Melodifestivalen, the national selection that most fans are waiting for, kicks off in Sweden tonight!
The line-up
- Adam Woods – Supernatural
Text & music: Adam Woods, Calle Hellberg, Jonna Hall, William Segerdahl
- Samir & Viktor – Hela världen väntar
Text & music: David Kreuger, Fredrik Kempe, Niklas Carson Matsson
- Melina Borglowe – Min Melodi
Text & music: Andreas Mattsson, Melina Borglowe, Thomas G:son.
- Elisa Lindström – Forever Yours
Text & music: Elisa Lindström, Erik Bernholm, Henric Axelsson, Henrik Sethsson, Thomas G:son
- Lisa Ajax – Awful Liar
Text & music: David Lindgren Zacharias, Sebastian Atas, Victor Crone, Victor Sjöström
- Smash Into Pieces – Heroes Are Calling
Text & music: Andreas ”Giri” Lindbergh, Benjamin Jennebo, Chris Adam Hedman Sörbye, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Per Bergquist
The New Format
Six entries compete in each heat, a total of 30 entries (previously, 28). Two entries per heat go directly to the final, two are still in the competition and two are eliminated. There are thus ten entries that directly qualify for the final from the five heats.
The final will continue to have 12 competing entries and the last two finalists will be presented in a completely new show, live from the arena directly after the fifth heat. Viewers will then have the opportunity to distribute even more hearts via the app and phone to their favorites among the ten remaining entries, i.e. those who came third and fourth in the five heats. All of these competing artists are in attendance and viewers get to watch a flash replay of their previous performances. The result is based on a tally of the number of votes in the heats and the number of votes in the extended part of the fifth heat.
The final will be just like the previous years with twelve competing entries where the viewers account for half of the votes via app/sms and half of the votes are cast by an international jury.
- 3/2 Heat 1
- 10/2 Heat 2
- 17/2 Heat 3
- 24/2 Heat 4
- 2/3 Heat 5
- 9/3 Final
You can watch the show live at 20:00 CET HERE or via our Multi-window live feed.