Sweden: Eurovision's Greatest Powerhouse 

thank you for having me on gabe !! truly an honor <33333

People seem to forget that Anna Bergendahl had been subjected to an unfair massive smear campaign against her, started by the official head of the Eurovision Fan Club. This is the reason I stopped blogging for the official website. I quit in protest.

Melodifestivalen has gone from actually being a quality national final to a show adapted for kids families. I swear every kids birthday party here in Sweden has at least 20 melfest songs on the playlist. But as u said, I really hope the viewers start taking risks in voting and who we should send. With us sending Cornelia (despite getting 2nd in televote) I think proves that we’re starting (just staaaaarting) to approach raw and unique songs in a new way. Clara Klingenström 2021 is a great example too. Agreeing to everything said here haha, love your videos! best esc channel!

Statements is a MASTERPIECE. it showcased Loreen's personality, her vision and her gorgeous soaring voice so much better than any of her other entries. i hope we at least get it as an interval next year...

We need to stop pretending Sweden absolutely flopped in the 2017 and 2019. they were both in the top 10

dude do u know how much i want sweden to just... send a metalcore band or something. dead by april is a heavy band from sweden that i love, i think if they sent something like that i would love it. i KNOW they have it in them.

What everyone seem to forget is that Sweden dominates the international pop song market together with the US and UK in terms of exports. Sweden does pop and especially generic gum pop well and it sticks to that for obvious reasons. Swedish people are competitive. They will always vote for what they believe can make the greatest impact as well as what can have the best chance for a top placement in ESC just like they “only” compete against Norway in skiiing where it’s about beating your neighbor not about who comes first.

Well, since Sweden can’t vote for themselves it is hardly their fault they end up in the top. It is the rest of Europe that voted.

This was an interesting video. I think Käärijä shook up the system and showed you can do well with an alt genre song. UMK is also rising in quality and popularity which could overshadow Melodifestivalen. I think the jurys need more diversity so that countries would have more motivation to send interesting and diverse songs.

The one thing that Robin Bengtsson’s staging gave Eurofans is an inability to travel through an airport terminal without humming that song

Tbh, I think it would be fun to have a "country breakdown" video about every country still competing at Eurovision. Love this one! ❤️✌🏻

I will probably never get over us not sending Loreen to Eurovision with statements. I voted like crazy, my heart broke when she didn’t even qualify for the final. Statements to this day give me full body chills, it’s just something else.

I actually love Dance You Off. It's my second of 2018, which is funny because my first is Hungary, which Benjamin wasn't a fan of.

Hold me Closer is the best song Sweden has sent in this century.

I would love to see a video about Italy since their return in 2011 and how they’ve dominated and carried the Big 5.

lovely analysis, thank you gabe! i really, really wish they would diversify the juries. at this point it's so predictable what they will vote for that it's just... a bit boring watching their voting segment. either make the juries more than just people who like marketable pop, or decrease their voting strength (to be honest, preferably both!)

Would love it if you did this kind of commentary for countries who are not as popular in the contest and are quite unlucky like Macedonia or Latvia. Your videos are amazing keep it up

In Sweden, there is:

As a Swede.. I don't mind the hate.. Just be honest about it. (Sweden has won a lot...and it gets boring) I can accept that.. But also.. The rest of Europe needs to get their SHIT together and ramp up their quality game.. Stop thrash talking the artist just for being the Swedish act, they are innocent.. and stop making up bull shit conspiracy stories about ABBA 50 years etc.etc...

i love everything about this video, you're so right in every aspect! personally, i can't wait for us to send a song in swedish.