Sweden: Meet the “Melodifestivalen 2025” Participants

As always, Sweden will hold “Melodifestivalen” as the national final, to select both the artist and the song for Eurovision.
Swedish broadcaster SVT revealed the 30 artists who will take part in “Melodifestivalen 2025″ during a special press conference:

The Participants

Semi-Final 1: Saturday 1st of February 2025, Luleå

  • Linnea Henriksson – “Den känslan” (Eng: The Feeling)
  • Meira Omar- “Hush Hush”
  • Maja Ivarsson “Kamikaze Life”
  • Albin Johnsén ft Pa. – “Upp i luften” (Eng: Up in the air)
  • John Lundvik – “Voice of The Silent”
  • Adrian Macéus“Vår första gång” (Eng: Our first time)

Semi-Final 2: Saturday 8th of February 2025, Gothenburg

  • SCHLAGERZ (Maria Rolf, Maria Persson and Sandra Estberg) – “Don Juan”
  • Nomi Tales (Nomi Bontegard) – “Funniest Thing”
  • Klara Hammarström“On and On and On”
  • Kaliffa “Salute”
  • Erik Segerstedt – “Show Me What Love Is
  • Fredrik Lundman – “The Heart of a Swedish Cowboy”

Semi-Semi-Final 3: Saturday 15th of February 2025, Västerås

  • Malou Prytz – “24K Gold”
  • Kristofer Greczula“Believe Me”
  • Annika Wickihalder “Life Again”
  • Björn Holmgren – “Rädda mig” (Eng: Save Me)
  • Angelino“Teardrops”
  • Dolly Style – “YIHAA”

Semi-Final 4: Saturday 22nd of February 2025, Malmö

  • KAJ” Bara bada bastu”
  • Ella Tiritiello  “Bara du är där”
  • AmenA – “Do Good, Be Better”
  • Måns Zelmerlöw – “Revolution”
  • Andreas Lundstedt“Wishes”
  • Tennessee Tears – “Yours”

Semi-Final 5: Saturday 1st of February 2025, Jönköping

  • Saga Ludvigsson “Hate You So Much”
  • Vilhelm Buchaus“I’m Yours”
  • Victoria Silvstedt“Love It!”
  • Arvingarna “Ring, Baby Ring”
  • Scarlet“Sweet N Syco”
  • Arwin Ismail“This Dream of Mine”

“Melodifestivalen 2025” – Known Details

  1. A total of 2,794 songs were submitted to the national selection.
  2. The professional committee shortlisted 30 songs to compete in the live shows. Some of them will be chosen from the applications, while others from artists who have received invitations from SVT.
  3. The selection will feature 5 semi-final and a grand final:
    1. Semi-Final 1: Saturday 1st of February 2025, Luleå (Coop Norrbotten Arena)
    2. Semi-Final 2: Saturday 8th of February 2025, Gothenburg (Scandinavium)
    3. Semi-Final 3: Saturday 15th of February 2025, Västerås (Västerås Arena)
    4. Semi-Final 4: Saturday 22nd of February 2025, Malmö (Malmö Arena)
    5. Semi-Final 5: Saturday 1st of March 2025, Jönköping (Husqvarna Garden)
    6. Final: Saturday 8th of March 2025, Stockholm (Strawberry Arena)
  4.  Keyyo and Edvin Törnblom will host the shows.
  5. 6 artists will take part in each semi-final. The top 2 will qualify for the final.
  6. Unlike previous editions, the songs will be released one day before each semi-final (and not just snippets!)
  7. The artists who will finish in the 4th, 5th and 6th place (in each semi-final) will be eliminated.
  8. At the end of the 5th semi-final,
    • The highest scoring 3rd-place song (out of possible 5) will get a ticket to the final
    • The remaining 4 artists will face additional voting rounds. The winner will qualify for the final.
  9. The results of the semi-finals will be determined by a public vote
  10. 12 artists will make it to the final, where the results will be based on a 50% public vote and 50% international jury vote.



Marcus & Martinus represented Sweden at Eurovision 2024 with the song “Unforgettable”.
They finished in 9th place with 174 points.

Eurovision 2025 will be held in Basel, Switzerland on the 13th, 15th and 17th of May 2025

Doron Lahav is 30-year-old, who lives in Israel. Doron has been watching the Eurovision Song Contest since early 2000s. Doron works as a Data Scientist and shows interest in singing and writing.

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