Best Eurovision Interval Week! #3 - Petra Mede - Swedish Smörgåsbord

[@JolieJames]

Yes all the interval acts so far have been Swedish, BUT they have been immensely popular with the Eurovision fans & are truly regarded as some of the best ones. The productions they've put on raised the game & the crowd wouldn't stop chanting Petra Mede's name when she came back to host the show in 2016.

[@Gfynbcyiokbg8710]

And 2024

[@MLWitteman]

Swedes & Dutch must be related. We love our liquorish, milk & herring too! Dear Swedes, much love from the Netherlands

[@lottaroos5566]

Hollandse drops and milk together was my fav when I was a kid! Especially the cat!

[@tamaraandersson2532]

Our languages are quite similar too, especially in the written form.

[@elina0301]

I love that we’re not afraid to make fun of ourselves🤣

[@Maya-UK]

You finally made it Elina!!! 🎉 Let’s hope for more Eurovision to come!😇

[@esthermonme4856]

@elina0301 is it your list? That's great! Are Madcon and Love love peace peace on the list?

[@elina0301]

@@esthermonme4856 Yes, Yes and Yes! 🥰

[@esthermonme4856]

Perfect list then! Thank you for responding

[@ShookieL]

Elina, I love this list! Your list! I hope you pay no mind to the negative comments. 💋🫎😃

[@Asa...S]

"They allow paternity leave... back in 2013!" Back in 1974 actually, that's when paternity leave was introduced in Sweden, as the first country in the world. Back then the parents only had 180 days to share between them, today it's 480 days.

[@semiperfekt]

AND you get paid for all those days!

[@inka1780]

Sweden make the best Eurovision intervall acts. Van't wait for absolutely epic interval act called "Love, love, peace peace" by Petra Mede and Mans Zelmerlow.

[@Bandido894]

That's bull! The best intervall acts comes from the other hosts! Like iconic 1994. Riverdance (Ireland) and 2007 Apocalyptica (Finland) to mention a few best one. (Young) people even doesn't member, maybe cause Sweden hosted many times recently? Fans are almost brainwashed to believing this dillusion, because they making good pop/Eurovision. But that doesn't mean they are also best making everything! ☝

[@RodulfoJesúsGoqueCruz]

Not totally agree on that, but I understand that people get bias a lot when It comes to Sweden in Eurovision. There had been a lot of better Eurovision Interval acts within the whole history of the Contest and one in particular will become later a full stage show that is being touring the world since 1995. If we are going to name the Best Interval acts, only 2 of this list will remain.

[@liviazanton]

🇸🇪’s interval love love peace peace is the best

[@Sanchordia]

All of these intervals have come from Sweden so far!

[@Colin-mc4ml]

All 3 interval acts are from Sweden. The first one was a clip from German TV coverage of the contest.

[@Ally11-y6t]

I think it’s completely absurd that people are just complaining about the list Elina put together! Make your own list instead of complaining 😪

[@shovkovskyi]

It's not the list itself people are complaining about, but that it's labelled as "the best interval acts EVER"... trust me, if there was a vote in Eurovision community about the best interval acts ever, this would not be how the top 5 would look like... if this list was labelled as "the best nordic interval acts", you would not see any complaints... labelling is important...

[@Asa...S]

​@@shovkovskyi If it's the best interval acts EVER, according to the person who made it, then that's what it is. Just like any other of these top 5-videos. It's someone's list, that they react to. It's not "the best interval acts EVER, voted by the Eurovision community". Why not just make a list of the interval acts that _you_ think are the best ever, and send it to them?

[@shovkovskyi]

@@Asa...S you can't label something the best ever, if it's just your opinion... you have to state that it's the best in your opinion (aka your personal favourites)... like I said, labelling is important... similar thing happened with the "grunge" week recently, where some people commented that those songs weren't exactly grunge... they weren't complaining about the songs in the list, but about the wrong labelling... Personally I have nothing against Elina or this list, but I would've liked a correct labelling, which would remove any complaints... P.S. I can't make such list even if I wanted to, because that would include 2 of the acts from this list, which they would have reacted to before...

[@Carlos.rodriguez87]

@@shovkovskyi well hello there hater, if you’re so obsessed with labels I can put a label on your unacceptable behavior: you’re acting malicious and cruel. Think before you act.

[@RodulfoJesúsGoqueCruz]

​@@shovkovskyi I agree with that, Is a list with their personal favorites rather than the Best and, by the way this list Is full a Swedish acts not german as they mentioned, all this Intervals comes from 2016 with the exception of 2024 first semifinal interval act by Benjamín Ingrosso. If we are going to talk about the Best Interval acts only 2 of this list will count.

[@gigjoeSweden]

Actually, parental leave for both parents has been a thing in Sweden since 1974. Back then, only 180 days to share between them though.

