Sweden‘s Melodifestivalen 2016 wrapped up last night in Stockholm and the always charming Oscar Zia tore it up. After flying under the radar until his semi-final a few weeks ago, Oscar emerged as a favourite ahead of the final — and he delivered. He managed to win with the international juries and placed third with the Swedish public. It all added up to a second place finish overall.
The “Human” singer was understandably stoked moments after the final, telling wiwiblogger Angus that he “couldn’t have done anything better” and he was “very, very happy and loved every second of the performance.”
Oscar also told us that he felt far more comfortable and relaxed in his final performance than he did during the semi-finals. That confidence surely resonated with audiences in Sweden and all over the world.
What’s next for Oscar? “I plan on touring this summer, but new music might have to wait.”
If only Oscar was a better vocalist I am pretty sure “Human” would have sounded better … but clearly Sweden (unlike most of us here) had their eyes and ears on Frans from day 1 for reasons only Sweden can explain … reasons which will remain a mystery to all of us. Now could we move from this? I mean Christen Björkmann gave Sweden one of the lowest scores ever in 1992 and the world did not die then … pretty sure it will not die now … so leave the poor kid alone and let him sing while you’re… Read more »
Please, Oscar, give it a go next year! He was one of my highlights of this year. Loved him to bits. Please come back in 2017. xx
Please give it another try next year!
I’s is hard to understand how Frans can be better than Oscar. cut off your emotions, just compare voice, music, charisma, message of song, visual appearance of the singer. No, I can’t accept that Frans is better that Oscar. never!
I love how the guy in black (probably a bodyguard) is singing in the background xD
Stop ,the melodifestivalen is over!!!!
WOW I LOVE IT, JUST RIGHT!!!!! TO GET YOUR OWN VIEW ACROSS, VOTE IN MY OWN SCOREBOARD NOW!!!!!
http://tummiweb.com/scorewiz/rsvp/145463/bJDZv?
europa, they have plenty of melfest articles in their birth canal…. wait and see!
really???? another melfest article? can’t you combine some of these?