Sweden's Top 20 Singles Chart - One week after Globen Final 2012

Sweden's singles chart- 16th March 2012

1 : Loreen – Euphoria

2 : Danny Saucedo – Amazing

3 : Sean Banan – Sean den förste banan

4: Michel Telo - Ai se eu te pego

5: Train - Drive Me
6 : Ulrik Munther – Soldiers

7: Gote ft. Kimbra- Someone I used to know
8 : Molly Sandén – Why am I crying

9 : David Lindgren – Shout it out

10 : Dead by April – Mystery

11 : Ansiktet - Ackligt

12 : Norlie & KKV - Trojan du hatar

13 : Avicii - Levels

14 : Flo Rida ft Sia - Wild ones

15 : Lisa Miskovsky – Why start a fire

16: Moa Lignell - When I held ya

17: Laleh - Some die young

18: David Guetta ft. Sia - Titanium
19 : Björn Ranelid feat. Sara Li – Mirakel

20 : Top Cats – Baby doll

Bubbling under----
22 : Loreen – My heart is refusing me (Melo 2011)

25 : Axel Algmark – Kyss mig

26 : Loreen - Sober (single- 2011)
34 : Timoteij – Stormande hav

37 : Youngblood – Youngblood

43 : Mattias Andréasson – Förlät mig

As we like a good chart-list- this is SverigeTopplistan Top 20 - where we find the chart has

half songs from Melodifestivalen 2012 in the Top 20- One artist missing is Charlotte Perrelli for some reason

with 'The Girl' she may pop up somewhere next week.

It's interesting to see Sean Banan's second-chance song- head and shoulders above any other

non- Globen finalist- However Sean does have a new album popular at this time. Loreen has three songs

on the chart that is her previous two singles from last year.

Loreen speaks right after her Globen win at Melodifestivalen 2012

After Loreen's Euphoria took the prize she had a short chat with ESCtoday- She's tell us how she has never quiet experienced a Euphoria-

hold on in there Loreen-- it could be on it's way!

My Peter Boström All-Time 'feelgood' Top 15 Tunes

Here in M E L B -down under we are still full of Melo after-glow following the Globen Final- It could be due to Aqua being in town as well just nu!

I had chance to just reflect on Peter Bostrom past songwriting as well as Bassflow Mixes. From the songs/tunes he has added his Bostrom-Magic too- I have put together my own Top 15 and we can see a few past Melodifestivalen entries on the road to 2012's 'Euphopia'-

1 - Euphoria - Loreen

2- What a feeling Charlotte Perrelli (from 'Gone to Soon' album)

3- Manboy- Eric Saade

4- Amazing - Danny Saucedo

5- Discotheque - Elin Lanto

6- I'm in Love - Sanna Nielsen

7- Disconnect Me- Marie Serneholt

8- Thursdays - Lovestoned (see below)

9- Feelgood - Ola

10- 100 Ar Fran Nu (Bassflow Mix)- Martin Stenmarck

11- Stay - Tooji

12- Speak to Me (Bassflow Mix)- Roxette

13- Sleepless - Eric Saade

14- Headlines - Alcazar

15- Another Shape of My Heart (Bassflow Mix)- Lisa Miskovsky

Watch - Loreen's Glory Moment!! and presentation from Eric Saade

It's worth remembering Loreen won the first semi-final 1 contest in Vaxjo- and no act has ever

found winning success from being the first qualifier since 2002 when Melodifestivalen began

having semi-final rounds.

--check out here a great celebrationary hug from Thomas G:Son & Peter Bostrom

Before Melodifestivalen Peter commented on his site-

(on the subject of being songwriter of 'Amazing' & 'Euphoria' in 2012)

"I have been going through every single scenario in my head over and over again, and
no matter what the outcome will be, someone or both of my artists will get hurt.

They are fantastic human beings and I wish them only the best. They deserve the
best. They deserve to win. No matter how it ends, they are both winners in my eyes." Peter Bostrom

very true words.

Globen Melodifestivalen Final 2012 the Running order

- Is Peter on a songwriting winning-streak?

