SVT, the Swedish broadcaster has revealed the 30 acts that will compete in Melodifestivalen 2025.
After Marcus and Martinus’ 9th place in Eurovision’s final last year, Sweden is looking for their next representative in Switzerland that will wave the country’s flag next May. All the songs and artists competing in 2025 have been presented at SVT’s headquarters earlier in the morning.
Getting to tell you about this year’s competing entries is always just as fun, we want it to feel like an early Christmas present. It will be an exciting, entertaining and hit season in 2025. I am very proud of the line-up, which is a really exciting mix of artists. Being able to present, for example, Linnea Henriksson, SCARLET, Måns Zelmerlöw and Victoria Silvstedt is a good day at work.
competition producer Karin Gunnarsson
The 30 acts are revealed in alphabetical order. The semi-final allocation and running order will be revealed later on.
Heat 1 – LULEÅ, 1st February
Den känslan – Linnea Henriksson
Song writers: David Lindgren Zacharias, Linnea Henriksson, Sebastian Atas
Hush Hush – Meira Omar
Song writers: Anderz Wrethov, Dino Medanhodzic, Laurell Barker, Meira Omar
Kamikaze Life – Maja Ivarsson
Song writers: Andreas ”Giri” Lindbergh, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Maja Ivarsson
Upp i luften – Albin Johnsén feat. Pa
Song writers: Albin Johnsén, Christoffer Balazik, FERNAND MP, Mattias Andréasson, Pa Modou
Voice of the Silent – John Lundvik
Song writers: Jimmy Jansson, John Lundvik, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son
Vår första gång – Adrian Macéus
Song writers: Adam”Rymdpojken” Englund, Adrian Björklund, Adrian Macéus, Hugo Geijer Persson, William Pärlenskog
Heat 2 – GOTHENBURG, 8th February
Don Juan – SCHLAGERZ
Song writers: Anna Engh, Mikael Karlsson
Funniest Thing – Nomi Tales
Song writers: Adam Breitholtz, Herman Gardarfve, Jacob Lundahl, Nomi Bontegard, Simon Weidersjö
On and On and On – Klara Hammarström
Song writers: Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy Jansson, Klara Hammarström, Moa ”Cazzi Opeia” Carlebecker, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son
Salute – Kaliffa
Song writers: Anderz Wrethov, Jakob ”Big Brain” Malmlöf, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Kaliffa Karlsson, Robert Skowronski
Show Me What Love Is – Erik Segerstedt
Song writers: Erik Segerstedt, Mattias Andréasson, Pontus Söderman
The Heart of a Swedish Cowboy – Fredrik Lundman
Song writers: Erik Bernholm, Maja Francis, Thomas G:son
Heat 3 – VÄSTERÅS, 15th February
24K Gold – Malou Prytz
Song writers: Anderz Wrethov, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Julie “Kill J” Aagaard, Malou Prytz
Believe Me – Greczula
Song writers: Amanda Nordelius, John Russel, Kristofer Greczula
Life Again – Annika Wickihalder
Song writers: Annika Wickihalder, Herman Gardarfve, Patrik Jean
Rädda mig – Björn Holmgren
Song writers: Björn Holmgren, David Lindgren Zacharias, Jens Hult
Teardrops – Angelino
Song writers: Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Tusse Chiza
YIHAA – Dolly Style
Song writers: Caroline Aronsson, David Lindgren Zacharias, Herman Gardarfve, Melanie Wehbe, Mikaela Samuelsson, Patrik Jean
Heat 4 – MALMÖ, 22nd February
Bara bada bastu – KAJ
Song writers: Anderz Wrethov, Axel Åhman, Jakob Norrgård, Kevin Holmström, Kristoffer Strandberg, Robert Skowronski
Bara du är där – Ella Tiritiello
Song writers: Adam “Rymdpojken” Englund, David Björk, Loreen Talhaoui
Do Good Be Better – AmenA
Song writers: AmenA, Sandra Bjurman, Stefan Örn
Revolution – Måns Zelmerlöw
Song writers: David Lindgren Zacharias, Måns Zelmerlöw, Ola Svensson, Sebastian Atas
Vicious – Andreas Lundstedt
Song writers: Andreas Lundstedt, Dino Medanhodzic, Laurell Barker, LIAMOO
Yours – Tennessee Tears
Song writers: Gavin Jones, Jonas Hermansson, Pär Westerlund, Tilda Feuk
Heat 5 – JÖNKÖPING, 1st March
Hate You So Much – Saga Ludvigsson
