Melodifestivalen 2021: Deltävling Three

Thank GOD Kempe isn't on songwriting duties for that one. I shudder at the thought of the (delightful) nonsense he'd have made our CHARL sing. :disco:

"I'm still young
Still having fun
Like a star like a hero
The girl on the run"
 
Here’s our Charlie about to give her fanny a once over ahead of her return to prime time. Can’t have a stray pube overshadowing her performance.
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I mean, I appreciate the sentiment, but haven't we cursed her career enough? :D
 
What's the alleged genre? Because this bitch has burnt me before.
 
It had better fucking be. Didn't she basically create AIDS with some acoustic nightmare last time?
 
I'm here for something like The Girl, her last MF entry. Yes, I totally forgot about another one.
 
#3-1: Charlotte Perrelli med ”Still Young”
Låtskrivare: Erik Bernholm, Thomas G:son, Charlie Gustavsson och Bobby Ljunggren.
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The Contest Bible
Charlotte Perrelli took Sweden and Europe by storm when winning the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem with ”Take Me to Your Heaven”. Charlotte has released nine solo albums and more than 110 recorded songs, competed in Melodifestivalen four times, and hosted the contest twice. She's also the artist that has taken part as an interval act the most times. Last time was in 2019, with the song ”Diva to Diva”, performed with Dana International.

The double Melodifestivalen winner Charlotte has toured in Europe and Asia, and among lots of other merits, she has performed the leading part in Sweden in the musicals ”Skönheten och odjuret” (”Beauty and the Beast”) and ”Evita” and has been a part of the jury in Sweden's Got Talent.

Charlotte Perrelli
• Born: October 7, 1974 (age 46).
• Lives: Djursholm outside of Stockholm.
• Raised: Hovmantorp, Småland.
• Melodifestivalen history:
2021: "Still Young"
2017: ”Mitt liv” (last in the heat)
2012: ”The Girl” (5th place in the heat)
2008: ”Hero” (winner, 18th place in Eurovision)
2004: Host (with Ola Lindholm and Peter Settman)
2003: Host (heat 1 only, with Mark Levengood and Lena Philipsson)
1999: ”Tusen och en natt” (winner), ”Take Me to Your Heaven” (winner Eurovision)
• Inducted in the Melodifestivalen Hall of Fame in the year 2020.
• Other: Charlotte has been a part of important juries, for example the jury in Vinnarnas val (”the Winners' Choice”, the Second Chance heat of that day), which picked the last two entries for the 2002 final.

Production
Participants

• Dancers: Niklas Arleryd, Thomas Benstem, Kamilla Halid and Anna Näslund.
• Off-stage backing vocals: Dea Norberg.

Show creators

• Nummerkreatörer och koreografer: Lotta Furebäck, Sacha Jean-Baptiste and Jennie Widegren.

Props and special effects

• 2 podiums in the back and 1 podium like a diamond for Charlotte in the front.
• Fan.
• Camera: Crystal lens.

Theme: Luxurious, modern, fashionwalk.

Camera cuts

• Approximately 62.

Charlotte on her entry:

”The song is pop and contemporary with loads of schlager. Up in our heads, we never grow old, and that's in a certain way what the song is about. When I heard it the first time, I felt 'God, this is just right'. It was a little like in 2008 when I first heard 'Hero', that feeling of 'I can't miss this'.”

The Songwriters
Erik Bernholm, Thomas G:son, Charlie Gustavsson and Bobby Ljunggren.

G:son and Ljunggren are the two songwriters with the most entries in the history of Melodifestivalen, but they have only taken part together on four previous occasions: with Carola's ”Evighet” in 2006 (winner, in Eurovision as ”Invincible”) and Sanna Nielsen's ”I'm in Love” in 2011, and with the two Anna Bergendahl entries ”Ashes to Ashes” in 2019 and ”Kingdom Come” in 2020. This year, they are also collaborating in Arvingarna's ”Tänker inte alls gå hem”.

Bernholm and G:son took part together with Jenny Silver's schlager banger ”Something in Your Eyes” in 2011 and has written several Eurovision entries for other countries.

