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And I’m proud of it. Well, it’s a local Eurovision contest organized by the municipality of the Swedish town of Södertälje and the contestants are school kids. But isn’t it better this way? They wrote the lyrics first and the selected texts were put on music and sung by other students from the same school.
The lyrics are then judged and the ten best are put to music by students from Wendela Hebbe High School music classes and students from the Cultural School. The completed songs are then performed by other students from the afore mentioned schools. Just as happens in the real Eurovision Song Contest we are attempting to acquire an International Jury from as many different Countries as possible…
…said Lars Ahlin, the head of the organizing committee.
My duty was easy and delightful: I had to rate the 10 songs from 1 to 10. You can listen to them below, but by the time you read this my mind would have been made up.
1. Framför mig
[audio:sverige/1.mp3]
2. Vi är vänner
[audio:sverige/2.mp3]
3. Den enda blomman
[audio:sverige/3.mp3]
4. Tårarnas flod
[audio:sverige/4.mp3]
5. Crashing love
[audio:sverige/5.mp3]
6. Det var så länge sen
[audio:sverige/6.mp3]
7. Save the world
[audio:sverige/7.mp3]
8. I know I love you now
[audio:sverige/8.mp3]
9. I can´t say I don´t miss you
[audio:sverige/9.mp3]
10. Something I have to say
[audio:sverige/10.mp3]
I can’t help it to say that some of the songs sounded familiar, but I listened carefully several times to some of them just to be sure they were not plagiarized. Well, I come from a country where there is an annual scandal about the song who represents us at the Eurovision contest, hence my suspicion. I liked most of them and I gave one of them a 10, but I won’t reveal my decision here :-) .
The organizers wanted to have as much members of the jury from abroad as possible for the MelodiTEXTivalen and I said „yes” when Monika contacted me for this initiative. I think it’ a brilliant idea and I wish a very good luck to the young artists!
The final contest will be broadcasted live on the website of the local newspaper, on March 5th, at 7 PM (Sweden time). Until then, hej då!
You’re in Sweden and I’m not aware of that ? I’m really interested in studying there :D
No, man, I’m in RO. I bet you are interested in living in Sweden, it’s a great peaceful country. No Jeeps on the sidewalks, no strong beer, cheerful people… Hm, at least that’s what you see duuring your first week there.
Of course, living in Sweden but I have to use method to get there (I’m eligible for some master programmes but not for my domain…I’ll keep searching).