Melodifestivalen 2025 final: Who will represent Sweden at Eurovision?
Update: This is the group Kaj who won the Melodifestivalen 2025 and will represent Sweden at this year's Eurovision!
Finally, today is the final of the Melodifestivalen 2025 which will decide who represents Sweden at Eurovision 2025. After 5 qualifying rounds for 30 artists, it's the moment of truth for the 12 artists who will perform tonight at the Strawberry Arena near Stockholm. Who will win the famous trophy "Den stora Sångfågeln »" (The Great Singing Bird)?
The Artists of Melodifestival 2025
And this year there was a great turnout. Former participants at Melodifestivalen well sure, former Eurovision participantsbut also former multi-discipline stars (skiing / modelling / television)), a group of Finnish comedians on a roll and above all the return of a great winner, one of the most heroic in the last 10 years. Wow! What a line-up!
Without too many surprises, John Lundvik and Måns Zelmerlöw have qualified with flying colours, but nothing is certain for this final. John's song is strong as usual, but rather conventional. Måns' song reuses the ingredients of Heroes, but fortunately his team have managed to magnify the stage work. The real danger could come from Kaja group of comedians from Finland who, with their " Bara bada bastu casts doubt on a number of predictions.
It has to be said, they've got a lot going for them. Eccentric outfits, a fun, catchy feel, accordion music, cool choreography and an authentic Nordic touch. A break with the usual Swedish style, which is often criticised for being too formatted. Their little extra? The phrase in their song "ei saa peittää »", which appears on every radiator in Sweden and means "don't cover »" in Finnish. It's a recurring joke in Sweden and part of our shared culture.
How does the Melodifestivalen final work?
The public vote will count for 50% and the international jury vote for 50%. Here are the spokespersons for each international jury.
- Serbia: Princ
- Lithuania: Vaidotas Valiukevičius (singer of The Roop)
- France: Alexandra Redde-Amiel (Head of Eurovision Delegation)
- Greece: Alexandra Pascalidou
- Norway: Mats Paulsen (member of the group Gate)
- Switzerland: Sandra Studer
- Italy: Mariangela Borneo (Head of Festivals at RAI)
- Ireland: Neil Doherty
When and how do we watch it?
See you tonight at 8.00 pm for the finalWe'll be bringing you live coverage of Melodifestival from Stockholm on our Insta account!
