Sweden: SVT to implement changes in Melodifestivalen 2024

• The Swedish national broadcaster, SVT,  has confirmed that they will be introducing changes in the format of Melodifestivalen 2024, the show that selects the nation's Eurovision entries. 

  Following the victorious participation of Loreen in Liverpool, Sweden will be hosting the next edition of Eurovision. While the preparations for next year's contest are underway, SVT is launching the process for the show that will be selecting the entrant on home soil. 

  According to the Swedish broadcaster, Melodifestivalen format will be seeing several changes in next year's edition.Namely the next edition will unfold over 5 semifinals which will consist of 6 competing acts. Thus a total of 30 artists will compete in next year's national selection. 

  From each semi-final two acts will win directly the tickets to the Grand final while two extra qualifying spots will be determined by the audience in the last 5th semi-final show. Therefore the grand final will see a total of 12 finalists giving the battle to represent Sweden on home ground while the final outcoome will be influenced 50% by an international jury and 50% by televoting. 

  The submission window for the next edition will run from August 25 up to September 15, 2023. 

   

  Sweden in Eurovision

  Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 60 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 seven victories catching Ireland in first place. The country has the most top five results of the 21st century, with thirteen. In total, Sweden has achieved 26 top five results in the contest. After finishing second with Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson in 1966, Sweden went on to achieve its seven victories with ABBA (1974), Herreys (1984), Carola (1991), Charlotte Nilsson(1999), Loreen (2012) and Måns Zelmerlöw (2015) while its seventh victory came this year with Loreen's comeback on stage performing 'Tattoo' in Liverpool. 

   

  News Source: SVT

  Image: EBU/ Corinne Cumming

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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.