Sweden: These are the contestants of Melodifestivalen 2025!

The names of the artists selected to compete in Melodifestivalen 2025, the national final through which Sweden’s entry for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, will be selected, have just been announced.

In the list below, you can see the artists and the titles of their songs, along with their distribution in the five heats:

First Heat

• Linnea Henriksson – “Den Känslan” (David Lindgren Zacharias, Linnea Henriksson, Sebastian Atas)
• Meira Omar – “Hush Hush” (Anderz Wrethov, Dino Medanhodzic, Laurell Barker, Meira Omar)
• Maja Ivarsson – “Kamikaze Live” (Andreas ”Giri” Lindbergh, Jimmy ”Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Maja Ivarsson)
• Albin Johnsén feat. Pa – “Upp i Luften” (Albin Johnsén, Christoffer Balazik, FERNAND MP, Mattias Andréasson, Pa Modou)
• John Lundvik – “Voice of the Silent” (Jimmy Jansson, John Lundvik, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son)
• Adrian Maceus – “Vår Första Gång” (Adam”Rymdpojken” Englund, Adrian Björklund, Adrian Macéus, Hugo Geijer Persson, William Pärlenskog)

Second Heat

• SCHLAGERZ – “Don Juan” (Anna Engh, Mikael Karlsson)
• Nomi Tales – “Funniest Thing” (Adam Breitholtz, Herman Gardarfve, Jacob Lundahl, Nomi Bontegard, Simon Weidersjö)
• Klara Hammarström – “On and On and On” (Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy Jansson, Klara Hammarström, Moa ”Cazzi Opeia” Carlebecker, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son)
• Kaliffa – “Salute” (Anderz Wrethov, Jakob ”Big Brain” Malmlöf, Jimmy ”Joker” Thörnfeldt, Kaliffa Karlsson, Robert Skowronski)
• Erik Segerstedt – “Show Me What Love Is” (Erik Segerstedt, Mattias Andréasson, Pontus Söderman)
• Fredrik Lundman – “The Heart of a Swedish Cowboy” (Erik Bernholm, Maja Francis, Thomas G:son)

Third Heat

• Malou Prytz – “24K Gold” (Anderz Wrethov, Jimmy ”Joker” Thörnfeldt, Julie ”Kill J” Aagaard, Malou Prytz)
• Greczula – “Believe Me” (Amanda Nordelius, John Russel, Kristofer Greczula)
• Annika Wickihalder – “Life Again” (Annika Wickihalder, Herman Gardarfve, Patrik Jean)
• Björn Holmgren – “Rädda Mig” (Björn Holmgren, David Lindgren Zacharias, Jens Hult)
• Angelino – “Teardrops” (Jimmy ”Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Tusse Chiza)
• Dolly Style – “YIHAA” (Caroline Aronsson, David Lindgren Zacharias, Herman Gardarfve, Melanie Wehbe, Mikaela Samuelsson, Patrik Jean)

Fourth Heat

• KAJ – “Bara Bada Bastu” (Anderz Wrethov, Axel Åhman, Jakob Norrgård, Kevin Holmström, Kristoffer Strandberg, Robert Skowronski)
• Ella Tiritiello – “Bara du är där” (Adam ”Rymdpojken” Englund, David Björk, Loreen Talhaoui)
• AmenA – “Do Good Be Better” (AmenA, Sandra Bjurman, Stefan Örn)
• Måns Zelmerlöw – “Revolution” (David Lindgren Zacharias, Måns Zelmerlöw, Ola Svensson, Sebastian Atas)
• Andreas Lundstedt – “Vicious” (Andreas Lundstedt, Dino Medanhodzic, Laurell Barker, LIAMOO)
• Tenessee Tears – “Yours” (Gavin Jones, Jonas Hermansson, Pär Westerlund, Tilda Feuk)

Fifth Heat

• Saga Ludvigsson – “Hate You So Much” (Herman Gardarfve, Lisa Desmond, Saga Ludvigsson)
• Vilhelm Buchaus – “I’m Yours” (Elias Edman, Jonatan Lahti, Simon Alexander Ward, Vilhelm Buchaus)
• Victoria Silvstedt – “Love It” (Jimmy Jansson, Thomas G:son)
• Arvingarna – “Ring Baby Ring” (Stefan Brunzell, Thomas G:son)
• SCARLET – “Sweet N’ Psycho” (Anderz Wrethov, Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy ”Joker” Thörnfeldt, Scarlet Hunts, Thirsty)
• Arwin – “This Dream of Mine” (Anderz Wrethov, Arwin Ismail, Jimmy ”Joker” Thörnfeldt, Julie ”Kill J” Aagaard, Peter Boström)

Among the artists, there are several notable returns such as John Lundvik who won Melodifestivalen in 2019 and Arvingarna who represented Sweden in 1993. There are also the fan-favourites Klara Hammarström and Annika Wickihalder, as well as SCARLET, who made an impression in last year’s festival. Of course, in the list we can see Måns Zelmerlöw, the winner of Eurovision 2015 competing himself, but also Loreen, who is competing once again, but this time as a songwriter.

The songs will be released each Friday before every Heat. This way, fans will have the opportunity to listen to the songs before they compete!

Melodifestivalen 2025

Melodifestivalen 2025 will take place between February 1 and March 8. In detail, the schedule is as follows:

• First Heat: Saturday, February 1, 2025 – Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå
• Second Heat: Saturday, February 8, 2025 – Scandinavium, Göteborg
• Third Heat: Saturday, February 15, 2025 – ABB Arena Syd, Västerås
• Fourth Heat: Saturday, February 22, 2025 – Malmö Arena, Malmö
• Fifth Heat: Saturday, March 1, 2025 – Husqvarna Garden, Jönköping
• Grand Final: Saturday, March 8, 2025 – Strawberry Arena, Stockholm

Six songs will compete in each Heat, with the audience determining 100% of the results. The top two songs will qualify directly to the Grand Final, while the third-placed songs will move on to the “Final Qual” round. In this round, the song with the highest score in its respective heat will qualify directly for the final, and the audience will decide on one more song from the remaining four.

Twelve songs will compete in the Grand Final. The audience and the jury will each contribute 50% to the final result, deciding the next representative of Sweden.

The winners of Melodifestivalen and Sweden’s representatives for Eurovision 2024 were Marcus & Martinus with their song “Unforgettable,” which placed ninth in the Grand Final:

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Swedish participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, in Basel!

Source: Melodifestivale, SVT