Melodifestivalen 2024

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 between 3 February and 9 March 2024. The winner of the competition will go on to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, held on home soil in Malmö.

Melodifestivalen 2024
Dates
Heat 13 February 2024
Heat 210 February 2024
Heat 317 February 2024
Heat 424 February 2024
Heat 52 March 2024
Final9 March 2024
Host
Presenter(s)TBA
Host broadcasterSVT
Websitewww.svtplay.se/kategori/melodifestivalen
Participants
Number of entries30

Format
See also: Melodifestivalen 2022 § Format changes, and Melodifestivalen 2023 § Semi-final format changes

The competition will see six weekly shows to be held in six Swedish cities (namely Malmö, Gothenburg, Växjö, Eskilstuna, Karlstad and Stockholm).

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]

Competition schedule[3][4]
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][5] 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][8] The selected entries are set to be announced between November and December 2023.[5][6]

References
  1. Ryan, Tom (29 June 2023). "SVT announce changes to Melodifestivalen format for 2024". ESCXTRA. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. 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.
  3. Hedberg, Sofia (20 September 2023). "Melodifestivalens deltävlingar 2024" [Melodifestivalen's competition rounds in 2024]. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  4. Conte, Davide (20 September 2023). "Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2024 Dates and Host Cities Announced". Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  5. "Tävlingsregler Melodifestivalen 2024" [Rules to compete in Melodifestivalen 2024] (PDF) (in Swedish). SVT. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  6. Papayiannakis, Andreas (15 September 2023). "Sweden: 2624 songs submitted for Melodifestivalen 2024!". Eurovisionfun. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  7. Jiandani, Sanjay (15 September 2023). "Sweden: SVT receives 2,624 entries for Melodifestivalen 2024". ESCToday. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  8. "Melodifestivalen 2024". ESC-Panelen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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