MELODIFESTIVALEN 2026 GOSSIP OCH BITCHING THREAD

[Penelope]

A lot to look forward to in there, and quite a lot of new names / welcome old names who haven't been in for a while back too.

 

[Tisch]

Am I mad for thinking this could be Smash Into Pieces'es's' year?

 

[Agneeta]

Am I mad for thinking this could be Smash Into Pieces'es's' year?

If you're looking straight trash, I'm standing behind Medina.

 

[Penelope]

God oh god I hope Meira Omar has somehow got the pimp slot in heat four this year

Also OMG at two Dream Team cowrites in heat one!

 

[Penelope]

Also Sanna Nielsen BRUNETTE SHOCK?

 

[dUb]

Pimp slot, these writers, she's taking it!!! (all the way to 9th in the final)

Jacqline - Woman
Written by Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy Jansson, Moa ”Cazzi Opeia” Carlebecker, Thomas G:son

 

[VoR]

Sanna’s in her Rosa Klebb era.

 

[Tisch]

Pimp slot, these writers, she's taking it!!! (all the way to 9th in the final)

Jacqline - Woman
Written by Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy Jansson, Moa ”Cazzi Opeia” Carlebecker, Thomas G:son

Same heat as A*Teens and Grezcula though

Are these the running orders? Or will they come closer to the time?

 

[dUb]

They're usually announced in perf order no?

And yeah, unfortunate, but I believe in OUR JACQ

 

[ButterTart]

Same heat as A*Teens and Grezcula though

Are these the running orders? Or will they come closer to the time?

Oh Grezcula can fuck clean off.

 

[VoR]

Running orders will be confirmed at a later date I believe.

 

[Music]

This, on paper, feels the most exciting line up in a while!

 

[Penelope]

Yes, someone (usually me ) makes this mistake every year - they've been announced in alphabetical order

 

[VoR]

Initial odds from Unibet. Reminder that KAJ were dead last here last year.

Medina 7.00
Smash Into Pieces 7.00
Greczula 8.50
A*Teens 10.00
FELICIA 12.00
AleXa 14.00
Robin Bengtsson 14.00
Cimberly 16.00
Sanna Nielsen 16.00
Arwin 21.00
Bladë 21.00
Jacqline 21.00
Meira Omar 21.00
Saga Ludvigsson 21.00
Timo Räisänen 21.00
Brandsta City Släckers 31.00
Vilhelm Buchaus 31.00
Emilia Pantić 51.00
Eva Jumanate 51.00
Felix Manu 51.00
Korslagda 51.00
Laila Adèle 51.00
Lilla Al-Fadji 51.00
Patrik Jean 51.00
Erika Jonsson 76.00
Indra 76.00
Junior Lerin 76.00
Klara Almström 76.00
noll2 76.00

 

[VoR]

Robin with shorter odds than Sanna is a choice.

 

[Penelope]

I don't understand why people are doubting Sanna so much. She will be accessible and relatable to ALL age groups

3-9 - 'that lovely woman looks like my mummy'
10-15 - 'I love this chord progression, it sounds like a day out!'
16-29 - 'look how mode and sexy this woman is - she is the peak of cutting-edge fashion! Her brown hair reminds me of Billie Eilish'
30-44 - 'we have grown up with Sanna - she is the voice of a generation'
45+ - 'she is the daughter I never had'
Telephone - 'I am picking up the telephone to vote for the patron saint of Sweden and our national treasure'

With G:son at the helm she will undo ALL of our sads! You WILL vote for this!

 

[Penelope]

Sanna’s in her Rosa Klebb era.

I was thinking Princess Margaret

 

[VoR]

30-44 - 'we have grown up with Sanna - she is the voice of a generation'

If you're going to directly quote me, at least include a citation!

 

[Penelope]

Wasn't that the quote you did for Ace Wilder?

 

[Penelope]

Also god love Robin carrying on with his occasional vein (and the grand Melfest tradition) of consciously emulating ABBA song titles

 

[Penelope]

Also Saga Ludvigsson with a Dotter cowrite could be quite tasty.

 

[VoR]

I really should collate all my ill-researched and hyperbolic descriptions of Swedish Melfest regulars into some kind of document.

Sanna Nielsen - THE VOICE OF A GENERATION
Jessica Andersson - A SWEDISH NATIONAL TREASURE
Anna Book - THE SWEDISH J.LO
Kikki Danielsson - THE SWEDISH AMY WINEHOUSE
Anna Bergendahl - SWEDEN'S MOST HATED WOMAN

etc.

 

[VoR]

A reminder of her power

 

[Penelope]

Also I'd ordinarily have no time for the intermittent comedy botherer of the year, but that one in heat 5 having Edward af Sillén on lyric writing duties is potentially promising for something actually funny.

 

[Samuel]

I feel for the sound engineer that’s going to have rifle through their saved mic volume presets for Army of Lovers’ ‘Rockin’ The Ride’ so they can use it again for A*Teens.

 

[Penelope]

SHALL WE?



*Loreen stifles titters backstage*

 

[Penelope]

Screaming, crying and dying!

 

[Penelope]

Love that STYLE bar being set at a sensible 64

 

[Lucille]

Here for MYRA and JACKIE!!

 

[Penelope]

Also Robert Skowronski who cowrote Bara bada bastu seems to have his hands over a few of this year's entries.

 

[ButterTart]

So which songs are most likely to prompt someone to use the ‘To Shreds, You Say?’ Meme?

 

[Penelope]

So which songs are most likely to prompt someone to use the ‘To Shreds, You Say?’ Meme?

FELICIA, Jacqline, and A*Teens

 

[ZenGiraffe]

TO SHREDS YOU SAY?

 

[FetchFugly]

I agree this line up looks potentially rather good.

However, FUMING that Lili och Sussie have been SHUNNED YET AGAIN. Do 40 years of glorious, ridiculous pop count FOR NOTHING?

 

[FetchFugly]

Also Saga Ludvigsson with a Dotter cowrite could be quite tasty.

I wonder if this means she has sacked off what might loosely be described as country. She was definitely better than the song this year.

 

[RobBot]

Also Robert Skowronski who cowrote Bara bada bastu seems to have his hands over a few of this year's entries.

Infact, the Brandsta City Slackers song seems to have inherited pretty much the whole Bara Bada Bastu team, bar KAJ themselves.

 

[Pingu]

I wonder if this means she has sacked off what might loosely be described as country. She was definitely better than the song this year.

Nah, Dotter's doing country stuff now.

 

[Suomi]

TEASERS

Spoiler

Meira Omar’s song is bigger than Hush Hush in the sense that it will contain much more choreography and FIRE

Patrik Jean’s song is uptempo and he thinks you can go clubbing to it

Arwin’s song is also uptempo - it’s about the state of the world right now and he thinks it’s best listened to before you go out. He doesn’t know how to dance but he will try.

Robin Bengtsson is country-pop

A*Teens have a winning song

AleXa is extremely clubby K-pop @zengiraffe

Blade/Isa is uptempo

 

[ZenGiraffe]

AleXa is extremely clubby K-pop @zengiraffe

You didn't even tag me correctly and this summoned me instantly!

 

[Suomi]

And in similarly exciting news this line-up is so sensational my husband and I have had no choice but to book tickets to Sweden to see Marie Serneholt/Sara Lumholdt get the Melfest win they are LONG overdue