Krassimir Vs Marlena An opera Super Duel in Semi Final 1 - Moscow 2009

Yes, it looks like we have two Opera Singers going to Moscow each

with their own combination of pop-opera. From Bulgaria we find 

KRASSIMIR

He is a male Soprano with a 4 octave range. He has lived in USA since 1999 & is freinds with the likes of Lionel Richie! A graduate of 

National Academy for Theatrical and Film Arts (NATFIZ)   and also he  received  in 2005 at LA Music awards the 'Superstar of the Year'  award.   His latest  album sums up his musical style called 'Popera' 

Check out his video clip (above) where he is transformed into a medieval knight going into battle, parts of this vid were filmed on banks of the Danube. Yet although we like this offering for Moscow the tune is not as grand as 'La Voix' lets hope we see both artists make it to 

this classical Eurov' Final! 

                                            MARLENA

FLASHBACK Charlotte Perrelli Talks from Belgrade in 2008- About Representing Sweden twice (Eurovision .tv)

Schlager-Heros 3-Charlotte Perelli (Eurovision 1999 Winner)

Charlotte Perelli.

Melodifestivalen-winner twice- a host, & icon she brought us

'Hero' last year and has become perhapes Sweden's best Eurovision

ambassador. As Charlotte Nilsson she began as the lead singer with famous

dansbands Anders Engbergs & Wizex, then in 1998 she went solo.

This meant she was choosen to take Sweden to Jerusalem in Eurovision

Song Contest 1999- where she won with 'Take me to your Heaven'

Then in Mf 2004 she took on the massive role of hosting the show and heats .

In 2008 she returned as the Mf favourite to win Melodifestivalen 2008.

Charlotte is a schlager icon today- just like in her song 'Hero' she is our

Schlager Hero 3.

'Take Me To Your Heaven' Preview Vid

Charlotte Perrelli's Hero Micophone - will become a whole building Tribute in Stockholm!

It's true, how very FABU-SCHLAGER- TISTIC!

The city of Stockholm architect Gert Wingårdh said 'I was inspired by Charlotte Perrell's Mic when she sang "Hero" in Mf 2008. It was so wonderful.

The glittering mic was the opening scene for 'Hero' performed & won by Charlotte in Mf 2008. Now its a schlager tribute!
This is a 120 meter tall hotel to be built in Kista outside Stockholm custom made for International Fairs. The facade is composed of reflective glass.

Plus the hotel lights up at night it will be seen clearly on the drive out from the airport click here to see more fabulous pics

Photo from stockholm.city.se.

SWEDENs MELODIFESTIVALEN TOP 20 SINGLES CHART 27 March 2009- as 'Tingaliin' hits No:1 i

1 (-)     P-BROS FT.DJ TREXX & OLGA
TINGALIIN

2 (4)    MARLENA ERNMAN

LA VOIX

3 (1)    E.M.D

BABY GOODBYE

4 (2)    CAROLINE AF UGGS

SNALLA, SNALLA

5 (5)    MÅNS ZELMERLÖW

HOPE AND GLORY

6 (9)    ALCAZAR
STAY THE NIGHT

7 (7)    STAR PILOTS
HIGHER

8 (3)    H.E.A.T.

1000 MILES

9 (8)   SARAH DAWN FINER
MOVING ON

10 (16)    THE POODLES

1 OUT OF TEN

11 (12)    MOLLY SANDÉN
SÅ VILL STJÄRNORNA

12 (17)    BWO
YOU'RE NOT ALONE

13 (13)     EMILIA

YOU'RE MY WORLD

14 (6)    LILI & SUSIE

SHOW ME HEAVEN                    

15 (14)     FLO RIDA FEAT KE$HA

RIGHT AROUND

16 (11)      ANGES
LOVE LOVE LOVE                         

17 (36)   DEAD BY APRIL

LOSING YOU

18 (16)     ANNA SAHLENE & MARIA STORENG

KILLING ME TENDERLY

19 (15)    NEXT 3
ESTA NOCHE                       

20 (18)        LADY GAGA

POKER FACE

ALBUM CHART TOP 6..

1 (-)     CAROLINE AF UGGLAS 
SA GOR JAG DET IGEN

2 (2)      LARZ KRISTERZ

HEM TILL DIG

3 (-) E M D
STATE OF MIND (NEW EDITION)

4 (1)       THASTROM 
KARLEK AR FOR DOM

5 (3)      U2

NO LINE ON THE HORIZON

6 (6)        ALCAZAR

DISCO DEFENDERS

++++++++

9 (-)         LILI & SUSIE

DET BASTA MED LILI OCH SUSIE

The new Sales Charts are out today! To the shock news that the Singles chart 

has been taken over by some Russian Rap song "Tingalinn"-How dare this song stop

Marlena's rightful poll position No 1. Yet this is yet another song from Mf  it is the interval

song done by P-Bros & DJ Trexx, the whole song was a joke- That following the Globen Mf  Final

caused a bit of a stir over in Russia. They did not like it & some of the Soviet references! I am not convinced it is a worthy No 1

Yet the swedes luv it, and it's the first Mf interval song to hit the top of the chart.

