Heat 2. Live broadcast from Gothenburg.

The contestants are SCHLAGERZ, Nomi Tales, Klara Hammarström, Kaliffa, Erik Segerstedt and Fredrik Lundman.

Heat 2 - Gothenburg

Heat 3. Live broadcast from Västerås.

The contestants are Malou Prytz, Greczula, Annika Wickihalder, Björn Holmgren, Angelino and Dolly Style.

Heat 3 - Västerås

Heat 5. Live broadcast from Jönköping.

The contestants are Saga Ludvigsson, Vilhelm Buchaus, Victoria Silvstedt, Arvingarna, SCARLET and Arwin competing for two spots in the final.

Additionally is an extra qualification round where one remaining contestant from each previous heat compete for the last two spots in the final.

Heat 5 - Jönköping

Heat 1. Live broadcast from Linköping.

The contestants are A*Teens, Greczula, Indra, Junior Lerin, Jacqline and noll2.

Hosts are Gina Dirawi and Hampus Nessvold.

Heat 1 - Linköping

Heat 4. Live broadcast from Malmö.

The contestants are KAJ, Ella Tiritiello, AmenA, Måns Zelmerlöw, Andreas Lundstedt and Tennessee Tears.

Heat 4 - Malmö

The Final. Live broadcast from Stockholm.

Final - Stockholm

Finale - Champion declared

Finale

Episode 1

Episode 2

Final

Melodifestivalen 1985 was the selection for the 25th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 24th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. The presenter, Eva Andersson, was the 1980 Miss Sweden. No orchestra was used, as all songs were performed to backing track. There have been claims that this was because SVT could not afford to hire the orchestra for two shows, as they were hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in 1985.

Melodifestivalen 1987 was the selection for the 27th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 26th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1502 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 and was not broadcast on radio. The winning song's title was changed to "Boogaloo" for the Eurovision Song Contest as it contained chewing gum brand Bugg as well drinks company Coca-Cola in the title.

Final: Göteborg

Melodifestivalen 1988 was the selection for the 28th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 27th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,100 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV2 and was not broadcast on radio. The show was watched by 4,464,000 people.

The selection for the 33rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 32nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1569 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The show was watched by 4,284,000 people, with a total of 166,045 votes cast.

Final - Göteborg

The final was broadcast on TV1 and Sveriges Radio's P3 and P4 networks. The show was watched by 3,780,000 people.

Melodifestivalen 1995 was the selection for the 35th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 34th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 986 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV2 and Sveriges Radio's P3 and P4 networks. The show was watched by 3,646,000 people.

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.

Finale - Stockholm

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.

The fourth semi-final took place on 27 February 2016 at the Gavlerinken Arena in Gävle, hosted by Gina Dirawi and Sarah Dawn Finer. "Youniverse" performed by Molly Sandén and "If I Were Sorry" performed by Frans qualified directly to the final, while "Håll om mig hårt" performed by Panetoz and "Rollercoaster" performed by Dolly Style advanced to the Second Chance round. A total of 4,592,313 votes were cast by the viewers during the show with a total of 628,870 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen.

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Dirawi and Finer opened the show with a cover of Guy Sebastian's 2015 Australian Eurovision entry "Tonight Again" titled "Du och jag igen" (English: You and I again), while the interval act featured a performance by Dirawi, Finer and Jon Henrik Fjällgren titled "Hela Sveriges sång" (English: All of Sweden's song). Helena Bergström, who hosted Melodifestivalen 2012 together with Dirawi and Finer, reprised her portrayals of Lasse and Marianne—characters that were part of the interval acts for the 2012 competition. Recurring interval acts such as Jonas Gardell's schlager school and dramatic readings of past Melodifestivalen song lyrics by Swedish actors were also part of the program; Lena Endre performed a dramatic reading of Linda Bengtzing's Melodifestivalen 2006 entry "Jag ljuger så bra".

Semi-final 4

Heat 1. Live broadcast from Luleå.

The contestants are Linnea Henriksson, Meira Omar, Maja Ivarsson, Albin Johnsén feat. Pa, John Lundvik and Adrian Macéus.

Heat 1 - Luleå

Heat 2. Live brodcast from Gothenburg.

The contestants are Arwin, Brandsta City Släckers, FELICIA, Klara Almström, Laila Adèle and Robin Bengtsson.

