MELODIFESTIVALEN 2026 GOSSIP OCH BITCHING THREAD

[Penelope]

Two days late but we're in the season of MELFEST SOLSTICE GIRLS That's the time of the year when we are six months away from the joy and requiem of new Melodifestivalen material, and when various Swedish C-listers with blonde dip dyes start harassing the Debs and Jimmy Joker for their latest bits of old hoof and posting mysterious Insta updates of them skulking around Stockholm studios, so in time honoured tradition, it's time for the THREAD TO BEGIN

 

[Penelope]

WISHLISTS AT THE READY HUNS

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Just need to know what LAURELL BARKER has in store for us!

 

[Penelope]

Need this to be the year JURY FAVOURITES Dolly Style get the pimp slot and WIN

 

[Penelope]

(or Meira Omar, I'm not fussy)

 

[Tisch]

Just need to know what LAURELL BARKER has in store for us!

Working with MEIRA OMA and MARIA SUR. Entering as a HOT TRIO maybe?

 

[Penelope]

Also WHEREFORE KIANA OCH THEOZ?!

 

[Tisch]

Need this to be the year JURY FAVOURITES Dolly Style get the pimp slot and WIN

Working with MEIRA OMA and MARIA SUR. Entering as a HOT TRIO maybe?

There we go, new consider the new lineup soft launched! () Yolly died on the way back to her home planet

 

[VoR]

Manifesting just ONE Schlager diva after the three year DROUGHT.

 

[Penelope]

Oh we've got to be due JESSAN by now.

 

[Kala]

Manifesting just ONE Schlager diva after 3 years of nada.

We got Elisa last year. Yes I know she’s not an OG but it was something at least.

 

[Penelope]

Also Klara absolutely counts as an honorary schlagerdiva at this point.

 

[FetchFugly]

Also WHEREFORE KIANA OCH THEOZ?!

Most of his songs since losing the Z have been quite boring. I fear disappointment when he does return.

 

[FetchFugly]

And as I post every year, this is surely the time for LILI OCH SUSSIE

 

[auretz]

Surely it’s time for a return from , “My Way” remains the most MF-of-the-00s song of recent years

 

[FetchFugly]

La Perrelli released a cover of More Than Words with her son this week. Based on that I hope HE doesn't have any MF DESIGNS

 

[Sheena]

La Perrelli released a cover of More Than Words with her son this week. Based on that I hope HE doesn't have any MF DESIGNS

She seems more interested in having a bash for Spain!

 

[PopLife]

I think Theo(z) is bound to come back. He recently won Let's Dance and was in the Swedish jury in the ESC final. He seems a priority for the industry, but I also wonder if Greczula could come back and be the chosen one next year. If it weren't for the Måns-vs-KAJ duel, he would most definitely have won. Plus of course, Medina. 2022 - 3rd, 2024 - 2nd, 2026 -?

 

[PopLife]

Manifesting just ONE Schlager diva after the three year DROUGHT.

Martin BWO and Tess Alcazar are collabing and did Stockholm Pride together. I guess they're bound to send in stuff. Also Fame, considering that "Survivors" made it to the last selection round, but was then rejected for Schlagerz and "Don Juan".

 

[Velvet Skies]

I would like to see Fröken Snusk 2.0 competing against Fröken Snusk 1.0 (now under her real identity).
Or Dolly Style VS a supergroup of all their previous members.
And Dinah Nah. One should always wish for Dinah Nah.

 

[Tisch]

Who will be the all important (no record deal) contestant though?

 

[Penelope]

Who will be the all important (no record deal) contestant though?

K Walsh you STUPID BITCH!

 

[win_the_game]

Hoping Etzia finally gets her revenge on the smoke machine.

 

[Penelope]

Hoping Etzia finally gets her revenge on the smoke machine.

She's dead love

 

[PopLife]

I wonder if they could be the 90s revival act aimed at the gays next year. They reunited recently and mentioned that they'd love to do Melfest.

 

[VoR]

I’m hoping Victoria Silvstedt tries AGAIN

 

[RobBot]

Definitely think Greczula will be the "chosen one" this year, but not sure I necessarily see him being one that will go all the way.

Medina returning could work out for them well too. I think, in the wake of KAJ winning and then coming top 3 at Eurovision, the public would get behind another "less jury sounding" entry and would like to see that turn for Sweden continue. Not that they sound anything like KAJ, but they're definitely more televote-friendly than jury-friendly.

 

[Penelope]

Top 4!

 

[Velvet Skies]

I’m hoping Victoria Silvstedt tries AGAIN

But HOW would she top the astounding success of 'Love It!' ?

 

[VoR]

We asked that question of Loreen after Euphoria, and yet…

 

[PopLife]

Karin Gunnarsson (new Björkman) is at the RIX FM festival in Stockholm today, waiting for reunited EMD. They were on Allsång på Skansen the other day. They’re so in Melfest, prob heat winners but mid result in the the final.

 

[RobBot]

After Erik last year and Danny the year before, I guess it kinda makes sense.

 

[Penelope]

BEATING now my heart is BEATING

 

[VoR]

Over 1,000 entries up on last year, though you have to wonder how much of that will be AI slop?

 

[Jacques]

Round 1 Linköping, January 31
Round 2 Gothenburg, February 7
Round 3 Kristianstad, February 14
Round 4 Malmö, February 21
Round 5 Sundsvall, February 28
Final Stockholm, March 7

We're getting some Mello in January for the first time since 2002

 

[Penelope]

Round 1 Linköping, January 31
Round 2 Gothenburg, February 7
Round 3 Kristianstad, February 14
Round 4 Malmö, February 21
Round 5 Sundsvall, February 28
Final Stockholm, March 7

We're getting some Mello in January for the first time since 2002

OMG YES!

 

[VoR]

GINA!

 

[Penelope]

YES!

 

[Suomi]

Oh thank god

 

[ButterTart]

I'm immediately obsessed with the name HAMPUS NESSWOLD. I wish my name sounded like a Countdown conundrum.