Melodifestivalen 2025 was the 65th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, organised by (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 1 February and 8 March 2025, hosted by Edvin Törnblom and Kristina "Keyyo" Petrushina. The winners of the competition, KAJ with the song "", represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, where they finished fourth with 321 points.

Format

Melodifestivalen 2025 had six weekly shows held in six Swedish cities (Luleå, Gothenburg, Västerås, Malmö, Jönköping and Stockholm). Edvin Törnblom and Kristina "Keyyo" Petrushina were announced as the hosts of the competition on 7 November 2024.

Changes to the format were announced on 22 August 2024. A total of 30 entries took part in the competition across five heats. Each heat consisted of six songs, with the top two songs directly qualifying for the final. In a change from previous editions, where the qualifier from the first voting round was determined solely by raw votes and the second round used the age group points system, in 2025 it was the opposite: the first round used the points system, and the second round used raw vote totals. Unlike in the previous edition, only the third-placing song proceeded to a final qualification round at the end of the fifth heat, which featured five songs instead of ten. The top two songs in the final qualification then progressed to the final, which comprised 12 songs. The winner of the final was determined by the usual 50/50 combination of votes from the public and an international jury.

For the first time since the multi-show format was introduced in 2002, the competing entries were released on streaming platforms on the day preceding their respective heat. Previously, the entries which had qualified directly to the final could not be released before the conclusion of the last heat, while those qualifying for the repechage (known over the years under different names) and the eliminated entries could be released following the broadcast of the heat they competed in.

+ Competition schedule Show Date City Venue Heat 1 1 February 2025 Luleå Coop Norrbotten Arena Heat 2 8 February 2025 Gothenburg Scandinavium Heat 3 15 February 2025 Västerås ABB Arena Heat 4 22 February 2025 Malmö Malmö Arena Heat 5 1 March 2025 Jönköping Husqvarna Garden Final 8 March 2025 Stockholm Strawberry Arena

Competing entries A public submission window was open between 23 August and 14 September 2024 to select the competing entries. Upon closing the submission period, SVT announced that 2,794 applications had been received, from which 15 competing entries were then selected by a professional jury chaired by producer and artistic director Karin Gunnarsson; the second set of 15 contestants were selected by a dedicated SVT board both from the received submissions and by direct invitation of artists. The selected entries were announced on 26 November 2024.

Artist Song Songwriter(s) Adrian Macéus "" Albin Johnsén Pa "" AmenA "Do Good Be Better" Andreas Lundstedt "Vicious" "Teardrops" Annika Wickihalder "Life Again" Arvingarna "Ring Baby Ring" Arwin "This Dream of Mine" Björn Holmgren "" Dolly Style "Yihaa" Ella Tiritiello "" Erik Segerstedt "Show Me What Love Is" Fredrik Lundman "The Heart of a Swedish Cowboy" Greczula "Believe Me" John Lundvik "Voice of the Silent" KAJ "" Kaliffa "Salute" Klara Hammarström "On and On and On" Linnea Henriksson " Maja Ivarsson "Kamikaze Life" Malou Prytz "24K Gold" Måns Zelmerlöw "Revolution" Meira Omar "Hush Hush" Nomi Tales "Funniest Thing" Saga Ludvigsson "Hate You So Much" Scarlet "Sweet n' Psycho" "" Tennessee Tears "Yours" Victoria Silvstedt "Love It!" Vilhelm Buchaus "I'm Yours"

Contest overview Heat 1 The first heat took place on 1 February 2025 at the Coop Norrbotten Arena in Luleå. A total of 8,894,468 votes were cast using 528,263 devices, with collected for .

Artist Song Round 1 Round 2 Result 1 Albin Johnsén Pa "" 1,089,032 45 4 596,636 1,685,668 3 Out 2 Maja Ivarsson "Kamikaze Life" 1,115,693 67 2 683,513 1,799,206 1 Final 3 John Lundvik "Voice of the Silent" 1,355,309 86 1 colspan="3" Final 4 Meira Omar "Hush Hush" 1,068,752 58 3 647,625 1,716,377 2 5 Adrian Macéus "" 879,946 30 5 455,470 1,335,416 4 Out 6 Linnea Henriksson "" 660,354 26 6 342,138 1,002,492 5 Out

+ Round 1 detailed televoting results Song Age groups 39 1015 1629 3044 4559 6074 75+ 1 "" 12 10 8 5 5 1 1 3 2 "Kamikaze Life" 3 3 3 12 12 12 10 12 3 "Voice of the Silent" 10 12 12 10 10 10 12 10 4 "Hush Hush" 8 8 10 8 8 5 3 8 5 "" 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 1 6 "" 1 1 1 1 1 8 8 5

Heat 2 The second heat took place on 8 February 2025 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg. A total of 9,309,031 votes were cast using 551,178 devices, with collected for .

