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

Feb 23, 20012h5.0 / 10finale

the selection for the 41st song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,567 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The winners were Friends who later that year ended up in 5th place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in Copenhagen with the English-language version of the song "Listen To Your Heartbeat". The show was watched by 3,840,000, with a total of 357,408 votes cast.

Episode credits

Guest stars Sanna Nielsen, Josefine Sundström, Henrik Olsson, Teresia Bjarneby, Rosanna Jönis, Annie Kratz-Gutå, Date, Ellinor Franzén

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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