Cornelia Jakobs ready for Eurovision Song Contest 2022

Cornelia Jakobs klar för Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Published 2022-03-12 • Updated 2 years ago
Cornelia Jakobs Photo: Janne Danielsson / SVT
It has now been decided that Cornelia Jacob's song "Hold Me Closer" is going to represent Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Cornelia who participated with the song “Hold Me Closer” in this years first quarter final scored the victory in the finals of Melodifestivalen in Friends Arena in Stockholm. She will thus represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contenst which will be held in the Italian city of Turin in May.

Before the victory in Melodifestivalen, Cornelia participated in 2008 in Swedish Idol – and was then completely dissed by Anders Bagge from the jury who this year was her competitor in this year’s Melodifestival.

Det står nu klart att det är Cornelia Jakobs bidrag "Hold Me Closer" som ska representera Sverige i Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Cornelia som deltog med låten “Hold Me Closer” i årets första deltävling kammade hem segern i Melodifestivalfinalen i Friends Arena i Stockholm. Hon kommer alltså representera Sverige i Eurovision Song Content som kommer hållas i den italienska staden Turin i maj.

Innan segern i Melodifestivalen deltog Cornelia 2008 i Idol – och blev då dissad totalt av Anders Bagge i juryn som nu var medtävlare i årets melodifestival.