Artist Song Round 1 Round 2 Result 1 Nomi Tales "Funniest Thing" 987,656 30 5 516,379 1,504,035 3 Out 2 Schlagerz "" 544,789 19 6 193,691 738,480 5 Out 3 Erik Segerstedt "Show Me What Love Is" 1,339,899 86 1 colspan="3" Final 4 Klara Hammarström "On and On and On" 1,528,183 83 2 1,053,759 2,581,942 1 Final 5 Fredrik Lundman "The Heart of a Swedish Cowboy" 945,235 52 3 514,404 1,459,639 4 Out 6 Kaliffa "Salute" 1,072,881 42 4 612,155 1,685,036 2

+ Round 1 detailed televoting results Song Age groups 39 1015 1629 3044 4559 6074 75+ 1 "Funniest Thing" 8 8 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 8 3 "Show Me What Love Is" 10 10 12 10 10 12 12 10 4 "On and On and On" 12 12 10 12 12 10 10 5 5 "The Heart of a Swedish Cowboy" 3 3 5 5 8 8 8 12 6 "Salute" 5 5 8 8 5 5 3 3

Heat 3 The third heat took place on 15 February 2025 at the ABB Arena in Västerås. A total of 8,224,411 votes were cast using 497,032 devices, with collected for .

Artist Song Round 1 Round 2 Result 1 Greczula "Believe Me" 1,069,958 74 1 colspan="3" Final 2 Malou Prytz "24K Gold" 935,017 42 5 448,986 1,384,003 3 Out 3 Björn Holmgren "" 798,822 21 6 338,552 1,137,374 5 Out 4 Dolly Style "Yihaa" 1,057,492 54 3 600,798 1,658,290 2 5 Angelino "Teardrops" 883,140 48 4 416,917 1,300,057 4 Out 6 Annika Wickihalder "Life Again" 1,054,647 73 2 620,082 1,674,729 1 Final

+ Round 1 detailed televoting results Song Age groups 39 1015 1629 3044 4559 6074 75+ 1 "Believe Me" 5 3 12 12 12 10 10 10 2 "24K Gold" 10 10 3 5 5 3 5 1 3 "" 3 1 8 1 1 1 1 5 4 "Yihaa" 12 12 1 10 3 5 3 8 5 "Teardrops" 8 5 5 3 8 8 8 3 6 "Life Again" 1 8 10 8 10 12 12 12

Heat 4 The fourth heat took place on 22 February 2025 at the Malmö Arena in Malmö. A total of 9,123,856 votes were cast using 562,798 devices, with collected for .

Artist Song Round 1 Round 2 Result 1 Andreas Lundstedt "Vicious" 925,304 48 3 597,985 1,523,289 3 Out 2 Ella Tiritiello "" 967,458 46 4 634,115 1,601,573 2 3 Tennessee Tears "Yours" 773,258 36 5 436,047 1,209,305 4 Out 4 KAJ "" 1,238,511 76 2 954,961 2,193,472 1 Final 5 AmenA "Do Good Be Better" 629,574 10 6 333,799 963,373 5 Out 6 Måns Zelmerlöw "Revolution" 1,632,844 96 1 colspan="3" Final + Round 1 detailed televoting results Song Age groups 39 1015 1629 3044 4559 6074 75+ 1 "Vicious" 5 5 5 5 8 10 5 5 2 "" 10 8 8 8 3 3 3 3 3 "Yours" 3 3 1 3 5 5 8 8 4 "" 8 10 10 10 10 8 10 10 5 "Do Good Be Better" 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 6 "Revolution" 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Heat 5 The fifth heat took place on 1 March 2025 at the Husqvarna Garden in Jönköping. A total of 7,997,463 votes were cast using 517,435 devices, with collected for .

Artist Song Round 1 Round 2 Result 1 Arvingarna "Ring Baby Ring" 680,012 20 5 320,987 1,000,999 4 Out 2 Arwin "This Dream of Mine" 1,006,048 58 4 552,450 1,558,498 2 3 Saga Ludvigsson "Hate You So Much" 1,106,111 80 1 colspan="3" Final 4 Victoria Silvstedt "Love It!" 575,878 16 6 258,921 834,799 5 Out 5 Vilhelm Buchaus "I'm Yours" 948,581 72 2 606,022 1,554,603 3 Out 6 Scarlet "Sweet n' Psycho" 1,117,434 66 3 825,019 1,942,453 1 Final

