World Song Contest

THE WINNER

Country: Sweden
Artist(s): Anna Ternheim
Song: What Have You Done

Anna Ternheim (born May 31, 1978) is a Swedish singer-songwriter. In her more meditative moments, the folky  Anna Ternheim seems to conjure up the shadow of fellow Swede Sophie Zelmani; at other times, her poignant, urgent, piano-driven songs nod to artists like Coldplay and, to a certain extent, Dido. It was probably thanks to this well-read sound, not to mention the fact that she recorded her songs in English, that Ternheim went on to earn critical acclaim on an international scale following the release of her sophomore LP. Ternheim's first recordings, a couple of EPs released on Only Records, emerged in 2003. She wasn't destined to languish in obscurity for long, though. Ternheim was picked up by Stockholm Records soon after that, and the label went on to release what would prove to be Ternheim's breakthrough album, Somebody Outside, the following year. Somebody Outside went on to be nominated for numerous Swedish Grammy awards, including Best Newcomer, which Ternheim won. She signed a deal with Universal soon after that, and her sophomore album, Separation Road, was released in 2006. April 22, 2008 saw the release of her US debut album Halfway to Fivepoints.

Official site: http://www.annaternheim.com/
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/annaternheim 

You are my everything
My head and my heart mind my wing
i could give all again
I'm never sure
of anyything
with you

The jokes the laughs the teardrops too
The games the fun the travels too
Yes I won't do them all with you
All good things now come from you

I hope you feel the way I do
I hope you give yourself up too
I'm damned to feel the way I do
What have I done
to fall so hard
for you

You are my everything
My head and my heart mind my wing
The past the present tomorrow too
I'll spend my final day
with you

I hope you feel the way I do
I hope you give yourself up too
I'm damned to feel the way I do
What have I done
to fall so hard
for you

I hope you feel the way I do
I hope you give yourself up too
I'm damned to feel the way I do
What have I done
to fall so hard
for you

YOUR COMMENTS

65 countries took part in the 47th edition of the World Song Contest which started in February 2009 which eventually became a fight between five songs. But before the final, 30 songs had to qualify. And once again, we had the evidence that some kind of music are not made for success here. We already knew that R&B or Rap were not among the favorites, we can add Blues to the list despite a beautiful song from Joan Armatrading, and despite the fact Blues will probably not be represented before 47 other editions.

But this time, and for once, ESC related songs also failed to do well. Except for Finland, which reached the 11th position in the final, all the others didn't qualify. The fact the Eurovision fever was growing with all the national final taking place didn't raise the temperature in this contest. On the other hand, some countries finally did better than the last few months. Brazil equalled its best ever result and Nicaragua reached its best result ever, which was also a first top 10 and 20 position since its first participation in WSC .40. Nigeria also reached the top 20 for the first time.

Portugal aimed to be the second country to win the contest twice with the same artists. Only Russia managed to do it in WSC, with Varvara, in WSC .05 and WSC .16. But David Fonseca found a real opposition from Spain, the United Kingdom (represented by Franz Ferdinand) and Brazil, which took an early lead during the voting but couldn't manage to make a break. Indeed, it seemed it had to be a battle between those three countries when Sweden came back from nowhere and eventually won the all thing on the last vote. Sweden never did better than a 3rd position, and had to wait 47 editions and the song "What Have You Done", performed by Anna Ternheim, to finally take the crown.

Gallery of Participants

El Sueño de Morfeo

Franz Ferdinand

David Fonseca

Ellens

Metric