Sweden: First semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2022 tonight!

The curtain opens tonight for Melodifestivalen 2022, with the first semifinal of this year’s Swedish national selection. Five semifinals and the grand final will keep us company from today until March 12, when we will officially find out the representative of Sweden in Eurovision 2022.

In tonight’s first semifinal, seven entries claim the two tickets to the final, while two more entries will have the chance to compete in the fifth semifinal on March 5th.

The candidates

1. Malou Prytz – Bananas
2. THEOZ – Som du vill
3. Shirley Clamp – Let There Be Angels
4. Omar Rudberg – Moving Like That
5. Danne Stråhed – Hallaballoo
6. Cornelia Jacobs – Hold Me Closer
7. Robin Bengtsson – Innocent Love

Program

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

Oscar Zia will be the presenter of all six shows of Melodifestivalen 2022.

Tonight’s first semifinal, like all shows, will be held in Stockholm due to the outbreak of the Omicron mutation in Sweden. The venue for the first semi-final of the Swedish national selection is the Avicii Arena, better known to Eurofans as the Globe Arena that hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000 and 2016.

The first semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2022 will start at 20:00 CET and will last one and a half hour. You can watch it through the SVT frequency by clicking HERE.

Photo source: Annika Berglund / SVT