Sweden: Here are the hosts of Melodifestivalen 2021
9 hosts and Christer Björkman for Melodifestivalen 2021 in Sweden
The Swedish national broadcaster, SVT, has revealed the hosts of Melodifestivalen 2021, who will present the 28 songs for six Saturdays in February and March 2021. Melodifestivalen is a national selection used to select the Swedish song and artist for the Eurovision Song Contest.
The 2021 edition of Melodivestivalen will be different in terms of shows as the 6 week tour has been scrapped and without an audience due to Covid-19. Another different element will be in terms of hosting.
The revamped Melodifestivalen turns 20 this year. For the same length of time, Christer Björkman has been the mind of the revamped competition, therefore he will be the main host over the whole six weeks together with a different artist on a weekly basis.
Christer Björkman will be accompanied by the following Melodifestivalen 2021 hosts:
- Deltävling 1: Lena Philipsson
- Deltävling 2: Anis Don Demina & Oscar Zia
- Deltävling 3: Jason Diakité
- Deltävling 4: Per Andersson & Pernilla Wahlgren
- Andra Chansen: Shirley Clamp
- Final: Måns Zelmerlöw & Shima Niavarani
During the reveal, Björkman stated:
– It is so incredibly honouring to get the question so I felt that I just have to say yes. But after 20 years with the project, I also know what it is I have agreed to, so it is with horror-mixed delight and great respect that I step into the program.
Melodifestivalen 2021 starts on Saturday 6 February at 20.00 on SVT. All six programs are broadcast from Annexet, one of the venues in Stockholm Globe City. All artists were revealed back in December 2020.
Hosts of Melodifestivalen
| 1959 | Thore Ehrling |
| 1960 | Jeannette von Heidenstam |
| 1961 | Jeannette von Heidenstam |
| 1962 | Bengt Feldreich |
| 1963 | Sven Lindahl |
| 1965 | Birgitta Sandstedt |
| 1966 | Sven Lindahl |
| 1967 | Maud Husberg |
| 1968 | Magnus Banck |
| 1969 | Pekka Langer |
| 1971 | Lennart Hyland |
| 1972 | Gunilla Marcus |
| 1973 | Alicia Lundberg |
| 1974 | Johan Sandström |
| 1975 | Karin Falck |
| 1977 | Ulf Elfving |
| 1978 | Ulf Elfving |
| 1979 | Ulf Elfving |
| 1980 | Bengt Bedrup |
| 1981 | Janne Loffe Carlsson |
| 1982 | Fredrik Belfrage |
| 1983 | Bibi Johns |
| 1984 | Fredrik Belfrage |
| 1985 | Eva Andersson |
| 1986 | Lennart Swahn & Tommy Engstrand |
| 1987 | Fredrik Belfrage |
| 1988 | Bengt Grafström |
| 1989 | Yvonne Ryding Bergqvist & John Chrispinsson |
| 1990 | Carin Hjulström |
| 1991 | Harald Treutiger |
| 1992 | Adde Malmberg & Claes Malmberg |
| 1993 | Triple & Touch |
| 1994 | Kattis Ahlström & Sven Melander |
| 1995 | Pernilla Månsson Colt |
| 1996 | Pontus Gårdinger & Siw Malmkvist |
| 1997 | Jan Jingryd |
| 1998 | Pernilla Månsson Colt & Magnus Karlsson |
| 1999 | Anders Lundin & Vendela Kirsebom Thommesen |
| 2000 | Carola Häggkvist, Lotta Engberg, Lena Philipsson, Loa Falkman, Tommy Körberg, Elisabeth Andreassen, Arja Saijonmaa, Lasse Berghagen, Lasse Holm, Björn Skifs |
| 2001 | Josefine Sundström & Henrik Olsson |
| 2002 | Kristin Kaspersen & Claes Åkesson |
| 2003 | Mark Levengood & Jonas Gardell |
| 2004 | Charlotte Perrelli, Ola Lindholm & Peter Settman (Heats & Final), Liza Marklund, Elin "Grynet" Ek & Henrik Johnsson (Second Chance) |
| 2005 | Alexandra Pascalidou & Shan Atçi (Heat 1), Henrik Schyffert & Erik Haag (Heat 2), Johanna Westman & Markoolio (Heat 3), Kayo & Micke Leijnegard (Heat 4), Annika Jankell (Second Chance), Jill Johnson & Mark Levengood (Final) |
| 2006 | Lena Philipsson (Heats & Final), Carin Hjulström-Livh & Henrik Johnson |
| 2007 | Kristian Luuk |
| 2008 | Kristian Luuk |
| 2009 | Petra Mede |
| 2010 | Måns Zelmerlöw, Christine Meltzer & Dolph Lundgren |
| 2011 | Rickard Olsson & Marie Serneholt |
| 2012 | Gina Dirawi, Sarah Dawn Finer & Helena Bergström |
| 2013 | Gina Dirawi & Danny Saucedo |
| 2014 | Nour El-Refai & Anders Jansson |
| 2015 | Sanna Nielsen & Robin Paulsson |
| 2016 | Gina Dirawi (all shows), Petra Mede (Heat 1), Charlotte Perrelli (Heat 2), Henrik Schyffert (Heat 3), Sarah Dawn Finer (Heat 4), Ola Salo, Peter Jöback (Second Chance), William Spetz (Final) |
| 2017 | Clara Henry, David Lindgren & Hasse Andersson |
| 2018 | David Lindgren |
| 2019 | Eric Saade, Sarah Dawn Finer, Marika Carlsson & Kodjo Akolor |
| 2020 | David Sundin, Lina Hedlund & Linnea Henriksson |
| 2021 | Christer Björkman (all shows), Lena Philipsson (Heat 1), Oscar Zia & Anis Don Demina (Heat 2), Jason Diakité (Heat 3), Per Andersson & Pernilla Wahlgren (Heat 4), Shirley Clamp (Second Chance), Måns Zelmerlöw & Shima Niavarani (Final) |
Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest
Since 1958 Sweden has participated 59 times in Eurovision Song Contest with great succes. They have won the contest 6 times:
- 1974: ABBA – Waterloo
- 1984: Herreys – Diggi-loo Diggy-ley
- 1991: Carola – Fångad Av En Stormvind
- 1999: Charlotte Nilsson – Take Me To Your Heaven
- 2012: Loreen – Euphoria
- 2015: Måns Zelmerlöw – Heroes
They came last two times (1963 and 1977), and since the introduction of the Semi-finals in 2004 Sweden managed to qualify for the Grand Final 15 out of 16 times! (only skipped the qualification in 2010)
