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Sweden In The Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song " Too Late for Love", written by John Lundvik, Anderz Wrethov, and Andreas Stone Johansson, and performed by Lundvik himself. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), organised the national final in order to select its entry for the contest. After a six-week-long competition consisting of four heats, a Second Chance round and a final, "Too Late for Love" performed by John Lundvik emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from eight international juries and a public vote. Background Prior to the 2019 contest, (SR) until 1979, and (SVT) since 1980, had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Sweden fifty-eight times since SR's first entry in . Sweden had won the contest on six occasions: in with the song "Waterloo" performed by ABBA, in with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" performed by Herreys, in with the song "" performed by Caro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television aktiebolag, Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Sweden, Swedish national public broadcasting, public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national parliament). Prior to 2019, SVT was funded by a Television licensing in Sweden, television licence fee payable by all owners of television sets. The Swedish public broadcasting system is largely modelled after the system used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart, the BBC. SVT is a public limited company that can be described as a "quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation." Together with the other two public broadcasters, Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Utbildningsradio, it is owned by an independent foundation, ''Foundation Management for SR, SVT, and UR, Förvaltningsstiftelsen för Sveriges Radio AB, Sveriges Television AB och Sveriges Utbildningsradio AB''. The fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphoria (Loreen Song)
"Euphoria" is a song performed by Swedish singer Loreen. It was released on 26 February 2012 as the third single – first single internationally – from her debut studio album, ''Heal (Loreen album), Heal'' (2012). The song was written by Thomas G:son, Peter Boström and produced by Boström and SeventyEight. It in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 held in Baku, Azerbaijan. It won the contest with a total of 372 points, at the time the second-highest point total in the contest's history. It received the highest number of maximum (12) points until then, with eighteen countries giving the song their top marks. "Euphoria" received critical acclaim from most music critics. Commercially, the song was an instant success both in Sweden and in the rest of Europe. It debuted at number twelve in Loreen's home country Sweden, before reaching number one, staying there for six weeks. The song has been certified 10 times Platinum, selling 400,000 copies there. Outside of Sweden, the song pea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Not With Me
"Not with Me" is a song by Swedish singer Wiktoria. The song was performed for the first time in Melodifestivalen 2019, where it made it to the final. Expressen Retrieved 8 March 2019 This was her third entry in Melodifestivalen and the first since " As I Lay Me Down
"As I Lay Me Down" is a song composed and performed by American singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins. It was released in February 1995 by Columbia Records as the third single from her second album, ''Whaler (album), Whaler'' (1994), and also ap ... " 2017.
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Gothenburg
Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gubernatorial seat of Västra Götaland County, with a population of approximately 600,000 in the city proper and about 1.1 million inhabitants in Metropolitan Gothenburg, the metropolitan area. Gustavus Adolphus, King Gustavus Adolphus founded Gothenburg by royal charter in 1621 as a heavily fortified, primarily Dutch, trading colony. In addition to the generous privileges given to his Dutch allies during the ongoing Thirty Years' War, e.g. tax relaxation, he also attracted significant numbers of his German and Scottish allies to populate his only town on the western coast; this trading status was furthered by the founding of the Swedish East India Company. At a key strategic location at the mouth of the , where Scandinavia's largest dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandinavium
Scandinavium () is an indoor arena located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Construction on Scandinavium began in 1969 after decades of setbacks, and was inaugurated on 18 May 1971. Scandinavium has been selected as a championship arena at least fifty times, hosting events such as World Championships in handball and ice hockey, European championships, Davis Cup finals, and in 1985 the Eurovision Song Contest, 1985, Eurovision Song Contest. Scandinavium is the home arena for Frölunda HC of Swedish Hockey League and venue for the annual Göteborg Horse Show. Frölunda has won the Le Mat Trophy, awarded to the winner of the SHL, four times since it began playing at the venue, most recently in 2018–19 SHL season, 2019. History Plans to build an arena at the site were part of a proposal originating from 1931 to build a swimming hall and other municipally owned facilities for sport and recreation next to the exhibition center Svenska Mässan. In 1936 a preplanning process for the swimming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Saade
