Sweden 2011 - Eric Saade wins Melodifestivalen

A song with the title "Elektrisk" will participate in one of the swedish semi-finals of Melodifestivalen 2011.
I wonder if this is the same song with this that Helena said that she had a proposal to participate

http://www.expressen.se/noje/musik/1.2222792/de-ar-klara-for-melodifestivalen-2011

stathis2b wrote:A song with the title "Elektrisk" will participate in one of the swedish semi-finals of Melodifestivalen 2011.
I wonder if this is the same song with this that Helena said that she had a proposal to participate

http://www.expressen.se/noje/musik/1.2222792/de-ar-klara-for-melodifestivalen-2011

Most likely it is!

A re Elena!!

However the songwriters seem to be different from those who wrote "heroes".
From her website: The song can be described as an international pop/r&b/electronica/dance mix in Swedish. It is written by Play Production (Johan Fransson / Tim Larsson / Tobias Lundgren / Johan Alkenäs).

Elena once claimed "Elektrisk" had been written by the same people who wrote "heroes" right?
But here are the "Heroes" writers/producers: Niclas Molinder,Joacim Persson,Pelle Ankarberg

Hmm...

Derek wrote:

stathis2b wrote:A song with the title "Elektrisk" will participate in one of the swedish semi-finals of Melodifestivalen 2011.
I wonder if this is the same song with this that Helena said that she had a proposal to participate

http://www.expressen.se/noje/musik/1.2222792/de-ar-klara-for-melodifestivalen-2011

Most likely it is!

A re Elena!!

However the songwriters seem to be different from those who wrote "heroes".
From her website: The song can be described as an international pop/r&b/electronica/dance mix in Swedish. It is written by Play Production (Johan Fransson / Tim Larsson / Tobias Lundgren / Johan Alkenäs).

Elena once claimed "Elektrisk" had been written by the same people who wrote "heroes" right?
But here are the "Heroes" writers/producers: Niclas Molinder,Joacim Persson,Pelle Ankarberg

Hmm...

I don't remember if Helena mentioned the composers of the song, if i'm right

The participants and songs have been revealed for Melodifestivalen 2011 with many "re-offenders"

Heat 1:
Pernilla Andersson "Desperados"
Danny Saucedo "In the Club"
Swingfly "Me and My Drum"
Le Kid "Oh My God"
Jonas Matsson "On my own"
Rasmus Viberg "Social Butterfly"
Jenny Silver "Something In Your Eyes"
Dilba "Try Again"

Heat 2:
Anniela "Elektrisk"
Babsan "Ge mig en spanjor"
Sanna Nielsen "I'm in Love"
Christian Walz "Like Suicide"
Loreen "My Heart is Refusing Me"
The Moniker "Oh My God!"
Brolle "Seven Days And Seven Nights"
Elisabeth Andreassen "Vaken i en dröm"

Heat 3:
Sara Lumholdt "Enemy"
Shirley's Angels "I Thought It Was Forever"
Linda Sundblad "Lucky You"
Sebastian Karlsson "No One Else Could"
Eric Saade "Popular"
Sara Varga "Spring för livet"
The Playtones "The King"
Simon Forsberg "Tid att andas"

Heat 4:
Linda Pritchard "Alive"
Julia Alvgard "Better or worse"
Linda Bengtzing "E de fel på mig"
Lasse Stefanz "I Surrender"
Nicke Borg "Leaving Home"
Melody Club "The Hunter"
Love Generation Will be announced soon
Anders Fernette Will be announced soon

Danny Saucedo participated last year as part of E.M.D. Jenny Silver, Linda Pritchard & Eric Saade also participated last year. Sanna Nielsen has participated twice before, this will be Linda Bengtzing's fourth attempt. Some other have experience too.

I can't believe that Linda Bengtzing has entered with another Swedish song when her last 2 singles have been English and after her last attempt at Melodifestivalen in 2008 she said that she wanted to do an English song but her label said no.

for me it sounds ok. i don't know if we would be able to qualifiy for the final in the ESC with these songs, but i can't say anything yet. but it sounds weaker than usual, for example i thought last year and the year before definitely had some better songs.

How can you say that now when you won't hear the songs until next year?

jantzen wrote:How can you say that now when you won't hear the songs until next year?

i know most of these artists and their style of songs, but well, i don't know if they are trying something new. well, either, i am going to the last rehearsal of the final this year too. i know that is one of my christmas presents

but you are right, i don't know what they will sound like until next year, so we'll see. i'm just basing it on my personal taste. but that can be wrong too. maybe they will all blow my socks off

The tour schedule of Melodifestivalen next year:


Saturday 5 february 2011 - Semifinal 1, Coop Arena, Luleå
Saturday 12 february 2011 - Semifinal 2, Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Saturday 19 february 2011 - Semifinal 3, Cloetta Center, Linköping
Saturday 26 february 2011 - Semifinal 4, Malmö Arena, Malmö
Saturday 5 march 2011 - The second chance, Nordichallen, Sundsvall
Saturday 12 march 2011 - Final, Globen, Stockholm

The hosts will be Marie Serneholt & Rickard Olsson:




read some more here:
http://esc2011.webs.com/apps/blog/show/prev?from_id=5370701

Panagiotis wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNqGUk9UGBc

The writer of the song (Dimitris Stassos) has confirmed this song was written while he had Elena on his mind!
It was probably meant to be offered to Elena but Sofia came in his way.Not that Elena would participate in Melodifestivalen back then...

