Taking chances
Here at Schlagerfiasko, we love to get a few stats in. Mainly because it reveals the truth behind the rumours and speculation. So we were very interested to see that the Swedish Performing Rights Society (Stim) has published the top ten most-played songs from the Andra chansen round of Melodifestivalen. The full list is below, and here are a few observations to go with it…
- Alcazar – perhaps the queens of Andra chansen, appear twice in the top ten, at 1 and 6. Although you’d expect the positions to be reversed for those songs, wouldn’t you?
- Nordman’s 2008 song, I lågornas sken, is at number eight. So anyone who assumed people voted for the group just to stop Carola and Andreas Johnson from getting to the final is, in all probability, wrong
- Velvet’s Mi amore is at number ten. That’s a real shocker!
- Schlagerfiasko knows for a fact that you can’t hum the Jan Johansen song at number nine without looking it up on YouTube first
- Patrik Isaksson and Velvet are the only two acts who didn’t go through to the final
1. Not A Sinner Nor A Saint – Alcazar (2003)
Lotta Ahlin, Bobby Ljunggren, Tommy Lydell
2. För att du finns – Sonja Aldén (2007)
Bobby Ljunggren, Sonja Aldén
3. Moving On – Sarah Dawn Finer (2009)
Sarah Dawn Finer, Fredrik Kempe
4. Min kärlek – Shirley Clamp (2004)
Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström, Ingela ‘Pling’ Forsman
5. Faller du så faller jag – Patrik Isaksson (2006)
Patrik Isaksson
6. Alcastar – Alcazar (2005)
Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Anders Hansson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren
7. Alla flickor – Linda Bengtzing (2005)
Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren
8. I lågornas sken – Nordman (2008)
Lina Eriksson, Mårten Eriksson
9. Sista andetaget – Jan Johansen (2002)
Dan Attlerud, Thomas Thörnholm
10. Mi amore – Velvet (2006)
Pelle Ankarberg, Niclas Molinder, Joacim Persson
To see the original news release visit www.stim.se/2chansen
