ESC 2015 SWEDEN: HERE ARE THE ARTISTS FOR MELODIFESTIVALEN SEMIFINALS 3&4

This morning the remaining 14 artists, songs and their writers were made public by Christer Björkman. Andreas follows his fathers footsteps, Isa moves from JESC to ESC selections, Jon Henrik was adopted from Columbia to a Sami family as a baby and then won Talent Sweden this year. All but Ellen and Andreas in the third semifinal debut in Melodifestivalen. Rio De Janeiro born Caroline returns in the fourth semifinal, as does Måns but all the others are debutants, even 66-year-old Hasse.

Semifinal 3 - Östersund, February 21, 2015

Andreas Weise - Bring out the fire

Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Henrik Jansson, Thomas G:son

Isa - Don't stop

Isa Tengblad, Johan Ramström, Gustav Svenungsson, Magnus Wallin, Oscar Merner

Kalle Johansson - För din skull

Martin Eriksson, Thomas G:son, Thomas Karlsson

Kristin Amparo - I see you

Kristin Amparo, David Kreuger, Fredrik Kempe

Ellen Benediktson - Insomnia

Ellen Benediktson, Anderz Wrethov

Jon Henrik Fjällgren - Jag är fri (Manne liem frije)

Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Erik Holmberg, Tony Malm, Josef Melin

Andreas Johnson - Living to die

Andreas Johnson, Bobby Ljungren, Karl-Ola Kjellholm

Semifinal 4 - Örebro, February 28, 2015

JTR - Building it up

JTR, Erik Lewander, Iggy Strange Dahl)

Caroline Wennergren - Black swan

Nicklas Eklund, Joel DeLuna, Aimee Bobruk

Midnight Boy - Don't say no

Johan Krafman, Kristofer Östergren, Olle Blomström

Annika Herlitz - Ett andetag

Amir Aly, Maciel Numhauser, Robin Abrahamsson, Sharon Dyall, Sharon Vaughn

Hasse Andersson - Guld och gröna skogar

Anderz Wrethov, Elin Wrethov, Johan Bejerholm, Johan Deltinger

Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes

Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb

Dinah Nah - Make me (La la la)

Dinah nah, dr Alban, Jakke Erixson, Karl-Ola Kjellhom

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Earlier this year Måns Zelmerlöw invested some of his money into web pharmacy MEDS and now he's ready to bare it all for its advertising film, which is.... how to put it? The corniest thing I have seen for a long, long time perhaps? Supposed to be funny the way his Eurovision presenting stunts were I presume, but this falls somewhere between embarassing and uncool. Well, we get to admire some over acrting and a lot of naked Måns riding a horse and sporting a hard on at one point. Maybe that's enough to make MEDS a success.... Where's Edward af Sillen when you need him?

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