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The last couple of weeks before the holidays, Swedish broadcaster SVT announced the names for Melodifestivalen 2009. For us Swedes, there are quite a few well known names. Stars like Alcazar, Marie Serneholt, Shirley Clamp and Måns Zelmerlöw are going to participate this year.

Tonight, the final six acts hoping to represent the United Kingdom in Moscow were revealed in an hour long show on BBC1

In an interview in The Sun, Andrew Lloyd Webber speaks about his reasons for agreeing to become involved in the UK entry for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest.

With Andrew Lloyd Webber writing the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest entry for the United Kingdom, System of a Down rumoured for Armenia and Johnny Logan for Ireland next year’s Contest can be flooded by so-called “big” names – in that case I would suggest DR to go for Metallica.

Finally, it seems the BBC is serious about the Eurovision Song Contest. They have always professed to be serious about it and I have been happy to believe them. I’ve never been able to comprehend why they would deliberately want to be embarrassed every year.

Former Russian President and current Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, has pledged to vote for the United Kingdom when his country hosts the Eurovision Song Contest next year.

Today it was confirmed that it is going to be the international well-known musical composer Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber who will be writing a song for the United Kingdom’s 2009 representative. He will also be involved in picking the singer himself.