Erik Bernholm

• Melodifestivalen songs as a songwriter: 4.
• Historik:
2021: ”Still Young”
2020: ”Kingdom Come”
2019: ”Ashes to Ashes”
2011: ”Something In Your Eyes”
• Other: Erik took part in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest with ”In a Moment Like This”, which gave Denmark a 4th place.

Thomas G:son

• Melodifestivalen songs as a songwriter: 62.
• History:
2021: ”Tänker inte alls gå hem”, ”Still Young”
2020: ”Ballerina”, ”Kingdom Come”, Miraklernas tid”, ”Shout It Out”
2019: ”Somebody Wants”, ”Ashes to Ashes”, ”Hello”, ”Mina bränder”, ”Chasing Rivers”
2018: ”Livet på en pinne”, ”Min dröm”, ”Cry”, ”Icarus”
2017: ”One More Night”, ”Himmel och hav”, ”Wild Child”, ”A Million Years”
2016: ”Rollercoaster”
2015: ”If I Was God For One Day”, ”Möt mig i Gamla stan”, ”Bring Out the Fire”, ”För din skull”
2014: ”Hela natten”, ”Love Trigger”
2013: ”Alibi”, ”In And Out of Love”, ”On Top of the World”, ”Tell the World I’m Here”, ”Trivialitet”
2012: ”Euphoria” (Eurovision winner), ”Land of Broken Dreams”, ”Jag reser mig igen”
2011: ”E det fel på mej”, ”I'm in Love”, ”Something in Your Eyes”
2010: ”Thursdays”
2009: ”Show Me Heaven”, ”Du vinner över mig”, ”Här för mig själv”
2007: ”Samba Sambero”, ”Amanda”
2006: ”Evighet” (winner), ”Ge mig en kaka till kaffet”, ”I dag & i morgon”, ”When Love's Comin' Back Again”, ”Innan natten är över”, ”Silverland”
2005: ”Så nära”, ”Långt bortom tid och rum”, ”As If Tomorrow Will Never Come”
2004: ”Tango! Tango!”, ”C'est la vie”, ”Säg att du har ångrat dig”
2003: ”Hela världen för mig”
2002: ”Världen utanför”, ”What Difference Does It Make”, ”Ingenting är större än vi”, ”Vem é dé du vill ha”
2001: ”Lyssna till ditt hjärta” (winner)
1999: ”Natten är min vän”
• Inducted in the Melodifestivalen Hall of Fame in the year 2020.
• Other: With his 62 Melodifestivalen entries, Thomas holds the record for the most songs in the contest.

Charlie Gustavsson

• Melodifestivalen songs as a songwriter: Debutant.
• Other: Charlie is Thomas G:son's son. The official name of the legendary songwriter is ”Thomas Gustavsson” (but the composer himself has always spelled his surname ”Gustafsson”, so the books of lore have been dissentient on the matter of the spelling).

Bobby Ljunggren

• Melodifestivalen songs as a songwriter: 55.
• History:
2021: ”Tänker inte alls gå hem”, ”The Silence”, ”Still Young”, ”Den du är”, ”Behöver inte dig i dag”
2020: ”Sluta aldrig gå”, ”Kingdom Come”
2019: ”Ashes to Ashes”
2018: ”Break that Chain”
2016: ”Constellation Prize”
2015: ”Living to Die”
2014: ”Burning Alive”, ”Casanova”, ”Survivor”
2012: ”I din himmel”
2011: ”I'm in Love”, ”I Thought It Was Forever”
2010: ”This Is My Life” (vinnare), ”We Can Work It Out”
2009: ”Med hjärtat fyllt av ljus”, ”It's My Life”, ”Så vill stjärnorna”, ”Du är älskad där du går”
2008: ”Visst finns mirakel”, ”Empty Room”, ”Lay Your Love on Me”, ”Jag saknar dig ibland”, ”Hero” (winner)
2007: ”Rainbow Star”, ”Första gången”, ”För att du finns”, ”Vågar du, vågar jag”
2006: ”Evighet” (winner), ”En droppe regn”, ”Etymon”, ”This Woman”
2005: ”Rain”, ”Du och jag mot världen”, ”Att älska dig”, ”My Number One”
2004: ”Efharisto”, ”Min kärlek”
2003: ”Bye Bye”, ”Mr Memory”, We're Unbreakable”, ”Not a Sinner, Nor a Saint”, ”Better Believe It”
2001: ”Ingenmansland”
2000: ”Anropar försvunnen”
1998: ”Kärleken är” (winner)
1995: ”Se på mig” (winner)
1991: ”Ett liv med dej”
1989: ”Du (öppnar min värld)”
1988: ”Om igen”
1987: ”När morgonstjärnan brinner”
• Inducted in the Melodifestivalen Hall of Fame in the year 2020.
• Other: Bobby Ljunggren is, alongside with Lasse Holm, the songwriter with the most Melodifestivalen victories.

