Melodifestivalen 2012 - Second semi - Results

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Ulrik Munther and David Lindgren made it to Globen.

Timoteij and  Top Cats made it to andra chansen.

5th place - Thomas Di Leva
6th place - Sonja Aldén
7th place - Andreas Lundstedt
8th place - Mimi Oh

Too predictable that Ulrik would make it to Globen. David was the surprise but only because he wasn't so famous. Timoteij's song wasn't "Kom" vol 2 so ac was quite expected. Top Cats? What are they doing to ac?

Despite his name Di Leva couldn't go through. To me it's a surpriste that he finished 5th! Sonja.... well the song was a bit boring... Poor Andy! :( He did his best tonight and he finished 7th! :( Not even in ac! And Mimi Oh? Well I thought she'd be around 7th to 8th. Well 8th it is.

The possitive thing is that Ulrik, David and Danny will split the votes in the final and they will cancel each other out leaving the first spot for Loreen! I mean isn't that what happened in 2010? Eric Saade, Darin and Salem Al Fakir cancelled each other out and Anna Bergendahl won! ;)

LOREEN TO BAKU!!!

Melodifestivalen 2012 - The full songs of heat 2 in Göteborg!

Here are the full songs of tonight's semi!!

1. Soldiers - Ulrik Munther
Big hype for nothing. It's all about his name. I don't really like the song after all and his accent is bad when he sings "soldiers"! I mean you can't pronounce correctly the title of the song? But yeah ok that's absolutely nothing. It's me. I have the problem. No doubt he'll make it to Globen. I just hope he stays there.

2. Baby Doll - Top Cats 
I don't like this. I just don't. As I said it's "The King" all over again!


3. I Din Himmel - Sonja Aldén 
Ah... I just like the chorus. Ballad... Sorry...


4. Aldrig Aldrig - Andreas Lundstedt 
Ok I love this! Probably because it's Andy's song but that can't change now. I love it! But I'm gonna like it more in a few hours. Just give me Andreas on a stage and let him sing whatever! Love seeing him performing! And judging by that 1 minute snippet from the rehearsals I'm sure we'll see something great! :)

5. Stormande Hav - Timoteij 
I really miss "Kom"... I like "Stormande Hav" but "Kom" was much better. I still want Timoteij to Globen though!

6. Shout It Out - David Lindgren
Wow. I actually like this! To ac.

7. Det Går För Långsamt - Mimi Oh
Yup I still like this but it's nothing much. I want to see the performance as well.

8. Ge Aldrig Upp - Thomas Di Leva
I don't like this. The Swedes seem to like Di Leva a lot so I won't be surprised if he goes through...

A couple of hours left! Fingers crossed for Andreas!

Watch live here at 20:00 CET. 

 

Melodifestivalen 2012 - Snippets of the first rehearsals - Semi 2 Göteborg

Ok the snippets of today's rehearsals are up! Which means one minute of each song and act is available! Let's see!

1. Soldiers - Ulrik Munther
Just an ok song! No wow-factor at all! No way I want this on ESC when we have Loreen! But keep an eye on Ulrik. Unfortunately the teenage girls will send him to Globen and maybe to Baku. (no thank you!)

2. Baby Doll - Top Cats 
Wow. I din't know the Playtones entered Mello 2012! Come on! Seriously? It's "The King" all over again. Don't like it!

3. I Din Himmel - Sonja Aldén 
I like Sonja but the song... Hm nothing much for me. It's a ballad which means, well you know, I don't like it. (Spain and Israel in ESC can have as many ballads as they want but it's off topic right now) The thing is that it's not a great ballad so I don't like it. I totally prefer Sonja's Mello 2007 entry! Maybe I need to listen to "I Din Himmel" a few more times but I don't know if it will grow on me... :/

4. Aldrig Aldrig - Andreas Lundstedt 
Dandy Andy! I'm gonna say a lot here and I think you know why. ;P Ok I don't read or watch any interviews of the Mello artists. Except for Andreas'. So I know a bit more about the song and why he picked this song and why there's not much dancing (in that 1 minute snippet at least). Andreas wanted to focus on his vocal performance. To show us what he's capable of and I think we can see that in "Aldrig Aldrig". I like the song but again nothing special that can make Europe go crazy. It has a very familiar sound. Mello sound? Hm I'll call it mello sound. I don't see him in Globen. Unfortunately. Hopefully to andra chansen? He's in a difficult semi even though out of these first 4 songs I like only Andreas'. But of course I'm biased hahaha. It's proven that the Swedes vote for names and not for the songs. I don't know... maybe it's because I'm not used to it but I can't see Andreas solo. I want the Alcazar Andreas! He needs Alcazar! He needs his girls. We need the Alcazar music!!!

5. Stormande Hav - Timoteij
Oh my God!! Oh my God!!! I read so many comments about this! About "Stormande Hav" being an exact copy of "Kom" but this is nowhere near it!!! I'm out of words! Totally not what I expected! I'm quite disappointed! So this is it. Loreen to Baku hands down and I don't care that we have 2 more semis to go!

6. Shout It Out - David Lindgren
Ah nothing again. This semi is really bad! This is totally not the worst song. And it's not bad either but I don't see it going far.

7. Det Går För Långsamt - Mimi Oh
 I like this! I like Mimi! Good for the ESC? Naah.

8. Ge Aldrig Upp - Thomas Di Leva
I wonder if Thomas ever wears pants! I never liked this bizzare style! As for the song, I don't like it much.


