Melodifestivalen

Name: Melodifestivalen
Genre: Reality, Family, Talk
Released: 1959-02-26
Cast: Gina Dirawi, Hampus Nessvold

1959 –2026
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Returning series

★ 6.2 TMDB Rating · 8 votes

Melodifestivalen (direct translation: The Melody Festival) is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT). The competition is a six part tour (5 heats + the final) with stops in cities across Sweden to determine the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. Melodifestivalen is also known informally as "Mello", or internationally as "Melfest".

Seasons: 65
Episodes: 191
Episode length: ~1h 30m
First aired: Feb 26, 1959
Networks: SVT1
Original language: Swedish
Origin: Sweden

Cast of Melodifestivalen

Gina Dirawi
Self - Host
Hampus Nessvold
Self - Host

Seasons

Specials

May 1, 2010

3 episodes
Season 1

Feb 26, 1959

1 episode
Season 2

Feb 2, 1960

1 episode
Season 3

Feb 6, 1961

1 episode
Season 4

Feb 13, 1962

1 episode
Season 5

Feb 16, 1963

1 episode
Season 6

Feb 13, 1965

1 episode
Season 7

Jan 29, 1966

1 episode
Season 8

Feb 24, 1967

1 episode
Season 9

Mar 9, 1968

1 episode
Season 10

Mar 1, 1969

1 episode
Season 11

Feb 27, 1971

1 episode
Season 12

Feb 12, 1972

1 episode
Season 13

Feb 10, 1973

1 episode
Season 14

Feb 9, 1974

1 episode
Season 15

Feb 15, 1975

2 episodes
Season 16

Feb 26, 1977

1 episode
Season 17

Feb 11, 1978

1 episode
Season 18

Feb 17, 1979

1 episode
Season 19

Mar 8, 1980

1 episode
Season 20

Feb 21, 1981

1 episode
Season 21

Feb 27, 1982

1 episode
Season 22

Feb 26, 1983

1 episode
Season 23

Feb 25, 1984

1 episode
Season 24

Mar 2, 1985

1 episode
Season 25

Mar 22, 1986

1 episode
Season 26

Feb 21, 1987

1 episode
Season 27

Feb 27, 1988

1 episode
Season 28

Mar 11, 1989

1 episode
Season 29

Mar 9, 1990

1 episode
Season 30

Mar 22, 1991

1 episode
Season 31

Mar 14, 1992

1 episode
Season 32

Mar 5, 1993

1 episode
Season 33

Mar 12, 1994

1 episode
Season 34

Feb 24, 1995

1 episode
Season 35

Feb 24, 1996

1 episode
Season 36

Mar 8, 1997

1 episode
Season 37

Mar 14, 1998

1 episode
Season 38

Feb 27, 1999

1 episode
Season 39

Mar 10, 2000

1 episode
Season 40

Feb 23, 2001

1 episode
Season 41

Jan 19, 2002

6 episodes
Season 42

Feb 15, 2003

6 episodes
Season 43

Feb 21, 2004

6 episodes
Season 44

Feb 12, 2005

6 episodes
Season 45

Feb 18, 2006

6 episodes
Season 46

Feb 3, 2007

6 episodes
Season 47

Feb 9, 2008

6 episodes
Season 48

Feb 7, 2009

6 episodes
Season 49

Feb 6, 2010

6 episodes
Season 50

Feb 5, 2011

6 episodes
Season 51

Feb 4, 2012

6 episodes
Season 52

Feb 2, 2013

6 episodes
Season 53

Feb 1, 2014

6 episodes
Season 54

Feb 7, 2015

6 episodes
Season 55

Feb 6, 2016

6 episodes
Season 56

Feb 4, 2017

6 episodes
Season 57

Feb 3, 2018

6 episodes
Season 58

Feb 2, 2019

6 episodes
Season 59

Feb 1, 2020

6 episodes
Season 60

Feb 6, 2021

6 episodes
Season 61

Feb 5, 2022

6 episodes
Season 62

Feb 4, 2023

6 episodes
Season 63

Feb 3, 2024

6 episodes
Season 64

Feb 1, 2025

6 episodes
Season 65

Jan 31, 2026

6 episodes

Melodifestivalen 2026 is the 66ᵗʰ edition of the competition and is hosted by seasoned presenter Gina Dirawi alongside first-time host Hampus Nessvold. The tour starts in Linköping and continutes with stops in Gothenburg, Kristianstad, Malmö and Sundsvall, with the final stop in Stockholm at the national arena "Strawberry Arena" on March 7.