Ola says no more Melodifestivalen for The Ark

Ola Salo from The Ark said to Aftonbladet that the group will never do Melodifestivalen ever again. "Now we have won and that's it, it has been a great experience" Salo says. Salo continued by saying that he first wanted to meet Carola in Melodifestivalen but after meeting her he passed with a smile on his face he concluded.

source:oikotimes.com

Eurostars in Allsång på Skansen concert

Allsång på Skansen, the annual Swedish summer “singsong” kicked off on Tuesday in Skansen.

The community singing, which is the exact translation of the word “Allsång”, is all about eating, dancing and having fun watching famous stars on stage performing live in the Skansen wildlife park in Stockholm. The popular event sees this year, as well ,many Eurovision stars and hopefuls, amongst them The Ark, Lasse Berghagen and Nanne Grönvall.

The show is hosted by Anders Lundin known to Eurovision fans as the host of the 2000 contest in Stockholm. A day before yesterday saw the The Ark in their first appearance after this year's Eurovision Song Contest, as well as Melodifestivalen participants Pernilla Wahlgren and Electric Banana Band. In the weeks to follow the Skansen stage will see the following Eurostars:

July 3
Måns Zelmerlöw (Melodifestivalen 2007), Patrik Isaksson (Melodufestivalen 2006)

July 10
Lasse Berghagen, who participated for Sweden in 1975 Eurovision Song Contest and who also hosted the Allsång på Skansen from 1993-2003, managing to increase the ratings to an amazing 2 million viewers and, finally, Lasse Holm, composer of no less than five Melodifestivalen winners.

July 17
Svante Thuresson (Melodifestivalen 2007)

July 24
Peter Jöback (Melodifestivalen 1990) and Marie Lindberg (Melodifestivalen 2007)

July 31
E-type (Melodifestivalen 2004 and coach in this year's Lilla Melodifestivalen Artisterna with Shirley Clamp)

August 7
Nanne Grönvall ( Sweden 1996 and many times Melodifestivalen participant)

The show is broadcast on SVT in HDTV (High Definition) for the first time this year. Ticketing information in English can be found here .

The complete line up and more information in Swedish can be found here.

source:esctoday.com

Sweden - The Ark Final Night - Video

Eurovision SC Final 2007 - Sweden - The Ark




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The Ark perform in Norway

Yesterday the Swedish representatives in Helsinki performed in Oslo, Norway. They performed at the 'VG lista showet 2007'. An annual event organised by the newspaper. The show was broadcast yesterday on NRK. In previous years artists such as Wig Wam and Lordi have performed at the event.

The Ark - The Worrying Kind - promo video



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