Feb 7, 2009
Feb 6, 2009
Lets get this 'festivalen Started - Goteburg is Alive as 1st Semi-Final Winner predictions are made?
The hours are counting down now......excitment has reached fever pitch for the opening night of
MELoDiFESTIVALEN 2009
in Goteberg. What a grand display of the cream of the 'Swedish Pop & Rock !' we have in the opening show on saturday. With schlager Stars like Alcazar, Shirley Clamp, making a sizzling comebacks the newbies are Scotts Marie Serneholt & Emilia.
It will be interesting to see with such a strong cast though out the heats and a new international jury. What will happen??
Plus the 'Duel Moment' one-on-one play off's will be used, as was seen in last years 'Second Chance' show. These duel play off's will pick the winners that go to the Final from each semi. There may even be some Schlager casualies along the long road to Globen. (Stay schlager-tuned to find out more..)
Schlager-tunes will have its own verdit, when we can get to finally hear some of the songs, stay tuned on this page for that. Meanwhile 'Expressen' paper in Sweden already have given Alcazar & Shirley the thumbs up to go DTG (direct to Globen) with Scotts & Marie getting the 2 nd chance.
They like 'Stay the night' as a thumping disco stomped not unlike the bands recent chart hits! (Also don't miss a Vid of Andreas presentation of last weeks the Top GayGalen Award below)
Feb 4, 2009
Feb 3, 2009
ANDREAS LUNDSTEDT TAKES THE GAYGALAN PRIZE With other MELODIFESTIVALEN Stars from 2008
Monday night was 'QX Gala Awards' at Cirkus in Stockholm. QX magazine readers chose some Melodifestivalen favourites with runner up from MF 2008 'Empty Room' as The Year's Best Swedish (wrote) Song also last years fun Host Björn Gustafsson took 2 awards as well as Years Best TV Star The nights BIG Award of Best Homo went for the second time to Andreas Lundstedt of Alcazar. Here is the full results.
Years Best Homo: Andreas Lundstedt
Years Best Hetero: Gustaf Skarsgård
Years Best Kämpe: Jan Wisén, Brandförsvaret
Years Best Gaystore: Gossip (Göteborg)
Years Best Artist: Amanda Jensen (Swedish Idol)
Years Best Swedish Song: ”Empty Room” Sanna Nielsen
Years Best Inernational Song: ”I Kissed a Girl” Katy Perry
Years Best Newcomer: Björn Gustafsson
Years Best Film: Patrik 1,5
Years Best Duo: Gustaf Skarsgård & Torkel Peterson
Years Best Blogg: Per-Robin's Gaybloggen
Years Best TV-program: ”Bonde söker fru”
Years Best TV-Star: Björn Gustafsson (again, yeeaaah)
Years BestBook: ”Mamma, mormor & jag” Kim Kärnfalk
Years Best Keep-up-the-good-work: Volunters for Stockholm Pride
Years Honour Prize: Hate Shelter
The nights other BIG winner was Gustaf Skarsgård from a movie 'Patrik 1.5' alone combined Years Best Hetero, together with Torkel Peterson was named Duo of the Year, and also the Years Best Film 'Patrik 1,5' three awards in total.
Watch Andreas Award presented by Måns Zelmerlöw & Marie Serneholt + his reactions below in report (swedish)
Jan 29, 2009
Jan 26, 2009
The ABBA History Book on the shelf, really did repeat itself ! As the girls Except a 'Lifetime Achievement' ROCKBjornen !!
Agnetha Faltskog (58 ) & Anni-Frid Lyngstad Reuss( 63 ) very rarely make any public appearences, so the girls who sung 'Waterloo' back in 1974.
Shocked the swedish public by taking to the stage to except ABBA's Lifetime achivement Rockbjornen ( Rockbears-Swedish Grammis ) This kind of award is so often excepted by Bjorn & Benny now-a-days.
This amazing event missed alot of international News reports and a few Abba fan site gave a full report. Yet a detailed 'english' report from Aftonbladet can be found HERE PLUS a swedish Agnetha Radio interview with many recent pics HERE
What the Abba girls gave was so much more than an acceptance speech, LIVE on stage a 10-minute interview followed. This most interesting chat from the girls revealed, they were always good Friends never enemies. In the bands hey-day although they lived the high life travelling and on tour they always returned home to domestic washing up and cooking.
Frida really put Agnetha on the spot a bit, when she said 'I always wanted to ask you if we could make an album together !' They both laughed & Agnetha explained it was difficult to be motivated today to make music when they have private lives now far removed from the music scene. Agnetha did reveal she still writes songs herself, and listens to Laleh & Robyn at home, Frida added she has been a big Robyn fan for a while !!
Yes, this History book on the shelf will always be repeating itself - Thankfully
Jan 18, 2009
I have always had a fascination with the Air Pilots, in any shape or form, so as this Year Mf have there very own
'Star Pilots' I just had to find out more. They are know as M-30, M-31, & M-32 + Johan Becker. They had a recent Euro Hit with 'In the heat of the Night' a Digital Dog mix of this has been featured in Ministry of Sound 2009 Annual CD ( Hear MIX below) Most recently they have done an upbeat version of Chesney Hawkes 1991 No;1 Hit 'The one and only' which is just as good if not better than the original.
Johan Becker- The man behind the sun shades, he is a songwriter and former teacher from Helsinki. He was one half
of The Wallstones who sung 'Invisible People' in Melodifestivalen 2005. Johan wrote 'Har stannar jag kvar' for Sandra Dahlberg in Mf 2004 as well.
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