Seriously this is a really bad semi! And if it wasn't for the "big" names I'd say that Andreas has a chance. Needless to say that I want him in Globen right? So biaseeed! :P Fingers crossed for my man! I'm gonna vote for him!

LOREEN TO BAKU!

ESC 2012 - Izabo with "Time" for Israel

So it was today after all! But not the artist I expected! I wanted Maya Buskila with the song that I don't know its title! Oh well... Now we're waiting to hear the song. Izabo describe "Time" as electronic pop, with an oriental flavour. It sounds nice. Let's see...

ESC 2012 - Israel to pick artist and song tomorrow

Israel will pick their artist and song tomorrow!

Tha candidates are:

Kabra Casai
Maya Buskila
Tzvika Pik 
Vladi Blaiberg
Hen Aharoni
Carolina
Izabo
Red Band

Maya's song is rumored to be this! You can't imagine how many times I've listened to this! I can even sing the chorus without having seen the lyrics and of course without knowing what I'm singing! I don't even know its title!! :P I am so gonna vote for it if Maya's the one!


EDIT: Change of plans! Tomorrow, Wednesday 8th IBA will announce the israeli representative. No iformation if the song will be announced as well. Damn. One more day!

Melodifestivalen 2012 - First semi - Results

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First semi is over! Mixed feelings! I am SUPER-EXCITED coz Loreen made it to the final! I'm gonna see her live in Globen!!!!!! :D

But, Afro-Dite finished 5th! 5th! Not even in andra chansen!!!!!! :( :( AAAAAAAAAH!!!

Second finalist were Dead by April (meh). Sean Banan and Thorsten Flinck went to andra chansen.

Marie Serneholt finished 6th :(, Abalone Dots 7th and the Moniker 8th.

That's it! GRRRR Sweden! No Afro-Dite?

Melodifestivalen 2012 - The full songs of heat 1 in Växjö!

Here are the full songs of tonight's semi!!

1. Sean Den Förste Banan - Sean Banan
I still don't like this but I'm a bit afraid of this...

2. På väg - Abalone Dots
Ok I actually like this! The full version is really nice. Not for the ESC but I like it. I like country!

3. I Want To Be Chris Isaak (This Is Just The Beginning) - The Moniker
Again, better than last year's song but still not my favourite.

4. The Boy Can Dance - Afro-Dite 
"Never Let It Go" reloaded!!! But kinda more fresh (I can't believe I'm saying this!). "Never Let It Go" is my all time favourite swedish entry and "The Boy Can Dance" sounds better to my ears! People say it's outdated. Ok maybe a bit and that's because schlager is in a coma (remember? In a coma. NOT dead!) in Eurovision. But I don't care! I.ADORE.IT.

5. Mystery - Dead by April
Can we just get rid of the guy with the "monster" voice? I always hate that in songs. It ruins the song!

6. Salt & Pepper - Marie Serneholt
I like this a lot! But I find a bit annoying the "salt & pepper, salt & pepper, salt & pepper pepper"... :S

7. Jag reser mig igen - Thorsten Flinck och Revolutionsorkestern
I'm sorry I couldn't finish this. I just can't listen to this!

8. Euphoria - Loreen
Thank God Loreen is the one to close the first heat! Just send her to Baku people!! I'm gonna vote for her tonight!

Less than 4 hours left! :D
Då kör vi!

Melodifestivalen 2012 - Snippets of the first rehearsals - Semi 1 Växjö

It's time to blog! I waited until SVT uploaded all of the snippets. We're good to go now. ;)

1. Sean Den Förste Banan - Sean Banan
Ok... Don't like this. Joke entry although the music is quite "melodifestivalen". But a big big NO!

2. På väg - Abalone Dots
A bit boring I'd say... But not a bad song. It won't work on ESC though.

3. I Want To Be Chris Isaak (This Is Just The Beginning) - The Moniker
Ok better than last year! Thank God! But still not my cup of tea. I don't see him in the final one way or another. Unlike last year.

4. The Boy Can Dance - Afro-Dite
My girls!! Yeah baby! The descriptions they gave didn't let me down! Love love LOOOOOVE IT!!! Catchy and DISCO!! Too bad we don't have a video of the rehearsal yet (one of them was wearing a t-shirt with a company's logo or something and SVT didn't want to promote the company for free). I just want them in Globen! Nothing else! I just want to see them performing this live. In. Globen. Please?

5. Mystery - Dead by April
 It's good to have different gernes in Melodifestivalen but that doesn't mean I like the song.

6. Salt & Pepper - Marie Serneholt
 I like this. If it was up to me I would definitely send it to andra chansen. (well yeah Afro-Dite is my one finalist and the second is the lady at No8 ;))

7. Jag reser mig igen - Thorsten Flinck och Revolutionsorkestern
What was that? Next please!

8. Euphoria - Loreen
And what we have here, ladies and gentlemen, is 2012's winner! Just read the description of scandipop about Loreen's rehearsal! This is exactly what I thought when I saw the title of her song! Like months ago! Loreen to Baku so it can be Stockholm 2013 please! The only thing that concerns me a bit is the backing vocals. The live backing vocals in ESC...

So Afro-Dite and Loreen to Globen and Marie Serneholt and -I can't believe I'm actually gonna say this- The Moniker to andra chansen. Well it's not a good heat for me and all I care about is my 2 finalists!

47 hours left!