The Swede smell of success?

2018 MF contestants

It’s nearly Christmas, so time for Swedish tellymakers SVT to reveal the acts who will compete to represent them at the Eurovision Contest of Song in 2018.

The rumour mill has been running apace, but a press conference today revealed details of the 28 songs and performers for the 2018 Melodifestivalen.

Chief Melfest Man Christer Björkman has promised a mix of styles, from humour (oh joy) to traditional schlager with everything inbetween. So that’s helpful.

Tickets are now on sale.

First semi final – 3 February 2018 – Karlstad

PerformerSongJuryTelevoteTotal
AnabelPozitiva
BQLPtica
Gregor RavnikZdaj je cas
INA SHAIV nebo
IndigoVesna
KiNG FOOZive sanje
Lara KadisZdaj sem tu
Lea SirkCirque
ManuEllaDan potem
Marina MartenssonBlizu
MILASvoboda
Nika ZorjanUspavanka
Nuska DrasckNe zapusti me zdaj
ORTERTisoc let
ProperUkraden cvet
Tanja RibicLjudje

Second semi final – 10 February 2018 – Gothenberg

CountryPhilMontyMoTotal
United Kingdom1281030
Czech Republic1210729
Belgium4121228
France712827
Finland512825
Lithuania751224
Poland107724
Israel1121023
Spain1121023
Austria510621
Albania351220
Cyprus68620
Malta48620
Bulgaria310619
Greece58518
Croatia65718
Ireland57618
Australia28717
Macedonia58417
Armenia48517
Netherlands80816
Germany46616
Sweden47516
Denmark100515
Italy26715
Portugal27615
Switzerland65415
Romania64414
Georgia36413
Moldova56112
Azerbaijan07411
Belarus16310
Latvia33410
Norway14510
Montenegro2529
Ukraine2439
Serbia3508
Slovenia3238
Russia0437
Estonia0426
Hungary0033
Iceland0000
San Marino0000

Third semi final – 17 February 2018 – Malmo

Fourth semi final – 24 February 2018 – Örnsköldsvik

CountryIn-Ear Monitor1st RehearsalViewing RoomMake-up Internal PressPress Conference
Azerbaijan09:10 - 09:4010:00 - 10:3010:40 - 11:0011:10 - 11:30 11:40 - 12:1512:25 - 12:45
Iceland09:50 - 10:2010:40 - 11:1011:20 - 11:4011:50 - 12:1012:25 - 13:0013:10 - 13:30
Albania10:30 - 11:0011:20 - 11:5012:00 - 12:2012:30 - 12:50 13:10 - 13:4513:55 - 14:15
Belgium11:10 - 11:40 12:00 - 12:3012:40 - 13:0013:10 - 13:30 13:55 - 14:3014:40 - 15:00
LUNCH12:30 - 13:30
Czech Republic12:50 - 13:20 13:40 - 14:10 14:20 - 14:40 14:50 - 15:10 15:20 - 15:5516:05 - 16:25
Lithuania13:30 - 14:0014:20 - 14:5015:00 - 15:20 15:30 - 15:5016:05 - 16:4016:50 - 17:10
Israel14:10 - 14:4015:00 - 15:30 15:40 - 16:00 16:10 - 16:30 16:50 - 17:2517:35 - 17:55
BREAK15:30 - 15:50
Belarus15:10 - 15:4016:00 - 16:3016:40 - 17:0017:10 - 17:30 17:40 - 18:1518:25 - 18:45
Estonia15:50 - 16:2016:40 - 17:1017:20 - 17:4017:50 - 18:1018:25 - 19:0019:10 - 19:30
Bulgaria16:30 - 17:0017:20 - 17:5018:00 - 18:2018:30 - 18:5019:10 - 19:4519:55 - 20:15
DINNER 17:50 - 18:50
Lighting & Video Programming 21:00 - 00:00

From each semi-final, the songs that earn first and second place qualify directly to the final, while the songs that place third and fourth proceed to the Second Chance round.

The bottom three songs in each semi-final will be eliminated from the competition.

An additional four entries qualify from the Second Chance round to the final, bringing the total number of competing entries in the final to 12.

All 6 shows will be hosted by David Lindgren.

 

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