Last night the final two Melodifestivalen 2019 direct finalists were selected. But four places remain in the grand final for the winners of the andra chansen duels. The eight andra chansen acts will compete next week in a duel against another. The winner of each duel will head to the grand final at Friends Arena on 9 March.
The duel partners were announced on Saturday evening after semi-final four. Producers Karin Gunnarsson and Christer Björkman and matched up acts that placed third and fourth in their semis, and have ensured that no acts from the same semi-final will compete against each other.
But who should win each duel? Listen to the competing songs and vote for your favourite in each duel. You can only vote for one act per duel and you can only vote once in each duet — so make your vote count!
Duel 1: Andreas Johnson vs Anna Bergendahl
Andreas Johnson has competed in Melfest six times previously, and placed second in 2007. He’s how back with “Army of Us”. Anna Bergendahl won Mello 2010, but has the dubious distinction of being the only Swedish act to note qualify for the Eurovision grand final. She’s making her comeback with “Ashes to Ashes”.
[polldaddy poll=10248199]Duel 2: Vlad Reiser vs Nano
Popular vlogger Vlad Reiser has a loyal fan following, who helped get him to andra chansen with “Nakna i regnet”. In 2017, Nano went direkt till final and eventually placed second. This year he’s in andra chansen with “Chasing Rivers”.
[polldaddy poll=10248200]Duel 3: Martin Stenmarck vs Lisa Ajax
Martin previously represented Sweden at Eurovision 2005, where his sassy “Las Vegas” placed 19th. He now returns with “Låt skiten brinna”. Lisa Ajax has twice competed at Melfest, with her best result being seventh in 2016. This time she has the ballad “Torn”.
[polldaddy poll=10248201]Duel 4: Rebecka Karlsson vs Arvingarna
Melfest debutante Rebecka Karlsson is the runner-up of Idol 2016. She competes with “Who I Am”. Arvingarna represented Sweden at Eurovision 1993, where they placed seventh “Eloise”. This time The Heirs are saying “I Do”.
[polldaddy poll=10248204]What do you think? Who should make the Melodifestivalen grand final? Could any of these songs do a “You” can win Mello entirely? Tell us your thoughts below!
Duel 1 – Easily Anna 🙂
Duel 2 – Vlad for me, he’s more fun
Duel 3 – Lisa by a longshot 🙂
Duel 4 – Probably Arvingarna
I think Helena Paparizou did some slight changes to survivor.
Take a look at the semi vs andra chansen video
Sad for the battle between Martin and Lisa, I love both entries!!
I hope she has the staging changed, to cut out a lot of the unnecessary walking around.
Melodifestivalen is quite interesting this year. Tomorrow I am starting with my reviews and of course, AC predictions and wishes. 🙂
Duel 1: Anna
Duel 2: Nano
Duel 3: Lisa
Duel 4: Rebecka
The best ones sometimes never win though. Just be prepared for the results…
For Robyn Gallagher:
I always love your work. You know I am a fan.
Unfortunately, there are two typos in this article, in the paragraph under Duel 1. Both look like autocorrect errors. They are (with errors in caps):
“He’s HOW back with “Army of Us”.”
And: “Anna Bergendahl won Mello 2010, but has the dubious distinction of being the only Swedish act to NOTE qualify for the Eurovision grand final.”
To be fair, Anna did sing a lot of notes. 🙂
Question is ..will Lisa make it to the final ? Last time when she was at the andra chansen she almost didn’t make it ( even she sang about f*ck) …She can be Isa 2.0 from 2016 – I will wait or Felix 2.0 from last year
#fingerscrossed ( Hopefully – Lisa, Anna, Rebecca and Nano will make it)
Right now, Martin has more fans in France, Italy and Spain than he does in his homeland of Sweden. Some of Bilal’s Mahmoud’s and Miki’s fans might be seeing Lisa as a threat to win next Saturday’s MGP Grand Final and then take home the title in Tel Aviv if she takes this duel. Many boys across Sweden who have crushes on her will grab their phones and break Martin into pieces by sending Ms. Stronger than Dirt to the Grand final. Girl Power!
how often does a qualifier from andra chansen win mello?
It has happened once -2013
2009 as well was a close one (Caroline af Ugglas). I feel like last year was a close call simply because there weren’t really any standout acts (as can be seen by how split the popular vote was among most finalists) and as a result it was possible for an AC song to finish a close 2nd.
That said, I wouldn’t discount Anna entirely, especially if she brings some improvements to the staging, she could potentially win.
Last year Felix Sandman was a genuine contender for the win, and got second. So its possible.
In my opinion she has to add some backsingers, some good chorus could make the song even better.
There’s a fire on the horizon… and then a chorus singing something like “Ah aaaaahhhh” or “Uh uuuuhhh”.
Hope you’re talking about Anna 😀
Hana Ferm & Liamoo to win Melodifestivalen.
Sure they can change, have you watched Margaret last year?
Anna, Nano, Lisa and I suppose Arvingarna (to add something a little different – though I like Rebecka’s song as well so I’m happy with either – though I suspect Sweden will chose Arvingarna as well).
Arvingarna is schlager perfection. “I Do” hope it makes the finals.
If you want to know, the title means “Let the shit burn” and is basically leaving the past behind
Duel 1 is an obvious win for Anna, and deservedly so.
