of the song, along with the other seven entries of the semi-final, was revealed on January 30, 2014. At a talk show on Alpha Channel, Paparizou said that once she heard the song, she thought that she was already at the Eurovision Song Contest, meaning that the song is good enough to win the selection. The song was available for purchase in iTunes, WiMP and Spotify since February 22, 2014. During an interview for Esctoday, Paparizou revealed that the song was not originally written for her. She said that she heard the instrumental of the song in the recording studios and that she asked if she could have it in her album with the producers saying that the song is written for Melodifestivalen and that the artist of the song being undecided. Paparizou then, said that she would like to participate in the Melodifestivalen with the song. Composition and development "Survivor" is a mid-tempo song about empowerment which runs for three minutes and four seconds. Written by Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström, Karl-Ola Kjellholm and Sharon Vaughn, the song talks about a woman that was abandoned by a man, but yet has managed to get through the situation and survive. The song was originally written to be submitted for Melodifestivalen 2014. As the singer of the song was not decided by the time of the selection's submissions, the song was recorded with a sample voice. As Paparizou reported, after she heard the song in the studios with the pre-recorded voice she begged the composers to record it for her new album as she really got inspired by the song. Then, the composers said that the song is for Melodifestivalen and it cannot be included in her album leading Paparizou to participate in Melodifestivalen. Sharon, as Paparizou reported, wrote the lyrics of the song because "she's been there and she is a survivor" like Paparizou. The song contains some inspirational rhetoric about overcoming difficulties, which Helena has definitely done. The song's empowerment and rock edge was often compared with "Euphoria", the song that brought the fifth victory of Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, making "Survivor" a potential Eurovision winner in case it was selected to represent Sweden in the contest. Critical reception The song received mostly positive reviews. On a review for the Melodifestivalen songs, Olivier Rocher of Oikotimes described the song as "a glamorous entry that definitely deserves to be