#melfest 2024

[mellopollar]

Cazzi Opeia - Give My Heart a Break (2024)

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Voting ended onFeb 1

[inthegrassdrinkinglemonade]

När ska svenska folket fatta att vi ju för fan inte kan skicka norrmän till Eurovision?

[allthesepurplelights]

IT but make it Swedish

[iridescent-glitch]

Jag antar att Gunilla har gått med på det här (annars hör vi något annat imorgon i Aftonbladet) och det gör detta 10 gånger roligare

[whats-another-song-contest]

In a statement published the same week as the first Melodifestivalen semi-final, more than 1000 Swedish artists ask the EBU to exclude Israel from this year's Eurovision Song Contest, including 2 acts participating in this year's edition of melfest: Jacqline, and both members of Medina. Also among the signatures are former melfest participants Johan Hirvi (Panetoz) and Alvaro Estrella, as well as former winners Eric Saade and Malena Ernman.

Some other notable signatures belong to Robyn, First Aid Kit, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Petra Marklund (also known as September), The Wannadies, Thomas Stenström, Miriam Bryant, Sabina Ddumba, Daniel Adams-Ray, Timbuktu, Kaliffa and many others whose names I recognise but I'm too unfamiliar with the contemporary music scene to know their work.

Below is my translation of some parts of their statement, as well as sources:

Note: The bold parts are also bold in the original statement. I have tried to use the same terminology as the statement, but I'm no expert, so be aware that there can be some mistakes.

The first link includes the full statement in Swedish as well as a list of all the signatures:

[...] What is happening in Gaza is a humanitarian disaster and the International Court of Justice in The Hague has recently decided to continue the case where Israel is accused of crimes against the Genocide Convention. Despite this the European radio- and TV-union the EBU intends to allow Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The EBU grounds its position on Eurovision being a competition between public service companies rather than states. But in 2022 the EBU chose to exclude Russia by reason of the invasion of Ukraine, and in 2021 the participating broadcaster from Belarus was denied participation because the country broke the EBU's rules for the freedom of the press. In barely four months about 100 Palestinian journalists have been killed, and foreign press has been denied access to Gaza. It is one of the greatest attacks on journalistic freedom in modern times. We are of the opinion that the EBU by allowing Israel's participation displays a remarkable double-standard that undermines the credibility of the organisation. [...] We expect both the EBU and this year's host broadcaster SVT to be consistent in their approach towards participating countries that infringe on democratic values and human rights.

[...] We who sign this are 1000 artists who believe in music as a unifying force. The Eurovision Song Contest began as a peace project to unite countries and citizens through music. To allow Israel's participation undermines not just the competition's spiritual intent but the entire public service mission. It also sends the signal that governments can commit war crimes without facing consequences. That is why we ask the EBU: Exclude Israel from the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

1 005 artister: Uteslut Israel från Eurovision

”Lägg ner dubbelmoralen, EBU och SVT”

Artister i årets Melodifestival kräver att Israel utesluts ur Eurovision

Fler än 1 000 svenska artister kräver att Israel utestängs från årets upplaga av Eurovision song contest. Anledningen är kriget i Gaza.

[lunlumo]

JEZEBEL??

[dorianwolfforest]

Vill plocka upp Björn i nackskinnet som en såndär skitsur liten kattunge

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[monokerus]

Jag begriper mig inte på årets Mellomanus. Carina är programledare - men Tina och Ronny snackar mer i sändning än vad hon gör? Och det lilla manus Carina har är... helt irrelevant? Det känns liksom som att årets manusskrivare hatar den här tävlingen och jag fattar inte varför