Eurovision 2012 – We now know the viewing figures for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in 20 countries. While the Contest loses some ground in Germany (post-Lena), the UK and France, it grew in popularity in Spain, Estonia and Albania. Here are the numbers we know for Saturday’s final:
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Eurovision 2012: The Ratings
Posted: June 1, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Sweden3
Sweden – Right after her winning celebration in Stockholm, Loreen went on to London to appear in BBC’s breakfast show today. She said that she sees her performance as unusual for Eurovision, with a simple outfit etc. Here is the full interview:
Sweden – Yesterday Loreen was greeted by thousands of fans and media in Stockholm after her triumphant victory at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. From a roof at square Hötorget in Central Stockholm, Loreen performed two different versions of her Eurovision winner “Euphoria”. Here you can see her performance:
iTunes Update: Loreen Destroys The Competition With Euphoria
Posted: May 28, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Charts, Eurovision Song Contest 2012, SwedenSweden – The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 has a winner. Loreen won for Sweden with her song Euphoria and with the second highest score in Eurovision history (closely following Alexander Rybak). She has now officially achieved success beyond other Eurovision winners by reaching the #1 on iTunes UK. Additionally she is #1 in 20 [...]
Loreen And Euphoria Rule iTunes Everywhere
Posted: May 27, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, SwedenSweden – The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 has a winner. Loreen won for Sweden with her song Euphoria and with the second highest score in Eurovision history (closely following Alexander Rybak). Right after her glorious victory, Loreen has started to climb the itunes charts in several countries. She is currently #1 in at least [...]
Sweden Wins Eurovision 2012 with Euphoria!
Posted: May 26, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, SwedenEurovision 2012 – Sweden’s Loreen is the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012! It is its 5th victory in the contest’s history. The Russian grannies came second, while Zeljko Joksimovic from Serbia came third.
Eurovision Drama: Loreen And The Cough Of Death
Posted: May 26, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, SwedenEurovision 2012 – She is arguably the biggest favorite to win the Eurovision crown this evening: Sweden’s Loreen may bring the country its first victory in 13 years. An incident during the very important jury rehearsal may muffle her chances though. Loreen apparently inhaled some of the gimmick snow falling down on her as [...]
Sweden – If success on iTunes is any indication, Sweden is the big favorite the win the Eurovision Song Contest this Saturday. After her performance in the second semi-final on Thursday, her song Euphoria representing Sweden entered the iTunes charts in several countries. She is currently number one in Norway and Finland, in the [...]
Eurovision 2012: More Second Rehearsals Completed
Posted: May 19, 2012 by hulluna in Croatia, Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Georgia, Slovenia, Sweden, TurkeyEurovision 2012 – A further five acts have this morning completed their second rehearsals. Slovenia, Croatia, Sweden, Georgia and Turkey have all now had several run throughs each, and we’ve got a feel for what it may look and sound like in the semi finals. Check out their second rehearsal videos now.
Sweden – Thousands of balloon-waving Melodifestivalen fans saw Loreen crowned victorious tonight in a packed out Globen arena. She now travels to Baku in May to sing “Euphoria” as Sweden’s Eurovision representative 2012. Loreen was the runaway favourite in all the polls and on all the betting sites before the show.
Eurovision 2012: Four More Songs to be Revealed on Super Saturday
Posted: March 10, 2012 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Romania, Serbia, SwedenEurovision 2012 – Tonight is a Super Saturday for Eurovision fans with Sweden, Romania and Portugal all choosing their songs in exciting national finals, and Serbia will also preview their song tonight. It all starts at 20.00 (CET) with the legendary Melodiofesivalen live from Globen in Stockholm, as Sweden chooses this year’s representative. Loreen is [...]
Sweden: International Juries Announced for Melodifestivalen
Posted: March 4, 2012 by hulluna in SwedenSweden – National broadcaster SVT has confirmed which countries will this year be voting in the Melodifestivalen final on Saturday night. The international juries will make up 50% of the vote to choose Sweden’s representative for Eurovision 2012, with the Swedish juries having the other 50%. Five new countries have been asked to contribute this [...]
Sweden – Hot on the heels of the Andra Chansen result tonight, national broadcaster SVT have announced the running order for next week’s Melodifestivalen. The grand national final will as usual take place in the Globen Arena in Stockholm. The two favourite acts to date appear to be Loreen and Danny Saucedo. Danny has drawn [...]
Sweden – In tonight’s Andra Chansen ’2nd chance’ competition, 2 acts were given a lifeline and sent through to the final of this year’s Melodifestivalen. 8 acts went head to head in four duels to win their way back into the race to represent Sweden in Baku, with Top Cats and Thorsten Flinck eventually getting [...]