Meanwhile more glitterball action in the Albums Chart as many artists bring out a whole

Album to follow their Melodifestivalen Entry. Alcazar went in at No 6 last week & stay the night at 6!

Caroline Af Uggas jumps straight in at top slot with her new album, + Lili & Susie have a

Basta-Hits package coming in at 9.  Expect more Albums movement next week. As 

the Mf still has 16 songs in the Top 20, in the third week after the final, in the 2008 Charts it took the

combination of Madonna with Justin Timberlake to break up this Mf after-party !

Lets see who can do this in 09 ? While Video of the week must go to Show me Heaven- see below ; )

 

Jonathan Fagerlund's Vid for 'Welcome To My Life'

Welcome To My Life - Jonathan Fagerlund This great tune did'nt go to Globen. Still Jonathan became a big hit in the first Semi Final.

Now in the aftermath its turned out one of the best of 2009. 

The Talented Mr Rybak: He will sing for Norway in Moscow-Alexander here on NRK

Alexander Rybak in 2006 he won the talent competition Kjempesjansen (Big Chance) on NRK.

Norway TV This featured his own song 'Foolin' Here Alex sings "All I do is dream of you' on 'Ikveld' Tonight Show. And "I'm Yours" recently on Norsk Tv

Introducing Johannes with 'Moving On' - a different version

'Johannes Magnusson'  MOVING ON

is he dreaming hoping to be in Melodifestival 2010- we think so, he certainly does this Fredrik Kempe song justice. Christer Bjorkman, where are you ?

LOOOK ! Lili och Susie- 'Show me Heaven' Vid- (or- Show me Your muscle dancers)

Schlager-Heros 2-Fredrik Kempe (Songwriter of 'La Voix' & 'Hero')

Fredrik Kempe is the songwriter of 'La Voix' and no stranger to Mf. He first sang
his own song ' Finally' back in Melodifestivalen 2004, this song was a tribute to Benny Andersson. In 2005 he sang with Sanna Neilsson "Du och jag mot varlden" this finished 8 th in Mf. Fredrik
went on to have a another big hit with 'Vincero' ( see Vid) in fact you maybe thinking this is almost La Voix part 2
yet this is a famous opera classic. I recently discovered his fantastic video for the tune I already luv.
Here we can see, even if Marlena has a bad-hair day in Moscow Fredrik could easily transform
from songwriter to opera singer !
Its a great version from the swedish mastro who has wrote the Mf winner two years in a row, as well as 'Cara Mia' & 'Vagar du Vager jag'' (Sanna Nielsen 2007)
We can be assured he will bring us many more classics to the Mf stage.
He is now our 2nd 'Schlager Hero'

Schlager-Heros 1-NINA & KIM (Friends)

Now Mf 2009 is over, here at Schlagertunes we will be picking out at random some of our SCHLAGER- HEROS this will be regularly

posted on the Blog

Firstly is the two girls from dansband Friends ( 'Listen to my Heartbeat' Mf 2001 Winner )

NINA & KIM

who also entered Mf in 2004 with a great song

'En gang for alla' sadly this song did not make it to Globen 2004!

Yet Nina & Kim had some swedish hits an excellent debut album

'En annan tid' one of their hits was sung in english & chosen as

Stockholm Pride 2004 Song- its a schlager all-time classic 'Universe of Love'

and would have been a better Mf entry- and the Vid is excellent too!!

I hope the girls do a lili & susie style come-back to Mf...for now they are our first in Heros'

in the schlager hall of fame.

if Anyone wants to suggest future Schlager-Heros leave them in the comments?

ESTONIA's Urban Symphony Song for Moscow- More volins this song is a real gem- Will do well!

SWEDENs MELODIFESTIVALEN TOP 20 SINGLES CHART 20 March 2009- Globen Resuffle Part 2

1 (1)    E.M.D.
BABY GOODBYE

2 (5)    CAROLINE UGLS

SNÄLLA SNÄLLA

3 (7)    H.E.A.T

1000 MILES

4 (10)    MALENA ERNMAN

LA VOIX

5 (3)    MÅNS ZELMERLÖW

HOPE AND GLORY

6 (6)    LILI & SUSIE
SHOW ME HEAVEN

7 (8)    STAR PILOTS
HIGHER

8 (9)    SARAH DAWN FINER

MOVING ON

9 (2)    ALCAZAR
STAY THE NIGHT

10 (28)    ANNA SAHLENE & MARIA HAUKAAS STORENG

KILLING ME TENDERLY

11 (4)    AGNES
LOVE LOVE LOVE

12 (12)    MOLLY SANDÉN
SÅ VILL STJÄRNORNA

13 (17)     EMILIA

YOU'RE MY WORLD

14 (19)    LO RIDA FEAT. KEY$HA

RIGHT ROUND                    

15 (20)     VELVET 

THE QUEEN

16 (-)      THE POODLES
1 OUT OF 10                         

17 (11)    BWO

YOU'RE NOT ALONE

18 (16)     SHIRLEY CLAMP

MED HJÄRTAT FYLLT AV LJUS

19 (15)    LADY GAGA
POKER FACE                       

20 (18)    RIGO & THE TOPAZ SOUND FEAT. RED FOX

I GOT U

BUBBLING UNDER..

