On Tuesday, Swedish broadcaster SVT announced the artists that will be competing in the first and second semi-finals, at Malmö and Linköping respectively. If you haven’t done so already, you can read the participant list for the first two semis here.
This morning SVT has announced the remaining 16 artists which will compete at the other two semi-finals:
Third Semi-Final
The third semi-final takes place at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg on 15 February.
State of Drama with “All We Are” (Göran Werner, Sanken Sandqvist, Emil Gullhamn, Sebastian Hallifax)
dr. alban & Jessica Folcker with “Around The World” (dr. alban, Jakke Erixson, Karl-Ola Kjellholm)
Shirley Clamp with “Burning Alive” (will be in Swedish) (Bobby Ljunggren, Marcos Ubeda, Sharon Vaughn, Henrik Wikström)
Ace Wilder with “Busy Doin’ Nothin’” (Ace Wilder, Joy Deb, Linnéa Deb)
Outtrigger with “Echo” (Joy Deb, Linnéa Deb, Anton Malmberg Hård Af Segerstad, Outtrigger)
CajsaStina Åkerström with “En Enkel Sång” (CajsaStina Åkerström)
EKO with “Red” (Linnéa Deb, Joy Deb, Anna Lidman, Hannes Lundberg, Michael Ottosson)
Oscar Zia – Yes We Can (Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger, Hamed “K-One” Pirouzpanah)
Fourth Semi-Final
The fourth semi-final takes place at the Fjällräven Center in Örnsköldsvik on 22 February.
Alcazar with “Blame It On The Disco” (Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger, Hamed “K-One” Pirouzpanah)
Ellinore Holmer with “En Himmelsk Sång” (Ellinore Holmer, Vanna Rosenberg, Åsa Schmalenbach, Josefina Sanner, Henrik Wikström, Amir Aly)
I.D.A with “Fight Me If You Dare” (Albin Nicklasson, Nicklas Laine, Louise Frick Sveen)
Josef Johansson with “Hela Natten” (Peter Boström, Thomas G:son, Josef Johansson, Peo Thyrén)
Janet Leon with “Hollow” (Karl-Ola Kjellholm, Jimmy Jansson, Louise Winter)
Anton Ewald with “Natural” (John Lundvik)
Ammotrack with “Raise Your Hands” (Jari Kujansuu, Thomas Johansson, Calle Kindbom, Mikael de Bruin)
Linda Bengtzing with “Ta Mig” (Nicke Borg, Jojo Borg Larsson)
And there you have it. The line-up for Melodifestivalen 2014 is now complete! There’s also another two dates to jot down onto your diaries; the Second Chance (Andra Chansen) Round on 1 March at the Lidköping Arena in Lidköping and of course, the big finale on 8 March at the Friends Arena in Stockholm.
Who do you want to represent Sweden at Copenhagen? Will 2014 be an improvement on 2013?
Anthony Ko contributed this report from the U.K. Follow him on Twitter at @bjorneo. You can also keep up-to-date with the latest Eurovision news and gossip by liking our Facebook page.
Well, it’s looking much better than this year, that’s for sure. The only bit of news I’m not happy to see is that State of Drama is here >_>
I was hoping we would get a chance to see Nanne Gronvall, Mans Zelmerlow, Magnus Carlsson and Eddie Razaz.
From the presented list I’m curious about the songs of Shirley Clamp, Alcazar and Linda Bengtzing.
Janet Leon, Anton Ewald, Alcazar AND State of Drama?! YESSSS! Melodifestivalen 2014 is going to be the best yet! I don’t know who to cheer for!
My favourites from semi-final 3 and 4 are Anton and Alcazar
Dr.Alban, Jessica Folcker, Linda Bengtzing, Alcazar, Martin Stenmarck is not hot names in sweden. Sanna Nielsen and Shirley Clamp is not the hottest and maybe Oskar Zia for teen girls
I think this is the badest for years in Sweden
well, I’m excited… the mentioned artist show a good mix of old favourites and new. I cant wait for Febuary.
Slight problem… i almost have a boyfriend… who has declared “if you start this Eurovision nonsense again I wont speak to you till after May”. On the pluss point he knows that it is May which means he has taken an interest, on the negative, he means what he says.
complicating matters…. he has a hot tub which i like listening to euro tunes in.
life throws so many dilemmas and highs at you all at the once. x
I just hope the boring old schlager sound does not come back like it happened during the 2000s … it was so lame and painful to listen even in such a gorgeous language as Swedish, but having songs that try to sound like mere parodies and embarrassing copies of old ABBA songs or songs we used to listen in 80’s pop kitsch is just awful. And what disappoints me is that the singers are always better than the songs. That is just hard to handle to see them singing mediocre stuff. And it seems everybody will be focusing in both… Read more »
ACE WILDER IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!
Yesssssss Janet’s back. “Heartstrings” was my favourite song from last year’s Melodifestivalen and I was shocked it didn’t make the final. I’ll definitely be voting for her this year and I’m hoping she can pull off the victory. This might be the best Melodifestivalen yet 😀
-State of Drama again? Those guys are boring! -Here we have Linda Bengtzing going for a fifth time. She has 100% chance of sucess of going to the final (with only one being through Andra). Will she keep her record? E det fel pa mig was catchy and IMO her best effort. -EKO won with Yellow and now they’re going with Red. Will they end up feeling Blue? -Four Kempes and two G:Sons (not a good one for Tom, no?) K-One and the Debs are being pushed a lot this year, no? There’s also more than one from Bobby and… Read more »
Alcazar!!!
This will probably the best Melodifestivalen in years! So many great artists will be taking part like Alcazar, Dr. Alban & Jessica Folcker, Linda Bengtzing, Martin Stenmarck, Oscar Zia, Sanna Nielsen, Shirley Clamp, and many others.