The first semi-final is going to be held the 5th February, next saturday that is. and it happens to be my 20th birthday too!

and do you know, this year sweden is the last country to choose an artist. the 13th March the final is going to be held

Saturday Night saw Heat 1 in Luleå.

Dilba 'Try Again'
A nice dance track, Dilba's vocals are not the best on the studio version and were worse live, it was hard to hear her.

Swingfly 'Me & My Drum'
This is a fast paced pop/rock song, a very modern song that could do well at Eurovision if people are still looking for that something different.

Jenny Silver 'Something In Your Eyes'
A very ABBA inspired pop song. A much better effort from Jenny than last year. This sounds like it could have come straight out of the 'Mama Mia' movie.

Jonas Matsson 'On My Own'
This is an acoustic number. It's a nice song but in no way strong enough for Eurovision. It's a similar genre to the style Olly Murs is currently using.

Le Kid 'Oh My God'
The performance of this looked messy, with bright colours and boxes all over the shop. The song it's self is quite good and I'm suprised this didn't go through to Andra Chansen.

Rasmus Viberg 'Social Butterfly'
This is very reminiscent of Alexander Rybak with a slightly moderner twist. The song is okay but again I don't think right for Eurovision.

Perrnilla Andersson 'Desperados'
Musically, this sounds very Amy McDonlad. The only song from this heat not in English, it's an okay song but I don't think t deserved a place at Andra Chansen over other songs.

Danny 'In The Club'
Full on dance track that starts off with a piano/techno beat untill it kicks in properly, it's a very good song. The live performance was also very good and the crowd were loving it.

Heat Winner:
Danny 'In The Club'
Heat Second Place:
Swingfly 'Me & My Drum'
Andra Chansen:
Jenny Silver 'Something In Your Eyes'
Pernilla Andersson 'Desperados'

Danny was the best by far He deserved to qualifiy to the final and that means me and reb are going to see him performe this song live <3

I liked the Danny song, which was the favorite, however, there seems to an issue.

This song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iii7p0p0DI has like the exact same chorus! uh-oh!

not exactly. there are some slight differences in the music. and the text is not built up in the same way. danny only sings "in the club, the club", they sing "en el club..." and adds lots of other words. danny has only one sentence through thw whole chorus, while they have at least 3 different. so i wouldn't say it's a problem. it it was alike, they would have disqualified it before the whole Melodifestivalen had even selected the songs.

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Not necessarily, I agree that the chorus does souns similar but it's different. There's always a chance that some songs can sound similar. in 2009 Paolo Meneguzzi's "Era Stupendo" was likened to Amy Diamond's "It Can Only Get Better" but nothing was done about it.

i think they don't act unless it's a obvious copy

Miranda wrote:i think they don't act unless it's a obvious copy

like that Moldovan song hehe
I agree it doesn't sound exactly the same

and btw Era Stupendo is a lot better then the Amy Diamond song but I guess I'm partial since I don't like Amy

Rebecca wrote:

Miranda wrote:i think they don't act unless it's a obvious copy

like that Moldovan song hehe
I agree it doesn't sound exactly the same

and btw Era Stupendo is a lot better then the Amy Diamond song but I guess I'm partial since I don't like Amy

omg, that was such a bad copy! the songs sounded exactly the same!
did they run out of imagination or what?! good it got disqualified.

i hope there are some good songs participating this saturday

Miranda wrote:

Rebecca wrote:

Miranda wrote:i think they don't act unless it's a obvious copy

like that Moldovan song hehe
I agree it doesn't sound exactly the same

and btw Era Stupendo is a lot better then the Amy Diamond song but I guess I'm partial since I don't like Amy

omg, that was such a bad copy! the songs sounded exactly the same!
did they run out of imagination or what?! good it got disqualified.

i hope there are some good songs participating this saturday

I agree it was good it was disqualified. But the song itself wasn't that bad and the guy sang ok. It would have been better if he just released a cover version of it on a cd or smth. I can't believe they tried to enter it in ESC-preselection though.

I hope they will be good songs too. Because I think the hosts are really bad especially him. I really like Marie Serneholt though but I prefer her as a singer than host I think. I wish they could've had Måns as host again but I guess he can't becase of the Romeo & Julia Musical he's starring in

Mans was really good and so was I have to agree!

jantzen wrote:Mans was really good and so was I have to agree!

