Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 2 from Gothenburg (Sweden) - Complete Coverage with Interviews

 

Melodifestivalen 2026 Heat 2 Allstarz 

Melodifestivalen is Sweden's selection process to find that song that will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. Out of 3888 submitted songs 30 entries are being distributed into 5 heats out of which two songs advance to the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 in the Strawberry (Friends) Arena on 07 Mar 2026 and out of each heat one song is selected to Final Qualification or second chance round. From that two songs join the ten winners from the heats to have a Grand Final of 12 songs the winner of which will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, Austria.  

The Heats are scheduled as follows:

Heat 1:  31 Jan 2026 - Linköping - Saab Arena

Heat 2:  07 Feb 2026 - Gothenburg - Skandinavium

Heat 3:  14 Feb 2026 - Kristianstad - Kristianstad Arena

Heat 4:  21 Feb 2026 - Malmö - Malmö Arena

Heat 5:  28 Feb 2026 - Sundsvall -  Gärdehov

Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026:  07 Mar 2026 - Stockholm - Strawberry Arena in Solna 

Radio International was on location in Gothenburg, Sweden and conducted interviews with the participating artists in Heat 2 of Melodifestivalen. Find them all below and enjoy the season of Melodifestivalen 2026. 

 

Photo Album

(click on above to view the photos from the event)

 

Congratulations to 

Felicia
 
winning Heat 2 and with this qualifying directly 

to the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 

with her entry 

"My System".

Congratulations to 

Brandsta City Släckers
 
also qualifying directly 

to the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 

with their entry 

"Rakt in i elden".

Robin Bengtsson

advanced to the Final Kval Round of Melodifestivalen 2026 

with the song "Honey Honey".

 

 

For complete details visit our colleagues over at Wikipedia - click here 


Watch the Reaction Interviews done right after the live show with 
Laila Adele, Robin Bengtsson, Brandsta City Släckers and Felicia

The Video Interviews in the order of performance in Heat 2 before the competition:
(click the links below to view the interviews):

1. Arwin - Glitter (first interview - 05 Feb 2026)
1.  Arwin - Glitter (second interview - 06 Feb 2026)

 

 

2. Laila Adèle - Oxygen

 

 

 

3. Robin Bengtsson - Honey Honey 

 

 

 

 

4. Felicia - My System 

5. Klara Almström  - Där hela världen väntar

 

 

6. Brandsta City Släckers - Rakt in i elden

 

 

#eurovision #esc #UnitedByMusic #melodifestivalen #melo2026 #Heat2 #interviews #Gothenburg #Arwin #LailaAdele #RobinBengtsson #Felicia #KlaraAlmström #BrandstaCitySläckers

Week 05/2026 - Eurovision Radio International - 04 Feb 2026: Melodifestivalen 2026 Heat 1 (Linköping), The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Interviews (Part 3), News, Birthday File, Coverspot, and much more - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

 

  Listen this week's edition of Radio International
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Also listen to other Eurovision Shows:
Forest FM Eurovision Show Case (2026-02-01)
Bradley Stoke Radio - Let Me Be the One (2026-02-03)

Radio International
The Ultimate Eurovision Experience 

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience  is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. Also the show is broadcast LIVE on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET including a chatroom via the Radio International Mixcloud Channel. Find out more details of how to tune in as well as the repeats - click here.

Join in this Wednesday, 04 Feb 2026 live from 1900 - 2300 hours CET live on the Radio International Mixcloud Channel  and the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International for Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience with lots of good music and features related to the Eurovision Song Contest. 

AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK 

• Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Greczula
• Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Jacqline
• Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Indra
• Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Noll2
• Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with A-Teens
• Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Interview with Junior Lerin     
• Malta Eurovision Song Contest (MESC) 2026 - Review continue
• Interview with Franklin Calleja (MESC 2026, Number 8)
• Interview with Denise (MESC 2026, Number 6) 
• Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 (Linköping) Review and Interviews 
• Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 National Finals with Dermot Manning
• Eurovision News with Nick van Lith from www.escXtra.com 
• Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
• Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann
• Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal 
• National Final Update for Junior and Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forotti 
• New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists 
• Your music requests 
  

Melodfestivalen 2026:  Melodifestivalen 2026 is starting this weekend as Heat 1 will be staged in the Saab Arena of Linköping on Sat 31 Jan 2026. 

