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The artist was born in Switzerland, the host country for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

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Since then, debutant entries by Malin Christin, Tribe Friday, Uje Brandelius, Klaudy, Adrian Macéus, and (after Greczula) Vilhelm Buchaus have missed the final. Now, Bengtsson is returning the favor by singing off-stage for Segerstedt’s “Show Me What Love Is.” Bengtsson has competed as an artist four times, always going directly to the final.

She also presents a quality, intoxicating and powerful song. Of the group’s previous three entries, two advanced to the Second Chance round, while one – “Habibi” (2019), which later became the most played – was eliminated in the heats.

• For the first time since Malou Prytz‘s “I Do Me” (2019), a song with three or more female songwriters has reached the final.

Maja Ivarsson – “Kamikaze Life”
Text & music: Andreas ”Giri” Lindbergh, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Maja Ivarsson

• Maja Ivarsson, 45, is the oldest artist in the final. I especially loved the later section that looked like an intimate gig setting.

While Måns Zelmerlöw is the hot favourite, and is placed well in the running order (late at 9 with two of the weakest songs after him and one before him), I’m hoping the Swedish public, and especially the international jury, can act on sanity and look beyond the pretty boy and previous winner for something more distinct. SCARLET is the only duo in the 2025 final.

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Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the latest updates on Melodifestivalen 2025 and Sweden’s journey to Eurovision 2025!

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7 March 2025

Melodifestivalen 2025 will see 12 songs fight for the right to represent Sweden in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel in May, and it’s shaping up to be a case of whether a previous Eurovision winner can win Melfest and then Eurovision again, just like Loreen did with Tattoo in 2023.

Once the second voting round ends, the number of votes from each viewer group is converted into points (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 12) and totaled across all eight groups. During this period, depending on the rules, between 50% and 66% of competing entries have advanced from the heats, while 39% of debutant entries have progressed. Twelve acts have reached the final of the popular show after five weeks of competing rounds.

The line-up:

  1. Voice of the Silent – John Lundvik
  2. YIHAA – Dolly Style
  3. Believe Me – Greczula
  4. On and On and On – Klara Hammarström
  5. Sweet N’ Psycho – SCARLET
  6. Show Me What Love Is – Erik Segerstedt
  7. Kamikaze Life – Maja Ivarsson
  8. Hush Hush – Meira Omar
  9. Revolution – Måns Zelmerlöw
  10. Hate You So Much – Saga Ludvigsson
  11. Life Again – Annika Wickihalder
  12. Bara bada bastu – KAJ

Interesting facts about the acts

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Greczula – “Believe Me”
Text & music: Kristofer Greczula, Amanda Nordelius, John Russell

• In Melodifestivalen 2025, three entries were written solely by debuting songwriters: “Vår första gång” (Adrian Macéus), “Believe Me” (Greczula), and “I’m Yours” (Vilhelm Buchaus).

When she advanced to the final alongside John Lundvik from the first heat of the year, it marked the first time in history that all artists who went directly to the final from a single heat were over 40 years old.

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She grew up in Botkyrka, south of Södermalm, where she currently lives.

• Meira Omar’s spot in the final meant that songwriter Dino Medanhodzic set a new record, having reached the final with 12 consecutive entries (based on starting position) from 2019 to 2025. John Lundvik – “Voice of the Silent”
Text & music: Jimmy Jansson, John Lundvik, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son

• John Lundvik went straight to the final for the fourth time in a row, which placed him second in this particular category in the record book.

• Lundvik’s fourth final appearance earned him a shared sixth place on the list of artists with the most final appearances in the modern Melodifestivalen.

• John Lundvik and Måns Zelmerlöw have several things in common.

In total, viewers distribute 8 x 58 points = 464 points.

The viewers’ points ultimately decide the winner, and they are revealed as a total sum at the end of the show to maximize suspense.

If two entries receive the same final score, the entry with the most points from the viewer groups wins. Upon seeing the entries, I presumed it was someone sharing the same name because her Playboy exploits were over 25 years ago, with her Playmate title coming in 1997.

Each viewer has five votes per entry in each voting round.

Hall of Fame

The year was 2003, and on stage stood the group Sarek, performing the song “Genom eld och vatten”. Viewers award half of the points (464 points), and the international jury awards the other half (464 points).

Round 1: The first voting round ends before the jury groups’ votes are presented.

Since then, William regularly appears on primetime selection shows across Europe, as a jury member and spokesperson, while also running the Wiwibloggs website and YouTube channel. Klara Hammarström – “On and On and On”
Text & music: Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy Jansson, Klara Hammarström, Moa ”Cazzi Opeia” Carlebecker, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son

• Klara Hammarström reached the final for the third time, placing her 17th on the list of artists with the most final appearances in the modern Melodifestivalen.

• Both of her previous final entries, “Beat of Broken Hearts” (2021) and “Run to the Hills” (2022), finished in sixth place.

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Of the final entries during this time, between 10% and 7.7% have won, while only 1 of the 37 debutant entries that made it to the final has won—“The Worrying Kind” by The Ark—equating to 2.7%.

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3,60 SEK per vote.

Voting via the Melodifestivalen App

In all six shows, viewers can cast heart votes using the Melodifestivalen app.