Sweden Melodifestivalen 2019: Lina Hedlund and Jon Henrik Fjällgren to the final
Tonight the third heat of Melodifestivalen 2019 took place in Leksand, Sweden. Seven acts performed live, and two songs qualified directly to the final: Lina Hedlund with 'Victorious' and Jon Henrik Fjällgren with 'Norrsken'. Two songs were selected for the second chance show
Tonight the third deltävling (heat) took place in Sweden, with two winners directly qualified for the final: Lina Hedlund and Jon Henrik Fjällgren and two acts for the "second chance": Rebecka Karlsson and Martin Stenmarck.
The third deltävling was held in Tegera Arena in Leksand, which also hosted a Melodifestivalen heat in 2009 and 2012.
Like the previous years the votes will not be unveiled before the Final of Melodifestivalen 9 March 2019.
Melodifestivalen 2019 Heat 3
Deltävling 3, Leksand, 16 February 2019
- Lina Hedlund – "Victorious" (final)
- Jon Henrik Fjällgren – "Norrsken" (final)
- Rebecka Karlsson – "Who I Am" (second chance)
- Martin Stenmarck – "Låt skiten brinna" (second chance)
Dolly Style – "Habibi"Omar Rudberg – "Om om och om igen"The Lovers of Valdaro – "Somebody Wants"
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)
