With just a couple of days to go, Sweden will hold the fourth semi-final of ‘Melodifestivalen’. In addition to releasing the one-minute snippets earlier today, SVT has also released preview clips of the performances.
Melodifestivalen 2021: Deltävling 4
The thirty-second preview clips of the performances have been released as usual on SVT Play, which you are able to watch below:
- 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
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 fourth semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2021 will start at 20:00CET on 27th February. 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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