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So, again, music. What a great thing it is. Something huge and resembling music has just ended in Sweden. The biggest swedish event. Bigger then any sport and bigger then the pyramid of Khafre which, lets face it, isn’t the biggest pyramid, but still fairly sized and has absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. The tradition of the swedish schlager festival is about as old and once a year, it takes over the nation. Highjacking every radio station and what little space there is left for music on television, it quickly fills to the brim with eager artists proclaiming how big they are in europe, what a fantastic event it is and how the swedish people should know better then let the other contestants win. It can be compared to boxing. Even though we can see that the boxer can’t lift the Empire State Building, he tells us that he did to build up the excitement of the upcoming fight. It’s all great fun.
But that aside, now when it’s all over I am satisfied with the entertainment, the winner is happy and shiny and the loosing contestants turn their story’s around, saying they never expected to win, but they got some great promo. It’s the same story every year, framed in the most spectacular television-format and needless to say, I follow it with great interest and excitement! So does Wollbeck, Pelle and other people who normally are quite credible and sane. We got asked to write for the russian competition. We kindly answered "we’ll think about it", and boom, in the russian media, surprised russians and me, could the very next day read about how we already wrote the song and the artist was very happy with the result. We of course got upset and turned it down. Boom, day after, hate-articles about Vacuum in russian media. See, we weren’t even in the thing and still it was a little big. That proves how hot this thing is...to media and subsequently the media programmed average citizen.
Everyone in Sweden seems to want to be in it. Good for them. Bless their hearts because we love watching. And this year, since you asked, my favorite was Sanna Nielsen with ’Empty Room’. She came in second. The winner was ok but the rest, saying it gratefully, subjectively and as kindly as I can; absolute and utter bollocks. But that’s just the way it’s supposed to be. And I’ll watch next year. I’m a little media-programmed too. I’m only human.translated by tjaden