Song writers: Herman Gardarfve, Lisa Desmond, Saga Ludvigsson
I’m Yours – Vilhelm Buchaus
Song writers: Elias Edman, Jonatan Lahti, Simon Alexander Ward, Vilhelm Buchaus
Love It! – Victoria Silvstedt
Song writers: Anderz Wrethov, Chelsea Muco, Elsa Carmona Oljelund, FERNAND MP, Karl Flyckt, Pa Modou
Ring baby ring – Arvingarna
Song writers: Stefan Brunzell, Thomas G:son
Sweet N’ Psycho – SCARLET
Song writers: Anderz Wrethov, Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Scarlet Hunts, Thirsty
This Dream of Mine – Arwin
Song writers: Anderz Wrethov, Arwin Ismail, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Julie “Kill J” Aagaard, Peter Boström
Statistics for Melodifestivalen 2025
Authors
A total of 79 authors, of which 54 are men and 25 are women. 33 people debut as songwriters and 46 authors have had at least one entry before. 19 entries out of 30 have at least one female songwriter.
Artists
A total of 43 competing artists, of which 21 are women and 22 are men. 17 artists debut in Melodifestivalen.
Contributions/acts
Number of contributions with Swedish text: 9 out of 30
A total of 2794 songs were submitted to the competition
Number of competing entries with men: 15
Number of competing entries with women: 14
Number of competing entries with woman/man: 1
The hosts of Melodifestivalen 2025
Kristina “Keyyo” Petrushina and Edvin Törnblom will be the hosts of Melodifestivalen 2025. Although they have not worked with each other before, they have several things in common – including the love for Melodifestivalen.
It has been a big dream since childhood to host Melodifestivalen! I am really looking forward to sharing this amazing journey with Edvin, who like me has a deep love for the competition. We will do our utmost to invite you to a Mello where everyone feels like part of the party. Let’s do this!
Kristina ”Keyyo” Petrushina
It is such an incredible honor to host Melodifestivalen. I love this competition almost more than anything in the whole world so I will take good care of it. I am so looking forward to sharing this crazy journey together with Keyyo, the artists and all Mello lovers!
Edvin Törnblom
Kristina began her career as a comedian on her own YouTube channel and got her own TV series Keyyo & Co on SVT in 2014. After that, TV viewers have been able to see her in programs such as Valfeber, Må underbart with Tiffany Persson, Keyyo and Rheborg in Ryssland, Best in test and Svenska Powerkvinnor. It is also not the first time that Kristina has taken on the role of the host. Together with Carina Berg, she led Barncancergalan (Children’s Cancer Gala) – The Swedish Comedy Award in 2016, Talang Sweden together with Per Lernström in 2017-2018 and Svenska hjältar in 2021, The Journey – 15 days in Nepal in 2022 and can now be seen in Good Luck Guys on Prime Video. The most recent SVT programs that Kristina has hosted are Hotell Romantik, Komiker utan gränders, Kristallen-gala and Detektiverna.
Edvin began his career with television development and radio in P3. After that, he moved to the neighboring house and worked as a presenter on SVT programs such as Häng på and Edvin och Laki hjälper till. Together with Johanna Nordström, he started the podcast Ursäkta in 2020, which is today one of the most listened to podcasts. The podcast has also been awarded as Podcast of the Year by both the Swedish Humor Prize and the Guldörat Radio Prize. In 2022 he led the QX gala with Sissela Kyle, released the book Bögen är lös and went on an arena tour with Ursäkta live. In 2023, he was awarded three prizes at the QX gala, including this year’s LGBT, and did a Sweden tour with Bögen är lös. In the same year, he came in second place as Maneten in Masked Singer Sweden. In the spring of 2024, TV viewers could see Edvin on TV4, as host of Bachelorette and this autumn in the documentary Edvin is loose – the gay man behind the scenes.
Read more about this year’s changes in Melodifestivalen HERE.