The Melodifestivalen Second chance round took place last night - and brought us the last two

entries for the Globen Final at Globen. The result was interesting to say the least for this extra semi-round It was played out by the normal duels format, I think it would be good for Melodifestivalen to return to the more

traditional 8 song vote for Second Chance- As each year the results seem to be un-balanced and some real worthy

finalist get knocked out, certainly Timoteij's 'Stormande Hav' should been in the final and Lasse Holm's

superb-schager classic 'Don't let me down' by Lotta Engberg & Christer Sjogren as well as Youngblood's

Fredrik Kempe tune. So Top Cats &

Thorsten Flinck do progress to take a place in the final.

Then that all important running order was desided on the night as well- Danny- gets prime position of song 8-

it will be interesting to note- If Danny's 'Amazing' wins and goes to Baku 2012. Peter Bostrom & Figge Bostrom

will be the

songwriters for both Sweden & Norway- this will be a first at Eurovision for any songwriting duo at least- I believe?

- and just who's table would Peter & Figge sit at in the Eurovision Baku- green room?

If Danny's Amazing is the winner next week.

1. David Lindgren - “Shout It Out” (Fernando Fuentes and Tony Nilsson)

2. Thorsten Flinck & Revolutionsorkestern - “Jag reser mig igen” (I Rise Again) (Thomas G:son and Ted Ström)

3. Dead by April - “Mystery” (Pontus Hjelm)

4. Lisa Miskovsky - “Why Start a Fire?” (Lisa Miskovsky, Aleksander With, Bernt Rune Stray, and Berent Philip Moe)

5. Top Cats - “Baby Doll” (Mårten Eriksson, Lina Eriksson, and Susie Päivärinta-Lili & Susie)

6. Loreen - “Euphoria”

(Thomas G:son and Peter Boström)

7. Ulrik Munther - “Soldiers”

(Ulrik Munther, Johan Aberg, Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, and David Jackson)

8. Björn Ranelid feat. Sara Li with “Mirakel” (Miracle) (Fredrik Andersson, and Björn Ranelid)

9. Molly Sandén - “Why Am I Crying?” (Molly Sandén, Aleena Gibson, and Windy Wagner)

10. Danny Saucedo - “Amazing” (Danny Saucedo, Peter Boström, and Figge Boström)

Danny Goes Down-Under with a scoop in Melbourne this weekend!

It truely is Amazing' and not just the new song- we are refering to the wonderful Danny Saucedo!

with a matter of weeks from his Globen final- and during this time he has become the darling of the European media

with Danny being one of the favourites to win Melodifestivalen 2012.

Yet this week Danny took sometime to do an exculsive interview with a top radio station Joy 94.9 Fm:

Our friend here in Melbourne

Alan Ross- who regularly plays lots of new schlager Melo-tunes each

Sunday afternoon on Cafe Latte

click on this link- & wait until Sunday 3rd March- at 3pm (Austrialan time) & you will hear this

treat of a full interview with Danny Saucedo himself.

I for one am counting the days- to hear Danny on Joy 94.9 Radio

This is Danny's third entry for Melodifestivalen - and it certainly has never looked stronger and

better equipped to win Melodifestivalen 2012. With his 'Amazing' tune-

-Danny's neon-space suit that floats just one of the great effects he has for 'Amazing'

performance-

There was a Fire! at Melodifestivalen 2012 semi final in Malmo !

The schlager fire brigade was at hand in Malmo last night- yet quickly defused what happen when the schlager

was almost burn-out of Melo 2012 !

The last semi-final took place and the shock top-selection of Lisa Miskovsky as the winner in round five.With her moody ballad 'Why start a fire' this was not predicted in the rehearsal to the Malmo semi-final.

Danny (runner up in Melodifestivalen 2011) was expected to take top honour with his 'Amazing' and a hi-tech

dance tune perfect for Melodifestivalen stage- so the relief came soon after when Danny was annouched as the second song to go direct-to-globen. We still think Danny's new song is far better than 'In the Club' and by rights

should be Top 3 in the Melodifestivalen Globen final.

All week at Malmo - Charlotte Perrelli with her Kempe Schager tune Charlotte has spoken out how the performace was far too costly to go into a second chance round!! - so it was Globen or nothing for 'The Girl'- So that's just what happened - more schlager in-justice as

Charlotte Perrelli came in 5th place- and without 'second chance' is out of Melodifestivalen 2012.