”Still Young” - Lyrics
Times moving on
but it’s never too late
No, it’s not over yet
I still have some bets left to make

And it won’t be easy
I probably make some mistakes
But I’ll do anything
No matter how much it will take

Cause we’re still young
We are invincible
And there’s no protocol
No crystal ball
That knows it all

Cause we’re still young
Nothing’s impossible
You know there ain’t no dream
Too far to reach
For you and me
Cause we’re still young

I’m thinking back,
Back to when we were kids
I could never have figured
We’d ever have something like this

We’re getting older, but
You know I still feel the same
You know I’ll do anything
No matter how much it will take

Cause we’re still young
We are invincible
And there’s no protocol
No crystal ball
That knows it all

And you know we are young
We’re just getting started
And it’s the beginning

All that we wanted
Is still in our hands
And I’ll do whatever it takes

Cause we’re still young
There ain’t no protocol
No crystal ball
That knows it all

Invincible
We can’t be wrong
Cause we are young

Cause we’re still young
We are invincible
And there’s no protocol
No crystal ball
That knows it all

Cause we’re still young
Nothing’s impossible
You know there ain’t no dream
Too far to reach
For you and me
Cause we’re still young
 
#3-2: Emil Assergård med ”Om allting skiter sig” ("If everything shits itself")
Låtskrivare: Emil Assergård, Jimmy Jansson, Jimmy ”Joker” Thörnfeldt, Anderz Wrethov och Johanna Wrethov.
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The Contest Bible
Emil is a 29-year-old artist and songwriter born in the little village of Undrom in Sollefteå municipality in the north of Sweden. Since his 2013 debut album ”Rakt från hjärtat” (”Straight From the Heart”), Emil has released more than 50 songs, among which are hits such as ”All in” and ”Jag råkade sälja min bästa vän” (”I Accidentially Sold My Best Friend”).

Emil has been awarded with a number of Platinum and Gold certifications, and in 2019 he was nominated as the ”Male Live Act of the Year” in the Aftonbladet Rockbjörnen Awards. He's very active as a live artist and has taken part in primetime national TV shows such as ”Bingolotto” and ”Lotta på Liseberg”. Now, Emil makes his Melodifestivalen debut with the song ”Om allting skiter sig” (”If Everything Goes Wrong”, literally ”If Everything Shits Itself”, an idiomatic phrase).

Emil Assergård
Performers

• Musicians: Mathilda Fritzell, Jessica Tjörnmark and Linda Anderberg.
• Off-stage in-house backing vocalist: Lars Säfsund.

Show creators

• Show creators: Lotta Furebäck, Sacha Jean-Baptiste and Jennie Widegren.
• Choreographer: Thomas Benstem.

Instruments

• Base guitar
• Guitar
• Drums

Props and special effects

• External light: ”Blinders”.
• Drum podium.
• LED: Footage of audience from Emil's live gigs.

Theme: Live, love for the audience, energy.

Camera cuts

• Approximately 47.

