He’s the king of cardio, who made treadmills trendy again at this year’s Melodifestivalen and beat the odds to win the ticket to represent Sweden in Kyiv in May.

And Robin Bengtsson hasn’t stopped since then. The “I Can’t Go On” hitmaker hit the promo trail hard, starting with domestic appearances in Sweden and followed them up with appearances for Eurofan audiences in the UK, Israel and the Netherlands.

That hard work has finally started paying off as “I Can’t Go On” has been streamed more than 10 million times on Spotify. It may be a Swedish company, but Spotify has international reach and could be a strong indicator of Robin’s chances for Eurovision 2017.

“I CAN’T GO ON” ON TOUR

And although the hunky Swede might be preoccupied touring the four corners of Europe and nailing his rehearsals for Eurovision, he’s still managed to spare some time to talk to wiwibloggs.

Speaking at Israel Calling, he told us that the support he’s received from around Europe is a huge mental boost for him.

“I’m psyched that people love my song,” he told wiwiblogger Deban in idyllic Israel. “It is a big deal to represent Sweden and I’m amazed to be here with everyone.”

Representing the Eurovision nation isn’t as stressful as it sounds though. Indeed, for Robin, the bigger challenge and accolade was winning Melodifestivalen. “It’s not really adding pressure, people liking my song is a victory in itself and the result in Eurovision is less important to me I think.”

One person who will be watching Robin on the big screen is his little son William: “He thinks it’s cool to see his Daddy on TV and super fun.”

Unfortunately his tot has started referring to him as a TV personality rather than “dad”.

“He started calling me Robin Bengtsson, because they say it on TV all the time, so I have to tell him don’t say that — it’s weird!”

ROBIN’S ROAD TO EUROVISION

Before final Eurovision 2017 preparations begin, the sexy Swede has a final tour stop in Madrid this weekend at the Eurovision Spain Pre-Party.

From there he’ll be fine-tuning his already slick performance to make sure he’s all set to open the show at Semi-Final 1 on May 9.

#readyforkiev #crew @laminalexander @alvaroestrellamusic #kevinfoo & #patrikriber need to get instagram.

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If his Instagram is anything to go by, we at wiwibloggs think he’ll be cruising into the Grand Final.

What do you think? Do Robin’s Spotify plays add up to a Eurovision win? Can he make the grand final? Let us know in the comments below!

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Lucio
6 years ago

Excellent web site. Lots of useful info here. I am sending it to some friends ans also sharing in delicious. And certainly, thanks for your sweat!

MS
MS
6 years ago

I wish esctracker, and wiwibloggs would work together!
I hope esctracker will be full of information soon. The man that has designed it should get some adertisment so he can take time to run it!
http://esctracker.com

Eve
Eve
6 years ago

Sweden has good song and keeping up the standards as always, great RESPECT. Good luck Robin <3

Zebb
Zebb
6 years ago

Basically, from melfests’ he duels in their local spotify with Wiktoria. I think it just shows that the song is a earworm despite it’s basic lyrics, but it doesn’t show if it’s impactful as Frans were. Mariette didn’t reach even half as these two got, neither did Joh Henrik.

Kworb seems to be dead (last daily update from 09.04)?
Italian spotify is way less popular, but there OK does potentially better, so no worries for Gabbani.

fikri
fikri
6 years ago

i just realised how gorgeous he is. like what.

Donna Vey
Donna Vey
6 years ago

How to you change the photo icon to different photos please?

Denis
Denis
6 years ago

Yes, most of his streams are from Sweden, so? Most of Francesco’s streams are from Italy, yet everyone is acting as if he’s the biggest new thing around. Naturally he would have more since Italy is populated country compared to Sweden’s modest 10 million.
Most of the ESC songs only get streamed in thier own countries, hardly anyone from outside streams them. This isn’t unique to Sweden or Italy. Not even after ESC do the songs get streamed that much.

Marc
Marc
6 years ago

Wiktoria has even more streaming xD

And last year, Frans had 30M by this time.

“I can’t go on” only peak number 3 at Official Swedish Chart. “If I were sorry” crown the chart for 5 weeks.

“Occidentali’s Karma” is breaking records in Italy while “I can’t go on” is just another song in Sweden.

#Statements
#Statements
6 years ago

Very catchy song I must say..
It really stucks on your mind for good..
This freakin song has even began
to grow on me dangerously.. :O

FG
FG
6 years ago

Can’t stand it /him

velorin
velorin
6 years ago

The studio version of this song sounds horrible, the chorus sounds very autotuned and high pitched, I hate it.

It NEEDS staging to prosper. Like every Swedish entry ever

Polegend Godgarina
Polegend Godgarina
6 years ago

@ Mar – 8,300,000 of those streams are from Sweden. Receipts: http://kworb.net/spotify/track/57Y51hxqMn2j3dosW75R6n.html

mocosuburbian
mocosuburbian
6 years ago

… maybe it’s because spotify is a swedish service?
i’m sure julia samoilova is the most watched on rutube, does this signify anything? no

Polegend Godgarina
Polegend Godgarina
6 years ago

The superior song As I Lay Me Down got there first. But isn’t Sweden the world’s second market for Spotify? ‘Grats, either way.

Mar
Mar
6 years ago

I expect all the sad people commenting that Francesco’s 65 million views on YT are from Italians to come here and say that all of Robin’s streams come from Swedes.
(I think neither of those things are true btw)

Yellow
Yellow
6 years ago

Wiktoria has over a million

Bella sim
Bella sim
6 years ago

@ y’all should really get over the fact that your fave didn’t win. I mean come on, it’s been a month now and y’all are still salty? It’s a melodifestivalen next year again and VOTE for your favorite this time instead of being petty about it for a month lmao

J
J
6 years ago

Bad, bland and boring! Yawn, yawn, yawn!

Markosia
Markosia
6 years ago

More than italy!!! Are we seeing a swedish uprising? Sweden gaining 2.6 million views while being up on the youtube chanel for less time than 90% of songs. And now it has more spotify streams than italy!! I was preparing for a italian domination but now im preparing for a war between italy and sweden
????????????????????????????????

Markosia
Markosia
6 years ago

More than italy!!! Are we seeing a swedish uprising? Sweden gaining 2.6 million views while being up on the youtube chanel for less time than 90% of songs. And now it has more spotify streams than italy!! I was preparing for a italian domination but now im preparing for a war between italy and sweden
????????????????????????????????

Hi
Hi
6 years ago

And we have a Winner…….

Greta
Greta
6 years ago

Hard to believe we had
-Statements
-A Million Years
-As I Lay Me Down
this year. But the result is this lame song.
Biggest disappointment of the year.

Wiktoria Fan 1993
Wiktoria Fan 1993
6 years ago

Wiktoria has over 11 million