Sweden: Eight more acts selected in P4 Nästa 2020 with the last eight to follow
The radio song contest, P4 Nästa 2020 , from which the first Melodifestivalen contestant will be determined, has reached it’s 17th local selection with equal acts selected, while 8 more will follow.
The P4 Nästa 2020 final is set for September 12 when will find out the first act that will compete in Melodifestivalen 2021. P4 station is holding a total of 25 regional selections across the Scandinavian country, from which 8 winners will advance to the final show. The winner or one of the finalists is awarded with a wildcard for Sweden’s national selection , Melodifestivalen, in which the contestant must compete with a new song different from the one in P4 Nästa, so as to comply with EBU rules that require all entries to have been released after September 1.
Up to now the competition has seen a total of 17 acts selected from a jury and a local voting. Lets go and see the eight acts (June 4-5) that won the local selections on P4:
(June 4)P4 Kristianstad : Carita Boronska – All Along
(June 4)P4 Örebro : Felicia Bell – Målar om
(June 5) P4 Dalarna : Fanny Wedmak – Free
(June 5)P4 Kronoberg : Agnes Rehn – Goodbye
(June 5)P4 Stockholm : Julia Alfrida – Dark Room
(June 5)P4 Värmland : Northlight – Equally Different
(June 5)P4 Östergötland : Julian Lidberg – I need you
(June 5)P4 West : Human and I – Here and Now
We remind you that in the first nine local selections, taken place from May 20 till June 1, saw the following two acts as winners:
P4 Uppland:Markus Hakim – Capulet
P4 Halland: Canvas – Tjugo år
P4 Jönköping: Helena Lacabanne – Slå hål i mörkret
P4 Västernorrland: Nina Bring – NäraNära
P4 Malmöhus: Hilde & Erik – Som det är
P4 Sörmland: Linnéa Lindgren – Gå morgon
P4 Kalmar: Lisa Blixt – Everywhere you go
P4 Skaraborg: Alicja Jern – Friendzone
JP4 ämtland: Amskøld – Stand by
The rest of the competition will run according to the following scheduled dates:
June 10: P4 Gothenburg
June 10:P4 Norrbotten
June 12: P4 Gävleborg
June 12: P4 Sjahärad
June 17: P4 Västerbotten
June 17: P4 Gotland
June 26: P4 Västmanland
July 17: P4 Blekinge
News Source/ Photo cover: Sveriges Radio/ P4