Estonia chose its last five finalists tonight, thus completing the line up for next weekend's grand final of Eesti Laul 2013. Viewers were spoilt for choice with a range of musical styles to choose from tonight but just what would the jury go for and more importantly, what would the public vote for?
In tonights fourth heat of Melodifestivalen two more finalists have been selected - all in the same arena that will host the Eurovision song contest in May. In the end two favourites stood as tonights biggest winners.
Tension reached fever pitch in the Azeri selections Milli Seçim Turu, with only two remaining places in the semifinal. Eight participants gave their all during the five days, trying their hardest to win that all elusive ticket to the semi. The jury was surprisingly generous this week, deciding to award two semi spaces instead of just the one.
No one can accuse the Estonians of being predictable in their choices, considering some of the surprises from last weekend's first semi final. Will this weekend's semi final prove to be just as varied and hold some surprises for us? Eurovisionary invites you to take a closer look at the acts in the running for the last five spots in the final.
Among the expert jury will partly decide the Spanish song for the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest we find the recent winner of Sanremo and Rosa López, who represented Spain in 2002 is also among the jurors. On the guest list there are also known faces such as last year's Spanish entrant Pastora Soler.
The fourth, and last, semi-final for Melodifestivalen 2013 is literally in the heart of Eurovision Song Contest. In the very same arena, Malmö Arena, will Eurovision be held in May. Today Friday was the general rehearsal for tomorrow's big event. EuroVisionary was of course present to give you the latest scoop on the performances.
The end of the Hungarian route to Malmö comes one step closer this weekend, with the two semifinal shows in A Dal 2013. Eighteen qualifying acts from the previous three heats will be given another shot at securing a place in the final. With the help of this article, we invite you take a closer look at the participants and their songs.
We have now reached the fourth heat in Melodifestivalen 2013 where finalist number 7 and 8 will be picked. Here we find a group that were icons in the 1990s and a solo artist who was top 3 in Melodifestivalen last year and now counts as maybe the biggest favourite to represent Sweden at the Eurovision song contest.
