Sweden Melodifestivalen 2025: Dolly Style and Meira Omar are the last finalists

This year's Melodifestivalen continued tonight with the fifth show broadcast live from Husqvarna Garden in Jönköping. After Saga Ludvigsson and Scarlet were selected for the Final, it was time to select another two finalists among the third-place finishers from the heats.

The "Final qual" (previously known as "Second Chance") had five contestants competing for the last two spots in the Final. The five contestants finished in third place in their heats.

Finalist #1: Dolly Style

The best act of the third-place finishers was the one that proportionally received the most points in the heats. It was Dolly Style with "Yihaa" who proceeded to next Saturday's Final.

And then, there were four...

Finalist #2: Meira Omar

A recap of the remaining four's performances from the heats was shown, and now it was time to vote again. The votes from the heats were added (proportionally), and in the end Meira Omar with "Hush Hush" was the one with most points and therefore the last finalist.

The lineup for next Saturday's Melodifestivalen 2025 Final is now complete:

Melodifestivalen 2025

• 1 February: Heat 1, Luleå
• 8 February: Heat 2, Göteborg
• 15 February: Heat 3, Västerås
• 22 February: Heat 4, Malmö
• 1 March: Heat 5 + Final qualification, Jönköping
• 8 March: Melodifestivalen Final, Stockholm

All shows are being presented by Keyyo and Edvin Törnblom.

A total of 30 acts competed in five heats. Two entries from each heat went straight to the Final, one remained in the competition (Final qual), and three were eliminated.

Right after Heat 5, the five third-place finishers from the heats competed in a "Final qual" ("Finalkvalet"). The song out of those five that received the most votes in the heats went straight to the Final (Dolly Style). The public decided the last finalist (Meira Omar) among the remaining four songs.

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

Since 1958, Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 63 times, and with great success. Together with Ireland, they hold the record of most victories in Eurovision:

• 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
• 2023: Loreen – Tattoo

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 19 out of 20 times (only failing to qualify in 2010)!