• Melodifestivalen (Swedish pronunciation: [mɛlʊˈdîːfɛstɪˌvɑːlɛn]; lit. 'the Melody Festival') is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public...
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  • have won Melodifestivalen, the Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. There was no competition in 1964, 1970, and 1976. Due to the...
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    Melodifestivalen 2020 was the 60th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen. The competition was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT)...
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    After Dark (drag act) (category Melodifestivalen contestants of 2016)
    Dark would be discontinued after that. In 2004 After Dark competed in Melodifestivalen, the annual Swedish preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest. Their...
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    Anna Sahlene (category Melodifestivalen contestants of 2009)
    bowed out of Melodifestivalen 2003 with a fifth-place finish in Round #1 of Semi-Final #4. Sahlene had freely admitted prior to Melodifestivalen 2003 that...
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    Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest (category Melodifestivalen)
    Television (SVT), which select its entrant with the national competition Melodifestivalen. Sweden has hosted the contest seven times: three times in Stockholm...
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    Loreen (category Melodifestivalen contestants of 2011)
    producer and director for several Swedish reality TV shows, she entered Melodifestivalen 2011 with the song "My Heart Is Refusing Me", which became a top 10...
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  • Melodifestivalen (Swedish pronunciation: [mɛlʊˈdîːfɛstɪˌvɑːlɛn]; lit. 'the Melody Festival') is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public...
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     64–67. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3. Thorsson, Leif; Verhage, Martin (2006). Melodifestivalen genom tiderna : de svenska uttagningarna och internationella finalerna...
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    Jimmy Thörnfeldt (category 1976 births)
    songwriter and record producer. As a songwriter, he has taken part in Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest several times. Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt...
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    ABBA (category Melodifestivalen contestants)
    Sophie") in 1968. Andersson wrote and submitted the song "Hej, Clown" for Melodifestivalen 1969, the national festival to select the Swedish entry to the Eurovision...
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    it in Melodifestivalen 1969 where it finished in fifth place with eight points. In Autumn 1968, Lyngstad had been selected for Melodifestivalen 1969 alongside...
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    Sundeby, Maria Askerfjord (17 September 2024). "Hit åker Melodifestivalen 2025" [Melodifestivalen 2025 will go here]. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved...
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  • This list includes those who have acted as presenters of Melodifestivalen. In 1986, there were two presenters for the first time, with three and four presenter...
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    Waterloo (song) (category Melodifestivalen songs of 1974)
    Out" on the B-side. In 1974, after winning the 14th edition of the Melodifestivalen, "Waterloo" represented Sweden in the 19th edition of the Eurovision...
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    Rickard Engfors (category Melodifestivalen contestants of 2005)
    re-shot using a Greek model called Aleka. Engfors participated in Melodifestivalen 2005 with the song "Ready for Me". Scandinavian drag artists After...
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    She then had moderate success in Sweden, as she was a contestant for Melodifestivalen 1969 with her song "Härlig är vår jord". Lyngstad did not find international...
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  • broadcaster, Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry for the contest through Melodifestivalen 1974. The song, that was originally performed in Swedish in the national...
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  • M. VINCENT & I"". Under the Gun Review. Retrieved 29 August 2016. Melodifestivalen genom tiderna, Premium förlag 2006 (first released 1999), page 263-265...
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    Kingdom China and India. Lundgren was one of three hosts for the 2010 Melodifestivalen, where the Swedish contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest is selected...
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    Sylvia Vrethammar (category Melodifestivalen contestants of 2013)
    gold disc. She took part in Melodifestivalen 2002, singing "Hon är en annan nu". She participated again in Melodifestivalen 2013 in the hope of representing...
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    Arja Saijonmaa (category Melodifestivalen contestants of 2019)
    sang Ine Megalos O Kaimos in Swedish. In 1987, she participated at Melodifestivalen with the song "Högt över havet", ending up second. The same year, she...
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  • "Don't Stop Believing" (Mariette song), a song by Mariette Hansson for Melodifestivalen 2015 Don't Stop Believing (TV series), a British talent show Don't...
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    Christer Lindarw (category Melodifestivalen contestants of 2016)
    stage shows with their group After Dark. After Dark participated in Melodifestivalen with the song La dolce vita and placed third in the final in Globen...
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  • entry through Melodifestivalen 1977. The entry was a tribute to the rock band The Beatles, who had split up some years earlier. Melodifestivalen 1977 was the...
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    the Wayback Machine) "Semifinal 1 – Melodifestivalen & Eurovision song contest i P4" [Semifinal 1 – Melodifestivalen & Eurovision Song Contest on P4] (in...
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    Josefine Sundström (category Melodifestivalen contestants of 1999)
    (born 6 September 1976) in Upplands Väsby is a Swedish television host, author and singer. Sundström participated in Melodifestivalen 1999 with the girlgroup...
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    Anne-Lie Rydé (category Melodifestivalen contestants of 2007)
    1993 was followed by a show of the same name. She participated in Melodifestivalen in 2004, with "Säg att du har ångrat dig", 2005, with "Så nära", and...
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    Tommy Körberg (category Melodifestivalen winners)
    ran for one season in 2011. In 2013 he tried out for Eurovision in Melodifestivalen 2013 with the song "En Riktig Jävla Schlager" with the group Ravaillacz...
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    Lasse Berghagen (category Melodifestivalen contestants)
    participated in three consecutive Melodifestivalen. He finished seventh in 1973 with the song "Ding-Dong", second in Melodifestivalen 1974 with "Min kärlekssång...
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