Sweden: The international jury that will help determine the winner of Melodifestivalen 2023 just got revealed!

We now know the eight countries that SVT has inviter and will comprise the international jury. Those countries will get the chance to vote and help determine the winner of Melodifestivalen 2023, who will finally get a ticket to Liverpool, in order to represent the country in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

The eight countries of the international jury

The results of Melodifestivalen 2023 at the final show, get determined 50-50 by the televotes and the votes of the countries that SVT selected and will comprise the international jury.

The countries comprising the international jury this year will be:

Australia
Belgium
Croatia
Latvia
Malta
Spain
Germany
Austria

The voting age-groups

The viewers vote for their favourite number, based on their age group. One either can vote by phone or with the use of the Melodifestivalen app.

Before being able to vote, the app users 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

Combined voting results

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.

Final Show Running Order

Where You Are (Sávežan) – Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Arc North feat. Adam Woods
Rhythm Of My Show – Tone Sekelius
One Day – Mariette
Air – Marcus & Martinus
On My Way – Panetoz
Never Give Up – Maria Sur
Six Feet Under – Smash Into Pieces
Where Did You Go – Kiana
Släpp alla sorger – Nordman
Tattoo – Loreen
Mer av dig – THEOZ
Royals – Paul Rey

The Show

Jesper Rönndahl and Farah Abadi will present Melodifestivalen 2023. The heats are following the touring concept again, after SVT had pulled back last year due to health restrictions in Sweden, with the finals being held at Friends Arena! With the next show of the contest on Saturday March the 4th, Melodifestivalen will take place in Örnsköldsvik and finally the final show in Stockholm follows on the 11th of March.

The detailed schedule of Melodifestivalen 2022 is described below:

~~Heat 1: Göteborg – Saturday 4 February 2023 (Scandinavium)~~
~~Heat 2: Linköping – Saturday 11 February 2023 (Saab Arena)~~
~~Heat 3: Lidköping – Saturday 18 February 2023 (Sparbanken Arena)~~
~~Heat 4: Malmö – Saturday 25 February 2023 (Malmö Arena)~~
~~Semi-Final: Örnsköldsvik – Saturday 4 March 2023 (Hägglunds Arena)~~
Final: Stockholm – Satuday 11 March 2023 (Friends Arena)

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding Sweden’s entry for Eurovision 2023!