Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2023 submission period commences

Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2023 submission period commences
Friday, 26 August 2022

  • On your marks ...... ready? Melodifestivalen 2023 submssions open from today and up to Friday, September 16. 

    Following the confirmation of participation in Eurovision 2023 and the release of the next Melfest 2023  rules and regulations, SVT has opened the submission window for the Swedish national selection. 

    Acts interested to represented Sweden in the forthcoming Eurovsion Song Contest in 2023 in the UK, should hurry up and send in their music proposal until September 16 at 11:59. 

    A total of 28 acts will compete in next year's Melfest competition with 14 of them coming from the public submissions and 14 from SVT's direct invitations to specific artists. 

    Melodifestivalen is set to unfild over six shows, five qualifying rounds and a grand final show. The Melfest schedule will take place according to the following schedule: 

    • Heat 1 – Malmö (Feb.4, 2023)
    • Heat 2 – Linköping (Feb. 11, 2023)
    • Heat 3 – Lidköping (Feb. 18, 2023)
    • Heat 4 – Malmö (Feb.25, 2023)
    • Semi-final – Örnsköldsvik (March 4, 2023)
    • Final – Stockholm (March 11, 2023)

     

    Sweden in Eurovision

    Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 58 times since making its debut in 1958, missing only three contests (1964, 1970 and 1976). At the 1997 contest, Sweden was one of the first five countries to adopt televoting. Sweden is the only country to have hosted the event in five different decades, three times in Stockholm (1975, 2000, 2016), twice in Malmö (1992, 2013) and once in Gothenburg (1985).

    Sweden is one of the most successful competing nations at the Eurovision Song Contest, with a total of six victories, just one win behind Ireland. The country has the most top five results of the 21st century, with thirteen. In total, Sweden has achieved 24 top five results in the contest. After finishing second with Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson in 1966, Sweden went on to achieve its six victories with ABBA (1974), Herreys (1984), Carola (1991), Charlotte Nilsson(1999), Loreen (2012) and Måns Zelmerlöw (2015).

    In 2020 The Mamas won the Melodifestivalen 2020 and earned the right to represent Sweden in Rotterdam with their entry "Move" . Unfortunately for them, the contest was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak and The Mamas never had the chance to perform in Rotterdam Ahoy. Last year Tusse won Melodifestivalen 2021 with his song 'Voices' and went on representing the Nordic country in Rotterdam. After qualifying from the 1st semi final, he finished 14th in the Grand final with a total of 109 points in the overall score. 

    This year Cornelia Jakobs defended the Swedish colors in Turin singing 'Hold me closer' which after qualifying 1st from the 2nd semi-final, finished 4th in the Grand final adding one more top-5 placing in the country's Eurovision history. 

     

    News Source: SVT

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AUTHORS

  • Angelos D.

    Angelos D.

    Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 13 consecutive years along with the 2017-2024 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last three years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.