Melodifestivalen

Eurovision Song Contest is a concept known to most europeans, but the term stops to exist outside the European continent. ESC is a competition where countries send a song and other countries can vote on which one they liked best. Of course, the song the country are going to send have to be chosen.

In Sweden, we have Melodifestivalen. Or Song Contest, or Swedish Song Contest, or the Melody Festival. Choose the one sounding the least ugly. During the five weeks the Swedish champion will be chosen this topic is the only one covering the news. Or the only news people care to read. If you ask any teen on the street about a major news event this weekend, they will say:

"Well, Eric Saade are going to compete in the final round in SSC"

and not:

"Well, I think the political movement in the Middle East and North Africa is most interesting. It will be exciting the see what will happen i Libya in the future"

My family spent Saturday night like every other average family in Sweden did. We ate Tacos for dinner and then parked ourselves infront of the TV watching which song was the least bad. And anyone who knows my mom, knows that neither Tacos nor watching TV is a common thing in our house. But, with a 7-year old sister there was nothing else we could do. She had already early this week decided that every family member should stay home and watch "Melodifestivalen" together. It is obvious that Eric Saade is going to win all of it, but more on that later.