Tonight is the night when those who didn’t quite make it through to the final of Melodifestivalen get another chance to do so. I can’t remember anyone ever winning after having been on Andra Chansen (which literally means ‘the second chance’), but of course it is important that the places go to deserving people i.e. BWO and Amy. Unfortunately I’m not too confident for BWO, but I think Amy has a good chance. She’s also one of 4 acts who didn’t go straight to Globen (where the final’s held) but have been shortlisted by an international jury, and 1 of them will get a place in the final.
As seems to be the pattern with Melodifestivalen, the winners of Andra Chansen are picked in a pointlessly complex way, but I suppose it does add to the drama a bit. Basically, the 8 acts who are competing are separated into pairs, and the winner of each pair will then go on to compete with the winner of another pair, and the winners of that will go to Globen. I will make a prediction of what will happen, but it’s quite difficult to get it right with so many choices to make:
Scotts vs. Sarah Dawn Finer -> Sarah
Lili & Susie vs. BWO -> Lili & Susie
Amy Diamond vs. Star Pilots -> Amy
Rigo vs. Caroline -> Neither, they’re both rubbish (but probably Caroline)
Sarah vs. Lili & Susie -> Sarah
Amy vs. Caroline -> Amy (I really hope!)
Then there will be the International Jury, but they have made such random choices, I couldn’t say who they’d go for. However, if Amy and Sarah do go through, that will only leave Caroline and Sofia to choose from, so I think it is probably quite inevitable that we will see Caroline in the final, unfortunately. Of course, it could easily go very differently, and it will be fun to see how well I have predicted, as I have in all the past rounds got it almost but not quite exactly right.