Emilè Azar is a Swedish singer who sent in a song to Melodifestivalen

Melodifestivalen

Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959...

 and got a spot. Emilè is going to sing the song "Vi hade nåt" (We had something) in the hope of representing Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007

The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...

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Emile has received a lot of media attention because of his massive weight loss since he got the spot in melodifestivalen.

On the 24th of February 2007 , Emilè Azar performed his song "Vi hade nåt" in Melodifestivalen 2007

Melodifestivalen 2007

Melodifestivalen 2007 was the selection for the 47th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 46th time that this system of picking a song has been used. Five semifinals took place to select the ten songs for the final, in Jönköping, Gothenburg, Örnsköldsvik, Gävle and a...

and ended up in 7th place and did not make it any further in the contest.

External links

• about Emile in English
• Emile on his weight loss (Swedish)