Almost 3500 songs were entered for the 2008 Swedish national final, 32 of these made the four semi-finals and 10 artists performed in the final. Performing Hero, Charlotte Perrelli was the artist who received the highest number of points from the regional juries and televoters, and she now goes forward to represent Sweden in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade later this year.
The five-part Melodifestivalen culminated in a grand final at Stockholm's famous Globe venue in mid-March. All the concerts were sell-out shows, and the process up to and including the final selection was broadcast live on SVT. UAS, which has taken delivery of 24x Nexo S1210 and S1four 230 cabinets, complete with EtherSound-enabled NX242 TDControllers and CAMCO Vortex 6 amplifiers, used its new inventory as the out-fill system partnering the main Geo T front-of-house system on the show.
(Jim Evans)
