Sweden: Sanna Nielsen and Robin Paulsson to host Melodifestivalen 2015

This morning it at a press conference, it was revealed by SVT that Sanna Nielsen and Robin Paulsson will host the Swedish national final Melodifestivalen in 2015. Sanna Nielsen have participated in Melodifestivalen 7 times, and represented Sweden at Eurovision this year, coming 3rd, while Robin Paulsson is a Swedish comedian, tv-host, and screenwriter. It will be their first time hosting Melodifestivalen for both of them.

In 2015 Melodifestivalen will again consider of 6 nights; 4 semifinals, one second chance round, and the big final, but there will be 7 songs in each semifinal instead of 8 as in the previous years, and 4 songs will qualify from the second chance round instead of just two, so there will be a total of 12 songs in the final. Melodifestivalen 2015 will take place the following dates:

 

Semifinal 1: 7/2 in Gothenburg

Semifianl 2: 14/2 in Malmö

Semifinal 3: 21/2 in Östersund

Semfinal 4: 28/2 in Örebro

Second Chance: 7/3 in Helsingborg

Final: 14/3 in Stockholm