[@charlottelundin1168]

You guys should see the intervall act from the second semifinal this year ’We just love Eurovision to much’

[@JR-Johnsson88]

Omg you dont hate ”Djungelvrål” now. You are so ready to visit Sweden 😂❤

[@kevinrakow380]

Sweden wins Eurovision so often that they have put on a lot of intervals. I've been to Stockholm a number of times and, as an American, I find this interval act to be very funny. And very true, based on my observations. A country has to be pretty secure in its identity to poke fun at itself in front of a vast international audience. I haven't found the Swedes to be particularly warm but they are smart, quite willing to help if you need help and speak excellent English. And, like many others, I have a very fond appreciation of Petra Mede.

[@Covenantt666]

I think u missunderstood the part with the milk. We drink a lot of it. Generally Scandinavians are a lot less lactos intolerant than people from, for example, around the Mediterranean. Btw, one of my friends helped paint the paintings that flashed by in the beginning.

[@PowerSpirit50]

I sadly got an unlucky roll.

[@Covenantt666]

@PowerSpirit50 😪

[@gigjoeSweden]

And also, remember that everything is recorded live.

[@peppermintcrush5794]

Smörgåsbord is a Swedish word that directly translates to Sandwich table. A buffé style dinner with lots of different foods on it.

[@rickardelimaa]

They actually got the word "smorgasbord" in English.

[@johananas8407]

@@rickardelimaa Well yeah, but it originated from the Swedish word smörgåsbord.

[@ta81uk]

Truly, without any sarcasm, the whole world has NO IDEA how America functions without queuing. It must be utter chaos every moment of the day over there with your guns and burgers

[@FehuDagazWunjo]

The Swedish mindset is very considerate to the collective, so not much road rage.

[@ohrusty]

The US just had the luck/happenstance/ambition of exporting their culture for a century to the rest of the world, and that's why the rest of the world knows so much about it. So the scale is a bit unfair when it comes to comparing "a regular Joe" vs any country in the world. :3 Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

[@stephanievantielen5615]

Petra ...The best host...EVER!!!.

[@wiernyinaczej]

eagerly waiting for love love peace peace

[@Qkii_bun]

This is a good list! 👏🏻

[@wasen_aeon]

My guess is that Love love peace peace and Riverdance is coming up next.

[@JolieJames]

I thought the exact same thing! 😄

[@rmisaac]

Ditto

[@birgittae9046]

Hope Love, love, peace, peace will come soon! 👏🏼👏🏼😊

[@mattiassvedin5817]

All 3 so far is from Sweden and Sweden does the interval acts the best and I believe the eurovision cummunity thinks so as well! I bet love love peace peace is yet to come as well.

[@Da_BB_Captain_Baby]

Ahh yes the "cummunity"😁

[@mattiassvedin5817]

@ what Word do you think I should use to describe those who ennjoy Eurovision then?

[@ollewall]

@@mattiassvedin5817 I think he meant that you spelt it as cum instead of com...

[@mattiassvedin5817]

@@ollewall 🫣 wops

[@peppermintcrush5794]

A Danish collegue (that lived in Denmark and worked in Sweden) thought this was hilarious! She said it was spot on 😂

[@IdaJernberg]

First one was when sweden hosted as well. It was just taken of german tv.

[@MagdalenaBozyk]

So the meatballs with the "hint of horse" is a poke on a scandal that was raging in Sweden at that time. The organization that is somewhat similar to your FDA has tested several meatball brands, and had discovered that there were traces of horse meat in them. There was outrage galore. Also, other Nordic countries made their own checks. And I don't remember which country it was, but they checked some kind of meat pie, and said that it would have been nice if they were able to discover traces of horse - they couldn't measure any trace of meat of any kind in that pie.

[@thomascleo]

Love From Sweden🤣❤❤

[@josefinasoderholm6488]

You need to watch “the grey people” from Eurovision 2016!!

[@GustafArtursson]

check out Björnzone (Still the one) from Sweden

[@tovep9573]

Sweden has hosted the most in your lifetimes and is famous for the quality of its interval acts with Petra Mede voted best hostess ever by the fans. But I do think Riverdance should have been on the list.

[@lovisalindstrom7920]

This is not the best one. But Petra Mede is the best host Eurovision has ever had. She seem so relaxed on stage and her persona is a smug women who thinks she is THE BEST. In interviews she has said that she often thinks the world surrounds her, but she knows that isn't true but that is what her comedy is generally about. these eurovision shows (that Sweden have hosted due to a lot of winnings the past 12 years)however is not written by her but for her. If you ask me our winnings is strange, they are not the best representations from us in my mind.

