I just needed to post a picture to try to help us Americans understand how much Sweden loves Eurovision...
This picture is from the National Final, Melodifestavalen, held last weekend. In the same stadium Taylor Swift will fill May 11th...
This was the second night in a row sold out like this. And this is the FINAL, which was preceeded by 5 weeks of semi-finals. I didn't particularly enjoy it... the songs in the finals were all roughly the same, but the crowd was hopping. Just goes to show that this is not made for us Americans. :)