Anywho, the First Semi Final saw the return of no less than 3 Melodifestivalen Veterns, Alcastar threw their hat into the contest, yet again, with their super up - beat dance song "Stay The Night". Melodifestivalen Diva Shirley Clamp, (Of the runner up of MF 2004 with "Min Kärlek" and heavy favorite to win MF 2005 "Att Älska Dig" fame) presented a beautiful ballad, which she performed alone on stage. Caroline af Ugglas (a.k.a. the Swedish Janis Joplin) tried MF again after failing to pass the first round of voting in her SF in 2007 with her song "Tror På Dig". The big favorite to win this SF was clearly Alcastar...i mean...they're Alcastar. Hot male singer? Check. Over - dramatica and beautiful female memebers? Check. High energy dance song? Check. Flawless performance? Check, Super gay friendly? Check and Check. Another favorite to do well was Shirley Clamp...i mean it's Shirley. FUCKING SHIRLEY! Another exciting new commer was Marie Serneholt, who came to fame as a memeber of the teeny bopperABBA cover band the A*Teens. YES! I fucking was super jazzed when i heard the A*Teens were finally making their way into Melodifestivalen...i mean talk about a perfect Storm! There was a bit of a scandal, as everyone was under the impression that the glorious Linda Bengtzing would make her triumphant return to MF and sing the song "Jag Tror På Oss", however, everyone was wrong. In my opinion, she heard it and decided she'd rather kill herself than ruin her flawless MF reputation with that piece of shite.
Anywho, the night was just way toooooo full of shocks and surprises. First off, Shirley got dead last. LAST! I mean how is that even possible? Another huge upset, which wasn't revealed until after the Final when all the Semi Final votes were announced, is the fact that "Snälla, Snälla" was the clear winner after the Second Round of voting, with more than 7 000 votes more than 2nd place song "Stay The Night", but was regulated to the SECOND CHANCE ROUND by 4th placing song "You're My World". I mean WTF Sweden? How could a song go from clear winner to losing to a song that got more than 24 000 votes less than it in the Second Round?! No matter, Caroline ended up getting her chance at the final and ended up coming SECOND, with less than 4 000 Televotes seperating it from the Ticket to Moscow.
Songs -
01 - Tick Tock - Nina Söderquist -
02 - Welcome To My Life - Jonathan Fagerlund -
03 - Med Hjärtat Fyllt Av Ljus (With A Heart Full Of Light) - Shirley Clamp -
04 - Jag Tror På Oss (I Believe In Us) - Scotts
05 - You're My World - Emilia
06 - Stay The Night - Alcazar
07 - Snälla, Snälla (Please, Please) - Caroline Af Ugglas
08 - Disconnect Me - Marie Serneholt
Anywho, in my Selection, i used the same way as the actual NF.
Number - Title (Translation) - Round 01 - Round 02 - Place
01 - Tick Tock - 11 542 - X - 8th
02 - Welcome To My Life - 20 847 - X - 7th
03 - Med Hjärtat Fyllt Av Ljus (With A Heart Full Of Light) - 28 404 - 60 471 - 4th
04 - Jag Tror På Oss (I Believe In Us) - 23 599 - X - 6th 05 - You're My World - 28 960 - 59 122 - 5th
06 - Stay The Night - 40 913 - 84 451 - 1st
07 - Snälla, Snälla (Please, Please) - 32 839 - 72 455 - 3rd
08 - Disconnect Me - 39 831 - 77 368 - 2nd
Match 01 -
01 - Snälla, Snälla - 92 630 Votes - 1st
02 - Disconnect Me - 63 208 Votes - 2nd
Match 02 -
01 - Med Hjärtat Fyllt Av Ljus - 66 520 - 2nd
Comments -
This was absolutely the perfect start to one of the best Melodifestivalens ever. Every single song was at the very least "Good" and at the very most "Amazing". Alcazar is clearly my favorite and has been since I first heard the songs. "Disconnect Me" is a simply brilliant song and just a flawless performance, however over time it's fallen from 2nd to 3rd and will have to take it's chances in the Second Chance Round. For sure, the hardest decision was between "Med Hjärtat Fyllt Av Ljus" and "You're My World" for the 4th spot and chance at the Second Chance Round. I mean, "Med Hjärtat" is a simply gorgeous ballad and of course, Shirley performs it perfectly, and in the end, it managed to beat out "You're My World". I am completely surprised at how much "Snälla, Snälla" has grown on me. At first, i was completely indifferent to it. When it got 2nd overall in the final and was less than 4 000 votes from being the Swedish Entry, i just didn't get it...but now i do. It's just so...well...it's so pretty. It's completely unique and sincere and well...it's just so not typical MF. And Caroline completely rocks the performance. Even though she's all by herself onstage, her presence fills the whole arena. She's so sincere and expressive, you just can't help but fall in love with her.
As my "International Jury Selection", i chose "Disconnect Me"...how could i not?
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