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PREVIEW: Melodifestivalen 2025 Heat 5 starring Scarlet, Victoria Silvstedt & Arvingarna

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By Neil Durham

WHEN?: Saturday 1 March 2025 7pm UK time

WHERE?: Husqvana Garden, Jönköping

Last year we wrote of Scarlet’s Circus X that it boasted ‘the most thrilling climax to a song we’ve heard all Eurovision season’ and its striking visuals would foreshadow the similar styling of Ireland’s Bambie Thug which romped home in 6th beating the Swedish entry, equalling the country’s best result for 24 years.

  • Read on for reasons including underwear model Victoria Silvstedt and former winners Arvingarna
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PREDICTIONS: Melodifestivalen 2021 finalen starring Dotter, Charlotte Perrelli, Danny Saucedo & Eric Saade

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WHEN?: Saturday 13 March 2021

WHERE?: Annexet, Stockholm

HOW TO WATCH?: SVTPlay

We’ve enjoyed this Melodifestivalen more than we have for many years which may in part be due to the extra time lockdown has afforded us to obsess about it.

  • Read on for reasons including how we think this year’s finalists would fare at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest

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PREDICTIONS: Heat 1 Melodifestivalen 2021 starring Danny Saucedo, Jessica Andersson, Arvingarna & Kadiatou

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WHEN?: Saturday 6 February 2021

WHERE?: Annexet, Stockholm

Last year’s winners The Mamas were the 1st of 28 Melodifestivalen entries in what was a topsy-turvy year that was the 1st since 1956 without a Eurovision Song Contest.

  • Read on for reasons including our finalen and Andra Chansen predictions

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PREVIEW: Melodifestivalen 2021 Heat 1 starring Danny Saucedo, Jessica Andersson, Paul Rey & Arvingarna

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WHEN?: Saturday 6 February 2021

WHERE?: Annexet, Stockholm

It’s business as usual for Melodifestivalen in 2021 as Heat 1 opens with the pre-contest favourite, this year Danny Saucedo (pictured above), as it did last year when Felix Sandman could only make Andra Chansen.

  • Read on for reasons including details of other Heat 1 returning acts including Jessica Andersson, Paul Rey and Arvingarna
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PREDICTIONS: Melodifestivalen Final starring Wiktoria & Lina Hedlund 9 March 2019

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WHEN?: Saturday 9 March 2019 (7pm UK time) on SVT (link to watch below)

We think there are 2 potential Eurovision Song Contest winners in tonight’s Swedish final but will Melodifestivalen viewers pick either 1 of them?

  • Read on for our predictions about how we think the 12 finalists would fare at Eurovision

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PREDICTIONS: Andra Chansen starring Anna Bergendahl, Lisa Ajax & Nano

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WHEN?: 7pm (UK time) 2/3/19 on SVT (link at the bottom of the page below)

WHERE: Nyköping

Anna Bergendahl (pictured) is Melodifestivalen’s least successful winner and so her appearance in Andra Chansen seems inevitable but will her redemption be realised by making it through to the 9 March final in Stockholm?

  • Read on for reasons including how we’re calling the 4 Andra Chansen duels this year

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PREDICTIONS: Melodifestivalen 2019 Heat 4 starring Bishara, Anton Hagman & Lisa Ajax

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WHEN?: 7pm (UK time) 23/2/19 on SVT (link at the bottom of the page below)

WHERE:  Lidköping

Last week’s Heat 3 was a real return to form with a song we really love in Lina Hedlund’s Victorious winning through to the final and so we enter Heat 4 with a spring in our step and well-placed hope in our heart.

  • Read on for reasons including who we think will be joining Lina in the 9 March final from this heat

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PREVIEW: Melodifestivalen 2019 Heat 4 starring Ann-Louise Hanson, Anton Hagman, Arvingarna & Lisa Ajax

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Our 1st live Melodifestivalen experience was in Stockholm’s Globen 15 years ago when Ann-Louise Hanson joined Towa Carson and Siw Malmkvist to compete with earworm C’est La Vie (pictured right above and immediately below).

  • Read on for reasons including fellow contestants Anton Hagman, Arvingarna & Lisa Ajax

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