+ Round 1 detailed televoting results Song Age groups 39 1015 1629 3044 4559 6074 75+ 1 "Ring Baby Ring" 3 3 3 3 1 1 3 3 2 "This Dream of Mine" 12 10 5 5 5 8 8 5 3 "Hate You So Much" 8 12 10 10 10 12 10 8 4 "Love It!" 1 1 1 1 3 3 5 1 5 "I'm Yours" 5 5 12 8 8 10 12 12 6 "Sweet n' Psycho" 10 8 8 12 12 5 1 10

Final qualification At the end of the fifth heat, a final qualification round took place consisting of the third-placing songs of each heat. The two most voted songs qualified for the final; the age group system was not used for this vote, but the results from the heats were added to it to determine the result of the final qualification. More specifically, for the heat points, the total number of votes for each song in each show was divided by the total number of voters (devices) in each show. Then 1,000 points were distributed amongst the songs based on those ratios. The song with the most points immediately advanced to the final. Once the voting had ended, an additional 800 points were distributed among the four remaining entries, based on how viewers had voted during the final qualification round. A total of 2,852,755 votes were cast using 403,642 devices, with collected for .

Artist Song Heat Total Place Result 11 Meira Omar "Hush Hush" 1,716,377 3.25 210 2 1,087,480 306 516 1 Final 12 Kaliffa "Salute" 1,685,036 3.06 197 3 540,096 150 347 3 Out 13 Dolly Style "Yihaa" 1,658,290 3.34 215 1 colspan="4" Final 14 Ella Tiritiello "" 1,601,573 2.85 184 5 693,518 195 379 2 Out 15 Arwin "This Dream of Mine" 1,558,498 3.01 194 4 531,661 149 343 4 Out

Final The final took place on 8 March 2025 at the Strawberry Arena in Stockholm. A total of 26,072,328 votes were cast using 1,152,754 devices, with collected for . SVT Play also provided a stream of the final with English commentary by William Lee Adams and Bella Qvist.

Artist Song Juries Public Total Place 1 John Lundvik "Voice of the Silent" 49 25 74 6 2 Dolly Style "Yihaa" 48 27 75 5 3 Greczula "Believe Me" 47 56 103 3 4 Klara Hammarström "On and On and On" 34 43 77 4 5 Scarlet "Sweet n' Psycho" 31 33 64 7 6 Erik Segerstedt "Show Me What Love Is" 24 27 51 9 7 Maja Ivarsson "Kamikaze Life" 2 30 32 11 8 Meira Omar "Hush Hush" 26 24 50 10 9 Måns Zelmerlöw "Revolution" 76 81 157 2 10 Saga Ludvigsson "Hate You So Much" 17 10 27 12 11 Annika Wickihalder "Life Again" 36 18 54 8 12 KAJ "" 74 90 164 1

+ Detailed international jury votes Song Total 1 "Voice of the Silent" 8 7 8 5 6 5 4 6 49 2 "Yihaa" 10 10 4 6 1 6 8 3 48 3 "Believe Me" 3 8 7 4 7 3 5 10 47 4 "On and On and On" 1 3 3 8 8 7 4 34 5 "Sweet n' Psycho" 6 4 2 4 7 8 31 6 "Show Me What Love Is" 5 2 1 8 2 2 2 2 24 7 "Kamikaze Life" 2 2 8 "Hush Hush" 6 10 3 4 3 26 9 "Revolution" 7 6 12 7 12 10 10 12 76 10 "Hate You So Much" 1 3 10 1 1 1 17 11 "Life Again" 12 5 2 1 5 6 5 36 12 "" 4 12 5 12 10 12 12 7 74 International jury spokespersons None Mariangela Borneo Sandra Studer Neil Doherty Alexandra Redde-Amiel Mads Tørklep Alexandra Pascalidou None

+ Detailed televoting results SongVotes Age groups Total 39 1015 1629 3044 4559 6074 75+ 1 "Voice of the Silent" 1,578,564 2 2 1 2 3 5 7 3 25 2 "Yihaa" 2,011,149 10 7 4 5 1 27 3 "Believe Me" 2,696,753 3 5 10 8 8 8 6 8 56 4 "On and On and On" 2,461,721 8 8 7 6 7 2 3 2 43 5 "Sweet n' Psycho" 1,943,638 6 4 2 7 6 3 5 33 6 "Show Me What Love Is" 1,615,974 1 1 3 1 4 6 5 6 27 7 "Kamikaze Life" 1,435,634 3 5 7 8 7 30 8 "Hush Hush" 1,901,356 5 6 6 4 2 1 24 9 "Revolution" 3,278,385 7 10 8 10 12 12 12 10 81 10 "Hate You So Much" 1,472,693 4 3 1 2 10 11 "Life Again" 1,370,687 5 1 4 4 4 18 12 "" 4,305,774 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 12 90

Notes

References

External links Melodifestivalen official website SVT Play page