Check out a schlager performance with a price-tag too high for Globen! -'The girl'

The two tunes going to the second chance are Dynasty rock- number 'Land of broken dreams' and at long last

some true schlager magic from Lasse Holm with 'Don't let me down' sung by Lotta Engberg & Christer Sjogren. This number we hope will make Globen next weekend- there will be a running order for Second chance to be annouched

mid next week- fingers crossed this will mean no more duals in the second chance round- here are the contenders

with the last chance to go direct-to-globen--

The Full list of second chance 2012-

"Jag reser mig igen" – Thorsten Flinck och Revolutionsorkestern

"Sean den förste Banan" – Sean Banan

"Stormande hav" – Timoteij

"Baby Doll" – Top Cats

"Lovelight" – Andreas Johnson

"Youngblood" – Youngblood

"Land of Broken Dreams" – Dynazty

"Don't Let Me Down" – Lotta Engberg & Christer Sjögren

Charlotte Perrelli rehearsals have began for an ABBA- inspired song 'The Girl'

It's the Melodifestivalen Semi final 4 from Malmo this weekend- where the rehearsal process has begun. Above we can see Charlotte Perrelli

preparing to sing 'The Girl' a song that has already been leaked on U-Tube-

Last year we had Jenny Silver singing 'Something in your eyes' a popular Melodifestivalentune that missed out on Globen. Yet the single went on to be hugely popular mainly due to the very abba-sounding chorus of this melodifestivalen entry of 2011.

The new Fredrik Kempe tune has a simular trend- with an intro riff of Abba's 'Mamma mia' Although we have yet to hear the track -we guess it may have the impact of Raspuntin' Boney M's intro found on Eric Saade's 'Popular'

It sounds exciting all ready- more on Malmo soon-

Melodifestivalen 2012- Leksand -Round 3 is won by Molly's Lovesong

Yes Melodifestivalen always has a few surprises for 2012 - last saturday it was seeing Youngblood- the new Kempe boyband project did not get a ticket direct

to the Globen Final. In fact not even a runner up qualifing place.

The winner on the night was clearly Molly Sanden- who has certainly grown up- and has a heart wrenching ballad called 'Why am I crying?'

the title that begs the question is it anything to do with last year's Melodifestivalen heart-thob Eric Saade. Certainly for several years Molly and Eric did have a well publised romance- but now it's over- all that's left is a bromance between the famous singers.

So does Molly's ballad mirrors reality? And for this reason could this tune have pulled in more swedish public votes.

It is even being called the new 'Empty Room' (Sanne's ballad of 2009)

More Melodifestival love-stories is found with diva Charlotte Perrelli- the last time Charlotte won Melodifestivalen was in 2009 with 'Hero'. At that time it was not a personal- happy time for Charlotte as she found out her husband was having a fling while she was in Moscow! just recently Charlotte told of the distress she felt while singing Hero' for Sweden that year.

Her marriage ended soon after- now for 2012 the swedish press is full of romance again for Charlotte with a new man called Anders Jensen- who is well-known in sweden.

The headline is -Charlotte is back in Love again- just before her new schlager-tune 'The Girl' hits the SVT screens

this weekend- I hope it will be a

good- luck charm for Charlotte third time lucky--

Yes, the Youngblood has arrived for Melodifestivalen 2012

The third round of Melodifestivalen is upon us already- and so far we have four artists who have never been in a Melodifestivalen final

before- and we hope more Youngblood will come out of the Semi final in Leksand- Here is the line-up

1. Youngblood - Youngblood (Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger)
2. Maria BenHajji - I mina drömmar (Nanna Sveinsdóttir, Thomas Cars)
3. Mattias Andréasson - Förlåt mig (Mattias Andréasson)
4. Love Generation - Just a little bit (RedOne, John Mamann, Jean-Claude Sindres, Teddy Sky, Yohanne Simon, Bilal Hajji)
5. Carolina Wallin Pérez - Sanningen (Martin Bjelke, Michael Clauss, Carolina Wallin Pérez)
6. Andreas Johnson - Lovelight (Andreas Johnson, Peter Kvint)
7. Molly Sandén - Why am I crying (Aleena Gibson, Molly Sandén, Windy Wagner)
8. Björn Ranelid ft. Sara Li - Mirakel (Fredrik Andersson, Björn Ranelid)
   
   
   Youngblood are favourites proceed to the final, but as we know in melodifestivalen the unexpected can happen! - we hope the boyband with their own Kempe Magic go direct to Globen- and then Molly Sanden's ballad is also very popular and I can see Molly in Globen final for a second time.
   For some reason Bjorn Ranelid fest Sara Li is rather popular in the rehearsals in Leksand, I heard the snippet from Svt and it's my option this song would take a real Miracle' to even qualify in Baku.
   
