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Empty Chairs at Empty Arenas: The Reality Of Melodifestivalen 2022

As the continent's biggest National Final moves from the Avicii Arena to Sweden's National Football Stadium, Ben Robertson looks at why tickets for this year's show have been so hard to sell, and what the production team does to mitigate the effect of this.

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I Don’t Give A … Why Swedes Swear At Melfest

Not just one but two naughty English language words make an appearance in today's third heat of Melodifestivalen. Ben Robertson looks at why Swedes can't help but keep swearing - and in English - at their Eurovision National Final.

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Elsie Bay, The Rasmus, And The Opposite Sides of Jezebel

Both Elsie Bay and The Rasmus sing about Jezebel, the former queen of Israel, in their prospective Eurovision entries. Ben Robertson dives into the lyrics and see similarities and differences in how the two songs portray the character known as "the archetype of the wicked woman"

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Reflections Of Russia and Ukraine At The Eurovision Song Contest
Kyiv 2017 stage (photo: Eurovision.tv / M & M Production Management)

The Eurovision Song Contest is not a political contest, but it does reflects the politics of those taking part. Nowhere can this be seen more than Ukraine and Russia. With tensions between the two countries near breaking point, Fin Ross Russell looks at how the conflict between the two countries has been reflected through the Song Contest.

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The How And Why Behind The Melfest Community Strategy
Melodifestivalen 2022 rehearsals (Leo Lookalike) (Photo: SVT)

Ben Robertson learns about the strategy behind why SVT has such diverse content at slow TV, official Discord servers and collector cards, and why they are working to create a community behind Sweden's most watched TV show.

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