Sweden Melodifestivalen 2025: Saga Ludvigsson and Scarlet to the Final
Tonight the fifth heat of Melodifestivalen 2025 took place in Jönköping, Sweden. Six acts performed live, and two qualified directly for the Final: Saga Ludvigsson with "Hate You So Much" and Scarlet with "Sweet N' Psycho." Arwin progressed to the "Final qualification"
The fifth and last deltävling (heat) of Melodifestivalen 2025 took place tonight. The two winners were Saga Ludvigsson and Scarlet, who go straight through to the Final with Arwin qualifying for the "Final qualification," which takes place right after this heat.
The fifth deltävling was held in Husqvarna Garden in Jönköping. It's the third time Melodifestivalen has visited Jönköping.
Melodifestivalen 2025 – Heat 5
Right after tonight's heat the "Final qual" will take place. Here, we'll find out who the last two qualifiers are for the Final in Stockholm next Saturday. All the third-place finishers from the heats will be competing:
- Meira Omar – "Hush Hush"
- Kaliffa – "Salute"
- Dolly Style – "Yihaa"
- Ella Tiritiello – "Bara du är där"
- Arwin – "This Dream of Mine"
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 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.
Voting system
In all five heats of Melodifestivalen 2025 there were 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 (Saga Ludvigsson) 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 (Scarlet) qualifies for the Final, while the artists with the 2nd most votes (Arwin) 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)!
