In 2015, the popular Swedish national selection will be changed and with that change undergo the biggest renewal since 2002.
A third place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 for Sanna Nielsen does not reflect the down going star of the concept of the Melodfestivalen in Sweden itself. About 800.000 less viewers in this year's national selection, unhappy record labels and presenters who were criticsized during the selection made the responsable persons within Swedish broadcaster SVT renew the concept of the competition to install a Melodifestivalen in which people show back more interest in.
Thus the numbers of show will be the same (4 semifinals, a second chance and the grand final), the numbers of participants will be reduced from 8 to 7 in each semifinal. Means instead of 32 competitors 28 participants will fight to represent one of the moste successful countries in Vienna. From every semifinal 2 entries will qualify directly to the final, the songs placed on 3rd and 4th will have a second chance to qualify a week ahead the final. In this show - Andra chancen - instead of 2 as it was during the last years 4 - so half of the line up - will qualify for the final, which means in the last Show 12 participants fight for the golden ticket to Vienna.
The viewers will have a chance to vote for their songs already during the competition but the votes per person is limited to 20 for one song, but as many songs as they want. SVT works also on an app whichh could replace the televoting - if you want to.
The submission phase for artists and songwriters are already closed and SVT announced that about 2.177 entries were received for the Melodifestivalen. in the upcoming days a Swedish jury will sit together and find out the 28 semifinalists and at the same time as they will announce the participants they als will tell when, in which cities and in whch venues the semifinals, the second chance show and the final will take place.
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