TV series

Melodifestivalen

195965 seasons6.2 / 10

Melodifestivalen (direct translation: The Melody Festival) is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT). The competition is a six part tour (5 heats + the final) with stops in cities across Sweden to determine the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. Melodifestivalen is also known informally as "Mello", or internationally as "Melfest".

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Melodifestivalen premiered February 26, 1959. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.

Synopsis

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Episode 1

Finale - Stockholm

Feb 27, 19992h 4m5.0 / 10finale

Melodifestivalen 1999 was the selection for the 39th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 38th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,315 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. Charlotte Nilsson went on to win that year's Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem, Sweden's fourth Eurovision win. A total of 630,339 votes were cast.

Episode credits

Guest stars Roger Pontare, Christer Björkman, Charlotte Perrelli, Therese Grankvist, Martin Svensson, Cleo Nilsson, Janica Ahl, Anders Lundin

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Cast

Björn GustafssonSelf

Kayo ShekoniSelf

David LindgrenSelf

Nour El RefaiSelf

Clara HenrySelf

Gina DirawiSelf - Host

Lena PhilipssonSelf

Sanna NielsenSelf

Credits

Written by: Edward af Sillén, Daniel Réhn, Pål Ströbaek, David Sundin, Gina Dirawi, Anna Vnuk, Stephan Berg, Stefan Wiik, Robin Muhr, Nanna Johansson, Per Wickström, Samuel Åhman, Andreas T. Olsson, Hampus Nessvold, Micke Mårtensson, Markus Thörnhammar, Björn Edgren, Christer Svensson, Sara Johansson

Production details

Status: Returning Series
Series type: Reality
Episodes: 191
Original language: Swedish

Networks & production

SVT1Sweden
SVTSweden
YouTubeUnited States

Themes

eurovision song contestnational selectionsweden