Dont care much for Duel 2 but I’d choose Nano.
Lisa just has to win Duel 3, she should’ve been direkt in the first place. One of the best this year, maybe even the best, haven’t made my mind yet.
Duel 4 is a clear Arvingarna for me. Breezy and cool song. Rebecca is just a mainstream idol song.
Duel 1 Anna should win easily. I can even see her as a candidate for win.
Semi 2 Nano. But its a disapppointment.
Duel 3 Lisa Ajax. Could even be a winning candidate.
Duel 4. Rebecka is better and should go through but I have a feeling Arvingarna will make it.
Why you people don’t like Nano song ? It’s very good , ok the live perfomance wasn’t very good but he can improve him
My bets are: ANNA, LISA, NANO, and ARVINGARNA
Did a song from andra chansen ever end up winning melodifestivalen?
Robin Stjernberg in 2013 🙂
Yup – Robin Stjernberg went to Andra Chansen in 2013 and then won Melfest.
And gave Sweden its worst result since 2010 and untill 2018 :/
Yes but Felix Sandman places second last year and he went there from the second chance
I was surprised “You” tanked so badly. It’s a nice song and Robin sang it beautifully. If Sweden wasn’t hosting that year, I think he would have done better.
sucks that they put vlad and nano in the same duel. nano probably looks like the obvious winner here but vlad is extremely well known also so that will be the hardest duel unfortunately
Yes. I think it’s the most competitive duel. Te rest are so obvious.
Vlad could really upset. Nano could still win thanks to age voting thing.
I suspect Nano will get through simply because of the age voting splits and the fact that Nano can actually sing (not to shame Vlad – his song is catchy but he is clearly not a singer… and I think his like to dislike ratio on the youtube vid kind of indicates that quite a few people aren’t fans).
I know you might not agree but for me these were pretty easy decisions. But I wanted Andra Chansen to be tough and nail biting. Anna and Lisa are obvious winners in their duels. Sweden would be more familiar with Nano than Vlad but I hope Nano improves his stage presence. And finally Rebecka killed it live in Leksand while that Arvingarna song is terrible. My final 1. Malou Prytz 2. Lina Hedlund 3. John Lundvik 4. Hana Ferm & Liamoo 5. Nano 6. Anna Bergendahl 7. Lisa Ajax 8. Mohombi 9. Bishara 10. Rebecka Karlsson 11. Wiktoria 12. Jon… Read more »
For me Andreas,Nano,Martin,Arvingarna
But it will be Andreas,Vlad,Lisa,Arvingarna
Nano will be this year Loreen with her with Statements
Duel 4. I would choose Rebeca, because her song fits ESC better than Arvingarna’s.
Though, their song has better quality (it’s good in it’s genre).
Duel 3. Lisa should go to the final.
*When I imagined Loreen singing this song, I got thrills. This new-blond-look of Loreen and dark staging… this could be a hell of a come back.
Though, I like Martin, I liked “När anglarna går hem” from MF 2014… I really didn’t like “Las Vegas” from 2005 which was just useless.
Duel 2. I don’t care…
(Nano was better than Robin in 2017, this year his song is just… low average)
Duel 1. Anna Bergendahl should easily beat Andreas (who, by the way, should win ESC in 2006, but lost with the milf that lost with the monsters)
That you Silvia Night? 😛
Torn is definitely a real contender for the win and deserved to go DTF.
After listening to all the songs, this final will be so much better than last year’s. I can’t decide on the winner, but John, Liamoo&Hanna, Jon, Wiktoria (and hopefully Lisa) would all be great Swedish entries at esc and I’m sure Sverige will come back to my top 5
Agreed, the selection for the finals this year is way better than last. I’d kind of like to see Wiktoria go to Eurovision but I suspect she might become the next Sanna Nielsen and will try out a few more times before winning the contest. The two Jo(h)n’s and Lisa would also be nice choices!
Not a contender at all. Her song is too similar to Wiktoria’s and clearly didn’t capture the public’s imagination. It’s between John, H&L and Anna. I would love to say JHF, but he doesn’t have the momentum.
anna, nano, lisa, arvingarna…. n this is how it’ll go
Let the crap/shit burn would be an appropriate translation.
Clear choices for me: Anna Bergendahl, Nano, Lisa Ajax and Arvingarna.
‘Torn’ is one of the best songs of this year’s Mello. But Lisa looks like a casting show contestant doing a cover. With a more matured artist (Loreen, Sanna Nielsen, Helena Paparizou etc.) it would have been perfect.
I can’t stop listening to Ashes to ashes and think it would place well in the final
Rooting for: Andreas, Vlad, Lisa, and Rebecka
Expecting: Anna, Vlad, Lisa, and Arvingarna
Andreas VS Anna = Anna
Vlad VS Nano = I dislike both songs so idc who wins, they’ll have a guaranteed near last place for me
Martin VS Lisa = Lisa
Rebecka VS Arvingarna = Rebecka
I’m totally agree with you!!
I find Hold you so unoriginal :/ ( Don’t let me down by Chainsmokers) Sweden has better options.
Finally someone makes the chainsmokers comparison. I heard it instantly.
What? Like everyone have already made that comparison lmao
They’re literally singing don’t let me don’t let me down in the same melody in the chorus
Other than that the melody is not same