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SWEDEN – EUROVISION 2017 FINAL

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The Swedish selection for Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv takes place tonight.

The show will be held at the Friends Arena in Stockholm and will be hosted by Hasse Andersson, David Lindgren and Clara Henry.

After 4 semi finals and a second chance round, the 28 acts have been narrowed to 12 and they will fight it out to represent Sweden in May.

The Swedish Eurovision entry  will be determined via 50/50 public televoting-international jury deliberation.

The Participants for tonight are

  1. Ace Wilder – Wild child
  2. Boris René – Her kiss
  3. Lisa Ajax – I don’t give a
  4. Robin Bengtsson – I can’t go on
  5. Jon Henrik Fjällgren feat. Aninia – En värld full av strider
  6. Anton Hagman – Kiss you goodbye
  7. Mariette – A million years
  8. Felix, Oscar & Omar/FO&O – Gotta thing about you
  9. Nano – Hold on
  10. Wiktoria – As I lay me down
  11. Benjamin Ingrosso – Good lovin’
  12. Owe Thörnqvist – Boogieman blues

It is difficult for ESCCovers to single out who we will promote but finally we decided on FO&O with “Gotta thing about you” as one of the composers Robert “Mutt” Lange is from South Africa and ESC Covers is a South African based website.

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Hunks of Swedish 2017 selection

ESC Covers at Melodifestivalen 2017: PART I

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PART I: The Hunks of Melodifestivalen

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ESC Covers says “Välkommen tillbaka” as we return to Stockholm for the final of Melodifestivalen 2017, the Swedish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Guest editor Dennis Flores from the United States of America will be reporting from Friends Arena in this four-part series.

In this first installment, we playfully focus on the Men of Mello.

Will the Swedish public choose their winner based on looks? As with Eurovision, the entire package of an entry is what decides the winner: the song, the staging, and the look of the artist(s). Sometimes the public is smitten by the good looks.

The Men of Mello Final 2017 are (A) Boris René, (B) Robin Bengtsson, (C) Jon Henrik Fjällgren, (D) Anton Hagman, (E) FO&O (Felix, Oscar, and Omar), (D) Nano, (E) Benjamin Ingrosso, and (F) Owe Thörnqvist.

Dennis’ picks:

3rd Place: Benjamin Ingrosso

Benjamin Ingrosso has that friendly, guy next door look. Watching him on stage, he comes off a bit goofy with his suave dancing.

2nd Place: Anton Hagman

Anton Hagman also has that guy next door look, but with his performance he has that sad, puppy-dog eyes, which surely is trying to play to the audience, after all he did beat Eurovision winner and fan favourite Loreen!

1st Place: Robin Bengtsson

Absolutely without any doubt, Robin is the clear winner here. His icy blue eyes are piercing to the camera. With multiple close-ups and directly staring deep into the viewers at home, he can hypnotize you with his whole performance.

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FINAL LINE UP IN SWEDEN 2017

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FO&O

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Lisa Ajax

Boris René

Anton Hagman

are the 4 artists that qualified to the final of SVT Melodifestivalen last night and will go to the final.

Loreen missed out and some had expected it, while it came as a shock to others.

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The running order in the final will be
01. Ace Wilder
02. Boris René
03. Lisa Ajax
04. Robin Bengtsson
05. Jon Henrik Fjällgren feat. Aninia
06. Anton Hagman
07. Mariette
08. FO&O
09. Nano
10. Wiktoria
11. Benjamin Ingrosso
12. Owe Thörnqvist

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MELODIFESTIVALEN 2017 – HEAT 1 – RESULTS

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The FIRST HEAT took place in Goteborg on 4 February 2017. Here are the results

Straight to the final

  • Nano – “Hold On”
  • Ace Wilder – “Wild Child”

Have to fight out in Second chance

  • Boris René – “Her Kiss”
  • De Vet Du – “Road Trip”

Gone home

Dinah Nah – “One More Night”

Adrijana – “Amare”

Charlotte Perrelli – “Mitt liv”

 

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FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF SEMI FINAL 1 in the Swedish selection

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Fans have been able to listen for approximately one minute each to the 7 songs in the first semi final.
I was not impressed with any of the 7 songs after hearing them for the first time – there is no instant hit for me.
Here is my rankings
7th – BORIS RENE
Not at all my kind of music
6th – ADRIJANA
Expected more of this song from seeing the title
5th – ROAD TRIP
Was hoping for a catchy boy band song and hearing about the car on stage, but the song is not really for me
4th – ACE WILDER
This is too wild but I guess it will win this semi final
3rd – NANO
Nice song but I expected a stronger voice
2nd – CHARLOTTE
Not a bad song, but quite slow, maybe it is because I expected a faster song from her like “Take me to your heaven” and “Hero”. Surprised it is last in the voting so far
1st – DINAH NAH
She looks nice and the song is typical pop

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