Melodifestivalen 2014 - Complete Recap:  Melodifestivalen 2014 took place Saturday, 08 March 2014 where Sweden together with an International Jury selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark next May. After four Semi Finals and a Second Chance Round and the Grand Final in the Friends Arena of Stockholm, Sweden sends into the race the amazing Sanna Nielsen to follow the footsteps of Robin Stjernberg to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. This week on the show listen to some of the interviews the Team of Radio International did at Melodifestivalen 2014. You can see all the photos from the event on our Facebook page by clicking here. See below which artists are being featured on the show this week and enjoy! The entire results of Melodifestivalen Voting are available here.

 

Melodifestivalen 2014 - Interview with Sanna Nielsen (Sweden 2014): What an amazing national final Swedish TV SVT produced with a live audience of 30000 in the Friends Arena of Stockholm and the Queen of the show was crowned after trying for seven times to win Melodifestivalen. "Empty Rooms" Number 2 in 2008 and "I'm in love" Number 4 in 2011 where the big highights Sanna Nielsen entered in previous editions of Melodifestivalen. Finally, she won Melodifestivalen and will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark in May with the song "Undo".  Details of Sanna Nielen can be found here. Listen to the interview Radio International did with Sanna during the Dress Rehearsal. 

 

Melodifestivalen 2014 - Interview with Helena Paparizou: She won the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as a Swedish-born Greek with the song "My Number One". This year Helena Papariozu entered the Swedish National Selection Melodifestivalen with the song "Survivor" which initially had to go into the Second Chance Round from where she then advanced to the Grand Final of the contest and reached Number 4 at the end of the Public and Yury Votes were counted. It's been a big pleasure to chat with Helena Paparizou during the Press Conference which Radio International shares with the fans on this week's edition of the show. 

 

Melodifestivalen 2014 - Interview with Ace Wilder:  Newcomer to Melodifestivalen is Ace Wilder who entered the competiion with the song "Busy doin' nothin'". The song became the Runner-up with just two points difference to the winning act by Sanna Nielsen. Hence, a quick check of the results were conducted just before the results were mae public at the end of Melodifestivalen. The Team of Radio International had the pleasure to interview Ace at the Dress Rehearsal and then again after the Melodifestivalen Final. 

   

Melodifestivalen 2014 - Interview with Linus Svenning:  Entering the national final of Sweden for the very first time with the song "Broeder" (meaning Brothers) is Linus Svenning. Radio International had the pleasure to interview the young artist after the Dress Rehearsal to find out more about him and the sad story of the song. 

 

Melodifestivalen 2014 - Interview with Oscar Zia: Also a newcomer to Melodifestivalen is 18 year young Oscar Zia who performed the song carrying the famous words of US President Obama when he took office "Yes we can". The song came 8th in the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2014. After the show Radio International exchanged afew words with the young singer.

 

Melodifestivalen 2014 - Interview with Alcazar: Coming third in this year's edition of Melodifestivalen are the veterans of disco dance tunes Alcazar. Entries such as "Stay the Night" and "Alcastar" did very well for the group in previous edition of the Swedish contest to select the best song to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest. This year Alcazar entered with an amazing show the song "Blame it on the Disco". Radio International chatted with the three members of Alcazar after the Grand Final.