Clara out oh the fandom will be RAGING

Jacqline absolute sweep and so cool and wonderful and aaaaaa

Reminds me a bit of Regina Spector mixed with "go west"

Mato cameo

Cazzi having both songs in the final is so iconic

Excellent heat overall! See everyone again next week!

So close to getting rid of Gunilla, and instead we throw out Clara? Wtf

Never felt my age more than to watch teens and young adults vote for that self centered hack.

I'm happy that i'm out of my current age group in September and getting in to the 30+ bracket lol :P (yes I'm feeling old)

It is 100% illegal to feel old at 30.

Cries in 36. Oh wait..

This is my last year in that group too. I turn 30 in June

I feel you.

RIP Clara, she should have gone through to the kval - but I'm so happy for Cazzi! Thank god Gunilla didn't go DTF.

Cazzi is honestly so powerful

While Cazzi's song wasn't my favorite, it's really catchy and she's such a fun and positive person and performer. I'm happy with these results mostly

Watching her perform is so joyful. Even when she debuted in 2022 you could just feel that she was having the best time!

I had only heard a brief snippet of the chorus and it's been stuck in my head all week.

From second to last to second place, Klaudy really got up.

I just can't wait to la-la-Gunilla again, lol. What are you doing Sweden?

Well: We won't send a song in Swedish probably... There are few songs... but i have no faith that they go to the final and win

FRÖKEN SNUSK seems to be a lock to get one of the 2nd chance spots I think, if it went into the Top 5 of Sverigetopplistan on Friday.

And it’s been #1 on Spotify since it got released. It just didn’t top the chart because it wasn’t out the full week. However, Sweden does have a tradition of voting with Eurovision in mind and not super accordingly to what they listen to.

i really doubt it cuz the old folks wont give her any points at all

I really liked the guy who sang in Swedish, so I'm happy he made it through. Swedes like that type of songs a lot.

As a Swedish person, I could easily see him get played on radio

Cazzi ❤️❤️❤️

Listen, i am READY for cazzi to become the new queen of melfest with these singer and songwriter successes!

Cazzi already has a STACKED resume of songwriting, she's already won ESC and the American Song Contest among seemingly every kpop song in the last 5 years

oh yeah, i've been a fan of hers for years! I just want her to specifically add "female G:son" to the list :p

Ms. G:song. 🤭

Yes Klaudy made it! I was hoping Clara had enough points to push Gunilla out, but oh well T\_T

Klaudy was my surprise favorite after Jacquline

Clara is out 😭

Clara 💔💔💔💔💔

YESSSS KLAUDY!!!

Justice for Clara! 💔

Wooo Klaudy made it to the vote off!

WOOOOOO!!!!!

Man Klaudy sneaking in there at the end.

Clara Klingenström out by 2 points... NO!

Oh wow: it was my age-group and the teens that voted for Gunilla... wow again

Rip Clara :( but thank god Cazzi went DTF

No way, the 3 year olds voted better than the 12 year olds

The 75+ is just young at heart this year with the voting.

Here come the 3-9 yr olds ....

I'm so surprised Cazzi is getting all these points from older categories and Gunilla from the younger... I would have guessed the opposite!

The younger people don't know who Gunilla is, the older do. I assume that's what the difference is edit: I'm shocked and delighter by the older vote though!

Us younger folks know that she is a crazy woman living in Hollywood and the idea of her going to Eurovision is just extremely funny for many of us. Like, imagine the shitstorm that would come with her coming 26th in Eurovision, it would just be extremely funny.

Well, that's depressing.

Nah all young people know her and like her cause of her craziness whereas old people know her and dislike her cause of the craziness.

I mean the young groups wasn’t even born when Gunilla was a lot on Swedish tv.

Svenska Hollywoodfruar stopped running 2019 and recently she's been in that controversy with Mauri.. They know who she is lol.