Hosts are Gina Dirawi and Hampus Nessvold.

Semifinal 1

Andra Chansen

Semifinal 1: Växjö

Episode 1 - Göteborg

Episode 4 - Malmö

Episode 5 - Örnsköldvik

Swedish Final - Stockholm

Episode 1 - Malmö

Semifinal 2: Norrköping

Semifinal 3: Sundsvall

Semifinal 4: Falun

Winner's Choice

Semifinal 1: Jönköping

Semifinal 2: Göteborg

Semifinal 3: Luleå

Semifinal 4: Sundsvall

Public Choice: Stockholm

Final: Stockholm

Semifinal 1: Karlstad

Semifinal 3: Umeå

Semifinal 4: Malmö

Second Chance

Semifinal 1: Göteborg

Semifinal 2: Linköping

Semifinal 3: Skellefteå

Semifinal 4: Växjö

Semifinal 2

Semifinal 3

Semifinal 4 - Göteborg

Second Chance Round

Semifinal 1 - Jönköping

Semifinal 2 - Göteborg

Semifinal 3 - Örnsköldsvik

The fourth semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2007 took place in Lakerol Arena in Gavle on 24 February 2007.

Semifinal 4 – Gävle

Second Chance - Nyköping

The first semi-final of Melodifestivalen was held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg on 9 February 2008. Eight songs in total competed, seven songs which had been submitted to SVT, along with one of the four wildcards.

The two songs that progressed automatically to the final were "Thank You" by Amy Diamond, the wildcard, and "I Love Europe" by Christer Sjögren. The two songs that passed to the Andra Chansen round were "Line of Fire" by E-Type &amp; The Poodles and "Visst finns mirakel" by Suzzie Tapper.

Semi-final 1: Göteborg

The second semi-final was held on 16 February 2008, at the ABB Arena Nord in Västerås. Again eight songs competed in total, seven songs which had been submitted to SVT and one of the four wildcards.

The two songs that progressed automatically to the final were "Empty Room" by Sanna Nielsen and "Just a Minute" by Rongedal. The two songs that passed to the Andra Chansen round were "One Love" by Andreas Johnson &amp; Carola Häggkvist, the wildcard, and "Love in Stereo" by Ola Svensson.

Semi-final 2: Västerås

The third semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2008 was held at the Cloetta Center in Linköping on 23 February 2008.

The two songs that progressed directly to the final were "Lay Your Love on Me" by BWO and "Upp o hoppa" by Frida feat. Headline. The two songs that passed to the Andra Chansen round were "Smiling in Love" by Caracola and "When You Need Me" by Thérèse Andersson. The wildcard entry, "Hallelujah New World" by Eskobar, came last in the televoting and failed to qualify.

Semi-final 3: Linköping

The final semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2008 before the Andra chansen round was held on 1 March 2008, at the Telenor Arena in Karlskrona.

The final two artists to automatically secure their place in the final were Charlotte Perrelli with "Hero" and Linda Bengtzing with the song "Hur svårt kan det va?". The two artists to proceed to the Andra Chansen round were Sibel Redzep with the song "That Is Where I'll Go" and Nordman with the song "I lågornas sken". The wildcard entry for this semi-final was Niklas Strömstedt with the song "För många ord om kärlek", which came last in the televoting.

Semi-final 4: Karlskrona

The third and fourth placed songs in each semifinal perform in Andra Chansen (Second Chance) round. Eight songs performed, paired off against each other. The winners of the first two pairings compete against each other in the first final, while the winners of the other two compete in the second. The winners of the two final pairings go through to the final.

The two winners of Andra Chansen that went on to the final were Sibel Redzep with the song "That Is Where I'll Go" and Nordman with the song "I lågornas sken".

The final of Melodifestivalen 2008 was held on 15 March 2008 at the Globe Arena in Stockholm. The eight direct qualifiers and the two Andra Chansen winner competed in the final, where the 11 regional juries of Sweden, along with televoting, selected the winner that would represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.

The winner of Melodifestivalen 2008 was Charlotte Perrelli with the song "Hero", receiving a total of 114 points from the juries and 110 points from the televote. The winner of the televote, however, was Sanna Nielsen with "Empty Room".

The first semi-final was held on 7 February at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg.

Semi-final 1

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".

All Episodes of Melodifestivalen

Season 1

Finale - Champion declared

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/26/1959