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The indie group Les Gordons first (photo) is sure of a spot in the preliminary rounds of the Swedish Eurovision Melodifestivalen heat next year.

Since the edition of 2013 is one of the finalists of nästa Svensktoppen, a talent contest set up by a Swedish radio station, a ticket as a gift to enter into one of the four deltavlinger or heats of Melodifestivalen. A professional jury selected the five koppie indie group Les Gordons, coming from the Swedish Örebro, in the preliminary round, although they are not, however, as winners of the talent show off the bus came.

The selection of an artist for the Swedish preliminary round is controversial, because it has never happened that an artist who participated via Svensktoppen nästa securing the win to the final of Melodifestivalen. Or Les Gordons that curse will break, we know in March next year.

There is nothing known about the 27 other candidates of Melodifestivalen 2017. Registrations are now open. In mid-October, the rumor mill in motion in the Swedish boulevard press, usually to in november than the official list of participants. The preliminary round will also again next year six Saturday evenings in February and March to come to take the Swedish songfestivalkandidaat.

Les Gordons got their ticket to their own number Need to Feel, that you can listen to below. For a different number Melodifestivalen will be written:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bTkAhq-Mlle