Melodifestivalen 2024
| Melodifestivalen 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Heat 1 | 3 February 2024 |
| Heat 2 | 10 February 2024 |
| Heat 3 | 17 February 2024 |
| Heat 4 | 24 February 2024 |
| Heat 5 | 2 March 2024 |
| Final | 9 March 2024 |
| Host | |
| Presenter(s) | TBA |
| Host broadcaster | SVT |
| Website | www |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 30 |
Melodifestivalen 2024 is set to be the 64th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which will be organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and take place over a six-week period early in 2024. The winner of the competition will go on to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, held on home soil in Malmö.
Format
The competition will see six shows to be held in various Swedish cities over six weeks.
Changes to the format were announced on 29 June 2023. A total of 30 entries will take part in the competition (two more than in previous editions) across five heats. Each heat will consist of six songs, with the top two songs directly qualifying for the final, and the third- and fourth-placing songs going to a run-off vote at the end of the fifth heat. The top two songs in the run-off vote will then progress to the final, which will comprise 12 songs. This run-off vote replaces the semi-final, which itself had replaced the Second Chance round in 2022.[1][2]
| Show | Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heat 1 | 3 February 2024 | Malmö | Malmö Arena |
| Heat 2 | 10 February 2024 | Gothenburg | Scandinavium |
| Heat 3 | 17 February 2024 | Växjö | Vida Arena |
| Heat 4 | 24 February 2024 | Eskilstuna | Stiga Sports Arena |
| Heat 5 | 2 March 2024 | Karlstad | Löfbergs Arena |
| Final | 9 March 2024 | Stockholm | Friends Arena |
Competing entries
A public submission window was open between 25 August and 15 September 2023 to select the competing entries.[1][4] Upon closing the submission period, SVT announced that 2,624 applications had been received, from which 15 competing entries will be selected by a professional jury chaired by producer Karin Gunnarsson; the second set of 15 contestants will instead be selected by a dedicated SVT board both from the received submissions and by direct invitation of artists.[5][6][7] The selected entries are set to be announced between November and December 2023.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b Ryan, Tom (29 June 2023). "SVT announce changes to Melodifestivalen format for 2024". ESCXTRA. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ Demirian, Natalie (29 June 2023). "SVT gör om Melodifestivalen – skrotar semifinalen" [SVT is redoing the Melodifestivalen – scrapping the semi-finals]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "Hit åker Melodifestivalen 2024". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 20 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Tävlingsregler Melodifestivalen 2024" [Rules to compete in Melodifestivalen 2024] (PDF) (in Swedish). SVT. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ a b Papayiannakis, Andreas (15 September 2023). "Sweden: 2624 songs submitted for Melodifestivalen 2024!". Eurovisionfun. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ Jiandani, Sanjay (15 September 2023). "Sweden: SVT receives 2,624 entries for Melodifestivalen 2024". ESCToday. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "Melodifestivalen 2024". ESC-Panelen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
External links
- Melodifestivalen official website (in Swedish)
- SVT Play page (in Swedish)