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Sweden: Klara Hammarström Set to Return to Melodifestivalen 2025 with a Powerful Song

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Last year, she performed at the final, but not as a contestant, rather as a guest artist. Now, there’s strong speculation that Klara Hammarström, 24, will return to Melodifestivalen as one of the contestants next year.

Several sources have informed Expressen that the star will be included when the lineup is revealed before the end of the year. The song is described in several places as “powerful,” and one source confirms that Klara Hammarström “feels like an obvious choice for the competition next spring.”

The podcast “Schlagerfesten” reported last week that Måns Zelmerlöw is almost confirmed for Melodifestivalen next year, something that several sources have also confirmed to Expressen. After Expressen’s report on Zelmerlöw, several other media outlets, including Aftonbladet and Omni, also followed up.

Klara Hammarström’s fourth Melodifestivalen

For Hammarström, this would mean her fourth participation in Melodifestivalen – at just 24 years old. She competed in 2020, 2021, and 2022 with the entries “Nobody,” “Beat of Broken Hearts,” and “Run to the Hills.”

After being eliminated in the semi-finals in 2020, she followed it up with two straight finals appearances, finishing sixth both times.

Nearly 2,800 entries have been submitted for Melodifestivalen 2025, and among the applicants are several established artists, according to reports from Expressen. The path from submission to confirmation looks different for each artist and song, and the final lineup of contestants is typically announced in December. Until then, many things can change.

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Mans Zelmerlöw: Return to Eurovision in 2025 with the aim to win

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Ten years after his impressive victory in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015 with “Heroes,” Mans Zelmerlöw expresses his desire to return to the Eurovision stage in 2025, as reported in today’s article by Aftonbladet. This return is not merely a nostalgia trip, but a new challenge for the artist, who hopes to claim the prize once again.

Zelmerlöw is in communication with Benke Rydman, the director who helmed the staging of “Heroes” in 2015 and “Cha Cha Cha” in 2023. Their past collaboration has yielded positive results, and Mans seems determined to rekindle this successful partnership.

The artist expresses excitement at the prospect of returning to Eurovision, as his participation in 2015 changed his life and defined him as an artist on the European stage. His goal is clear: to create a new song that will thrill the audience and give him the chance to compete for victory once more. Aftonbladet reports that he already has a very strong song in hand, which could serve as a sequel to “Heroes” and achieve global success.

With memories of his victory and the experience he has gained over the years, Mans Zelmerlöw is ready to return and, why not, secure the eighth victory for Sweden, as well as become the third artist (second male) after Johnny Logan and Loreen to win the contest twice as a performer. To achieve this, of course, he must first triumph in the Melodifestivalen, Sweden’s national final. A task that is neither easy nor guaranteed.

What do you think, will he succeed?

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Source: Aftonbladet

Sweden: Dates and host cities of Melodifestivalen 2025

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Melodifestivalen 2025: Schedule and Host Cities

SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, has confirmed the dates and cities that will host Melodifestivalen 2025.

Melodifestivalen 2025 will travel across Sweden, visiting cities such as Luleå, Gothenburg, Västerås, Malmö, Jönköping, and Stockholm. The event will kick off on Saturday, February 1, 2025, and will conclude on Saturday, March 8, 2025.

  • 01/02/2025: Melodifestivalen 2025 – Semi-final #1 – Luleå
  • 08/02/2025: Melodifestivalen 2025 – Semi-final #2 – Gothenburg
  • 15/02/2025: Melodifestivalen 2025 – Semi-final #3 – Västerås
  • 22/02/2025: Melodifestivalen 2025 – Semi-final #4 – Malmö
  • 01/03/2025: Melodifestivalen 2025 – Semi-final #5 – Jönköping
  • 08/03/2025: Melodifestivalen 2025 – Grand Final – Stockholm

Melodifestivalen 2025

Melodifestivalen 2025 will consist of 6 live televised shows: 5 semi-finals and a Grand Final.

A total of 30 songs will compete in the Swedish national selection, with 6 songs participating in each semi-final. In the end, 12 songs will compete in the Grand Final for the chance to represent Sweden at Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland. The winner will be chosen through a combination of public voting and an international jury.

Competition Changes

Several changes will be introduced for Melodifestivalen 2025:

  • As before, the top two songs from each semi-final will directly advance to the Grand Final. However, the 3rd and 4th placed songs will no longer proceed to the Second Chance round.
  • Only the 3rd placed song from each semi-final will have a chance to compete for a spot in the Grand Final.
  • Instead of 10 songs competing in the Second Chance round, only 5 songs will battle for the final 2 spots in the Grand Final.
  • After the 5th semi-final, a special Second Chance round voting will take place: the highest-scoring 3rd placed song will automatically qualify for the Grand Final. The remaining four songs will be subject to a public vote, and the winner will earn the 12th spot in the Grand Final.
  • Another change is that the Melodifestivalen entries will no longer be published after the 5th semi-final. Instead, the 6 songs competing in each semi-final will be released a day before their respective semi-final, on Friday.

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Sweden: Two important changes for Melodifestivalen 2025!

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Just before the official start of the Eurovision 2025 season, more and more countries are revealing their intentions and their selection method for their representative in the contest. Sweden will once again of course use Melodifestivalen to highlight the song and the artist that will represent the country in Switzerland. But the Swedish national final comes with two important changes compared to what we knew until now.

Second chance becomes more difficult

From August 23rd until September 14th, interested artists and composers will be able to submit their songs to the Swedish public broadcaster SVT, in order to claim one of the 30 spots in Melodifestivalen 2025.

Melodifestivalen 2025 will again consist of five semi-finals, in which six songs will compete, with the top two in votes advancing to the grand final. So far there is nothing different.

As this year, 12 songs will participate in the final, the ten songs that have qualified from the five semi-finals (the first two in votes from each semi-final) and two more songs that will come from the second chance method.

The first major change of Melodifestivalen 2025 will be about the two songs that will participate in the final and qualify through the second chance. This year, after the fifth semi-final all the songs that had finished in third and fourth place in the five semi-finals were put to a new vote by the television audience, immediately after the end of the fifth semi-final, and the first two songs in votes also qualified for the final. This changes in 2025.

Only those songs that finish third in their semi-final will have a second chance to qualify for the final. In particular, the song that collected the most votes and was in one of the third positions of the five semi-finals, will automatically advance to the final. The twelfth song of the final will be chosen after voting by the TV audience, among the four remaining songs. This whole process will take place like last year after the last semi-final is completed.

Before the semi-finals we will listen to the songs

The second major change has to do with the availability of the songs that automatically qualify for the final on the electronic platforms. Until now these songs became available at the end of the fifth semi-final, when all the songs of the final were known. Now, on the Friday before each semi-final, the songs in their full form will be released to the public and can be made available on electronic music platforms as well.

For more information on the Melodifestivalen 2025 regulations and submission of entries, please see the official SVT website.

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Source: Eurovision.tv