Melodifestivalen 2010: The Stage(Scenskissen)! 1 Week to Go!

OMG... It is nearly that time again! The time when my heart is filled with Swedelicious music, key changes and wind machines for 6 glorious weeks!
Yes next week the first Melodifestivalen heat hits Swedish screens, and my pc via SVT live stream! I can't contain my excitement!
2010 will not just be the first Meldoi of this decade, but the first one attended by myself!! Yes it is true, Madam I'm Adam will be watching all the finalists from Globen on March 13th! EXTREME EXCITEMENT!

Before the Örnsköldsvik heat I hope to have a few posts giving you a run down of this years competition.
Today I checked the SVT site to find the magnificent concept drawing for the 2010 stage!

Looks like SVT used my blog design as their style pallet, I'm flattered!
The design looks magnificent. Bright and really displays the 'Festival' vibe which has been used in all the promo videos:

How I dream of living in this block of flats!
By the looks of the stage design, the left hand side might possibly be the green room. I can almost make out extremely uncomfortable looking seats! This positioning would benefit me though as that's the side my seats are on!

I'm Ready To Play Again.. Let's Get Famous!

When I heard the Swedish Pop Sensation Play were reforming under the extremely successful hands of their creator Laila Bagge, Andreas Carlsson and Anders Bagge I was mega excited!
When Play were big in the USA, around the same time as A*teens, they were consistently under my radar. With very little European success, I just assumed they were one of the many American girlbands in the USA at the time. However their début single 'Us Against the World' was a perfect pop gem to sum up the post-millennium pop sound:

Guess The Song: Let's Dance!

Over the past 3 weeks I have been following the Swedish version of Strictly Come Dancing/Dancing with the Stars, Let's Dance on TV4.
My love for Sweden has never been a secret on this blog, however I'm going to tell you an other reason why I love this country!
Firstly I do not watch Strictly in the UK, they take it far too seriously and as a result it has become predictable and quite dull. Let's Dance, however, is a celebration of dance and music packed with fun, and not 'Strict' at all!
The reason I love Let's Dance is their sometimes bizarre music choices. Once again in the UK Strictly are quite stuck in their traditional ballroom/latin music, and old artists such as Frank Sinatra. I understand these songs are perfect for the style of dance, but the resulting playlist would not be seen dead on my mp3 player!

Hayley Newton & Drew McOnie, I'm speechless!

When the BBC announced they were bringing So You Think You Can Dance to the UK I wasn't too fussed as I was not a massive fan of Strictly Dance Fever, practically the same show!
However having watched it the past two weeks I've grown to love it! Not the voting and 'this is my life' mush in the results show, nor the judges comments which consist of Nigel talking for half and hour, leaving very little time for Icon/Pop Princess/Will-Eat-nothing-for-TV Louise to speak, I love the dancing!
This week Hayley & Drew melted my heart with their outstanding performance to Lady GaGa's Beatles homage 'Speechless'!

The emotion, the technique, the story all merge together to create this artistic masterpiece!
There bodies move as if on strings, like they are two fighting rag dolls.
A love/hate story told so naturally through amaizng choreography!
The shoulder hold and drop is the work of genius! So connected, So in time!
Lady GaGa I'm sure would love the art and glamour that consumes this dance.
Don't think I will tire of watching this...

It's crazy though as my two of my favourite dances from week one included both Drew & Hayley! Drew & Anabel and Chris & Hayley were in the bottom two last week, after Hayely's hip shaking Samba,

and Drew's show stopping Jive,

The funktastic song plus the lightning energy made me beam throughout their Jive! May have not been technically perfect, but I was definitely not the worst that night!

Hopefully this show will keep up and we will have some more intense and sprightly performances!
Just wait till you see the dancer I'm in love with in Sweden though...