These are photos from "Alla tiders Melodifestival" on Monday night, where Carola received the new award "Sångfågeln" for winning the Swedish Song Contest in 1983 and 1991. The show will air on SVT1 on April 8.

Link: SVT's website

Tonight, SVT records "Alla tiders Melodifestival" at Cirkus in Stockholm, SVT1 will air the show on April 8. The show will include the ten most popular songs from the Swedish Song Contest performed in new versions by other artists.

Carola will sing "Waterloo" in a duet with Marit Bergman. The pictures above are taken at the rehearsals.

Sophie Rimheden & Håkan Lidbo will perform "Främling" (1983), and Mendez will perform "Fångad av en stormvind" (1991). Hosts are Kattis Ahlström och Christer Björkman.

Link: SVT's website

Edward John's CD "Find Me Guilty" is released in Sweden today. The album has previously been released in Norway. The CD includes "I Give You My Heart", a the duet with Carola. Link: Buy the album

Watch Carola perform her new single "Genom allt" at the Swedish Song Contest finale on Saturday March 12.

Video: Carola performs "Genom allt"
Video: Interview with Carola
Link: Read the lyrics

4.055.000 million Swedes watched Carola perform her new single "Genom allt" at the Swedish Song Contest finale on Saturday March 12.

Dagens Nyheter:
So what about the performances in the intermission? Well, it's a delicate matter. Remember how Tommy Körberg made us forget all the competing artists by singing "Anthem" from Chess at a Swedish Song Contest in the beginning of the 90's.

I couldn't help to think of that last night when Carola made her comeback. A number of interesting things to note:

- She had written the song herself
- Her outfit was gorgeous
- She used a fan, just like she did with "Captured By A Lovestorm"

And she had of course easily won if she was participating in the contest. This amazing song "Genom allt", a love song to both God and man will most likely become a hit on radio.

Gyllene Skor:
Some other details fell into place during the dress rehearsal. Most importantly, Carola, who was missing from the rehearsal yesterday. Just like a lovestorm she entered the stage to celebrate SVT's new trophy Den stora sångfågeln.

Carola performs her new song Genom allt, which reminds us of the old Carola - it makes me think about Captured By A Lovestorm. If Carola would have been in the competition, she would have won it again, but this time she is just entertaining in the intermission, and does so in an amazing way!

Helsingsborgs Dagblad:
... But to see Carola live in the Globe Arena beats everything and the audience was swaying from side to side enjoying Carolas new song "Genom allt".

Carola will perform in the intermission of the Swedish Song Contest Finale in the Globe Arena in Stockholm on Saturday March 12. She will perform the new song "Genom allt" ("Through It All") which she wrote both music and lyrics for herself.

"Genom allt" will be the first single off of Carola new album that is scheduled to be released May 4.

The new album has been recorded in South Africa, Norway and Sweden. Currently Carola is putting her finishing touches on the album in a studio in Stockholm.

SVT.se keeps bringing us wonderful video memories on their website. Now they added Carola's 1991 performance of "Fångad av en stormvind". Click below to see videos.

Video 1: Carola performs"Främling" (1983)

Video 2: Carola talks about her Bible (1983)

Video 3: Carola performs "Fångad av en stormvind" (1991)

Video 4: Carola surprises with a t-shirt (2000)

Video 5: Popular Song Contest medley (2000)

Link: SVT's website

A promo single of Edward John's duet with Carola, "I Give You My Heart" has been released to radio stations in Sweden.

The book "Eurovision Song Contest 50 år - Den officiella jubileumsboken" by John Kenndy O'Connors is released in Sweden today. The book includes detailed descriptions on every competition since the beginning - the amazing clothes, vote analyses, a behind the scenes feature, the scandals and the highlights. All winning songs are featured with the single covers. Link: Buy the book

The DVD "Melodifestivalen 50 år - Favoriter" was released on February 9. The DVD includes Carolas 1990 performance of "Mitt i ett äventyr" and special features as the medley of songs from the Swedish Song Contest performed in the intermission of the 2000 contest. Now you can win the DVD by answering a simple question: 1990 Carola ended up on second place in the Swedish Song Contest. Do you remember who won? Click the link below to participate in the contest. Link: Win the DVD Link: Buy the DVD Link: Watch a trailer

On October 22, the best Eurovision Song Contest winner ever will be chosen at a show at Forum in Copenhagen. The two hour show will include lots of performers from ESC 50 years history, 14 songs will be competing for the title Best ESC winner ever, and others will perform their songs out of competition and act as hosts for the show.

If Carolas "Fångad av en stormvind" (1991) will be in the competition is not yet clear, but Carola has showed interest in participating in the competition.
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Carola will tour in Norway this summer. Together with Norwegian entertainers D.D.E, she will go on an extensive tour from July 1 to August 21, with 30 planned concerts. The tour is called "FolkeFesten" and will celebrate the seperation of Sweden and Norway in 1905.

Carola will perform with her own band and sing everything from "Främling" to her new material.

The tourdates has not yet been announced, but according to the band, the whole of Norway will be covered. During the tour, they will also find out who is Norway's most loved Swede.

Link: D.D.E.'s website

These are pictures from a photo shoot in South Africa taken for the cover of the upcoming album. "These are the best photos taken of me ever", Carola said yesterday.

Carola tells Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, that she will record two albums this year. First the album that is currently being recorded in South Africa. That album has been called a celebration of life.

After finishing that album Carola will start working on a new pop album!

Carola has also mentioned that she will release an English language version of her 1999 Christmas album "Jul i Betlehem" during 2005.