Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2023 submission window to open on August 26
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SVT, has announced that the submission window for Melodifestivalen 2023 will be opening on August 26,2022.
The Swedished broadcaster, has released the terms and rules of the next edition of Melodifestivalen, the show that selects every year Sweden's Eurovision representative.
Among the terms listed non-Swedish citizens/residents may also take part provided that at least one composer or lyricist of the entry is a Swedish citizen-resident. In addition out of 28 competing entries 10 of them will be in Swedish while 50% at least of the contestants will be female acts. Also the songs should be between 2 and 3 minutes in length and must comply with Eurovision rules and 8 people are allowed on the Melfest stage with the number going down to six in case of a win.
The submission window is set to open on August 26,2022 and will remain open up to September 16, 2022. The final list of competing acts and entries will be released sometime around November- December 2022.
Sweden in Eurovision
Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 58 times since making its debut in 1958, missing only three contests (1964, 1970 and 1976). At the 1997 contest, Sweden was one of the first five countries to adopt televoting. Sweden is the only country to have hosted the event in five different decades, three times in Stockholm (1975, 2000, 2016), twice in Malmö (1992, 2013) and once in Gothenburg (1985).
Sweden is one of the most successful competing nations at the Eurovision Song Contest, with a total of six victories, just one win behind Ireland. The country has the most top five results of the 21st century, with thirteen. In total, Sweden has achieved 24 top five results in the contest. After finishing second with Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson in 1966, Sweden went on to achieve its six victories with ABBA (1974), Herreys (1984), Carola (1991), Charlotte Nilsson(1999), Loreen (2012) and Måns Zelmerlöw (2015).
In 2019 John Lundvik represented the country with his song “Too Late For Love”,achieving another top 5 placing for Sweden as he finished 5th overall with 334 points. Last year The Mamas won the Melodifestivalen 2020 and earned the right to represent Sweden in Rotterdam with their entry "Move" . Unfortunately for them, the contest was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak and The Mamas never had the chance to perform in Rotterdam Ahoy. Last year Tusse won Melodifestivalen 2021 with his song 'Voices' and went on representing the Nordic country in Rotterdam. After qualifying from the 1st semi final, he finished 14th in the Grand final with a total of 109 points in the overall score.
This year Cornelia Jakobs defended the Swedish colors in Turin singing 'Hold me closer' which after qualifying 1st from the 2nd semi-final, finished 4th in the Grand final adding one more top-5 placing in the country's Eurovision history.
News source: SVT
Image: EBU/Sarah Louisse Bennett
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