Sweden Melodifestivalen 2025: Måns Zelmerlöw and KAJ to the Final
Tonight the fourth heat of Melodifestivalen 2025 took place in Malmö, Sweden. Six acts performed live, and two qualified directly for the Final: Måns Zelmerlöw with "Revolution" and KAJ with "Bara bada bastu." Ella Tiritiello progressed to the "Final qualification"
The fourth deltävling (heat) of Melodifestivalen 2025 took place tonight. The two winners were Måns Zelmerlöw and KAJ, who go straight through to the Final, with Ella Tiritiello qualifying for the "Final qualification" next Saturday.
The fourth deltävling was held in Malmö Arena. This marks the 23rd time that Melodifestivalen has visited Malmö since 1983, when Carola won with "Främling" in Palladium in Malmö. Malmö Arena has hosted Melodifestivalen 15 times and Eurovision three times.
Melodifestivalen 2025 – Heat 4
Melodifestivalen 2025
1 February: Heat 1, Luleå8 February: Heat 2, Göteborg15 February: Heat 3, Västerås22 February: Heat 4, Malmö- 1 March: Heat 5 + Final qualification, Jönköping
- 8 March: Melodifestivalen Final, Stockholm
All shows will be presented by Keyyo and Edvin Törnblom.
A total of 30 acts compete in five heats. Two entries from each heat go straight to the Final, one remains in the competition (Final qual), and three are eliminated.
Voting system
In all five heats of Melodifestivalen 2025 there are two rounds of voting:
First round of voting:
Viewers can vote for all six participants via app/telephone. All the app votes are divided into seven voting groups determined by age, and in addition an eighth voting group consisting of votes from telephone. Each of the voting groups' votes are converted into points (12-10-8-5-3-1).
The artist that receives the most points (Måns Zelmerlöw) qualifies directly for the Final of Melodifestivalen.
Second round of voting:
Viewers can vote on the remaining five participants via app/telephone. The votes from the first round are added.
The artist with most votes (KAJ) qualifies for the Final, while the artists with the 2nd most votes (Ella Tiritiello) qualify for the "Final qualification" (previously known as "Second Chance") of Melodifestivalen.
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)!
