Melodifestivalen 2025: Deltävling Four (Malmö)

[IntoTheDark]

I quite like the thought of Måns selling his SURREY NEW BUILD to fulfil his dream of winning Eurovision again (which is allegedly all self funded!) only to crash and burn in the finals.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

I quite like the thought of Måns selling his SURREY NEW BUILD to fulfil his dream of winning Eurovision again (which is allegedly all self funded!) only to crash and burn in the finals.

WE CAN PRAY

 

[Penelope]

And according to Instagram, used the proceeds from the house sale to invest in CHEAP PLONK.

Oh he's had an Insta clearout before this heat, clearly

 

[Penelope]

I have RECEIVED LEAKS of all the songs out

 

[Penelope]

ANDREAS - VICIOUS

Very exciting sound - possibly too modern to win the Eurovision Song Contest. Has a bridge inspired by VISIONARY DREAM (he sings about the fact he is having a 'Viciousnary Dream'). The entire final minute of the song is the manuscript of cutie of the evening delivered as a rap verse, in the style of the rap verse in Süperstar (Turkey 2006). I cannot rave enough!

 

[Penelope]

ELLA TIRITIELLO - THIS SONG IS BY LOREEN

Ugh Loreen's moaning about how Rylan won't stop following her. It's like The Boy Can Dance but if it was My Heart Is Refusing Me. I don't think this little blonde Laura Palmer girl can actually sing - she appears to die halfway through the second verse? A tall woman with long dark hair and really long nails takes over the rest of the song. Very competitive, probably going to win

 

[Penelope]

TENNESSEE TEARS - YOURS

This song is too strange to describe! It's a direct cover of Need You Now by Lady Antebellum

 

[Penelope]

KAJ - WE ARE FINNISH

Loooove how Kuunkuiskaajat have all finally had top surgery. Very sultry tango-influenced bop about going to the local sauna/darkroom. WRS dances sensually in the background. Robyn has already tweeted about how excited she is by this and has promised to enter Mello next year immediately as a result

 

[Penelope]

AmenA - DO GOOD, BE BETTER

Very lecturing song! She lists all the moral values we should uphold in day to day life and tells us off like a dog that has just stolen a pizza off the counter. Subtle Mikrofonkåt and Rednex influences. The last minute sees AmenA sentence the listener to death for not being better. I think this will appeal highly to 10-15s and voters over 45 (but NOT over 54)

 

[Penelope]

MÅNS ZELMERLÖW - LOVE ME PLEASE

Very strong Rudebox inspiration - he comes onstage holding a placard saying he has protected the wetlands with long nails and hair, and starts dancing mysteriously in the mist between a large sandwich press. A shoutout to the District line happens in the second verse. The chorus, which has heavy Lillasyster influences, is about the need to overthrow Donald Trump and/or Ireland from the Eurovision leader board. The last minute sees him don a bright pink bolero and begin a choreographed routine onstage that looks like a group sex act, while taking inspiration from 2Unlimited musically. This will definitely make it to at least andra chansen. Linnea Henriksson is already tweeting "fuck! I should've done that!"

 

[dUb]

Here we are then!

 

[Lucille]

Ew.

 

[ButterTart]

Well, WHAT CAN I SAY about this latest crop? They certainly fall under the banner of 'music'. To these ears, it sounds like both minims AND quavers were employed in crafting them. The clips were all roughly a minute long. I also want to say fire the casting director or scrap the semi-finals if this is how hard up they are for entrants, but I'll reserve judgement until I've heard them all in full.

Andreas - Maybe this is a non-native English speaker thing, but don't call your song 'Vicious' and give us this lowkey Lovers of Valdaro affair. I'm bitterly disappointed.
Ella - Generic filler shit that's infested every heat for the last few years.
Tennessee Tears - Interesting. Doesn't sound like it's a patch on Now I Know but could be catchy in full.
KAJ - I actually think this one sounds splendid, which I assume means it will be long dead by the time we get to the Malou or bust splitscreen.
AmenA - Is this a joke? Is it? What the fucking fuck is it even supposed to be? HORRENDOUS.
Mans - Clearly winning the heat. It's just Heroes II, and sounds like it's from the same time period. I don't think this anachronism is winning Eurovision.

