Sweden: The artists for Melodifestivalen 2023 revealed

All the 28 artists competing in Melodifestivalen 2023 have been announced by the Swedish broadcaster SVT.

A total of 28 acts will compete in Melodifestivalen 2023, and one of these will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool.

14 former Mello artists

Half of the 28 participants in Melodifestivalen 2023 have competed in the contest in the past. Two of them are former Eurovision representatives:

Contest Producer Karin Gunnarsson from SVT has the responsibility of selecting all the acts for Melodifestivalen 2023:

– Being able to present a lineup that includes both the Eurovision winner Loreen and the EPA phenomenon Elov & Beny feels fantastically fun. Here, well-known artists who have made an impression on the program in the past come together with artists who may be debutants in Melodifestivalen but who have achieved great success even outside Sweden's borders.

– In the competition, of course, there are also a bunch of exciting newcomers with strong voices and expressions that will both surprise and impress. In Melodifestivalen, anything can happen! says Karin Gunnarsson.

Melodifestivalen 2023

• 4 February: Deltävling 1 (Göteborg)
• 11 February: Deltävling 2 (Linköping)
• 18 February: Deltävling 3 (Lidköping)
• 25 February: Deltävling 4 (Malmö)
• 4 March: Semi-final (Örnsköldsvik)
• 11 March: Final (Stockholm)

Melodifestivalen 2023 will follow almost the same format as 2022. 7 songs will compete in each of the four heats; 2 will qualify directly for the final and another 2 will qualify for the semi-final. At the semi-final, 8 songs will compete, and the best 4 songs will qualify for the final.

The hosts of all shows will be Jesper Rönndahl and Farah Abadi.

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

Since 1958, Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 61 times, and with great success. 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 in last two times (1963 and 1977), and since the introduction of the Semi-finals in 2004 Sweden has managed to qualify for the Grand Final 17 out of 18 times (only failing to qualify in 2010)!