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PREDICTIONS: Melodifestivalen 2024 Heat 1 starring Elisa Lindström & Smash Into Pieces

Posted on by mrmonstagigz

By Aline Mahrud

WHEN?: 7pm UK time 3 February 2024

WHERE?: Malmö Arena, Malmö WHERE DO I WATCH?: SVT Play

This year’s Melodifestivalen has 4 rather than 5 heats with this opener from the venue where the Eurovision Song Contest final itself will take place on Saturday 11 May 2024.

  • Read on for reasons including who we think will be going straight to the final

2 acts from each heat will go straight to the final with 2 more going into a run-off at the end of Heat 5 for the 2 remaining final places.

  1. Adam Woods Supernatural (Adam Woods, Calle Hellberg, Jonna Hall, William Segerdahl) PREDICTION: Final

Woods competed with Jon Henrik Fjällgren and Arc North making last year’s finalen with Where You Are (Sávežan) which finished 4th. He co-writes this song with 2 of the authors of his previous hit. It’s a strong opener promising upbeat dance and this clip certainly whets the appetite.

2. Samir & Viktor Hela världen väntar (The whole world is waiting) (David Kreuger, Fredrik Kempe, Niklas Carson Mattsson) PREDICTION: Run off

This duo have competed in MF 3 times. Their most successful attempt was their last in 2018 with Shuffla when they finished 4th, in 2016 they finished last in the finalen with Bada Nakna (Bathing naked) and in 2015 they finished 8th with Groupie. Lots of strong uptemo competition in this heat which might be to this duo’s detriment.

3. Melina Borglowe Min Melodi (My melody) (Andreas Mattsson, Melina Borglowe, Thomas G:son) PREDICTION: 6th

1 of 2 G:son co-writes in this heat and this beautiful ballad might need longer than its allotted 3 minutes to become an earworm. Borglowe is new to MF, co-write G:son is an old hand and Mattson sang with a band called Popsicle who alongside The Wannadies started the 1990 indiepop wave in Sweden.

LISTEN TO ONE-MINUTE CLIPS OF THESE SONGS

4. Elisa Lindström Forever Yours (Elisa Lindström, Erik Bernholm, Henric Axelsson, Henrik Sethsson, Thomas G:son) PREDICTION: Run off

The 1 we’re most excited to hear (main picture). This sounds like exactly the sort of old school schlager that made us fall in love with MF back in the early 00s. Might be a struggle for Lindström to progress but we’re with her every step of the way. Lindström is the lead singer with dansband Elisa’s and competed solo in MF in 2014 with the song Casanova finishing 5th in her heat and in 2021 with Den du är (Who you are) when she finished last in her heat.

5. Lisa Ajax Awful Liar (David Lindgren Zacharias, Sebastian Atas, Victor Crone, Victor Sjöström) PREDICTION: 5th

Ajax last competed in MF in 2022 with the Niello duet which we loved and was called Tror du att jag bryr mig (Do you think I care?) which finished last in its heat. Ajax competed in 2016 when she was 7th and in 2017 and 2019 where she made the finalen and finished 9th on both occasions. This is the more commercial of the 2 ballads and it will be touch and go for Ajax.

6. Smash Into Pieces Heroes Are Calling (Andreas “Giri” Lindbergh, Benjamin Jennebo, Chris Adam, Hedman Sörbye, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Per Bergquist) PREDICTION: Final

This rock band competed in MF for the 1st time in 2023 with the song Six Feet Under and finished a creditable 3rd. This year the band collaborates with similar writers on the band’s 2nd entry. Rock bands don’t traditionally do well at MF but this group have been releasing music since 2009 and Thörnfeldt co-wrote Loreen’s Eurovision winner Tattoo. This is more of the same but didn’t quite please us in a similar way on the basis of its 60-second clip.

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