Thursday, September 1, 2011

Schlager-season starts early...


Or actually not? However it feels like we were choosing our favorites in webjoker-contest just yesterday but season of new Melodifestivalen webjoker-selection starts already in a month.
New rules are published and we're summarizing new format:
September 1-20 - SVT receives webbjoker entries.
September 21-30 - jury of channel selects 32 songs.
Since October 3 - every week people and SVT will be choosing their own semifinal winner.
(Around) November 7 - webjoker final will be held with 8 winners of semifinals (4 chosen by public + 4 chosen by SVT).
Only one winner will get to the main contest this time.

As well SVT revealed dates and cities of Melodifestivalen-2012, here they are.

Semifinal 1: February 4th, Växjö, VIDA Arena (2002,2005)
Semifinal 2: February 11, Göteborg, Scandinavium (2003-2011)
Semifinal 3: February, Leksand, Tegera Arena (2006, 2009)
Semifinal 4: February 25, Malmö, Malmö Arena (2004, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Second Chance: March 3, Nyköping, Rosvalla Nyköping Eventcenter (2007)
Final: March 10, Stockholm, Ericsson Globe (2002-2011)

4 коммент.:

Anonymous said...

Is your hero in it?

Damian said...

There are no rumours about participants yet. But we can expect them to start rolling in September.

hey said...

Hey Damian :)
Great blog. I love it :P I have got question about Melodifestivalen. Do you know when are they going to selling tickets?

Damian said...

Oh, thanx so much for kind words! :)
There's no information yet, but recent two years tickets were out around October 20.
I'll post information about tickets on blog when we'll get something official.