Comments have been flying in Sweden after Thursday night's fiasco and the media throws accusation here and there but what do the Eurovision veterans and the Swedish songwriters say?
Thomas G:son, the Swedish writer for the Danish entry In a moment like this that was originally rejected from Melodifestivalen shouts out for Anna Bergendahl: "She was absolutely great. Outstanding. I was sure she's going to win!" Also many other Eurovision veterans have commented the fiasco:
Nanne Grönvall says she was in shock. She thinks that singing just before Azerbaijan may have reduced Anna's chances. Charlotte Perrelli is under shock, too. She wonders now what should the Sweden send now? What does Europe want from them? She believed in Anna's chances.
Ola Salo from The Ark urges Anna not to get depressed over the result. He says Eurovision is only a spin off of Melodifestivalen that is the only contest that matters. (Err...??) A Finn can only comment here: Sour loser! After all they said all Helsinki 2007 was shit after the results were out and blamed Finns for their unsuccess... Oh well. Long story.
Bert Karlsson, famous record company boss who dominated Melodifestivalen in the 1980's and good part of 1990's says the jury should go and Björkman choose the songs himself. "He picked up 6 out of 10 songs in the final this year: the wildcards plus Pernilla Wahlgren's and Jessica Andersson's songs that he fought to be included in the line up. The jury picks popsongs, Björkman hits. Jessica Andersson's song was sent in last year sung by Molly Sanden in Swedish and wasn't picked up. Jana Vähämäki sung In a moment like this and it didn't even get to the top 200 in Sweden, then it was sent to Denmark, won and is now in the final. That tells it all about the jury! Bobby Ljungren's best song didn't get to the semifinals either. Now it is topping the charts for Sanna Nielsen. So my suggestion is let Björkman choose the songs himself. If he fails he may go. Now his only fault is letting the jury do the job!"
And finally Anders Bagge, who is one of the writers of the Azerbeijan song, is not as happy as he should be. "I'm sad Anna didn't qualify. I don't get it."
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