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Cornelia Jackobs performs at QX Gaygala 2022

7May

By JorgeNo Comments

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Cornelia Jackobs performs at QX Gaygala 2022

The Swedish representative at Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was a special guest at the QX Gaygala 2022, a LGBTQ awards ceremony held in Stockholm. This event was established by Swedish magazine QX in 1999 and it's an annual gala to hand out prizes for LGBT achievements. Cornelia sang "Hold Me Closer" one last time before departing to Turin and she was watched by members of the Swedish Royal Family, among other Melodifestivalen participants. You can watch her performance right below:

1Dec

By JorgeNo Comments

closeUp, Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 2022 line-up completed!

The Swedish broadcaster SVT had revealed the full line-up of 28 acts participating in the Sweden's national final for Eurovision: Melodifestivalen. After a forced break caused by the pandemic, the usual tour across Sweden will happen again and six shows will be spread across five Swedish cities. Oscar Zia, who competed both in 2014 and 2016, is in charge of hosting the shows and further details on other possible hosts are still to be announced. These are the dates and stops of the Melodifestivalen 2022: 05 February: Malmö – Malmö Arena (Semi-Final 1) 12 February: Göteborg – Scandinavium (Semi-Final 2) 19 February: Linköping – Saab Arena (Semi-Final 3) 26 February: Lidköping – Sparbanken Arena (Semi- Final 4) 05 March: Örnsköldsvik – Hägglunds Arena (Andra Chansen) 1...

Eurovision 2021 – Turquoise Carpet – The best 3 outfits of the day

17May

By RaffaNo Comments

closeUp, Eurovision

Eurovision 2021 – Turquoise Carpet – The best 3 outfits of the day

Eurovision 2021 kicked off the most important week of the competition with the Turquoise Carpet in Rotterdam. TheGaylyMirror followed the ceremony and made a personal Top3 of the best outfits of the day. It has a been a very complicated start for the Competition Week of Eurovision 2021: the delegations from Iceland and Poland had someone of their teams who tested positive for Covid-19 and could attend the opening event. Due to the fact that the delegations of Romania and Malta are staying at the same hotel as the Polish team, as a precaution, they also could not attend the Turquoise Carpet. All the delegations will have to take PCR tests, and in case of negative results they will be allowed to participate live to each one's respective semifinal. But who had the best score for their ou...

Eurovision Song Contest 2020 and 2021: The Mamas won’t be Sweden’s representatives.

18Mar

By RaffaNo Comments

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Eurovision Song Contest 2020 and 2021: The Mamas won’t be Sweden’s representatives.

After the sad news of the cancellation of Eurovision Song Contest 2020, more news will follow. And of course one of the most asked questions from all Eurovisioners is whether all the artists which were selected for Eurovision Song Contest 2020 will stay the same for 2021. Sweden is the first country to announce that The Mamas - winners of Melodiefestivalen 2020 and that participated to ESC2020 in Tel Aviv as support voices for John Lundvik - won't participate to Eurovision 2021 for Sweden. The new representative will be chosen - as it normally happens - through the song festival that Sweden organises each year to select their cast for Eurovision. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EpSBDPlZn4 The announcement was give by Christer Bjorkman - head of Sweden Delegation. It is a sad ...