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First wildcard revealed
Darin enters Melodifestivalen
The speculations had arisen in the Swedish tabloids during the last few days. Names like Jerry Williams, Martin Stenmark, Lena Philipsson and Sofia Jannok have all been mentioned in the newspapers as possible wildcards.
Today, SVT revealed the first wildcard of four. Former Idol participant Darin enters Melodifestivalen for the first time. He has been around the competition before, this year as interval act, performing Jan Johansen's Se på mig, and a couple of years ago he performed Lena Philipsson's Det gör ont at the show that celebrated 50 years of Melodifestivalen.
When he was 14 years old hee send in a song to Melodifestivalen, but i dident make the cut. "It is really fun to be in the competition, but i am already feeling butterflies in my belly", Darin says to Expressen.
"Darin have been on my wish list since 2005, when he knocked out the whole Swedish artist elite under the 50 years anniversary of Melodifestivalen, when he did his own version of Det gör ont", says Melodifestival producer Christer Björkman.
The song is called Out of my life and is written by Tony Nilsson and Henrik Jansson. Tony has been in Melodifestivalen in 2008 with Love in stereo and in 2009 with Disconnect me and The Queen. He has also been involved with next year's songs Doctor Doctor and Too late to say I'm sorry, the latter together with Henrik Janson.
Darin is currently number one in the Swedish singles chart with a cover of Coldplay's Viva la vida. Last year's big chart success was the R&B song Breathing your love, a duet with Kat De Luna. The song is going to be released in the UK later this year.
Darin & Kat De Luna - Breathing your love
Darin - Det gör ont (Lena Philipsson cover)
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Ok, he could be first kurd ever on ESC XD
Great news, YEAH!!!! 
Agree with TK, Step Up is the best song of Darin and I remember this song charting really well in Norway in 2006-07 periode
http://www.youtube.c(...)T34&translated=1
STEP UP- DARIN
he sounds great here!
oh this is great news! Step up was a mad song ( and why the F**K did u tards not put that on, and this garbage up??).. ill always remember step upthe movie from that song ahhaha!
Just please Darin, sing something modern, none of the schlager rubbish pervading MF.. *shudder* MF
if this boy gets through it's curtains for sweden
he's good! I like him! :-)
I don't like him.
But we have the winner of Melodifestivalen right here.
So we don't have to watch it even.
He is GREAT!! Love his cds, Good luck Sweden!!
He looks alright 
Good Luck Sweden for 2010 
Darin will represent sweden in oslo he is a super talent and extremely popular with all age groups in sweden...
would be surprised if anyone else wins melodifestivalen
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wayyheyy
i was waiting for his time to enter
From what i've just watched from those Utube clips.. Darin will not be heading to Oslo... .at least not as the Swedish rep.
like many people i have mixed feelings about this.
pros -
"insanity" had a great outlook
new face for MF
cons -
it's yet another teenager idol participant
tony nilson will probably write another cheesy abba crap
!!! AMAZING! I love Darin. Boo to all you haters. You won't be able to vote anyway. I'm hoping for a good song and then I'll vote for him for sure. Heja Darin!
I don't particulary like Darin's music, it's okay but nothing really worth paying attention to, at least for me. He's just comes across as very average to me and nothing striking really. Just like another Mans or something like that. Meh, I was hoping for something a bit better. But not surprised though.
cute man nice voice
Perfect! But I believe in Israel and in Harel Skaat
As predicted by the tabloids I so wanted Darin to win the "Swedish Idol" in 2004.
he's not popular outside Sweden (he's only popular to those who love Swedish music outside Sweden). Let's be careful whe we use the word "popular" because everyone believes his/her idol is a worldwide star! Anyway, let's see if juries will vote for him in the final!
There may be hope with him, he's actually popular OUTSIDE of Sweden.
OMG! There is no hope for MF next year either if it continues like this. I can't stand this guy and that cheesy pop... Ugh, too wannabe-mainstream-crap. 
YAY!
i love his songs Karma and Breathing Your Love
Daniel Lindström won idol 2004, not Agnes.. she won in 2005
I don't understand why Christer Björkman said that he wanted Darin in the competition after his cover of Det Gor Ont - which is terrible.
Hope for something great for the other Wildcards! Sweden rules!
woahhhhh great =D i love him =]
if he goes to eurovision he probably will be the favorite to win.
Bad choice Hopefully the song will be good anyway...
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