WHEN?: 16/5/19 (Watch live on BBC4 at 8pm)
WHERE?: Expo Tel Aviv, Pavilion 2, Israel
The UK votes in this semi, alongside fellow Big 5 members Germany and Italy, which sees many more of our favourites perform than semi 1.
WHEN?: Saturday 9 March 2019 (7pm UK time) on SVT (link to watch below)
We think there are 2 potential Eurovision Song Contest winners in tonight’s Swedish final but will Melodifestivalen viewers pick either 1 of them?
WHEN?: 7pm (UK time) 2/3/19 on SVT (link at the bottom of the page below)
WHERE: Nyköping
Anna Bergendahl (pictured) is Melodifestivalen’s least successful winner and so her appearance in Andra Chansen seems inevitable but will her redemption be realised by making it through to the 9 March final in Stockholm?
WHEN?: 7pm (UK time) 23/2/19 on SVT (link at the bottom of the page below)
WHERE: Lidköping
Last week’s Heat 3 was a real return to form with a song we really love in Lina Hedlund’s Victorious winning through to the final and so we enter Heat 4 with a spring in our step and well-placed hope in our heart.
WHEN?: 7pm (UK time) 16/2/19 on SVT (link at the bottom of the page below)
WHERE: Leksand
Last week’s Heat 2 had the disappointing double whammy of songs far less good than its predecessor and its best song finishing last but the good news is Heat 3 is a return to form.
WHEN?: 7pm (UK time) 9/2/19 on SVT (link at the bottom of the page below)
WHERE: Malmö
Melodifestivalen got off to a joyous start last weekend with Wiktoria’s glorious rain-soaked ballad Not With Me becoming our early favourite but what do we think of Heat 2’s snippets (listen and watch below)?
WHEN?: 7pm (UK time) 2/2/19 on SVT (link at the bottom of the page below)
WHERE: Gothenburg
Only a fool would predict the outcome of Saturday’s #GreatestShowOnEarth Melodifestivalen Heat 1 on the basis of the snippets available (see below) – but we’re going to have a go.
