Sweden: Julia Alfrida the first Melodifestivalen 2021 contestant

Sweden: Julia Alfrida the first Melodifestivalen 2021 contestant
Saturday, 12 September 2020

  • Julia Alfrida,  one of the P4 Nästa 2020 finalists,  is the first act announced as one of next year's Melodifestivalen participants. 

    Julia Alfrida was selected by a special jury to participate in the next edition of Melodifestivalen in 2021. The female act was one of the finalists, along with seven more acts, in the P4 Nästa 2020 radio contest that took place today at Västerås Konserthus. 

     

     

    The eight acts that competed in the final show were: 

     

     

     

    Eventually the winner was Hilde & Erik  with his entry Som det är from Malmöhus. Julia who competed in the final with her song Dark Room was selected by a jury formed by P4's music editors Rita Jernquist and Germund Stenhag along with Melodifestivalen's contest manager Karin Gunnarsson and P4 Nasta's project manager Maths Broborg.

    Alfrida will have now to compose a new song to compete with in Melodifestivalen 2021 in order to comply with EBU regulations that want all ESC participating entries issued after September 1, 2020. 

     

    About P4 Nästa

    P4 Nästa is a music competition program in Sweden's Radio P4 and a nationwide talent hunt since 2008 . The aim of the competition is to find new artists and new music for the future. All 25 P4 districts participate in the competition where each of the districts nominates a winner. Thereafter, a jury, appointed by the Swedish Radio, selects eight of these grants to compete in a final. 

    In addition to the winning artist being airplayed on radio, he (since 2012) is also offered a place in the upcoming Melodifestivel. However, the winning artist must write a new contribution (or receive a newly written contribution) to the Melodifestivalen, since the winner radio contest can not be used in the Melodifestivalen because it must comply with EBU rules that want all entries released after September 1.