🇸🇪 Who wins Melodifestivalen?

Who wins Melodifestivalen? That’s the question tonight. Måns Zelmerlöw is the hot favourite, however, KAJ is also a serious contender. A total of twelve songs will compete to represent Sweden. Location is the Strawberry Arena in Stockholm. The show starts at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here.

Here is the full list of contestants:

nr Artist Title  
1 John Lundvik Voice of the Silent
2 Dolly Style Yihaa
3 Greczula Believe me
4 Klara Hammarström On and On and On
5 Scarlet Sweet ‘N’ Psycho
6 Erik Segerstedt Show Me What Love Is
7 Maja Ivarsson Kamikaze Life
8 Meira Omar Hush Hush
9 Måns Zelmerlöw Revolution
10 Saga Ludvigsson Hate You So Much
11 Annika Wickihalder Life Again
12 KAJ Bara Bada Bastu

John Lundvik took part in 2018 (3rd), 2019 (1st) and 2022 (8th). He represented Sweden in 2019 with “Too Late For Love”.
Dolly Style participated in Melodifestivalen 2015 (andra chancen), 2016 (andra chancen) and 2019 (semifinal).
Klara Hammarström
participated in Melodifestivalen 2020 (5th), 2021 (6th) and 2022 (6th).
Scarlet
participated in Melodifestivalen in 2024 and reached the 2nd chance round.
Erik Segerstedt
was a member of E.M.D. when he took part in 2009 (3rd) and solo he was involved in 2013 (Andra Chancen).
Måns Zelmerlöw competed in Melodifestivalen in 2007 (3rd), 2009 (4th) and 2015 (winner). In 2025 he won the Eurovision Song Contest with his song “Heroes”.
Annika Wickihalder was 8th in Melodifestivalen last year.



John Lundvik in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.

Måns Zelmerlöw winning in 2015.

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