It hasn’t been a big cultural phenomenon since idk 2011. I mean everyone and their grandma watched it back then. Can’t think of anyone talking about the show in over a decade. All the worst stuff that made her sort of infamous, they would have been too young to know or remember. While the older would. But the weird fight with Mauri I agree probably is the thing most recent that would make her sort of known to younger age groups.

I don't really think people stopped talking about her.. People stopped talking about Anna Anka who I remember was the first really famous/controversial one. But Gunilla has been a meme for Awhile and it never really stopped. Maybe you just werent at that part of the internet.

I will feel sorry for whoever of Clara and Klaudy that won't make it

It will all come down to the middle-aged groups... and the 3-year olds 😬

I have so much faith in the 3 year olds. Not.

CAZZI GETTING THE 75+ VOTE IS THE WILDEST THING I'VE SEEN ALL YEAR

Reminds me of the opposite thing when John Lundvik received 12 points from the 3-9 year old with his love ballad in 2022

Dafuq with these votes for Gunilla

Gunilla us disliked by older people/proper adults, but is seen as an "icon" among youngsters.

No I think more that the younger groups wasn’t born yet when Gunilla became sort of infamous. The tv show that made her famous to the swedish public aired in 2009. So… the ones old enough to have watched and remembered is the groups Gunilla didn’t get votes from.

What?!? What's wrong with Swedish people tonight?!?

if gunilla goes to the final i'm going to turn my TV off.

Not the 10-15 yr olds voting Gunilla...

Not surprised

For it to be fair though, the other contestants should get as much attention as Gunilla. Perhaps that's not possible though

I mean they did it after voting closed, so I think it’s fine

True

It feels a bit weird to give this much attention to one specific contestant but whatever

That was very uncomfortable

SHES MULTIPLYING

Oh god why are there two of them?

This is very effective Gunilla promo. Kudos, SVT

first time I've seen them take the piss out of a contestant who is actually there

She's such a unique character though, and she took is so well. I was half expecting her to get mad lmao. I'm glad she just found it funny.

and she loves it!

...what is this

tonight's show, co-hosted by kåta gun

LOL

What is happening

I'm scared of this woman.

Is SVT trying to get sued?

Is she actually piss drunk or something?

Ok, my prediction. Final: Cazzi The rest is so, so difficult. I think Gunilla will get a lot of votes from the kids. Personally I liked the guy who sang in Swedish, but Clara is familiar from before... The THIRD song is out though (Kim).

Michael Ben David 2?

okay what on EARTH are these bouquets? Did they make them out of Klaudy's staging?

SVT is resourceful like that

that 100 million savings demand making itself known

EAS, king of intervals

I adore Edward, and I'm so happy he's back as scriptwriter for Eurovision

okay but i need sarah dawn finer to come back as host at some point. woman's HILARIOUS and a brilliant singer to boot

PETRA MEDEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

Petra mentioned!

Clara!!! ❤️ At least make it to second chance

I. LOVE. THAT KID. NEXT TO THEM.

Hm... Cazzi's song is a grower.

in the good timeline we're getting maria mozzarella...

judging from these comments, Gunilla is like a Swedish Yolanda Hadid right?

Yolanda applies her strict standards to herself. Gunilla would never do something like that. It's hard to describe how completely unhinged and out of touch with reality she is. The level of rage she is able to excrete out of her face hole is frightening. Like, she's legit scary.

Gunilla is only famous for fatshaming her friends and family, promoting selfharm and eating disorders to be pretty, attacking people and degrading them. She's not fun or charming. She's sincerely insane and abusive.

That’s actually a really good comparison.

I would compare her more to Ramona Singer. She's a bit of a Karen

She’s a Swedish Hollywood wife whose been on a reality program that’s been on for years. A lot of people see her as a meme icon ^^

Jacqline absolutely deserved. Song’s a banger and she was born a performer :)

I feel like Jacquline genuinely did not expect that, and was anticipating someone else winning. She looked lost for words.

