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202430 minGdocumentary

Mellons makt

202430 minGdocumentary

Every year, Melodifestivalen dominates the Swedish entertainment scene for weeks, raising questions about the concentration of power in a single production.

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Agneta Stefansson

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Every year, Melodifestivalen dominates the Swedish entertainment scene for weeks, raising questions about the concentration of power in a single production.

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Agneta Stefanssondirector

Hannes Fossbocast

Carolina Noréncast

Tali da Silvacast

Nanne Grönvall

Nanne Grönvallcast

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Every year the Swedish entertainment industry is taken over for weeks by a single television show trying to find Sweden's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. Melodifestivalen has grown into a center around which a large portion of the Swedish music industry revolves and is financed by. Is it really reasonable that so much power is wielded by a single production?

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