[@Gfynbcyiokbg8710]

@@lovisalindstrom7920 Yeah obviously number 3 on the top 5 list isn't the best one

[@theresenydahl9531]

Petra Mede is a 100% Swedish and in Sweden we take Eurovision way too seriously ❤😂🇸🇪 We are big milk drinkers, used to have it with all our meals🇸🇪

[@denstradetski654]

You have to react interval act from ESC 2017, when Onuka has sang

[@malinbond1278]

There's a great misconception about us not smiling to strangers. In smaller towns I feel we definitely do and we talk to strangers, greet people who walk their dogs, say hello when we walk past hikers and so on. The milk thing is that most of us are lactose intolerant 😅

[@miglepon9303]

Petra is our Mother

[@novineux1246]

The first one was also a swedish interval!

[@PennyAfNorberg]

Petra Mede did 2013, 2016 and 2024

[@MagdalenaBozyk]

Swedish people drink the milk! A lot of it Also, the paper milk box is invented by a Swedish company. Just so you know. ;)

[@benenty692]

The 1st 2nd and 3rd was all from Sweden

[@SailorYuki]

THis is very much 2013 centric but most of it is culturly accurate. As for salty liquorice, any and all tastes are aquired. If you eat someting regularly, you'll get used to it and start to like it. Everything you like has been an aquired taste. Smorgasboard is a swedish style buffé traced back to the vikings, so this song is just small taste of everything Swedish.

[@charlottelundin1168]

We drink a lot of milk in Sweden. Probably more than in most of the rest of the world.

[@axlskanal]

Carola is so beautiful!

[@amani8008]

I'm starting to sense a swedish theme 😂😂

[@tapanim6576]

😎👍

[@marieskold4759]

We love milk❤

[@tytllee]

Are all of them going to be Swedish?

[@Nevolet]

lol, they have to be swedish, because the best 2 swedish interval acts haven't come up yet :P and they may be the best interval acts every... if i made the list i would pick 3 other swedish interval acts and none of the ones you have seen. Some other countries could have had spot 5-3 :)

[@iris-xo]

Who is requesting this stuff like are reactions based on donations or what

[@Nevolet]

it sounded like swedish people can't digest milk, but it's honestly the other way around. Sweden have the least lactose intolerant people in the world. we drink normal cow milk :p

[@Pilutta100]

Kinda sure you misunderstood about 90% of this. I have friends in America that gets it right away. You are entertaining, but are you deliberately misunderstanding?

[@PennyAfNorberg]

You don't _need_ swedish to live in sweden, at least if you know english.

[@buttersky4451]

I mean I love Petra but that act ist just...imma skip it tbh

[@In_my_own_mind]

Why are all these Swedish numbers part of this list? They are far from the best interval acts…..

[@susannes7023]

I don't think this one qualifies among the best interval acts, it is pretty pathetic. As I am swedish, of course I am proud of all the good stuff we have delivered but this one is mostly embarrassing.

[@Ally11-y6t]

You’re embarrassing! Complaining about a list that someone has put time and effort into is completely absurd 😑 Make your own list and stop complaining!

[@Gfynbcyiokbg8710]

Then why does it make it onto almost every top list out there?

[@susannes7023]

Hey, relax a bit. I have the right to express my opinion about this act just as much as anyone else here. And so I did. No one has any reason to be offended by that. It's not about the list.

[@Gfynbcyiokbg8710]

@@susannes7023 😂 So hypocritical.

[@susannes7023]

@@Gfynbcyiokbg8710 I don't really get what you mean but of course you have the right to have an opinion as well. I expressed my opinion about this specific act, that's all.

[@tommyjensen1943]

STill Swedish Interval act , not the best as you Claim

[@Gfynbcyiokbg8710]

@@tommyjensen1943 🤦‍♀️ Can some people not read

[@Giorgiogva]

This is not the best Eurovision interval of all times at all!! ‘‘This is just Swedish intervals only…. Disappointed 😢

[@bobthegreat297]

i mean yes there are other intervals but this is still so good lol

[@bowsars]

Sweden does it best

[@Victoria-re7vd]

I mean if we are being real for a second Sweden has probably most of the best performances throughout Eurovision history

[@zpitzer]

@@Victoria-re7vd I agree, sweden has the best intervals, most of them include Petra Mede.

[@Gfynbcyiokbg8710]

It's not

[@swinto4795]

Have to say it has gone backwards since 2013 for sure...

[@Bandido894]

Why Swedish interval's only?? There's a lot better intervall act's in other Eurovision hosts during the years! 😠

[@PennyAfNorberg]

Nah....

[@ehmzed]

This one's actually so boring and unfunny. The Swedes always come off as so full of themselves in Eurovision, in such an unlikeable way. Nobody likes to hear someone bragging about themselves 😪

[@Linnea22]

It’s not bragging it’s facts.

[@rickardelimaa]

It's not bragging, it's taking the piss out of yourself.

[@ehmzed]

There you are proving my point lmao

[@1992Lauran]

Please tell me you will review interval act Davina Michelle in Rotterdam 🥹

[@danielstraka7636]

This one is my favourite as well. Spectacular production value … and her voice just amazing.