Sweden: Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2022 takes place tonight!

Melodifestivalen 2022: act sixth! Grand Final today for the selection process of Sweden’s participation in Eurovision 2022. As is known, five semifinals and the grand final will keep us company until today, when we will have the official selection of Sweden’s representative in Eurovision 2022.

Finalists

Twelve artists are competing in tonight’s grand final of the Swedish national team, with the winner representing the Scandinavian country in May in Turin. The finalists of the grand final are:

1. Klara Hammarström – Run To The Hills
2. Theoz – Som du vill
3. Anna Bergendahl – Higher Power
4. John Lundvik – Änglavakt
5. Tone Sekelius – My Way
6. Anders Bagge – Bigger Than The Universe
7. Robin Bengtsson – Innocent Love
8. Faith Kakembo – Freedom
9. LIAMOO – Bluffin
10. Cornelia Jacobs – Hold Me Closer
11. Cazzi Opeia – I Can’t Get Enough
12. MEDINA - In i dimman 

Voting

The results of Melodifestivalen 2022 at the final show, get determined 50-50 by the televotes and the votes of the eight countries that will comprise the international jury.

These eight countries of the international jury this year will be:

• The Netherlands
• Finland
• Spain
• Australia
• Czech Republic
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy

Starting from last year, the viewers vote in age groups. At the final show there is no longer the possibility to vote by SMS, as the Melodifestivalen production team commented the SMS votes were minimal. One either can vote by phone or with the use of the Melodifestivalen app.

Before being able to vote, one must register their age. The viewers are allocated into the following seven age groups:

• 3-9 years old, Green group
• 10-15 years old, Turquoise group
• 16-29 years old, Blue group
• 30-44 years old, Purple group
• 45-59 years old, Pink group
• 60-74 years old, Red group
• 75 years old and above, Orange group

There are eight categories in all, one is the televoting and the rest are the seven age-groups. Each category gives 58 points in total at the finals, distributed to the acts accordingly. Also the change of the number of countries in the international jury, from eleven to eight was implemented so that the number of countries match the number of voting categories of the public. At the end of the voting process, the juries will decide 50% of the votes and the public vote will provide the remaining 50% of the points.

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

Tonight’s final, like all other shows, will be held in Stockholm due to the outbreak of the Omicron variant in Sweden. The venue for the second semi-final of Melodifestivalen is the Friends Arena, which has hosted the finals of the Melodifestivalen from 2013 to 2020.

The Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2022 will start at 20:00 CET and will last two hours. You can watch it through the SVT frequency by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Sweden’s participation in Eurovision 2022!