About this season
Melodifestivalen (direct translation: The Melody Festival) is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT). The competition is a six part tour (5 heats + the final) with stops in cities across Sweden to determine the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. Melodifestivalen is also known informally as "Mello", or internationally as "Melfest".
Episodes (6)
1. Semi-final 1
2.0Aired 3 February 2018 • 90 min
The first semi-final took place on the 3rd of February 2018 at the Löfbergs Arena in Karlstad. A total of 6,617,451 votes were cast throughout the show with a total of 452,906 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen.
2. Semi-final 2
2.0Aired 10 February 2018 • 90 min
3. Semi-final 3
2.0Aired 17 February 2018 • 90 min
4. Semi-final 4
2.0Aired 24 February 2018 • 90 min
5. Second Chance Round
2.0Aired 3 March 2018 • 90 min
6. Finale
2.0Aired 10 March 2018 • 120 min