Your Song Contest May 2014

Your Song Contest May 2014 was held in Gothenburg/Sweden.

Location
Gothenburg is the second largest city in Sweden and the fifth largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 533,260, with 549,839 in the urban area and about one million inhabitants in the metropolitan area. Gothenburg is classified as a global city by GaWC, with a ranking of Gamma−. The city was ranked as the 12th most inventive city in the world by Forbes (2013).

Gothenburg was founded by royal charter in 1621 by King Gustavus Adolphus. At the mouth of the Göta älv, the Port of Gothenburg is the largest port in the Nordic countries.

Scandinavium is the primary indoor sports and event arena in  Gothenburg, Sweden. Construction on Scandinavium began in 1969 after decades of setbacks, the arena was built in time for the 350th year anniversary celebration of the City of Gothenburg and was inaugurated on 18 May 1971.

Hosts
Gina Dirawi (born 11 December 1990, Sundsvall, Sweden) is a Swedish television host, radio-personality, blogger and comedian of Palestinian descent. Dirawi hosted Melodifestivalen 2012 along with Helena Bergström and Sarah Dawn Finer and Melodifestivalen 2013 along with Danny Saucedo. 2012 and 2013 she won "best female tv-host" and 2014 she hosted the swedish Grammy Awards with brittish Ray Cokes as a side-kick.

Danny Saucedo (born Daniel Gabriel Alessandro Saucedo Grzechowski on 25 February 1986 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish singer and songwriter often presented just as Danny, who competed as one of the finalists in Idol 2006 - the Swedish version of Idol where he got to the top 6 before being eliminated.



Semi Final 1 (27th April 2014)
(the Lucky Country) has to vote in this Semifinal.

Semifinal 2 (2th May 2014)
(the Host) has to vote in this Semifinal.