Sweden: Here are the Melodifestivalen 2019 participants

The artists of next year's Melodifestivalen were presented at a live press conference today.

Among the 28 there are three former Eurovision Song Contest participants: Arvingarna (1993), Martin Stenmarck (2005) and Anna Bergendahl (2010).

A total of 2,295 songs have been submitted for the next Melodifestivalen in Sweden. 28 acts have been selected by the Swedish national broadcaster SVT, to compete in Melodifestivalen 2019, and one of these will represent Sweden at Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv.

Melodifestivalen 2019 – Running order

Deltävling 1 Göteborg, 2 February

1. Nano – "Chasing Rivers"
2. High15 – "No Drama"
3. Wiktoria – "Not With Me"
4. Zeana feat. Anis Don Demina – "Mina bränder"
5. Arja Saijonmaa – "Mina fyra årstider"
6. Mohombi – "Hello"
7. Anna Bergendahl – "Ashes to Ashes"

Deltävling 2 Malmö, 9 February

1. Andreas Johnson – "Army of Us"
2. Malou Prytz – "I Do Me"
3. Oscar Enestad – "I Love It"
4. Jan Malmsjö – "Leva livet"
5. Vlad Reiser – "Nakna i regnet"
6. Hanna Ferm & LIAMOO – "Hold Me"
7. Margaret – "Tempo"

Deltävling 3 Leksand, 16 February

1. The Lovers of Valdaro – "Somebody Wants"
2. Dolly Style – "Habibi"
3. Martin Stenmarck – "Låt skiten brinna"
4. Lina Hedlund – "Victorious"
5. Omar – "Om om och om igen"
6. Rebecka Karlsson – "Who Am I"
7. Jon Henrik Fjällgren – "Norrsken"

Deltävling 4 Lidköping, 23 February

1. Pagan Fury – "Stormbringer"
2. Anton Hagman – "Känner dig"
3. Lisa Ajax – "Torn"
4. Arvingarna – "I Do"
5. Bishara – "On My Own"
6. Ann-Louise Hanson – "Kärleken finns kvar"
7. John Lundvik – "Too Late For Love"

Melodifestivalen 2019

• 2 February: Deltävling 1 (Gothenburg)
• 9 February: Deltävling 2 (Malmö)
• 16 February: Deltävling 3 (Leksand)
• 23 February: Deltävling 4 (Lidköping)
• 2 March: Second Chance (Nyköping)
• 9 March: Final (Stockholm)

The format for Melodifestivalen 2019 is the same as last year: Each of the 4 heats qualifies 2 songs directly to the final Each of the 4 heats qualifies 2 songs to the "second chance"-show. In the "second chance" 4 songs will be selected for the final.

Hosts of the shows are Eric Saade, Sarah Dawn Finer, Marika Carlsson and Kodjo Akolor.

Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest

Since 1958 Sweden has participated 58 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 14 out of 15 times! (only skipped the qualification in 2010)