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Melodifestivalen

Melodifestivalen

RealityFamily

Melodifestivalen

February 26, 1959

65 Seasons

191 Episodes

TMDB6.2· 8

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".

Cast

Gina Dirawi

Gina Dirawi

Self - Host

Hampus Nessvold

Hampus Nessvold

Self - Host

Seasons & Episodes

Specials

3 episodes

May 1, 2010

Season 1

1 episodes

Feb 26, 1959

Season 2

Season 2

1 episodes

Feb 2, 1960

Season 3

Season 3

1 episodes

Feb 6, 1961

Season 4

1 episodes

Feb 13, 1962

Season 5

Season 5

1 episodes

Feb 16, 1963

Season 6

1 episodes

Feb 13, 1965

Season 7

Season 7

1 episodes

Jan 29, 1966

Season 8

Season 8

1 episodes

Feb 24, 1967

Season 9

1 episodes

Mar 9, 1968

Season 10

1 episodes

Mar 1, 1969

Season 11

1 episodes

Feb 27, 1971

Season 12

Season 12

1 episodes

Feb 12, 1972

Season 13

1 episodes

Feb 10, 1973

Season 14

Season 14

1 episodes

Feb 9, 1974

Season 15

Season 15

2 episodes

Feb 15, 1975

Season 16

Season 16

1 episodes

Feb 26, 1977

Season 17

Season 17

1 episodes

Feb 11, 1978

Season 18

Season 18

1 episodes

Feb 17, 1979

Season 19

1 episodes

Mar 8, 1980

Season 20

1 episodes

Feb 21, 1981

Season 21

1 episodes

Feb 27, 1982

Season 22

1 episodes

Feb 26, 1983

Season 23

1 episodes

Feb 25, 1984

Season 24

1 episodes

Mar 2, 1985

Season 25

1 episodes

Mar 22, 1986

Season 26

1 episodes

Feb 21, 1987

Season 27

1 episodes

Feb 27, 1988

Season 28

Season 28

1 episodes

Mar 11, 1989

Season 29

Season 29

1 episodes

Mar 9, 1990

Season 30

1 episodes

Mar 22, 1991

Season 31

Season 31

1 episodes

Mar 14, 1992

Season 32

1 episodes

Mar 5, 1993

Season 33

1 episodes

Mar 12, 1994

Season 34

Season 34

1 episodes

Feb 24, 1995

Season 35

1 episodes

Feb 24, 1996

Season 36

1 episodes

Mar 8, 1997

Season 37

1 episodes

Mar 14, 1998

Season 38

1 episodes

Feb 27, 1999

Season 39

Season 39

1 episodes

Mar 10, 2000

Season 40

1 episodes

Feb 23, 2001

Season 41

6 episodes

Jan 19, 2002

Season 42

6 episodes

Feb 15, 2003

Season 43

6 episodes

Feb 21, 2004

Season 44

Season 44

6 episodes

Feb 12, 2005

Season 45

6 episodes

Feb 18, 2006

Season 46

6 episodes

Feb 3, 2007

Season 47

6 episodes

Feb 9, 2008

Season 48

6 episodes

Feb 7, 2009

Season 49

Season 49

6 episodes

Feb 6, 2010

Season 50

6 episodes

Feb 5, 2011

Season 51

6 episodes

Feb 4, 2012

Season 52

6 episodes

Feb 2, 2013

Season 53

6 episodes

Feb 1, 2014

Season 54

Season 54

6 episodes

Feb 7, 2015

Season 55

Season 55

6 episodes

Feb 6, 2016

Season 56

Season 56

6 episodes

Feb 4, 2017

Season 57

Season 57

6 episodes

Feb 3, 2018

Season 58

Season 58

6 episodes

Feb 2, 2019

Season 59

Season 59

6 episodes

Feb 1, 2020

Season 60

Season 60

6 episodes

Feb 6, 2021

Season 61

Season 61

6 episodes

Feb 5, 2022

Season 62

Season 62

6 episodes

Feb 4, 2023

Season 63

Season 63

6 episodes

Feb 3, 2024

Season 64

Season 64

6 episodes

Feb 1, 2025

Season 65

Season 65

6 episodes

Jan 31, 2026

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.

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Show Info

StatusReturning Series

TypeReality

Original LanguageSwedish

Seasons65

Episodes191

Last Air DateMar 7, 2026

Popularity1%

Streaming on

SVT1

Produced by

SVT

SE

Released in

Sweden

Spoken Languages

svenska