 

[ButterTart]

Klara remains the only credible winner thus far, which is a fucking PATHETIC assessment of modern Melodifestivalen. It's unbelievable that this is the same contest that gave us insanely competitive years like 2009 and 2016 when far too many of this year's crop feel like they're just here to pad the runtime and never be listened to again.

 

[Sheena]

Here we are then!

What the fuck is that?

 

[ButterTart]

What the fuck is that?

Every track on a 2014 Now album put into a blender.

 

[Music]

Here we are then!

Yeah that surely isn’t winning? It sounds straight out of 2015.

 

[Sheena]

I don't understand why a returning Eurovision winner would want to come back with something exactly the same that is clearly not going to be competitive in the main competition. Returning winners don't trade on old glories, they push the envelope, they should drive the contest forward with innovation and a level of class only a former winner can bring...

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Apparently the staging is YONIC

 

[Soldi]

It’s giving LESLEY ROY

 

[ZenGiraffe]

It’s giving LESLEY ROY

Not as VAGINAL as I was expecting

 

[Suomi]

The whole thing:

 

[Penelope]

Oooh, RELEASED IN NEW ZEALAND

 

[Suomi]

I don't understand why a returning Eurovision winner would want to come back with something exactly the same that is clearly not going to be competitive in the main competition. Returning winners don't trade on old glories, they push the envelope, they should drive the contest forward with innovation and a level of class only a former winner can bring...

and since that iconic day, I cannot walk from point A to point B without recreating that last 30 seconds

 

[Lucille]

He’s quite daddy here.

 

[Sheena]

and since that iconic day, I cannot walk from point A to point B without recreating that last 30 seconds

...whilst muttering UNGRATEFUL EUROPEAN PIGS under my breath

 

[Sheena]

The whole thing:

So he not only rips off Heroes but Wrecking Ball, which he also covered at some point, did he not?

 

[Suomi]

So he not only rips off Heroes but Wrecking Ball, which he also covered at some point, did he not?

I hear: Heroes, Love Me Again, Constellation Prize, I Hope, Walk on Water and just a touch of Who We Are featuring Jenifer Brening

 

[Suomi]

Possibly only for the ears of @ButterTart but I’ve just realised KAJ are the same group who released the marvellous TEXT-TV five years ago…

 

[Kratz]

That is very pedestrian from Mans. How many of these rousing, life-affirming, but claptrap entries are going to make the final?

 

[dUb]

I can’t wait to hear the AMAZING LAST 20 SECONDS

 

[dUb]

I can’t wait to hear the AMAZING LAST 20 SECONDS

Oh.

 

[dUb]

I can see it winning Melfest SORRY TO SAY but hopefully not

(I do quite like it though )

 

[Pingu]

Oh it's absolutely winning Melodifestivalen and it won't even be close (I've only listened to the 60 second clip and didn't care for it).

 

[Sheena]

Oh yeah, it's blatantly winning unless there is something terrible about the staging, but you can't see him having a Danny-esque horror show with that, he's got form enough.

 

[D5K]

Finland now the favourites on Betfair Exchange

 

[ButterTart]

I actually don’t dislike it as a song but it feels so dated and by-numbers. It all feels a bit beneath him and the contest.

 

[Sheena]

I actually don’t dislike it as a song but it feels so dated and by-numbers. It all feels a bit beneath him and the contest.

Exactly. It's like it was written by AI.

 

[Penelope]

1 - ANDREAS - VICIOUS - Shaking my breasts WILDLY to this HOT NONSENSE If Justyna could prove the power of the 50-something woman in Poland, I believe Andreas can prove the power of the 50-something queen in Sweden

2 - KAJ - I did not see me putting the Finnosvensk novelty in second but this does feel like it's going to be a big fun moment on Saturday

3 - Tennessee Tears - their least objectionable entry yet! I'm glad they have learned what a chorus is

4 - Måns -

5 - Ella Tiritiello - it might be a grower but my god I wanted something from the Loreen album that's clearly never going to be released, not TASTEFUL BACKGROUND MUSIC

6 - AmenA - much has been done over the last few years to halt the scourge of Biktopia-pop, but clearly there is more still to be done

 

[Penelope]

Finland now the favourites on Betfair Exchange

Ludicrous.