Marie Serneholt - Return To Spotlight (2009-)

Return To Spotlight (2009-)

On 3 December 2008, Serneholt was confirmed by SVT as the third of four wildcard artists for Melodifestivalen 2009. On 7 February 2009, during the first semi final heat, she performed her new single, "Disconnect Me". She placed sixth of eight, and did not advance to the finals. "Disconnect Me" (which also serves as the first single from Serneholt's second album) was released on 25 February 2009. As for the album itself, Marie stated that she is hoping for a Fall 2009 release, but the album still had not been released as of February 2011. She worked with Filip Cederholm on the album photoshoots and artwork.

She co-hosted Sveriges Television's broadcast of the National Day of Sweden celebrations in 2009.

In October 2009, it was announced that she would be appearing in a Swedish-language version of the musical Grease, resulting in fans questioning whether or not a follow-up to Enjoy the Ride will ever be released.

Alongside Rickard Olsson, she co-hosted the semi-finals and finals of the Melodifestivalen 2011 contest.

In December 2011, Serneholt released a new single "Himlen I Min Famn", under Warner Music Sweden. She also participated in the first semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2012 which was hold on 4 February 2012 in Vida Arena, Växjö. She sang the song "Salt & Pepper", composed by Lina Eriksson, Mårten Eriksson and Figge Boström. She finished 6th in the first round of voting so she was disqualified from the competition.

Serneholt was announced as one of the judges of the Swedish version of popular talent show The X Factor that premieres September 9, 2012.