rumours of who would compete in the 2008 mgp arose early on. the first major name to be mentioned was former eurovision winner for sweden carola. however this did not come to pass, having later entered as a wildcard into the swedish national selection melodifestivalen. another name mentioned as a potential entrant was lene alexandra, who had previously had success with the song "my boobs are ok". alexandra later confirmed her participation in mgp in december 2007.