Emil on his entry:

”The song is about that it's never too late to start anew. Everything can be solved if you only have the will and stamina to keep on fighting. When the viewers will get to see my performance, they can expect a high energy, and they might feel more a part of the performance than they think that they will.”

The Songwriters
Emil Assergård, Jimmy Jansson, Jimmy ”Joker” Thörnfeldt, Anderz Wrethov and Johanna Wrethov.

Thörnfeldt and Wrethov have been productive in the lead-up to the 2021 Melodifestivalen. They are taking part together in four entries: ”Baila Baila” (Alvaro Estrella), ”One Touch” (Kadiatou), ”Voices” (Tusse) and Emil's ”Om allting skiter sig”.

Emil Assergård

• Melodifestivalen songs as a songwriter: Debutant.

Jimmy Jansson

• Melodifestivalen songs as a songwriter: 24.
• History:
2021: ”Rich”, ”Om allting skiter sig”, ”In the Middle”
2020: ”Brave”, ”Take a Chance”, ”Piga & dräng”, ”Ballerina”, ”Winners”, ”Vamos Amigos”
2019: ”Mina bränder”, ”Army of Us”, ”Tempo”, ”Hold You”, ”Habibi”
2018: ”Cuba Libre”, ”Everyday”
2017: ”One More Night”, ”Bound to Fall”
2016: ”Håll om mig hårt”
2015: ”Hello Hi”, ”One By One”
2014: ”Casanova”, ”Hollow”
2007: ”Amanda” (also as the artist)
2005: ”Vi kan gunga” (also as the artist)
2002: ”What Difference Does It Make?” (as the artist)

Jimmy ”Joker” Thörnfeldt

• Melodifestivalen songs as a songwriter: 6.
• History:
2021: ”One Touch”, ”Om allting skiter sig”, ”Baila Baila”, ”Voices”, ”Every Minute”
2011: ”Dance Alone”

Anderz Wrethov

• Melodifestivalen songs as a songwriter: 23.
• History:
2021: ”One Touch”, ”Om allting skiter sig”, ”Baila Baila”, ”Voices”
2020: ”Vem e som oss”, ”Surface”
2019: ”Too Late for Love” (vinnare), ”Leva livet”, ”Tempo”, ”Who I Am”
2018: ”Mitt paradis”, ”In My Cabana”
2017: ”Running With Lions”, ”Gravity”
2016: ”Kizunguzungu”, ”Bada nakna”, ”We Are Your Tomorrow”
2015: ”Guld och gröna skogar”, ”Insomnia”
2014: ”Aleo”
2013: ”Jalla Dansa Sawa”
2008: ”Upp o hoppa”
2006: ”Like Fire Tonight”

Johanna Wrethov

• Melodifestivalen songs as a songwriter: 2.
• History:
2021: ”Om allting skiter sig”
2020: ”Vem e som oss”
• Other: Johanna has a smashing hit last year with Anis Don Demina's ”Vem e som oss”. Married to Anderz Wrethov.

”Om allting skiter sig” - Lyrics
Ja jag vet jag borde stanna
även om allt har blivit svart
Jag kommer inte kunna andas
om jag ska lämna allt vi haft

För du kan ta mig högre
än någon annan kan
och du kan se mitt djup
ner i botten någonstans
där ingen annan nånsin
varit förut, jag lovar dig nu

Om allting skiter sig ikväll
kan vi börja om och om igen
Vi kan göra vad vi vill
så kom och kom och ge mig lite till

Om allting skiter sig ikväll
kan vi börja om och om igen
Vi kan göra vad vi vill
så kom och kom och ge mig lite till

Vi ville bara leva livet
Som om ingenting dåligt fanns
Vi kanske tog allting för givet
och de vi drömde om försvann

För du kan ta mig högre
än någon annan kan
och du kan se mitt djup
ner i botten någonstans
där ingen annan nånsin
varit förut, jag lovar dig nu

Om allting skiter sig ikväll
kan vi börja om och om igen
Vi kan göra vad vi vill
så kom och kom och ge mig lite till