The Heats are scheduled as follows:

Heat 1:  31 Jan 2026 - Linköping - Saab Arena

Heat 2:  07 Feb 2026 - Gothenburg - Skandinavium

Heat 3:  14 Feb 2026 - Kristianstad - Kristianstad Arena

Heat 4:  21 Feb 2026 - Malmö - Malmö Arena

Heat 5:  28 Feb 2026 - Sundsvall -  Gärdehov

Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026:  07 Mar 2026 - Stockholm - Strawberry Arena in Solna 

 

 

Melodifestivalen 2026 Heat 1 Allstarz 
including the Hosts Gina and Hampus

 

Radio International's JP has traveled to Heat 1 and conducted interviews with the Hosts Gina Dirawi and Hampus Nessvold andvall the participanting acts who are:  Greczula, Jacqline, Noll2, Junior Lerin, Indra and the A-Teens. Listen to the interviews and all the songs on this week's edition of Radio International. 

Congratulations to
 
Grezcula and the A*Teens 

for advancing directly to the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 

and to Jacqline for the advancement into the Final Qualification Round.

NOTE:  To watch all the interviews and view the photo album as well as videos from the Aftershow Party please visit this link - click here

The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 (Part 3): The Malta Eurovision Song Contest is the National Final to select that song that will be representing the country at the Eurovision Song Contetest 2026 in Vienna, Austria in May. The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 was hosted hosted by Keane Cutajar, Destiny Chukunyere (who won Junior Eurovision 2015 and represented Malta in Eurovision 2021) and Gaia Cauchi (who won Junior Eurovision 2013). The Semi Final with 18 artists took place on Thursday, 15 Jan 2026 followed by the Grand Final on Saturday, 17 Jan 2026 from MFCC (Malta Fairs and Convention Centre). 

Congratulations to Aidan who won the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Bella" which will be in Semi Final 2 in the Second Half at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 on Thu 14 May 2026. 

 

 

Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Scoreboard

 

Radio International already broadcast some of the interviews from Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in last week's edition. Listen to more interviews this week with:  Denise (MESC 2026, Number 6) and the Franklin Calleja (MEC 2026, Number 8).

 

 

 

Franklin Calleja at Malta ESC 2026 ("Guide you Home")

Denise at the Malta ESC2026 ("Trophy")

 

You can watch all our Interviews with the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 participants on this page - CLICK HERE

The Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision National Final Season:  The New Eurovision Year 2026 has started and with that also the National Final Season for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is in full swing with countries selecting their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. JJ won Eurovision 2025 and with that Austria will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in the Wiener Stadthalle on 12 and 14 May 2026 for the two Semi Finals and the Grand Finale to take place on Saturday, 16 May 2026. Until the end of March 2026 the National Final Season for Eurovision 2026 is on and Radio International's team members will be highlighting the best picks of the national finals. Dermot Manning continues the series with taking a look at National Finals of the last seven days.

Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and Alain Forotti gives us already the updates of the National Finals to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....

Eurovision 2 Album: The Eurovision 2 Album is now available on powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com, and CDs are also available by messaging Tony Power on Facebook to order copies. 

https://powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/eurovision-connects-2

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• Click on this link to open the Radio International Chat Room. (Mixcloud live broadcast with Chatroom)

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Join Radio International live on Wednesday, 04 Feb 2026 starting from 1900 - 2300 pmCET via the website or on FM. Radio International is available via different means. Visit HOW TO TUNE IN to see the details. The show will be available on the website of Malta's RADIO105 and via TUNEIN and will be relayed on the Facebook Group of Eurovision Radio International. For the Wednesday evening live show you can join the chat room where the show will be relayed as well. For that click here. And failing that you can catch up with the show on the Radio International Podbean Channel available here, as well as the Radio International Spotify Channel - Search for Eurovision Radio International.

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Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 from Linköping (Sweden) - Complete Coverage

 

 
Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 1 Allstarz 
and Hosts Gina Dirawi and Hampus Nessvold

 

 

Melodifestivalen is Sweden's selection process to find that song that will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. Out of 3888 submitted songs 30 entries are being distributed into 5 heats out of which two songs advance to the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 in the Strawberry (Friends) Arena on 07 Mar 2026 and out of each heat one song is selected to Final Qualification or second chance round. From that two songs join the ten winners from the heats to have a Grand Final of 12 songs the winner of which will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, Austria.  