Sweden -The 3rd and 4th place runners up from the 4 Melodifestivalen semi-finals were today drawn against each other in duels, as part of he Andra Chansen ‘second chance’ contest. The contest will take place in Nyköping this Saturday. Two of the entrants will win a second chance and go through to the final of [...]
Sweden: Lisa Miskovsky and Danny Saucedo for Melodifestivalen
Posted: February 25, 2012 by hulluna in SwedenSweden – In a surprising result in Malmö, Lisa Miskovsky qualified for the final of Melodifestivalen alongside Danny Saucedo. Dynazty and Christer Sjögren & Lotta Engberg went through to the 2nd chance Andra Chansen competition. There was no place in either for former Eurovision winner, Charlotte Perrelli.
Sweden - the fourth semifinal of Melodifestivalen takes place tonight in Malmo. The show starts at 20:00 (CET) and is live on SVT1 and can be watched on the Internet. The top two acts will qualify directly for the final whist the third and fourth placed acts will enter the second chance Andra Chansen competition.
Sweden – Molly Sandén and Björn Ranelid feat. Sara Li were the two acts voted through to the Melodifestivalen final yesterday in the 3rd Swedish semi-final. Youngblood and Andreas Johnson went through to the Andra Chansen competition and may still be in with a chance. The 4th semi-final will take place next Saturday.
Sweden – The second semi-final in Göteborg has just seen Ulrik Munther and David Lindgren qualify for the Melodifestivalen 2012 final. They join Loreen and Dead by April there. Timoteij and Top Cats won places in the Andra Chansen competition.
Sweden – Tonight sees the second semifinal of the Swedish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Melodifestivalen 2012 moves to Sweden’s second largest city, Göteborg, and 8 artists will compete against each other. Two will qualify directly into the final, and another two will have a second chance at the ‘Andra Chansen’ show.
Tonight: Hungary, Norway and Iceland Decide
Posted: February 11, 2012 by hulluna in Hungary, Iceland, Lithuania, Norway, SwedenEurovision 2012 – Eurovision fans will tonight find out 3 more finalists for Baku as Hungary, Norway and Iceland all hold their finals on this Super Saturday. There are also semi-finals in Lithuania and Sweden. All three finals can be seen via Eurovision.tv. Find out more about the events tonight…
Sweden – The song “Mystery” Dead By April the band may be disqualified from the 2012 Melodifestivalen. The band that performed last Saturday in Växjö and qualified for the final of the festival may be disqualified as the song “Mystery” could be heard on Spotify before the semifinal, which violates the rules of the [...]
Sweden – Her performance of “Euphoria” was certainly one of the highlights of the first semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2012: Loreen has become an early favorite to win the Swedish ticket to Baku. On odd checker she is currently leading the bunch. Most of the songs are not known yet of course, but the fact [...]
Sweden – The first semi-final of the Swedish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was held on Saturday and attracted record breaking viewing figures. A total of 3 381 000 Swedes tuned in to see Loreen and Death by April qualify to the national final. That is a third of the entire Swedish [...]
Sweden – Last night saw the first two finalists decided in Växjö for Sweden’s Melodifestivalen 2012. The top two acts, who get an automatic place in the national final, were Loreen and Dead by April. The next two acts will get a second chance by being entered into the ‘Andra Chansen’ show, and these [...]
Melodifestivalen: First Snippets of Rehearsals
Posted: February 2, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in SwedenSweden – SVT has released the first snippets of the rehearsals for the first semi-final of the Swedish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The clips are from the dress rehearsals and include The Moniker, AfroDite and Marie Serneholdt.You can listen to them here
Sweden – The first semi-final of the immensely Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest “Melodifestivalen 2012″ will be held on February 4. SVT has started airing a trailer for the first semi-final featuring Danny Saucedo (naked..), Charlotte Perelli and Molly Sandén. Melodifestivalen is the most popular television program in Sweden with almost [...]
Sweden – The dream couple of Swedish schlager no longer exists. The Swedish Eurovision entrant of 2011, Eric Saade, and Melodifestivalen competitor Molly Sandén have broken up. Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet reports that Eric Saade has changed his facebook status to “Single”. The two singers have not celebrated Christmas or the New Year together. Just months [...]
Melodifestivalen: Changes in the Voting and the Running Order
Posted: January 9, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in SwedenSweden – Today the Swedish national broadcaster SVT announced the running order of the four semi-finals and changes to the voting of the Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, Melodifestivalen. This year, the winner of the respective semi-finals will not be revealed. After a first round, the five most voted artists will [...]
