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Melodifestivalen

5.0
65 seasons
191 episodes
Returning Series
Reality
Family

Plot Summary

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".

First Aired:February 26, 1959
Last Aired:March 8, 2025
Episode Runtime:1h 30m
Networks:
SVT1, SVT

Cast & Characters

Cast

Gina Dirawi as Self - Host

Gina Dirawi

Self - Host

Hampus Nessvold as Self - Host

Hampus Nessvold

Self - Host

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Seasons (66)

Season 1
5.0

Season 1

1 episode

Aired: 1959

Season 2
5.0

Season 2

1 episode

Aired: 1960

Season 3
5.0

Season 3

1 episode

Aired: 1961

Season 4
5.0

Season 4

1 episode

Aired: 1962

Season 5
5.0

Season 5

1 episode

Aired: 1963

Season 6
5.0

Season 6

1 episode

Aired: 1965

Season 7
5.0

Season 7

1 episode

Aired: 1966

Season 8
5.0

Season 8

1 episode

Aired: 1967

Season 9
5.0

Season 9

1 episode

Aired: 1968

Season 10
5.0

Season 10

1 episode

Aired: 1969

Season 11
5.0

Season 11

1 episode

Aired: 1971

Season 12
5.0

Season 12

1 episode

Aired: 1972

Season 13
5.0

Season 13

1 episode

Aired: 1973

Season 14
5.0

Season 14

1 episode

Aired: 1974

Season 15
5.0

Season 15

2 episodes

Aired: 1975

Season 16
5.0

Season 16

1 episode

Aired: 1977

Season 17
5.0

Season 17

1 episode

Aired: 1978

Season 18
5.0

Season 18

1 episode

Aired: 1979

Season 19
5.0

Season 19

1 episode

Aired: 1980

Season 20
5.0

Season 20

1 episode

Aired: 1981

Season 21
5.0

Season 21

1 episode

Aired: 1982

Season 22
5.0

Season 22

1 episode

Aired: 1983

Season 23
5.0

Season 23

1 episode

Aired: 1984

Season 24
5.0

Season 24

1 episode

Aired: 1985

Season 25
5.0

Season 25

1 episode

Aired: 1986

Season 26
5.0

Season 26

1 episode

Aired: 1987

Season 27
5.0

Season 27

1 episode

Aired: 1988

Season 28
5.0

Season 28

1 episode

Aired: 1989

Season 29
5.0

Season 29

1 episode

Aired: 1990

Season 30
5.0

Season 30

1 episode

Aired: 1991

Season 31
5.0

Season 31

1 episode

Aired: 1992

Season 32
5.0

Season 32

1 episode

Aired: 1993

Season 33
5.0

Season 33

1 episode

Aired: 1994

Season 34
5.0

Season 34

1 episode

Aired: 1995

Season 35
5.0

Season 35

1 episode

Aired: 1996

Season 36
5.0

Season 36

1 episode

Aired: 1997

Season 37
5.0

Season 37

1 episode

Aired: 1998

Season 38
5.0

Season 38

1 episode

Aired: 1999

Season 39
5.0

Season 39

1 episode

Aired: 2000

Season 40
5.0

Season 40

1 episode

Aired: 2001

Season 41
2.3

Season 41

6 episodes

Aired: 2002

Season 42
2.0

Season 42

6 episodes

Aired: 2003

Season 43
2.0

Season 43

6 episodes

Aired: 2004

Season 44
2.0

Season 44

6 episodes

Aired: 2005

Season 45
2.0

Season 45

6 episodes

Aired: 2006

Season 46
2.0

Season 46

6 episodes

Aired: 2007

Season 47
2.0

Season 47

6 episodes

Aired: 2008

Season 48
2.3

Season 48

6 episodes

Aired: 2009

Season 49
2.3

Season 49

6 episodes

Aired: 2010

Season 50
2.3

Season 50

6 episodes

Aired: 2011

Season 51
2.3

Season 51

6 episodes

Aired: 2012

Season 52
2.0

Season 52

6 episodes

Aired: 2013

Season 53
2.0

Season 53

6 episodes

Aired: 2014

Season 54
2.0

Season 54

6 episodes

Aired: 2015

Season 55
2.5

Season 55

6 episodes

Aired: 2016

Season 56
2.4

Season 56

6 episodes

Aired: 2017

Season 57
2.0

Season 57

6 episodes

Aired: 2018

Season 58
2.0

Season 58

6 episodes

Aired: 2019

Season 59
2.0

Season 59

6 episodes

Aired: 2020

Season 60
2.0

Season 60

6 episodes

Aired: 2021

Season 61
2.0

Season 61

6 episodes

Aired: 2022

Season 62
2.7

Season 62

6 episodes

Aired: 2023

Season 63
3.0

Season 63

6 episodes

Aired: 2024

Season 64
5.8

Season 64

6 episodes

Aired: 2025

Season 66

Season 66

6 episodes

Aired: 2026

Melodifestivalen 2026 is the 66ᵗʰ edition of the competition and is hosted by seasoned presenter Gina Dirawi alongside first-time host Hampus Nessvold. The tour starts in Linköping and continutes with stops in Gothenburg, Kristianstad, Malmö and Sundsvall, with the final stop in Stockholm at the national arena "Strawberry Arena" on March 7.

Production

SVT