The Heats are scheduled as follows:

Heat 1:  31 Jan 2026 - Linköping - Saab Arena

Heat 2:  07 Feb 2026 - Gothenburg - Skandinavium

Heat 3:  14 Feb 2026 - Kristianstad - Kristianstad Arena

Heat 4:  21 Feb 2026 - Malmö - Malmö Arena

Heat 5:  28 Feb 2026 - Sundsvall -  Gärdehov

Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026:  07 Mar 2026 - Stockholm - Strawberry Arena in Solna 

Radio International was on location in Linköping, Sweden and conducted interviews with the participating artists and the Hosts of the shows. Find them all below and enjoy the season of Melodifestivalen 2026. 

 

Photo Album: 

 

Greczula - First Grand Finalist of Melodifestivalen 2026

Congratulations to 

Greczula
 
winning Heat 1 and with this qualifying directly 

to the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 

with his entry 

"Half of Me".

A*Teens are the second Grand Finalist of Melodifestivalen 2026 from Heat 1 

Congratulations to 

A*Teens
 
also qualifying directly 

to the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 

with their entry 

"Iconic".

Jacqline 

advanced to the Final Kval Round of Melodifestivalen 2026 

with the song "Woman".

Watch the Reaction Interview on our The Radio International YouTube Channel.

The Video Interviews in the order of performance in Heat 1 before the competition:
(click the links below to view the interviews):

Greczula - Half of me

Jacqline - Woman

Noll2 - Berusade ord  

Junior Lerin - Copacabana Boy 

Indra - Beautiful Lie

A*Teens - Iconic

Hosts of Melodifestivalen 2026:  Gina Dirawi and Hampus Nessvold

#eurovision #esc #UnitedByMusic #melodifestivalen #melo2026 #Heat1 #interviews #GinaDirawi #HampusNessvold #Greczula #Jacqline #Noll2 #Indra #JuniorLerin #A-Teens 

JP's Golden Years - Edition 282 - Saturday, 31 Jan 2026 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

 

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This week's edition of the show aired on Saturday, 31 Jan 2026 from 1700 - 1900 hours CET (1600 - 1800 hours UKT) via South Norfolk Radio in the United Kingdom - click here to listen.  The show airs also on other stations. The detailed schedule is below.  But also a copy of the show will also be available on this website and uploaded to the the Radio International PODCAST server.

You can submit your comments and request via this link to JP's Golden Years - click here


Programme Segments are:

• The Mad Half Hour to get you into the mood for the music of our life
• The Best of Europop
• A TV Theme Tune or Radio Theme Tune to remember
• The UK Top 20 Best-Selling Singles of Jan 1990
  
  

The Show is available at:

• South Norfolk Radio, United Kingdom (Saturdays 1700 - 1900 hours CET)
• Venture Radio, United Kingdom (Saturdays 0700 - 0900 hours CET)
• Venture Radio, United Kingdom (Wednesdays 1700 - 1900 hours CET)
  
• Go Go Radio Gibraltar (Wednesdays from 2200 - 2359 hours CET)
  
• Bradley Stoke Radio FM103.4 (Mondays from 2300 - 0100 hours CET)
• Malta's Sunshine Radio Malta's Sunshine Radio
  (Monday to Friday from 1000 - 1200 hours CET and repeated from 1600 - 1800 hours CET)
• on the website of www.radiointernational.tv
• Mixcloud Channel of Radio International
• ILR (Indenpendent Local Radio Network), UK and Tenerife (Sundays 0100 - 0300 hours CET)
  
• PODBEAN, Itunes, Spotify and various PODCAST Channel (see above players)
  

  #world #jpsgoldenyears #UKTop20 #MusicCharts #GoldenOldies #BestsellingSingles #1990 #January

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Week 04/2026 - Eurovision Radio International - 28 Jan 2026: The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Interviews (Part 2), News, Birthday File, Coverspot, and much more - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

  

    Listen this week's edition of Radio International
The Big Show  | Play List

Also listen to other Eurovision Shows:
Forest FM Eurovision Show Case (2026-01-25)
Bradley Stoke Radio - Let Me Be the One (2026-01-27)

Radio International
The Ultimate Eurovision Experience 

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience  is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. Also the show is broadcast LIVE on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET including a chatroom via the Radio International Mixcloud Channel. Find out more details of how to tune in as well as the repeats - click here.

