PREVIEW: Melodifestivalen 2025 Heat 3 starring Dolly Style, Malou Prytz & Annika Wickihalder

By Neil Durham

WHEN?: Saturday 15 February 2025 7pm UK time

WHERE?: ABB Arena, Västerås

Will it be 4th time lucky for a girl band with a rotating membership to rival the UK’s own Sugababes?

  • Read on for reasons including Dolly Style, Malou Prytz and Annika Wickihalder
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PREVIEW: Melodifestivalen 2025 Heat 2 starring Klara Hammarström & Eric Segerstedt

By Neil Durham

WHEN?: Saturday 8 February 2025 7pm UK time

WHERE?: Scandinavium, Gothenburg

Hammarström has made the finalen in each of her last 2 Melodifestivalens and has co-written an entry with 4 of the authors of 2023 Eurovision winner Tattoo.

  • Read on for reasons including Eric Segerstedt and Schlagerz
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PREVIEW: Melodifestivalen Heat 1 2025 starring John Lundvik & Albin Johnsén feat. Pa

By Neil Durham

WHEN?: Saturday 1 February 2025 7pm UK time

WHERE?: Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå

Melodifestivalen turns 65 this year, in 2024 gave us Unforgettable Norwegian twins Marcus and Martinus as victors and we see them live in London in March, the biggest compliment we can pay an act.

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SONG OF THE MONTH: Eurostar by Nemo (December 2024)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

Next year’s 69th Eurovision Song Contest is in Basel, Switzerland thanks to Nemo, the show’s 1st non-binary winner, with a song that placed 5th in its televote but was the runaway jury winner.

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SONG OF THE MONTH: Cupid’s Bow by Olly Alexander (October 2024)

Cupid’s Bow is the 2nd single from Alexander’s debut solo album Polari out early next year and it has a thumpingly muscular bassline courtesy of Dua Lipa producer Danny L. Harle that takes aim and hits its dancefloor bullseye.

  • Read on for reasons including how to see Alexander on his 2025 European tour including at London’s Palladium
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