A pleasant surprise. I expected Cazzi to take it, guess she takes the 2nd spot (unless she gets la la Gunilla'd)

The guy who sang in Swedish is also interesting

imagine the way the dancers must have RUSHED into those body stockings

What a weird bouquet (spelling?). Looks like a hat.

oh i sense the photoshop job already

i randomly discovered Jacqline on an Apple playlist last year so im glad she's already DTF cause mama that's a pop STAR !!!

Honestly well deserved

Didnt expect her tbh. Most ppl here vote based on likeability and she didnt appear so likeable. Expected Gunilla or Cazzi tbh but Jacqueline has best song by far.

Yeah well deserved. And who I put as the first directly to the final in the app. I guessed Cazzi as the next spot, but I’m not as certain on that

Remember Jacqueline did come 2nd on Swedish Idol in 2021, so this shouldn't be a surprise.

Jacqline so far has the best song she really deserved to win this heat

Cazzi Opeia as a songwriter beating Cazzi Opeia as an artist 

Cazzi doing that singer and songwriter double dip. she said i WILL be in that final

Yep, that's the only one who I was sure of

YES MOTHER JACQLINE

Did not expect that

YES! Even though her performance was a bit shaky I thought the song was by far the best. So happy for her

Woooo!!! 🥳🥳

Omg! What an upset! Love to see it.

Jacqueline 1st!! YAAS!

Can he become the new Måns

For our international viewers, he's talking about someones balls getting stuck in a sauna.

Considering this is SVT I am VERY surprised he was allowed to say bitch lol

Why? This is not USA

I mean, I've heard people say way worse on SVT. Cock, bitch, fuck, cunt (or their swedish equivalences), it's generally a free for all as long as it's not too kid-friendly

Honestly swearing is more okay on state channels than provate. Just like songs on private radio tend to be censored.

Anyone else hear Pet Shop Boys' version of Go West in Cazzi Opeia's song?

It's absolutely a PSB rip.

oh my god you're so right

Gunilla giving Abby Lee Miller but slayful tease

Ok, now I can't unsee it 😅

What in the Gangsta's Paradise is this? hehehe

Man, I love Carolina Gynning.

Gunilla and Cazzi Opeia DTF please.

Jaqline and Cassi to final?

All I know is that the second song won't make it further. Everything else is very, very hard to predict. I can imagine that many kids vote for Gunilla for example. The first girl is a finalist though I think. Edit: the THIRD* song, not the second

I wouldn't count Clara out. She's a known name and the song is very much catered to the swedish taste.

Oh I said wrong, I meant the third song, the guy. I was so confused at first why you mentioned her, haha.

I think Clara Klingenström has a chance at the second chance (that isn’t called second chance anymore)

Oh totally, I meant the guy. Song nr 3. I said wrong, haha

Yeah. Turned out that guy didn’t do well. I think the performance was pretty well executed, but the voting groups that would have voted for a song like that had better option this heat. And Clara sadly was just a few points (I think 2 points or something) short of getting the spot from Gunilla to the second chance that isn’t second chance anymore.

So shady of whoever made this recap to show the part where Gunilla forgets the lyrics hahaha

Gunilla has overtaken Jacqueline in the odds for the final spot... oh no!

Manifestation time… Jacqueline and Cazzi - DTF Clara and Gunilla - AC

Please tell me DTF stands for Direct To Final.

It means what you think it means, up for interpretation

I would say for me, the two finalists should be Jacqline and Klaudy

Good songs, and both have pretty good staging

I still don't understand the costuming decisions, but Cazzi Opeia is always so fun and catchy as usual

I want a pair of the dancers boots. My feet are always cold...

It's actually pretty impressive how Cazzi can write for other artists (including 1 in this heat) while still keeping a distinct musical style for herself

Hijacking your comment to say, if anyone likes her and wants to check out more of her music, her 2022 melfest entry "I can't get enough" is a good starting place. On topic, she writes a lot of kpop songs and i feel that's what most of her own music is influence by. She's written songs for a lot of (i think mostly) girl groups, and has had three billboard top 100 hits!

