Here is a photo of the artists forming part of the 12 entries in the Swedish 2017 selection.
Hope for a great show
FO&O
Lisa Ajax
Boris René
Anton Hagman
are the 4 artists that qualified to the final of SVT Melodifestivalen last night and will go to the final.
Loreen missed out and some had expected it, while it came as a shock to others.
The running order in the final will be
01. Ace Wilder
02. Boris René
03. Lisa Ajax
04. Robin Bengtsson
05. Jon Henrik Fjällgren feat. Aninia
06. Anton Hagman
07. Mariette
08. FO&O
09. Nano
10. Wiktoria
11. Benjamin Ingrosso
12. Owe Thörnqvist
The third semi final in Sweden is tonight and here are my impressions of the 7 songs on offer
7th place – OWE THORNQUIST
Maybe he is well known in Sweden but will be a disaster for Europe, I cannot see anybody there voting for him
6th place – BELLA & FILIPPA
Innocent song and one of them is extremely blond but this is the kind of song you expect from Malta or Portugal, sure not from Sweden
5th place – KRISTA SIEGFRIDS
Her Finnish entry in 2013 was so strong and catchy – this is quite sleepy, but nice it is in Swedish
4th place – JASMIN KARA
Lovely dress and a song called GRAVITY – we already had such a title for Ukraine one year and will have it for Cyprus this year, so this will go to second chance
3rd place – ANTON HAGMAN
Better looking than his song, reminds me of Frans last year – young male which appeals to the younger generation – also second chance for him
2nd place – FO & O
This is actually my favourite song but from what I have seen, they go not present the song well and the 3 guys are dressed in all sorts of clothes which does not seem to make any impression
1st place – ROBIN BENGTSSON
He did well last year, and he should win this semi final, the best staging of the night. The song could have been a bit stronger, but then I heard just 30 seconds