Every year, Sweden have chosen an artist and a song via their traditional musical show “Melodifestivalen”.
Swedish broadcaster SVT arranged 6 shows, travelling around 6 cities in Sweden: Gothenburg, Linköping, Lidköping, Malmö, Örnsköldsvik, and Stockholm
The grand final was held at the Friends Arena, Stockholm, with a capacity of 50,000 seats.
The 6 shows were hosted by Farah Abadi and Jesper Rönndahl:
12 artists will compete in the final of “Melodifestivalen 2023“.
8 of them took a direct path from the heats to the final, while an additional 4 qualified from semi-final (the second chance).
They performed in the following running order:
- Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Arc North feat. Adam Woods – Where You Are (Sávečan)
- Tone Sekelius – Rhythm Of My Show
- Mariette – One Day
- Marcus & Martinus – Air
- Panetoz – On My Way
- Maria Sur – Never Give Up
- Smash Into Pieces – Six Feet Under
- Kiana – Where Did You Go?
- Nordman – Släpp Alla Sorger
- Loreen – Tattoo
- Theoz – Mer Av Dig
- Paul Ray – Royals
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Results
The results were determined by a 50% public vote and a 50% international jury.
International Jury
The international jury included 40 experts from 8 countries: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Latvia, Malta and Spain. Each jury panel granted a set of 1-8 points, 10, 12 points:
Loreen was in the lead of the international jury, followed by Marcus & Martinus (2nd place) and Paul Rey (3rd place)
Public Vote
The public vote was divided and aggregated by the age groups: televoters, 3 – 9 years old, 10 –15, 16 – 29, 30 – 44, 45 – 59, 60 – 74, and 75+.
Each group will grant a set of 1-8, 10,,12 points.
They voted as follows:
Therefore, Loreen is the winner of “Melodifestivalen 2023″!
The last time she participated in “Melodifestivalen” was in 2017, and back then she didn’t qualify for the final.
In 2012, she waved 2 trophies, both of the “Melodifestivalen 2012″ and of “Eurovision 2012”.
Could Sweden do it again with Loreen?
Will Sweden achieve its 7th win at Eurovision?
What do you think about the Swedish contribution at Eurovision 2023?
Sweden will compete in the second half of semi-final 1 at Eurovision 2023.
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