Melodifestivalen 2023 has just come to an end after 6 weeks and after an exciting show live from Stockholm’s Friends Arena, Sweden has now selected the act they will send to Liverpool for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest: it will be Loreen with “Tattoo”.
The entire show, the four previous heats and a semi-final held by SVT, were hosted by Jesper Rönndahl and Farah Abadi.
The 12 finalists who competed to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 were:
1. Where You Are (Sávežan) – Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Arc North feat. Adam Woods
2. Rhythm Of My Show – Tone Sekelius
3. One Day – Mariette
4. Air – Marcus & Martinus
5. On My Way – Panetoz
6. Never Give Up – Maria Sur
7. Six Feet Under – Smash Into Pieces
8. Where Did You Go – Kiana
9. Släpp alla sorger – Nordman
10. Tattoo – Loreen
11. Mer av dig – THEOZ
12. Royals – Paul Rey
A total of twelve acts performed tonight. Eight of them were chosen from four previous heats, whilst the remaining four finalists were chosen from the semi-final last Saturday. The votes collected from the televoting/app voting as well as those awarded by an international jury panel, formed by 8 countries, decided the winner. These were:
- Belgium
- Croatia
- Spain
- Australia
- Latvia
- Malta
- Germany
- Austria
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