Sweden Melodifestivalen 2018: John Lundvik and Benjamin Ingrosso to the final
Tonight the first heat of Melodifestivalen 2018 took place in Karlstad, Sweden. Seven acts performed live, and two songs qualified directly to the final: John Lundvik with 'My Turn' and Benjamin Ingrosso with 'Dance You Off'. Two songs were selected for the second chance show
This years Melodifestivalen has begun! The first deltävling (heat) had two winners directly qualified for the final: John Lundvik and Benjamin Ingrosso and two acts for the "second chance": Renaida and Sigrid Bernson.
The first deltävling was held in Löfbergs Arena in Karlstad. The arena also hosted a deltävling of Melodifestivalen in 2004 and 2006.
Like the previous years the votes will not be unveiled before the Final of Melodifestivalen 10 March 2018.
Melodifestivalen 2018 Heat 1
Deltävling 1, Karlstad, 3 February 2018
- John Lundvik – "My Turn" (final)
- Benjamin Ingrosso – "Dance You Off" (final)
- Renaida – "All the Feels" (second chance)
- Sigrid Bernson – "Patrick Swayze" (second chance)
Edward Blom – "Livet på en pinne"Kamferdrops – "Solen lever kvar hos dig"Kikki Danielsson – "Osby Tennessee"
Melodifestivalen 2018
3 February: Deltävling 1(Karlstad)- 10 February: Deltävling 2 (Gothenburg)
- 17 February: Deltävling 3 (Malmö)
- 24 February: Deltävling 4 (Örnsköldsvik)
- 3 March: Second Chance (Kristianstad)
- 10 March: Final (Stockholm)
The format for Melodifestivalen 2018 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.
Host of all the shows are David Lindgren.
Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest
Since 1958 Sweden has participated 57 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 13 out of 14 times! (only skipped the qualification in 2010).
