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EUROVISION 2025 SWEDEN - MELODIFESTIVALEN 2025


Swedish Melodifestivalen goes ahead as usual with the same songwriters and even three previous winners in the line up: Arvingarna, Måns Zelmerlöw and John Lundvik, Måns of course being also an Eurovision winner and host and ever present anyways. 


Minor changes to the procedure: Five heats with six songs each. two will qualify for the final and the third placed ones will have a second chance in the end of fifth heat two making it to the final that will have 12 songs. A 50/50 televote/international jury will determinate the winner and the Swedish entry in Basel 2025 Eurovision. The heats start on February 1 each Saturday until the grand final on March 8, 2025.
Another change is all the songs will be released to the streaming platform the day before their heat. 
A total of 2.794 songs were submitted and yet majority of the songs are written by the usual songwriters in various combos. Jimmy Joker Thörnfeldt and Anderz Wrethov both are behind 6 songs, Thomas G:son 5, David Lindgren Zacharias, Dino Medanhodzic and Peter Boström 4. Jimmy Jansson 3, Laurell Barker and The Debs have 2 songs this year. Cazzi Opeia, Tusse and Loreen one as well. Even Sandra Bjurman and Stefan Örn are back. 
And if Estonia's Eesti laul has threee Finnish acts or writers in the mix here we have KAJ, a Swedish speaking humor band from Ostrobotnia with a song called Bara bada bastu or Only to have sauna. Oh dear.


Heat 1 - Luleå - February 1, 2025:

Maja Ivarsson - Kamikaze life ** 2ND FINALIST
John Lundvik - Voice of the silent  *** FINALIST

Best of the evening.....




Heat 2 - Göteborg - February 8, 2025

Erik Segerstedt - Show me what love is ** FINALIST
Klara Hammarström - On and on and on **  2ND FINALIST


Heat 3 - Västerås - February 15, 2025:

Greczula - Believe me  ** FINALIST
Malou Prytz - 24K gold  **  4TH
Angelino - Teardrops  **  5TH
Annika Wickihalder - Life again  ** 2ND FINALIST


Heat 4 - Malmö - February 22, 2025:

KAJ - Bara bada bastu  ***  2ND FINALIST
Måns Zelmerlöw - Revolution  *** FINALIST


Heat 5 - Jönköping - March 1, 2025:

Saga Ludvigsson - Hate you so much  ** FINALIST
Scarlett - Sweet 'n psycho  *** 2ND FINALIST

Final qualification round:

Meira Omar - Hush hush  2ND FINALIST
Kaliffa - Salute  4TH
Dolly Style - Yihaa  FINALIST
Ella Tiritiello - Bara du är där  3RD
Arwin - This dream of mine  5TH





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