Join in this Wednesday, 28 Jan 2026 live from 1900 - 2300 hours CET live on the Radio International Mixcloud Channel  and the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International for Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience with lots of good music and features related to the Eurovision Song Contest. 

AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK 

• Malta Eurovision Song Contest (MESC) 2026 - Review continue
• Interview with Matt Blxck (MESC 2026, Number 2)
• Interview with Mychael Bartolo Chircop (MESC 2026, Number 3) 
• Interview with the Adria Twins (MESC 2026, Number 12)
• Interview with the Ema (MESC 2026, Number 7)
• Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 National Finals with Chris Poppe
• Eurovision News with Nick van Lith from www.escXtra.com 
• Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann
• Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann
• Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal 
• National Final Update for Junior and Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forotti 
• New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists 
• Your music requests 
  

The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - We have a Winner: The Malta Eurovision Song Contest is the National Final to select that song that will be representing the country at the Eurovision Song Contetest 2026 in Vienna, Austria in May. The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 was hosted hosted by Keane Cutajar, Destiny Chukunyere (who won Junior Eurovision 2015 and represented Malta in Eurovision 2021) and Gaia Cauchi (who won Junior Eurovision 2013). The Semi Final with 18 artists took place on Thursday, 15 Jan 2026 followed by the Grand Final on Saturday, 17 Jan 2026 from MFCC (Malta Fairs and Convention Centre). 

Congratulations to Aidan who won the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Bella" which will be in Semi Final 2 in the Second Half at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 on Thu 14 May 2026. 

Radio International already broadcast some of the interviews from Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in last week's edition. Listen to more interviews this week with:  Matt Blxck (MESC 2026, Number 2), Mychael Bartolo Chircop (MESC 2026, Number 3), Ema (MESC 2026, Number 7) and the Adria Twins (MEC 2026, Number 12).

Matt Blxck, Mychael Bartolo Chircop, Ema and the Adria Twin

You can watch all our Interviews with the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 participants on this page - CLICK HERE

The Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision National Final Season:  The New Eurovision Year 2026 has started and with that also the National Final Season for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is in full swing with countries selecting their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. JJ won Eurovision 2025 and with that Austria will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in the Wiener Stadthalle on 12 and 14 May 2026 for the two Semi Finals and the Grand Finale to take place on Saturday, 16 May 2026. Until the end of March 2026 the National Final Season for Eurovision 2026 is on and Radio International's team members will be highlighting the best picks of the national finals. Chris Poppe continues the series with taking a look at National Finals of the last seven days.

Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and Alain Forotti gives us already the updates of the National Finals to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....

Eurovision 2 Album: The Eurovision 2 Album is now available on powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com, and CDs are also available by messaging Tony Power on Facebook to order copies. 

https://powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/eurovision-connects-2

powerworldmusic.bandcamp.com

Our Chatroom - Chat with the Eurovision Fan Community during the live show on Wednesdays from 1900 - 2300 hours CET. This is how it works:

• Click on this link to open the Radio International Chat Room. (Mixcloud live broadcast with Chatroom)

• Create a free account to enter and then enjoy the show while chtting with the other Eurovision Fans that are listening live.
  

Join Radio International live on Wednesday, 28 Jan 2026 starting from 1900 - 2300 pmCET via the website or on FM. Radio International is available via different means. Visit HOW TO TUNE IN to see the details. The show will be available on the website of Malta's RADIO105 and via TUNEIN and will be relayed on the Facebook Group of Eurovision Radio International. For the Wednesday evening live show you can join the chat room where the show will be relayed as well. For that click here. And failing that you can catch up with the show on the Radio International Podbean Channel available here, as well as the Radio International Spotify Channel - Search for Eurovision Radio International.

Radio International is also available on other radio stations at different days and times. See the details at this link:

How to Listen - Details are available here - click the link:

Happy Eurovisioning
JP and the Team in the Tower of Eurovision Power
www.radiointernational.tv

#eurovision #esc #world #UnitedByMusic #eurovision2026 #MaltaEurovisionSongContest #mesc2026 #Ema #MattBlxck #MychaelBartoloChircop #AdriaTwins

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