Sweden: Melodifestivalen Heat 1 will be broadcasted from Avicii Arena in Stockholm!

A little while ago, the name of the arena for the first phase of Melodifestivalen was revealed, through its official Twitter account. The first semi-final of Sweden’s national final, will take place in Avicii Arena, named after the great Swedish DJ who died in 2018, and is the biggest spherical building in the world. The arena is located in Stockholm, where the rest of the competition will take place as the tour of Melodifestivalen in Sweden was cancelled due to the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

We are talking about the formerly named Gloden Arena, the arena that hosted Eurovision Song Contest back in 2000 and 2016.

Melodifestivalens första deltävling 2022 kommer att sändas från Avicii Arena i Stockholm. #melfest pic.twitter.com/OJ11zg8Z6i

— Melodifestivalen (@SVTmelfest) January 25, 2022

The Show

Oscar Zia will host Melodifestivalen 2022, while as mentioned before, the procedure of finding Sweden’s representative for Turin will take place exclusively in Stockholm.

About a month ago, the contestants and running order of the Swedish music festival were announced through SVT. Despite the cancellation of the tour in five cities of the Scandinavian country, the order and the dates of the semi-finals remain the same.

1st Semi-Final – February 5

Malou Prytz – Bananas
THEOZ – Som du vill
Shirley Clamp – Let There Be Angels
Omar Rudberg – Moving Like That
Danne Stråhed – Hallaballoo
Cornelia Jacobs – Hold Me Closer
Robin Bengtsson – Innocent Love

2nd Semi-Final – February 12

LIAMOO – Bluffin
Niello & Lisa Ajax – Tror du att jag bryr mig
Samira Manners – I Want To Be Loved
Alvaro Estrella – Suave
Browsing Collection – Face In The Crowd
John Lundvik – Änglavakt
Tone Sekelius – My Way

3rd Semi-Final – February 19

Cazzi Opeia – I Can’t Get Enough
Lancelot – Lyckligt slut
Lisa Miskovsky – Best To come
Tribe Friday – Shut Me Up
Faith Kakembo – Freedom
Linda Bengtzing – Fyrfaldigt hurra!
Anders Bagge – Bigger Than The Universe

4th Semi-Final – February 26

Anna Bergendahl – Higher Power
Lillasyster – Till Our Days Are Over
Malin Christin – Synd om dig
Tenori – La Stella
MEDINA – In i dimman
Angelino – The End
Klara Hammarström – Run To The Hills

Τhe detailed program of Melodifestivalen 2022 is:

1st Semi-Final – February 5
2nd Semi-Final-February 12
3rd Semi-Final -February 19
4th Semi-Final- February 26
5th Semi-Final- 5 Μαρτίου
Final – March 12

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding Sweden’s entry for Eurovision 2022!