Sweden 2025: Artists announced for 'Melodifestivalen'

Sweden's 6-week Eurovision pre-selection process returns on 1 February. Melodifestivalen will once again be brightening up Saturday evenings across the Nordic nation, via a whopping 570 minutes of Song Contest-themed entertainment.

On Tuesday 26 November, Swedish broadcaster SVT revealed the names of the 30 artists that viewers can look forward to seeing across those 6 weeks. A total of 6 artists will compete in each of the 5 semi-finals, with the big final happening on Saturday 8 March. 

For the 2025 edition of the much-loved national final, some changes have been made to the format, which you can read about on eurovision.tv.

Amongst the lineup of 30 artists, there are plenty of performers who will be familiar to Melodifestivalen fans, and also some who will be well known to Eurovision fans too! 

Three names who have already represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest are set to compete again: Arvingarna from 1993, Måns Zelmerlöw from 2015 and John Lundvik from 2019. And in the songwriters credits we can find two more names that have previously competed for Sweden: Tusse (2021) and double-winner Loreen (2012 and 2023).

Here's your full Melodifestivalen 2025 lineup:

Semi-Final 1 – Luleå, 1 February

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 Life
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 Macéus - Vår första gång 
Adam"Rymdpojken" Englund, Adrian Björklund, Adrian Macéus, Hugo Geijer Persson, William Pärlenskog 

Semi-Final 2 – Gothenburg, 8 February

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

Semi-Final 3 – Västerås, 15 February

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

Semi-Final 4 – Malmö, 22 February

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

Tennessee Tears - Yours
Gavin Jones, Jonas Hermansson, Pär Westerlund, Tilda Feuk

Semi-Final 5 – Jönköping, 1 March

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

In total, 17 artists will make their debut at Melodifestivalen 2025, while 13 returnees feature in the lineup. 

39 songwriters are also debuting at the 2025 edition of the competitions, while 46 have been involved in at least one Melodifestivalen entry before. 

Kristina ”Keyyo” Petrushina and Edvin Törnblom will be our #Melfest hosts for the 6 weeks. 

The winner of Melodifestivalen 2024 was the song Unforgettable, performed by Marcus & Martinus.

In Malmö, Unforgettable gave Sweden a 9th-place finish, with 174 points. It is the country's 9th Top 10 result in the past 10 years.

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