Om allting skiter sig ikväll
kan vi börja om och om igen
Vi kan göra vad vi vill
så kom och kom och ge mig lite till
ja kom och kom och ge mig lite till

Jag lovar dig
Jag har aldrig tvekat
om vi räcker till
För du är drömmen
jag drömmer om
och det här är det jag vill

Om allting skiter sig ikväll
kan vi börja om igen
Vi kan göra vad vi vill
så kom och kom och ge mig lite till

Om allting skiter sig ikväll
kan vi börja om och om igen
Vi kan göra vad vi vill
så kom och kom och ge mig lite till
ja kom och kom och ge mig lite till

”If everything shits itself” - Literal Translation
Yes I know I should stay
even if everything has turned black
I will not be able to breathe
if I have to to leave everything we've had

Because you can take me higher
than anyone else can
and you can see my depth
down to the bottom somewhere
where no one else ever
been before, I promise you now

If everything shits itself tonight
we can start over and over again
We can do what we want
so come and come and give me some more

If everything shits itself tonight
we can start over and over again
We can do what we want
so come and come and give me some more

We just wanted to live life
As if nothing bad existed
Maybe we took everything for granted
and the ones we dreamed of disappeared

Because you can take me higher
than anyone else can
and you can see my depth
down to the bottom somewhere
where no one else ever
been before, I promise you now

If everything shits itself tonight
we can start over and over again
We can do what we want
so come and come and give me some more

If everything shits itself tonight
we can start over and over again
We can do whatever we want
so come and come and give me some more
yes come and come and give me some more

I promise you
I have never hesitated
if we are enough
Because you are the dream
I dream about
and this is what I want

If everything shits itself tonight
can we start again
We can do what we want
so come and come and give me some more

If everything shits itself tonight
we can start over and over again
We can do whatever we want
so come and come and give me some more
yes come and come and give me some more
 
#3-3: Klara Hammarström med ”Beat of Broken Hearts”
Låtskrivare: Niklas Carson Mattsson, Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger och Andreas Wijk.
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The Contest Bible
Klara Hammarström made her first appearance in Melodifestivalen last year with the song ”Nobody”. Now, she's back with a ballad from, among others, four-time Melodifestivalen winner Fredrik Kempe.

For the Swedish TV viewers, Klara was first known in the SVT series ”Familjen Hammarström” (”The Hammarström Family”), where the viewers could follow a family with a passion for horses, where Klara is one of eleven siblings.

After previously focusing on a career as an equestrian, Klara is now going all-out for the music. Her single ”You Should Know Me Better” hit the top of the Swedish radio chart last winter.

Klara Hammarström
• Born: April 20, 2000 (age 20).
• Lives: Ljunghusen, in the very southernmost of Sweden.
• Raised: Stockholm.
• Melodifestivalen history:
2021: ”Beat of Broken Hearts”
2020: ”Nobody” (5th in the heat)
• Other: Klara was a part of the Swedish team that won the bronze medal in the European Championships in Pony Riding in 2015.

Production
Performers

• Off-stage backing vocalists: Emelie Fjällström (huskör) and Dea Norberg.

Show creators

• Lotta Furebäck, Sacha Jean-Baptiste and Jennie Widegren.

Props and special effects

• Klara ”controls” the LED content and the light with her movement.
• Smoke.
• Wind.
• Podium.
• Silver pyro rain in the front of the stage.

Theme: Statement, powerful, together.

Camera cuts

• Approximately 57.

Klara on her entry:

”It's a song that a lot of people can relate to with a lovely message, and I would say that it's a very beautiful song that could almost have been taken out of a Disney movie.”

The Songwriters
Niklas Carson Mattsson, Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger and Andreas Wijk.

The radar couple Fredrik Kempe and David Kreuger has entered many entries together in Melodifestivalen. With Niklas Carson Mattsson they have previously taken part with Jessica Andersson's ”Party Voice” in 2018 and Jon Henrik Fjällgren's ”Norrsken (Goeksegh)” in 2019.

