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 2 February 2019 • 90 min
The first semi-final took place on the 2nd of February 2019 at the Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg. A total of 7,158,333 votes were cast throughout the show with a total of 573,040 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen.
2. Semi-final 2
2.0Aired 9 February 2019 • 90 min
The second semi-final took place on the 9th of February 2019 at the Malmö Arena in Malmö.
3. Semi-final 3
2.0Aired 16 February 2019 • 90 min
4. Semi-final 4
2.0Aired 23 February 2019 • 90 min
5. Second Chance
2.0Aired 2 March 2019 • 90 min
6. Final
2.0Aired 9 March 2019 • 120 min