24  SOFIA 
ALLA

29 SCOTTS

JAG TROR PÅ OSS

37 NINA SODERQUIST
TICK TOCK

50 COOKIES & BEANS 
WHAT IF

57 MARIE SERNEHOLT

DISCONNECT ME

We are into the second week after the Mf Final now yet Marlena's winning song 'La Voix' is still only at No: 4. Normally the winner leaps up to pole position in the chart by now However popular boyband E M D are holding on to No: 1, as Caroline De Ugglas has now jumped up to No: 2 Lili & Susie hold at No: 6 - Fantastic girls your song was just meant to be at Globen for sure. Look 'Oh No' Alcazar & Agnes have dropped down the charts now already. Then two songs that did not make the Final, are high risers this week Star Pilots are up to No:7 While Anna & Marie Hanukaas Storeng stormed into Top 10 from 28, proving to be another great tune 'Killing me tenderly' just missed out on a Globen placing at least. One last mover to note is another one of my fave raves Velvet's 'The Queen' is back up to No:15 ! Stayed schlager tuned to see what happens next week will Marlena finally hit No: 1?

ALCAZAR are the 'Disco Defenders'

  ALCAZAR's New Album 'Disco Defenders' is out now plus it's a double CD collection. Now & Then, with CD 2 featuring a Greatest Hits of the band. Seeing as they never had a real greatest hits' the previous Dancefloor Deluxe CD  was the Best Remix's of Alcazar Hits. The new album has songwriting credits from Anders Hansson, Pet Shop Boys, Danny (E M D) and Oscar Görres. It will be interesting to see with Mans "MZW "album coming out as well, who will win the head-to-head battle for the Swedish Album chart Top position!
One fan-tastic thing about after Globen show is over, we get some terrific Club Mix's normally coming out like the new one for 'Stay The Night'  also found on the new album.

SWEDENs MELODIFESTIVALEN TOP 20 SINGLES CHART 6 March 2009

1 E.M.D.
BABY GOODBYE

2 ALCAZAR
STAY THE NIGHT

3 MÅNS ZELMERLÖW
HOPE AND GLORY

4 AGNES
LOVE LOVE LOVE

5 CAROLINE AF UGGLAS
SNÄLLA SNÄLLA

6 LILI & SUSIE
SHOW ME HEAVEN

7 H.E.A.T
1000 MILES

8 STAR PILOTS
HIGHER

9 SARAH DAWN FINER
MOVING ON

10 MALENA ERNMAN
LA VOIX

11 BWO
YOU'RE NOT ALONE

12 MOLLY SANDÉN
SÅ VILL STJÄRNORNA

13 KEVIN BORG
STREET LIGHTS

14 AMY DIAMOND
IT'S MY LIFE

15 LADY GAGA
POKER FACE

16 SHIRLEY CLAMP
MED HJÄRTAT FYLLT AV LJUS

17 EMILIA
YOU'RE MY WORLD

18 RIGO & THE TOPAZ SOUND FEAT. RED FOX
I GOT U

19 LO RIDA FEAT. KEY$HA
RIGHT ROUND

20 VELVET
THE QUEEN

BUBBLING UNDER......

21 NEXT 3
ESTA NOCHE

26 SOFIA
ALLA

28 ANNA SAHLENE & MARIA HAUKAAS STORENG
KILLING ME TENDERLY

29 COOKIES 'N' BEANS
WHAT IF

32 MARKOOLIO
KÄRLEKSSÅNG FRÅN MIG

41 SCOTTS
JAG TROR PÅ OSS

46 MARIE SERNEHOLT
DISCONNECT ME

51 NINA SÖDERQUIST
TICK TOCK

55 THORLEIFS
SWEET KISSIN' IN THE MOONLIGHT

Here is the full Singles chart in Sweden, & Mf has taken over with almost all the 32 songs featuring somewhere in the Top 60. In fact only 3 Singles in the whole Top 20

is not a Mf 2009 song by Lady GaGa Kevin Borg & LoRida. This is yet another record broken in 2009 for Melodifestivalen. In the Top 10 where we find perhapes a mirror image Marlena's 'La Voix' is at No;10 and then Caroline runner-up at

No; 5 (oh dear! )    E M D lead the singles pack and Alcazar look set for No; 1 soon.

These positions reflect the sales before the Globen show was aired! . Lets see just how the singles go in next weeks chart? just stay schlager tuned!