Five-time Eurovision songwriter Anderz Wrethov is speaking to Heads of Delegations from across Europe about Eurovision participation. 

Speaking exclusively to The Euro Trip as a guest on The Contest & Me series of episodes, the Fuego songwriter revealed he is in discussions with multiple countries about working on their 2024 Eurovision entries. 

“I am talking to some countries’ Heads of Delegation now. 

“Of course I want to have a song in Eurovision, that would be a lot of fun to represent Sweden again, or maybe another country.” 

Wrethov’s first involvement in the contest was in 2009 when he and his sister, Elin Wrethov, collaborated with a team of writers on Azerbaijan’s entry, Always, which finished third in the Grand Final. 

He returned nine years later, penning Eleni Foureira’s Fuego, going one further to finish as runner-up in the contest. 

“It’s all about finding the right artist. When I did Fuego with Eleni Foureira, it was really hard to find an artist here in Sweden like that. But I really love to make that kind of music so that was a perfect match.” 

Wrethov’s comments about finding the right artist mirror those made by Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt to The Euro Trip earlier this year. 

“I’ve never seen it as what country I want to write for,” Thörnfeldt said. 

“It’s more [about] who the artist is. I want to see a good artist together with the song, so it doesn’t really matter so much about what country it is. 

“I just want to connect with it.” 

As well as his success in Eurovision, Wrethov has been a stalwart in Melodifestivalen, competing with songs in the competition every year since 2013. 

In 2022, all four of Wrethov’s contributions reached the final of Melfest, a year after winning the competition – with Voices by Tusse – and three years after winning with Too Late for Love by John Lundvik. 

“If I have a chance to find the artist that I can make a great song for, let’s find out. Or maybe it will be through Melodifestivalen, but it’s a very long journey to win in Sweden with all these heats and semi finals.” 

With the song submission deadline for Melfest 2024 on Friday (September 15), songwriters, including Wrethov, have been putting finishing touches to the entries they hope to compete with in February and March next year. 

“I can’t give you any specifics, but I can say that I’m happy because I submitted very different kinds of songs, much more different to the year before when I talk about artists and genres. For me, that’s fun.”