   
   
   
   
   I must say for me Mattias Andreasson song 'Forlat mig' is abit different from EMD - I luv it! and the tune should at least go to second chance. That's what I think yet I will not be surprised if both Mattias & Love Generation fall short of qualifing in this round.
   
   
   At least we have Kempe back- wth Sweden's own One Direction- check out the tunes Here
   
   

Two New Stars debut in Melodifestivalen- Goteburg & go direct to Globen

The second semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2012 has brought us two more tunes for Globen

Ulrik Munther - Soldiers

and David Lindgren - Shout it out.

David Lindgren was not expected to do this well- perhapes a Second Chance placing - considering the big names

and Schlager veterans he was up against. He is a 29 year old Musical Theater star, who has tried out for Melodifestivalen in previous years

and 'Shout it out' is his debut performance.

The second chance placing went to two groups the popular Timoteij with Top Cats

the rock-a-billy dansband, the shocking news was both Andreas Lundsedt and Sonja Alden's I din himmel' finished outside the top 5

qualifiers, Andreas 'Aldrig, Aldrig' for me is a personal favourite for 2012- at the half way stage.

Lets hope for some more schlager in the next 2 semi finals-

We are Full of Timoteij Excitment- for saturday's semi-final

Timoteij a four girl folk band who debuted in Melodifestivalen in 2010, with their hit 'Kom' not many artists have made such an impact as these girls. 'Kom' easily qualified for the Globen final and finished in 5th place-

it made No 2 in the singles chart- then a fantastic debut album followed 'Langtan' that topped the swedish album charts. The girls also had a lot of success overseas with this swedish folk-pop sound.

NowTimoteij are as excited as ever to be back in the song contest for 2012 with a tune called 'Stormande hav' that we are told is an up-tempo song even better than 'Kom' We are hoping if this is the case the girls can go Direct to Globen. Yet there are some hard acts to beat

with Sonja Alden, Ulrik Munther both equally strong favourites. Let's not forget the wonderful

Andeas Lundstedt with another strong swedish tune as well in the semi final from Goteburg.

it's class of 2012- Melodifestivalen 2012 in QX

Each year the Gay mag QX- do a massive cover story on Melodifestivalen- This regular issue has become an annual

feast due to the new photo shoot feat. most of the Melo stars for the new season- This photo treat is organised and made possible by non-other than

Ken & Ronny -the Le fab Schlagerprofilerna guys. (many thankus to them)

This year they have even created a great issue - with the added advantage of making this swedish mag available on-line

translated into english-

VIEW HERE

check it out as it does have some great short chats with many Melo stars as well-

Deltävling 2- Melodifestivalen 2012 Göteborg

Does Ulrik- have the right stuff for Melodifestivalen 2012?

So let's have a look at Goteburg semi final this is one of my

Favorites for the reason we find 3 veterans returning for a new-go at Melodifestivalen glory.

Andreas Lundstedt without his Alcazar girls! with a powerful song of bitter sweet love.

Then let's not forget

Sonja Alden - she has a great melo track record as a singer and song writer

So it's gonna be a hard battle for those two slots at Globen. We may just see the first popular ballad come out of

Goteburg.

I have this crazy crazy idea that Timoteij - or the TimTams as my blog-translators calls

these folk-chicks- have great potential we think to win Eurovision with

the right schlager-tune! so these are the names schlager fans know already well

The other 5 all debut in Melodifestivalen- the very New Kids on the block-

Top-cats- will sing 'Baby Doll' a tune wrote by one half of Lili & Susie a duo who are always welcome to melodifestivalen - even if they are not going to give us the pleasure of a performance in 2012. That's to be done- by none other than a young Rock-a-billy/ dansband called 'Top cats'. The three guys who are very easy on the eyes (see below) and

should give us a breath of fresh-air and even a saucer of milk! who knows?

Ulrik Munther- back in 2009 Ultik Minther won Lilla Melodifestivalen & went on to win Nordic MGP 2009 with a song he wrote himself 'En vanlig dag' a very typical swedish pop hit.

He has found fame with a huge debut album- and is credited as making Lady Gaga 'Born this way' his own way with a cover of this great international pop hit. He is already a popular favourite to win this year- even before the song is made public - so don't let under estimate The Ulrik.

