Melodifestivalen: 4th semifinal

Tonight, the popular Melodifestivalen will have it’s third semifnial! Different from other years is that all the semifinals and the final will be in one place, due to the corona virus. The contest starts at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here. The contestants are:

  • Tess Merkel, “Good life”
  • Lovad, “Allting är precis likadant”
  • Efraim Leo, “Best of me”
  • The Mamas, “In the middle”
  • Sannex, “All inclusive”
  • Clara Klingenström, “Behöver inte dig idag”
  • Eric Saade, “Every minute”

You might know Tess Merkel. She was a member of the famous group Alcazar and thus took part in Melodifestivalen 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2010.
The Mamas were John Lundvik’s backing vocals in Eurovision 2019 and won Melodfestivalen 2020. Eric Saade took part in Melodifestivalen several times and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011. In 2013 he was in the greenroom to interview the artists.

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