more entries followed. A 2017 with the song “When I lie down” and another in 2019 with the song “Not with me“. All three times she qualified directly for the final of Melodifestivalen.
According to industry sources, some artists have already been notified of their participation in Melodifestivalen 2023, but not all, many of them are still waiting for a definitive answer.
We remind you that Melodifestivalen 2023 is scheduled to take place between February 4 and March 11, while SVT has received 2824 songs. The list of participants is published in November or December and guests are Jesper Rönndahl and Farah Abadi. The final list of artists will, as usual, be announced in November or December.
Melodifestivalen 2022 was won by Cornelia Jacobs with the song “Hold me closer”, represents Sweden in Eurovision 2022 and comes 4th with 438 points.
Source: The evening paper
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