David Lindgren- at just 25 years of age David is a new swedish star of musical theater - with roles in High School Musical, the German version of Mamma Mia & Hairspray. So it will be interesting to see how young David does, as so many Musical stars have gone belly-up in Melodifestivalen. Let's see if the tune is something to shout about?

Thomas DiLeva- it's amazing Thomas has not eventured into melo- land before now as he

could be considered to be a New Age version of Demis Roussos from the 70's and often wears those

same kafta's. Thomas has been around since the late 80's and released an amazing 17 albums, the most recent one

in 2011.

The Running Order

1. Soldiers – Ulrik Munther

2. Baby Doll – Top Cats

3. I din himmel – Sonja Aldén

4. Aldrig aldrig – Andreas Lundstedt

5. Stormande hav – Timoteij

6. Shout It Out – David Lindgren

7. Det går för långsamt – Mimi Oh

8. Ge aldrig upp – Thomas Di Leva

Then last but not least is already a big Melo fan favourite is Mimi Oh with her own brand of 80's style

electro pop- her Ep '1986' was very popular in Sweden last year- Mimi's Melo entry is called 'Det Gar For Langsamt'

in the meantime while we wait for this tune to come out- the same songwriters have released

'Sakerhetsnal' (Safety Pin)

as a teaser of what to expect from Mimi Oh next month.

We feel a schlager classic coming up in this Melodifestivalen tune- already!

Deltävling 1- Melodifestivalen 2012 Round One- Växjö

Yes- its just a matter of weeks before the whole Melodifestivalen show kicks off on 4 th Febuary 2012

how simply exciting - so we are going to have a look at that all important running order, plus some of the new/old schlager artists in the first two shows . Eurovision fans everywhere are awaiting just to see what Sweden has in store for Baku- Round one is almost like a BBC 2 repeat of 2010, some viewers in Sweden may watch thinking 'hold on- is'nt this a song from last year! I remember this...have we got the right channel?"

All due to the fact that we have -The Moniker, the fabulous Loreen & then Marie Serneholt who sang last year but as the main host on Melo 2010! Let's check out the new names--

Abalone Dots- are a girl band from Vastervik (and before you ask 'No-Bjorn Ulvaeus is not their Manager!') In fact they are a little bit West Coast country and have had a couple of swedish albums already. With a third album on the way this spring-

Sean Banan (above)- he kicks off the show with Song 1- Sean is a TV comedian and musician + dancer-

This will be a fun start to Melo 2012, we are hoping Sean will keep his pants on for the performance- or actually maybe?

Sean- is of iranian birth, and has lived in goteburg since he was 2 years old- His main claim to fame is the

hit song 'Skaka Rumpa' that was a big hit last year in Sweden made No: 8

- so this could be his next big hit?

Le Running Order.

1. Sean Den Förste Banan – Sean Banan

2. På väg – Abalone Dots

3. I Want To Be Chris Isaak (This Is Just The Beginning) – The Moniker

4. The Boy Can Dance – Afro-Dite

5. Mystery – Dead by April

6. Salt & Pepper – Marie Serneholt

7. Jag reser mig igen – Thorsten Flinck och Revolutionsorkestern

8. Euphoria – Loreen

There is a real mix in this round with a soul - pop tune from Afro-Dite who are hoping to sing for Sweden at Eurovision for a second time

after being winners back in 2003.

Thorsten Flinck- he is new for us, mainly an actor and singer -who is known for acting as psychopaths & villains and he did a cover of 'Where the wild Roses grow' (sung by Nick Cave with Kylie Minogue of course) should we be scared by this prospect? the song translated to english means 'I rise again'

so I think we should be...a good choice for Baku?

hmmmm.....Vampires are alive (again) it did'nt work for Switzerland in Eurovision 2007.

On the subject of rock'n'horror for Song 5 expect heavy rock from a big Rock name in Sweden Dead by April- this could be the rock song of the season- wrote by Pontus Hjelm. Certainly one to watch or if not, a good time to put the kettle on.

It could mean in this year's Melo Globen Final you'll have at least one cuppa tea, think of it that way?

I will be cheering certainly in this first round for the fabulous Loreen with a Thomas G-Son tune, she can do no wrong

and Marie Serneholt as she will look and sound fantastic like Marie back in 2009

singing 'Disconnect Me'- plus Afro-Dite

if they have the right songs.

It will be a tuff first round in Melodifestivalen when just anything can happen!