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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Sweden, semi 3: it's all about Ranelid

I must admit that I only heard the short rehearsal clips of this week's entries, as I have a prominent state visit from Sweden (Mommie Dearest and noone else). But I can still predict a few things pretty safely.

1 ) This week is all about Björn Ranelid. This intellectual hotshot - a high-profile author and media personality - decided to take a leap into Melodifestivalen with an entry consisting of typical eurodisco and him reciting poetry.

2 ) Nobody in Sweden will be able to take their eyes off this entry. Nobody will quite believe their eyes. And regardless of the outcome, this will be the only song people will remember after seeing tonight's semi.

3 ) Nobody outside Sweden will understand anything of this. Jaws will drop and speculation will have it that Swedish televoters have, once and for all, lost their marbles big time.

4 ) Oh yeah, and someone will make it to Globen. Quite probably Molly Sandén. And someone else. Quite probably the poetic eurodisco.

5) When this week is over, Loreen will still not have a real contender against her and "Euphoria" will still be sky-high favourite to represent Sweden in Baku.

Full review after the show, maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow. But what do you think?

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for your insights as always Tobson :-) Helps foreigners like me understand a little about the odd decisions and voting patterns! Especially with choices like Björn Ranelid (and how someone like Thomas Di Leva even managed to make it into the heats earlier?!). I'm backing Youngblood, surely the Kempe and Krueger factor will help push the song into the Final?

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