Let's hope he'll be hosting next year I keep my fingers crossed

Måns was a really great host! I wish he would have been the host this year too. This year so far has been really boring, i mean the middle-act was really boring last saturday, i hope it gets better the 12th!

I so didn't know that SVT are streaming the songs from the heats in full on the day of the heat this year.

Tonight is heat 2:

Loreen / My Heart is Refusing Me:
This starts off as a nice mellow dance track then the chorus kicks in with some great melodies. I really like this song.

Christian Walz / Like Suicide:
Another dance track, my favourite of this heat. Again it's quite mellow to start off with but never really makes an impact with big synths or anything but it's still a great song.

The Moniker / Oh My God:
This is a pleasant little song, it makes you want to sway along with it (well it does me). It's different which may be a good thing.

Elisabeth Andreassen / Vaken i en dröm:
This is a very regal song, like it's been taken from a disney movie or something. I don't think it's the best for Melodifestivalen, it'll be on wasted ears I believe.

Sanna Nielson / I'm In Love:
This also sounds like a funked up Disney song. It has a very retro feel which hasn't worked so well at Eurovision since Carola came 5th in 2006. It's an alright song and could possibly go through but that will probably be because of Sanna not the song.

Anniela / Elektrisk:
This is an stomping pop.dance song, which is presented very well. It's the kind of song I can see going through, it just depends on the live performance.

Babsan / Ge mig en spanjor:
This is ... erm ... well the singer is a drag queen so you know it's been done for comedy value, it's got a very spanish like musicality to it, it's not very good.

Brolle / 7 Days & 7 Nights:
This is a bit of a rock ditty, I'm not a fan myself but it might do well considering it's Brolle. The lyrics aren't very good either.

My predictions:
I think it will probably be Christian Walz & Sanna Nielson through to Globen. Brolle & Loreen to Andra Chansen.

Although I think it should be Christian Walz & Loreen to Globen!

I promise I'll vote for Christian if I like his song

Brolle & Sanna got through to Globen. Loreen and The Monikers got to Andra Chansen, I'm not impressed. Christian's song is awesome but to be fair his vocals were very poor!

omg the songs last saturday was horrible! I HATED "the Playtones" and I though Eric Saade's song should have been stronger. It was just a bad cover of Manboy with worse lyrics
The middle-act was the best I wish we could send it instead

Here it is:

This was such a weak heat, the songs were not to a good standard, the only dong that I liked was "Enemy" by Sara Lumholt but she sang it so badly. Eric Saade's song was a messes up version of Man Boy it didn't deserve to win, put the performance did.

These are the the 10 finalists who will participate to the final held on Saturday 12 March

Judging from these videos the best 3 songs/performances for me -in order of preference- are:
1. Eric Saade
2. Danny
3. Sanna Nielsen

Can't believe there is not a strong female contender in the final this year. Apparently I didn't follow this year's Melodifestivalen but I am sure I will dedicate a few hours watching the different heats from SVT.se one day.

I think Eric's "performance" was the best but his sing isn't so good. Danny's song is great and his performance wasn't bad, I hope he wins

The live broadcast of the Melodifestivalen final has just started. Tune in here: http://svt.se/melodifestivalen

Eric Saade has won! I'm so happy!
Danny or Sanna's songs would both be worthy winners, but I prefer Eric (I'm in the minority though I guess)

Disappointed, Danny's song was so much better!!!!!

jantzen wrote:Disappointed, Danny's song was so much better!!!!!

I was undecided as to whether he or Eric Saade should win. 2nd place is not bad though. His song will be a big hit. I missed a strong female contender in this competition though. If Helena had particpated Danny or Eric would stand no chance against her.

I admit that Eric's performance was a lot better than Danny's but the lyrics in Eric's song are not very good.

jantzen wrote:I admit that Eric's performance was a lot better than Danny's but the lyrics in Eric's song are not very good.

I agree! Concerning their performances, I don't think one was better than the other. They were equally good, only slightly different.

Good choice for Sweden after a long time

As every Swedish choice, your mileage will vary

That performance made me forget about his voice

Why were 7 people on stage??

Melodifestivalen let you have 7 people on stage and have a backing track (one that includes backing vocals).

I had no idea, I always think that the national selections have similar rules to ESC.

After listening to the other songs, Danny should have won, it was better vocally and the song is much better

I love Eric, and I'm so happy that he won! I loved "Manboy" last year, and I love this song too! I hope it does good, I'm definitely going to vote for it, if I'm in Europe at the time. Otherwise I have to talk convince my cousins in France to vote for him!

I'm happy that once my favourite won MF. I gonna vote for this for sure in Final! I hope this will get good place =) And why not to win, but we will see about that

I actually don't think Saade is going to win, but I think he is going to the final and comes around 4-10th place there.

Swedish wrote:I actually don't think Saade is going to win, but I think he is going to the final and comes around 4-10th place there.

you were really close hehe.

I think he was waaaaaaaaaaaay better than both Azerbaijan and Italy