Niklas Carson Mattsson

• Melodifestivalen songs as a songwriter: 3.
• History:
2021: ”Beat of Broken Hearts”
2019: ”Norrsken (Goeksegh)”
2018: ”Party Voice”

Fredrik Kempe

• Melodifestivalen songs as a songwriter: 35.
• History:
2021: ”Horizon”, ”Beat of Broken Hearts”
2019: ”Norrsken (Goeksegh)”
2018: ”Party Voice”, ”Fuldans”
2016: ”Bada nakna”
2015: ”Sting”, ”I See You”, ”Forever Starts Today”
2014: ”Undo” (winner), ”Blame It on the Disco”, ”Bröder”, ”Yes We Can”
2013: ”Begging”, ”Burning Flags”, ”Heartstrings”
2012: ”Youngblood”, ”The Girl”
2011: ”Popular” (winner), ”The King”, ”Alive”, ”Tid att andas”
2010: ”Manboy”, ”Hollow”
2009: ”La Voix” (winner), ”Hope & Glory”, ”Moving On”, ”You’re Not Alone”
2008: ”Hero” (winner), ”Pame”
2007: ”Cara Mia”, ”Rainbow Star”, ”Vågar du, vågar jag”
2005: ”Du och jag mot världen” (also the artist, with Sanna Nielsen)
2004: ”Finally” (also the artist)
• Other: With his four victories, Fredrik is tied as the third most successful songwriter in the history of the contest – only one win behind Bobby Ljunggren and Lasse Holm, with five victories each. Fredrik is also number four on the list of the songwriters who have taken part with the most entries. On top of this, Fredrik has also competed for Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest, in Oslo in 2010. The entry, ”My Heart Is Yours”, was performed by Didrik Solli-Tangen and finished 20th. Fredrik has also been a member of the jury in Swedish Idol.

David Kreuger

• Melodifestivalen songs as a songwriter: 13.
• History:
2021: ”Horizon”, ”Beat of Broken Hearts”
2019: ”Norrsken (Goeksegh)”
2018: ”Party Voice”, ”Fuldans”
2017: ”I Can't Go On” (winner)
2016: ”Bada nakna”
2015: ”Sting”, ”I See You”
2014: ”Undo” (winner), ”Blame It on the Disco”, ”Yes We Can”
2012: ”Youngblood”
• Other: The two-time Melodifestivalen winner David embarked on his career in the studio and producer collective Cheiron Studios, which has one of the most successful in the world in the second part of the '90's. At that time, he produced for example several of the songs of the celebrated first albums of Britney Spears and Westlife, with hits such as ”(You Drive Me) Crazy”, ”Sometimes”, ”If I Let You Go” and ”Fool Again”.

Andreas Wijk

• Melodifestivalen songs as a songwriter: Debutant.
• Other: Model, singer, blogger and influencer with more than 150,000 Instagram followers.

”Beat of Brokens Hearts” - Lyrics
Ignore all sideshows distractions
Look neither right or left
Watch over your heart
That’s where life starts
Forget the rest

Honey there’s no other reason
Don't care about the silly season
Tell me when your heart’s in pieces

The beat of broken hearts
Gonna gonna make it through
Gonna find a way for you
And heal our broken parts
Never ever fall apart
To the beat of broken hearts

Let nothing ever distract you
Not even highs or lows

Honey there’s no other reason
Don’t care about the silly season
Tell me when your heart’s in pieces

The beat of broken hearts
Gonna gonna make it through
Gonna find a way for you
And heal our broken parts
Never ever fall apart
To the beat of broken hearts

Even when we lose our way
And even if we fade away
To the beat of broken hearts

There’s a beat inside my chest
Can you hear the pieces
Can you hear the beating

And my heart it hurts like hell
Let the heaven clear it
Can you hear the beating

Oh no
Oh yeah

The beat of broken hearts
Gonna gonna make it through
Gonna find a way for you
And heal our broken parts
Never ever fall apart
To the beat of broken hearts

Even when we lose our way
If we lose our way
And even if we fade away
We’ll heal our broken parts
And never ever fall apart

To the beat of broken hearts
 
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