Eric Khaled Saade (; , ; born 29 October 1990) is a Swedish singer-songwriter. He spent two years with the boy band What's Up!, leaving the band in February 2009 to pursue a solo career. Saade represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Popular (Eric Saade song), Popular", finishing in third place. Early life Saade was born in Kattarp, a small village in Helsingborg Municipality, Scania, Sweden, to Marlene Jacobsson, a Swedes, Swede, and Walid Saade, a Palestinians in Lebanon, Palestinian from Lebanon. After his parents divorced when he was four, he lived with his mother. Saade is the second of eight siblings and half-siblings. Saade began singing after seeing Michael Jackson on TV, and his other musical influences are Robbie Williams, Bryan Adams, the Backstreet Boys and Justin Timberlake. Career 2007: What's Up! In 2007, Saade was a founding member of What's Up!, a Swedish boy band which included Robin Stjernber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marika Carlsson
Marika Aychesh Carlsson (born 19 March 1973) is a Swedish standup comedian and television presenter. Background Carlsson was born in Ethiopia and was adopted by a Swedish couple at age two. She grew up in the town of Lund in Sweden's Skåne province. Carlsson studied theatre and acting in Gothenburg before moving to Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ... to break into the standup comedy circuit. In 2006, she was awarded the prize for best female standup comedian at the annual Swedish comedy awards. Television She is probably best known from the popular panel game show Parlamentet on TV4, which parodies Swedish political debate. Carlsson has also featured in other TV shows such as, ''Stockholm Live'', ''100%'', ''Carin 21.30'', ''Grillad'', ''Comedy fig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodjo Akolor
Kodjo Akolor (born 15 June 1981) is a Swedish TV/radio personality and comedian. Career He started as a comedian in 2005 and after two years became a regular on contemporary R&B themed radio station ''The Voice''. In 2008 Akolor became a reporter for ''Vakna med the voice'' a TV and radio show multi-cast on TV-channel Kanal 5 and ''The Voice radio network''. He also hosted the TV-show ''Kodjos värld'' (Kodjos world) on ''The Voice TV'' where he combined humor and music videos. During the 2008 spring, he became the co-host of ''Talang'' (Talent) the Swedish version of the ''Got Talent'' series. The producers originally contacted comedian Björn Gustafsson, but his schedule was too busy and recommended his friend Kodjo Akolor. Since 2008, he has also been one of the three regular show hosts on Radio P3's popular morning show ''Morgonpasset''. He is frequently featured on Kanal 5's ''RAW comedy club'' and high-profile comedy show ''Parlamentet''. In the summer of 2010, Akol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Dawn Finer
Sarah Dawn Finer (born 14 September 1981) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actress. She is also known for playing Lynda Woodruff, a character created by Edward af Sillén to be a parody spokesperson of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest. Background Finer was born and grew up in Sweden. Her father, David Finer, is English, while her mother, Francine Lee Mirro-Finer is Jewish American. Her sister Zoie and half-brother Rennie Mirro are also singers. Her paternal grandmother Dorothy Irving was a music coach and professor in Stockholm. In 1989, she appeared on Swedish television as a child actor, and as a result she toured Sweden with her sister Zoie and other children. In 1994, she had a principal part in the '' Bert'' TV series and was also in a soul gospel choir for seven years. While working as a backing vocalist behind several famous singers, she also attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School, a high-profile song-and-cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen (; ) is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959. In the early 2000s, the competition was the most popular television program in Sweden;. Sweden.se (30 September 2005). Retrieved on 20 October 2006. it is also broadcast on radio and the Internet. In 2012, the heats averaged 3.3 million viewers, and over an estimated four million people in Sweden watched the final, almost half of the Swedish population. The festival has produced seven List of Eurovision Song Contest winners, Eurovision winners and 26 top-five placings for . The winner of Melodifestivalen has been chosen by panels of jurors since its inception. Since 1999, the juries have been joined by a public televoting, telephone vote which has an equal influence over the outcome. The competition makes a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden In The Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song " This Is My Life", written by Bobby Ljunggren and Kristian Lagerström, and performed by Anna Bergendahl. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), organised the national final in order to select its entry for the contest. After a six-week-long competition consisting of four heats, a Second Chance round and a final, "This Is My Life" performed by Anna Bergendahl emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from six international jury groups, five regional jury groups and a public vote. Sweden was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 27 May 2010. Performing during the show in position 6, "This Is My Life" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. This marked the first time that Sweden failed to qualify to the final of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semi-finals In The Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an original song representing its country to be performed and broadcast live to all of them via the Eurovision (network), Eurovision and Euroradio networks, and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. The contest was inspired by and based on the Italian Sanremo Music Festival, held in the Italian Riviera since 1951. Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (except for due to the COVID-19 pandemic), making it the longest-running international music competition on television and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU and invited associate members are eligible to compete; broadcasters from List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest, 52 countries hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
