Eurovision 2012: Sweden Melodifestivalen - Forget Chris Isaak, I want to be Marie Serneholt (This is just the beginning)

Tonight, digga-digga-ding-ding-ding live och direkt from Vaxjo, Sweden, is the first Melodifestivalen 2012 Semi Final!

Feel the Euphoria!

The first 8 songs compete to go direkt to Globen to win the chance to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012!

As Popular as ever, tonight nothing could be Finer than Sarah Dawn Moving on to the stage to present the big show!

Music fans will know snippets of songs have been online since Thursday and the show is available to watch online for a 48 hour period via svtplay.

Go direkt to svt to listen, as it is highly unlikely they will be available on YouTube for So long.

Here is the all important Melodifestivalen checklist.

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Wind machine - check!

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Glitter och glamour - check!

Banners and balloons...!

In the words of The Moniker (who for some reason are singing - I want to be Chris Isaak forget Chris, tonight Christer I want to be Marie Serneholt!)

On and on and on, this is the beginning...

Indeed it is, five more meloditastic Saturdays to follow!

On and on an on, together we are winning...

Well, not sure they will, and no doubt there'll be a few shockas along pa vag from Euphoria to disappointment...

The Mystery of the Swedish televoters results will be revealed, with 2 songs direkt to globen and 2 to andra chansen, the rest will be Dead by April...

Shake it shake it, you gotta believe it - Melodifestivalen 2012 is here!