It’s Thursday once again, and it means we are getting closer to another semi-final for Melodifestivalen 2021. Like clockwork, SVT has now released one-minute clips of the songs that will be competing in this week’s semi-final.
Melodifestivalen 2021: Deltävling 3
The one-minute-clips of the songs have been released as usual on SVT Play. Later tonight, SVT will also release rehearsal videos of each performance.
- Charlotte Perelli – Still Young
- Emil Assergård – Om allting skiter sig
- Klara Hammarstrom – Beat of Broken Hearts
- Mustasch – Contagious
- Elisa – Den du är
- Alvaro Estrella – Baila baila
- Tusse – Voices
As previously reported, due to COVID-19, all the shows will take place in Annexet in Stockholm. You are able to find out more about this week’s show, by reading our guide here.
The third semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2021 will start at 20:00CET in February 20. Two songs will qualify for the final and two songs will be sent to the andra chansen (second chance) round.
You can also follow our Spotify playlist to have all the Melodifestivalen 2021 songs in one place when they become available:
Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest
Sweden has participated in the contest 59 times since its debut in 1958. They have missed only three contests since their debut (1964, 1970 and 1976). Since 1959, the Swedish entry has been chosen through Melodifestivalen. In 1997, Sweden was one of the first five countries to adopt televoting, and have continued to innovate the technology behind the contest whenever they host.
Sweden is one of the most successful countries at the contest, winning six contests so far. Notably, their wins span their participation history; their victories span five decades with ABBA (1974), Herreys (1984), Carola (1991), Charlotte Nilsson (1999), Loreen (2012) and Måns Zelmerlöw (2015). They currently have the second-highest number of wins, behind Ireland’s seven.
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