Melodifestivalen 2008 [SEP] start time
announced on 10 and 11 December 2007. The wildcards were announced in January 2008.
Semi-finals.
The semifinals for Melodifestivalen 2008 began on 9 February 2008. There were five semifinals in Gothenburg, Västerås, Linköping, Karlskrona and Kiruna (Andra Chansen) leading up to the final at the Globen on 15 March 2008. Nearly four million votes were cast in total, raising over 5.7 million kronor (€605,000) for charity.
In the four semi-finals, the top two songs of the eight
expanded Europe participating in the Eurovision Song Contest).
This year's contest was hosted by comedian Christine Meltzer, two-time Melodifestivalen participant Måns Zelmerlöw and actor Dolph Lundgren, who together presented each of the six shows.
Melodifestivalen 2010 Final.
The final of Melodifestivalen 2010 was held on 13 March 2010 at the Globe Arena in Stockholm. Darin opened the final with his song "You're Out of My Life", and Eric Saade closed the performances with "Manboy".
Before the start of rehearsals Anna