Carola will appear on Nyhetsmorgon, TV4, on Friday December 2.

Norwegian TV2 showed a clip from Töcksfors, where Carola sang at the opening of a mall. Carola sang "Genom allt", "Nu tändas tusen juleljus" (with a big choir) plus "Nordisk hymne" in a duet with Bjarne Brøndbo.

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Today, November 29, Carola performs at an opening of a mall in Töcksfors. Due to her busy schedule, Carola first said no to the offer, but when she was offered to be picked up by a helicopter, she agreed to come. Carola is scheduled to perform one song, plus "Nordisk hymne" in a duet with Bjarne Brøndbo Click the image to enlarge it. Thanks Cathrine for the image

Did you know that...

• Before Carola agreed to sing "Invincible" in the Swedish Song Contest, she asked the song writers to slow the song down a little bit and add more guitars, to suit her better. Now they are discussing to add one (or two) key chances to the song.
  
  
• "Invincible" starts slow, but picks up the tempo as the song goes on. Carola says it sounds a bit like "Genom allt", "My Number One" and ABBA.
  
  
• Carola just signed the contracts to perform "Invincible" this Tuesday, November 22.
  
  
• Carola will most probably perform "Invincible" with Swedish lyrics, that are under production right now. No later than January 10, the Swedish title must be revealed.
  
  
• The Swedish version of "Invincible" will most likely be the first single off Carolas new Swedish pop album, which is scheduled for a Spring release (March or April). Carola has already recorded a few songs for the album.
  
  
• Carola also plans to record the album in English for the European market.

...Now you know!

These photos were taken at the Swedish Song Contest press conference yesterday, November 28.

Video: News from TT
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Video: News from SVT 24 Nöje
Video: News from Aftonbladet
Radio: News from SR

Now it's official! CAROLA WILL COMPETE IN THE SWEDISH SONG CONTEST 2006!

Today SVT announced all the artists participating in the Swedish Song Contest 2006, and Carola WILL perform "Invincible" by Bobby Ljunggren, Thomas G:son, and Henrik Wikström.

Carola will compete in the last semi-final in Göteborg on March 11 2006. This is the complete list of competing songs in the Swedish Song Contest 2006:

SEMI FINAL 1 - Leksand, February 18 2006
Simone Moreno - Aiayeh
Linda Bengtzing - Jag ljuger så bra
Electric Banana Band - Kameleont
Pandang - Kuddkrig
Hannah Graaf - Naughty Boy
Magnus Bäcklund - The Name of Love
Anna Sahlene - This Woman

SEMI FINAL 2 - Karlstad, February 25 2006
Niklas Wahlgren - En droppe regn
Sonya - Etymon
Östen med resten - Ge mig en kaka till kaffet
Kikki Danielsson - Idag & imorgon
Pablo Cepeda - La chica de la copa
Velvet - Mi amore
The Elephantz - Oh Yeah

SEMI FINAL 3 - Karlskrona, March 4 2006
Faller du så faller jag - Patrik Isaksson
Golden Star - Elysion
Innan natten är över - Kayo
Kalla nätter - Jessica Andersson
Mi Amor - Gregor
Nights of Passion - The Poodles
When Love's comin' back again - Jessica Folcker

SEMI FINAL 4 - Göteborg, March 11 2006
Laila Adéle - Don't try to stop me
CAROLA - INVINCIBLE
Sandra Dahlberg - Jag tar det jag vill ha
Günther & The Sunshine Girls - Like Fire Tonight
Roger Pontare - Silverland
Evan - Under Your Spell
Björn Kjellman - Älskar du livet

ANDRA CHANSEN (Second chance) - March 12 2006

FINAL - Stockholm, March 18 2006

Link: SVT's website

Carola performs Christmas songs on "Bingolotto" on TV4 on Sunday December 4, 6.00pm.

Thanks Peter Rytter for the information

Swedish newspaper Metro published an interview with Carola on Friday November 25, where Carola talks about her upcoming Christmas shows, her new scholarship for Christian performers, and her Aids project Carola Care.

Link: Article in Metro

On Monday, November 28, SVT will announce all the artists that will participate in the Swedish Song Contest 2006. So visit Carola International on Monday to find out if Carola will sing "Invincible" in the competition, or not!

Carola is on the cover of the current issue of the magazine "Salt & Peppar". The headline says "Party at Carola's - A New Year's menu that sings". The magazine includes some of Carolas favorite recipes; Seafood Salad, Lamb with mashed Eggplant, Warm mango with Greek honey and yoghurt. The magazine is not available in stores. "Salt & Peppar" is created exclusively for the customers of the Swedish grocery store VI.

Aftonbladet has started the voting for the Rockbjörnen Award 2006. You can help Carola by voting for her in the following categories:

• Årets Svenska Kvinnliga Artist: CAROLA
• Årets Svenska Låt: CAROLA "GENOM ALLT"
• Årets Svenska Skiva: CAROLA "STÖRST AV ALLT"

This is just the pre-selection. On December 8, Aftonbladet will announce the nominees in each category. Please take a moment to vote for Carola!

Link: Vote for Carola

These photos are taken at Johanneshov in Stockholm, where Carola presented an award to Teddy Lucic on Fotbollsgalan (the Swedish Soccer Awards).

Video: Fotbollsgalan 2005

On November 9, the DVD "Senkveld med Thomas og Harald" was released in Norway. "Senkveld med Thomas og Harald" is a hugely popular TV-show in Norway where Carola have been a guest a number of times. Carola is featured on this DVD, but I have no information on what she is doing - performing, being interviewed or something else... Visit back for more information. Link: Order the DVD

Carola appeared on "Senkveld med Thomas og Harald" yesterday on Norwegian TV2.

Video: Senkveld med Thomas og Harald
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Carola will present an award on Fotbollsgalan (the Swedish Soccer Awards) on Monday November 14. The award show will air live on Swedish TV4 8.00pm.

Link: TV4's website

Carola will appear on "Senkveld med Thomas og Harald" on Friday November 11, on Norwegian TV2 10.10pm.

Link: TV2's website