Also called Mello, Swedes love to hate this contest. What is it? In English it’s the Swedish song contest to elect the best song the Swedes can come up with for the Eurovision song contest. Normally Swedes have bad music taste, according to the rest of Europe, but last year we found the right hit with the help of Loreen, and won Europe’s hearts with the song Euphoria. Sweden finished number one (!) and the Eurovision contest will therefore this year be held in Malmö, Sweden.
But, what are the Swedes doing during the 6 weeks long season of Mello?
Other than
watching song contests on tv 6 weekends in a row, complaining about the songs,
the artist’s hair and clothes, eating snacks and drinking beer?
Well… we do
other things… we... uhm… discuss the songs and artists every weekday on
facebook, twitter or blogs, we find out more about the artists personal life in
newspaper, on the radio and on every tv channel, we bet on the songs...
See! We
have a life.
But for you who learn Swedish and want
to be able to have a conversation with a Swede between February and May and to understand
the media, here are some important words and phrases to know in Swedish:
Fel låt vann! = Wrong song won
Den var kass = It was terrible.
Den var kanon. = It was awesome.
Rösta på Carola! = Vote for Carola!
No, just kidding… she is actually not competing this year, nor Danny –
another Mello-artist. But we could say:
Rösta på
Army of Lovers/Ulrik, David Lindgren...
Jag älskar schlager! = I love ... well, this is the Swedish word for hit song and a type of Music that almost only configure in the Melodifestivalen.
Storfavoriten höll/föll. = The mega favourite artist won/failed.
And the
headlines will likely include the word Eufori, just to be witty, like:
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