Sweden

Sweden

Melodifestivalen 2006, the Swedish final, was held at the Globe Arena in Stockholm on 18 March, hosted by Lena Philipsson who represented Sweden in ESC 2004. Before the final there were 4 semi-finals and a second-chance round. The top 2 songs in each semi-final qualified for the final, while the 3rd and 4th placed songs went forward to the second-chance round. With the votes from the jury and televote, Carola will go to Athens for Sweden singing the song Evighet. The song is written by Thomas G:son & Carola Häggkvist and composed by Thomas G:son, Bobby Ljunggren & Henrik Wikström.

Carola will represent Sweden in Athens.

Carola started her career in 1977 after winning a talent show. She went on to participate in Melodifestivalen for the first time in 1983 with the song Främling which went on to reach 3rd place at the Eurovision Song Contest in Munich. She released many albums, had a number of hits, and even collaborated with the Bee Gees. In 1990 she became the runner-up in Melodifestivalen, but in 1991 she won both Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Fångad av en stormvind. Carola is praised in Sweden and has become a huge celebrity.