Melodifestivalen 2024: Deltävling Two (Göteborg)

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Last week's opener was a bit of a let-down, despite a schlager diva bucking the trend and clawing her way to Andra Chansen. Will heat two up the stakes a little?

1. Maria Sur - When I'm Gone
Anderz Wrethov, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Julie "Kill J" Aagaard, Maria Sur
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Ukrainian Maria gave us all the fear last year that her incredibly basic ballad might harness enough sympathy to spoil things for Loreen. In the end, common sense prevailed but she did well enough to grab a second shot at the title. Hopes are high for an Ellen Benediktson-esque songbird to SLUT makeover.

2. Engmans Kapell - Norrland
Larry Forsberg, Lennart Wastesson, Sven-Inge Sjöberg
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This year's obligatory folk-rock outfit. Their biggest hit to date sounds promisingly jaunty, so if you have a soft spot for a shouty sea shanty this grizzled lot may be up your alley.

3. Dear Sara - The Silence After You
Benjamin Rosenbohm, Jonas Thander, Marcus Winther-John, Sara Nutti

Likely to cool things down a bit after Engmans have spilt their rum all over the stage, this quirky singer songwriter has moderate buzz from the fans on name only. Having sampled her wares on Spotify, her material seems to have something resembling a pulse, so she should at least be more interesting than Sophie Habibis-Borglowe from heat one.
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4. C-Joe - Ahumma
Charles Koroma, Diana Kambugu, Michael Didriksson, Palle Hammarlund, Tony Malm, Twice Ice
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As far as I can tell, the lowest-profile entrant in this heat. This Cameroonian-Swede's stock in trade seems to be sunny reggae music, so this should be affable filler at worst.

5. LIAMOO - Dragon
Anderz Wrethov, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Julie "Kill J" Aagaard, Liam Cacatian Thomassen
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I posted back in 2022 that if LIAMOO couldn't win on his third try, he was in danger of entering the Andreas Johnsson/Linda Bengtzing/Mariette school of ever diminishing returns mixed with ever increasing sense of desperation. Well, he didn't win and here he is again, so we'll see if my grim prediction pans out. For what it's worth, he/his label seems to be throwing a fair bit of cash at the stage show for this, but the fact that he was denied the pimp slot in favour of a flashy new name may not bode brilliantly for him...


6. Fröken Snusk - Unga & fria
Fröken Snusk, Sara Ryan
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This year's tabloid-baiting chaos agent, the mysterious Fröken Snusk are riding in on a wave of controversy, not least around the recent allegations that their entire career might be some kind of elaborate SCAM. Their material tends towards rowdy party dance with confrontational lyrics, and Unga & fria seems likely to be a slightly watered down version of the same. Will they ride their notoriety to the final or crash spectacularly a'la the not dissimilar Kamferdrops. We'll soon find out...

Schedule
Tuesday: Song lyrics. Journalists' reviews starting at 10am CET.
Wednesday: First Rehearsals.
Thursday: 1 minute studio version at 7am CET
Friday: 30 sec of the performance at 7am CET and the general rehearsal poll.
Saturday: Melfest
 
This heat sounds great from the descriptions! And delighted the writeups haven't totally died - it's always a worry when Hak starts posting about the next week in the week before's thread...
 
I haven't posted this thread. Can we move these two posts to the confirmed entries thread or Deltävling 1 to avoid having two separate threads?
 
Delete the thread or merge it into heat 1's I say - otherwise it'll ruin the layout of heat 2 and replace VoR's writeup as the first post
 
Sibel's wasp-chewing expression when Anna Bergendahl went direkt moments after she was cast out in a career-destroying 7th place never fails to amuse. :D

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Kala said:
Fröken Snusk. It’s the English translation of her name.

I think she’s gonna be another Kamfedrops.
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I have faith in Filth!

Kamfedrops was primarily a producer and completely fell apart live. Miss Filth can sing and oozes charisma even through her baclava. More than a 100 gigs last year has to count for something, right?
 
1. Maria Sur - This sounds like it's building to something massive. It feels a bit clumsily written but it's leagues ahead of last year.
2. Engman's Kapell - Absolute flotsam. FLUSH.
3. Dear Sara - This sounds excellent and I can't wait to hear it in full.
4. C-Joe - OMG yes. The Kizunguzungu follow up I always deserved but didn't dare ask for.
5. Liamoo - A bit faceless and sounds like our Liam's come down with Capaldi's Palsy.
6. Froken Snusk - :disco: :disco: This could win or come last and it would be totally understandable either way. 10/10 no notes.
 
Super excited for this heat after those clips - I actually like them all

My ranking based on a few listens:

1. Dear Sara
2. Fröken Snusk
3. Liamoo
4. Engman’s Kapell
5. Maria Sur
6. C-Joe
 
OMG YES YES YES YES YES YES Fröken snusk

This is EXACTLY what Linda Bengtzing should be sending to Melfest these days!
 
Week one was very generic overall, but what this heat demonstrates is just how world-class Melodifestivalen is in the Eurovision sphere. Maria Sur and LIAMOO would be Eurovision top 5s for any other country, Dear Sara would make a great jury bait entry and Fröken SNUSK is a potential Eurovision winner. All this from just one heat.
 
First stage pics out - "Miss Filth" is riding a pink horse :disco:
 
"HORA!!"
Following in the hoofbeats of Nebulossa, Miss Filth is reclaiming the Swedish term for whore, randomly shouting it during her performance.
 
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Laurell floundered so that Miss Filth could get on her high Dala horse :disco:
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I am slightly concerned about the hat. In 2010 a singer name Nicolo Festa was advised by Danny Minogue to sing “Just Dance” wearing sunglasses, leading to him failing to connect to the audience and being the first eliminated from X Factor. Could this gimmick be the undoing of Fröken Snusk?

As an aside note, and going back to what I mentioned before, show host Konnie Huq was supposed to be on stand-by with tissues and emotional support for the first ejected contestant, but she had booked a doctors appointment at the same time as the live show - silly goose! - meaning no one but a defiant Minogue was on stage to comfort poor Nicolo.
 
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