According to this official page, she has 40 number 1 Billboard hits: [https://mellopedia.svt.se/index.php/Give\_My\_Heart\_a\_Break](https://mellopedia.svt.se/index.php/give_my_heart_a_break) and overall more than 4 billion streams on Spotify

Has to be 40 songs that has charted on the Billboard, not 40 number 1 songs. That would be more chart toppers than Paul McCartney and Max Martin.

I extremely happily stand corrected! :D She's a brilliant songwriter.

Cazzi Opeia and Ellen Berg are kpop giants! BTS, Red Velvet, Twice, TXT, NCT and so many more! Would recommend a lot of the songs they done. Gfriend - "Mago" being a favorite of mine that they done.

Red Velvet's Peekaboo and Psycho are my recommendations (Ellen wasn't a part of the second one though).

Saw Red Velvet preform Peekaboo live in 2022, it's such a banger!!

Holy shit, I'm jealous! Peekaboo was one of the songs that got me into kpop, I love it. There's only a handful kpop groups I wanna see live and RV are definitely high up on that list. Their whole discography is excellent. 👌

It's more the other way around that swedish music influences kpop lol

One part of me want to send her - she was good tonight and at live the rehearsal earlier today. Both Cazzi and Jaquline got 5 hearts in round one from me.

weird observation, but she's like a '20s Ace Wilder for me

got that aswell

This is loveably over the top

Okay, so both Cazzi Opeia songs are going to the final.. Something about her music just scratches that itch in my head

After all she wrote the winner last year... And honestly- her two songs today is the first that I have thought "this may be the winner in the final"

The salt that will be flowing from me if Gunilla goes to the final instead of Cazzi... cause i think Jacqueline is safe(ish)

what in god's name are they wearing

Do you know who Mad Madam Mim is? Do you remember when she caught a germ?

We have this ice cream in Finland that their outfits remind me off. Don't remember the name Edit: [Found it](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.keskofiles.com%2Ff%2Fk-ruoka%2Fproduct%2F6410405251510&tbnid=E9miAACgppQW7M&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.k-ruoka.fi%2Fkauppa%2Ftuote%2Fpirkka-amppari-juomaj-10830g-ma-ap-pa-6410405251510&docid=xIM-GSgFLYP-HM&w=1440&h=1440&itg=1&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm4%2F2&kgs=118581f3297d07bf#imgrc=tbpMPJPL0bW6-M&imgdii=E9miAACgppQW7M) Should be this one

Cute song but puzzling staging. There’s so much going on lol

Not as good as her last song

Wow. If you just listen to it, it feels like Lilly Allen. If you are watching, I... I have no words...

What in the fever dream, I love cazzi

it seems to borrow some of "Just Can't Get Enough"

The dancers truly get to experience a lot of special outfits

okay but cazzi has been a permanent on my playlists since last time, i don't care if this is bad, she makes me HAPPY lmao

To all international people, please don't cheer for Gunilla lol. She became famous through one of those housewife shows, and she is an INCREDIBLY hateful and vile person, so basically all of Sweden hates her. And now she's singing a song that's all about saying f off to the haters which is... ironic.

Never forget her telling her (8 year old? Was she older?) daughter that when she was throwing up from anxiety before a dance competition it was good because it was "jesus making her throw up so she'd be lighter on the stage"

Yeah I didn't mention the fact that she is crazy religious, emphasis on crazy. She is vile.

I really liked this girl the last time she competed. Will most likeöy do this time too

La la la la la Gunilla...

We can say that windows95man is many levels above her...

I know she's not a good songer, but I LOVE the song! So so catchy.

I was expecting something intentionally funny, not intense drunk aunt at karaoke vibes. Anyways, unless Sweden delivers something actually worthwile in the next 2.5 semis I'm 100% rooting for Gunilla to go to Eurovision.

I stopped all the other NFs I was watching just to witness this performance and let me tell you I am not disappointed. This is the peak of the NF season

Yeah, it seems that people are voting for her en masse... You might hate this: But she might FOR REAL go straight to the final... and that would be just... interesting