Swedish Melody festival a painful business.

It is one of my traditions to watch "melodifestivalen"; the Swedish song contest, where the winner will compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. The only problem is that they have extended the show to last during several weeks.

The beginning of Melodifestivalen today was rather painful for different reasons. I do not understand how that guy that is known to manage it (and who managed to sing false the only time he was participated in the show) is allowed to do some embarrassing small acts.

The attraction tonight was Dolph Lundgren who was one of the MCs (heard of him before?). Anyone with his self confident would fit in, but I'd like to know who had written the lines to the rather silly and painful "jokes"... He was allowed to show us all of his skills in the show; he said some silly lines, he was singing (actually), playing the drums (for a few seconds) and showed off using Karate!

When it comes to the real show and the music, I didn't shiver much at all (my way of determining is a song is good or not). A little bit on the first song performed by Ola (can't help it, I don't even like him and the song didn't seem to be in the right tune for him), otherwise I think that Sand Road song was beautiful.

I'm glad that the musical singer Ekborg didn't made it to the final. It's not only about music, it's also about the general impression. European viewers like innocence and youth. They do not like a man who's singing some strange lyrics and being surrounded by women who looks like taken from an old whorehouse. The "bad style" is popular in musicals and songs, but I've noticed that it isn't at all appreciated by South European voters in the Eurovision Song Contest.

For the summer fashion, it might be interesting to note that (in Swedish television) the questions isn't about the length of the skirt any more, because most of them wear no skirt at all!