Melodifestivalen 2025 kicks off tonight with its first heat. Luleå, the city that will host this heat, welcomes the first six candidates for the Swedish national final. Live from the Coop Norrbotten Arena, we will be ready to watch a spectacular show with Keyyo and Edvin Törnblom as the main hosts!
A total of six entries compete in each heat. The top two entries, in terms of points, will also be the ones that will manage to qualify directly to the grand final, while the entries that finished in third place will have a second chance in the Final Qualifying Round, which will be an extension of the 5th Qualifying Round to be held on March 1, 2025 in Jönköping. For the last three entries, the dream ends here.
Tonight’s guest on the show will be Käärijä, Finland’s representative in Eurovision 2023, who finished in 2nd place with 528 points. He will be joined by Hooja, a Swedish electronic music duo, and together, they will present their new collaboration.
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The competing entries
As known by the running order, the six entries that will compete tonight are:
1. Albin Johnsén feat. Pa – Upp i luften
Music/Lyrics: Albin Johnsén, Christoffer Balazik, Fernand MP, Mattias Andréasson, Pa Modou
Listen to a snippet of the entry here !
2. Maja Ivarsson – Kamikaze Life
Music/Lyrics: Andreas “Giri” Lindbergh, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Maja Ivarsson
Listen to a snippet of the entry here !
3. John Lundvik – Voice of the Silent
Music/Lyrics: Jimmy Jansson, John Lundvik, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son
Listen to a snippet of the entry here !
4. Meira Omar – Hush Hush
Music/Lyrics: Anderz Wrethov, Dino Medanhodzic, Laurell Barker, Meira Omar
Listen to a snippet of the entry here !
5. Adrian Macéus – Vår första gång
Music/Lyrics: Adam “Rymdpojken” Englund, Adrian Björklund, Adrian Macéus, Hugo Geijer Persson, William Pärlenskog
Listen to a snippet of the entry here !
6. Linnea Henriksson – Den känslan
Music/Lyrics: David Lindgren Zacharias, Linnea Henriksson, Sebastian Atas
Listen to a snippet of the entry here !
Photo source: Stina Stjernkvist / svt
Returning artists
Albin Johnsén participated in Melodifestivalen 2016, performing in a duet with Mattias Andréasson with the song “Rik”. He made it to the Second Chance round but failed to qualify for the Final.
John Lundvik has participated in Melodifestivalen three times (2018, 2019, 2022), with his best result being his victory in 2019, which earned him the ticket to Eurovision, with the song “Too Late For Love“.
Watch the first heat of the Melodifestivalen 2025 online via SVT Play ( here ) at 20:00 CET!
What’s your prediction for tonight’s show?
Stay tuned to ogaegreece.com to find out what will happen in the first qualifying round of this year’s Melodifestivalen!
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest…
- Participating broadcaster: SVT
- Participations: 63 (62 finals)
- Debut: 1958
- Highest placement: 1st (1974, 1984, 1991, 1999, 2012, 2015, 2023)
- Lowest placement: 11th in the Semi-Final (2010)
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