Swedish media outlet Aftonbladet has named two artists who might be in the line-up of the country’s pre-selection, Melodifestivalen 2025.

One of them is Albin Johnsén who is a returning artist to the competition. He has competed in 2016 with the sing “Rik” and most recently in 2020 with “Livet börjar nu”. Johnsén also co-wrote the Melodifestivalen 2015 song “Det rår vi inte för” performed by Behrang Miri and Victor Crone as well as the Melodifestivalen 2024 entry “Take My Breath Away” by Kim Cesarion.

The other artist the newspaper has named is Nomi Bontegard, who would be a newcomer to Melodifestivalen. Aftonbladet’s sources have described Bontegard as a singer with a powerful voice and she has a record deal with the Swedish label Freebird.

These are the 20 artists the paper now expects to be competing in Melodifestivalen 2025:

Måns Zelmerlöw
John Lundvik
Arvingarna
Klara Hammarström
Malou Prytz
Andreas Lundstedt
Scarlet
Dolly Style
Caliph
Annika Wickihalder
Tennessee Tears
Maja Ivarsson
Meira Omar
Björn Holmgren
Arwin Ismail
Angelino Markenhorn
Kristofer Greczula
KAJ
Albin Johnsén
Nomi Bontegard

The full line-up for Melodifestivalen 2025 won’t be officially revealed until later this year.

Melodifestivalen 2025

Melodifestivalen 2025 will take place across six cities in Sweden. The dates, places and host cities for the shows are:

Heat 1: February 1 – Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå
Heat 2: Feburary 8 – Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Heat 3: Feburary 15 – Västerås Arena, Västerås
Heat 4: February 22 – Malmö Arena, Malmö
Heat 5: March 1 – Husqvarna Garden, Jönköping
Final: March 8 – Strawberry Arena, Stockholm

The winner of this Melodifestivalen 2025 will represent the country in Basel.

Image Source: SVT | Source: Aftonbladet

Sweden debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958 and has gone on to be one of the contest’s most successful countries. The country has won the contest 7 times – tying with Ireland, the most recent being in 2023. ABBA´s win in Brighton 1974 with the song “Waterloo” marked Sweden’s first victory. Since missing out on the final in 2010, the country has gone on to finish 3rd twice and has won the contest three times. Only in 2013 and 2021 did the country place outside of the top 10 in the final.

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Posted by:Franciska van Waarden

I am a Hungarian-Dutch Eurofan who has watched the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 2010 and has been following it ever since. I have joined the Eurovoix team in November 2020. The first Eurovision Song Contest I have been to was in 2015, in Vienna. In Turin, 2022 I attended as a member of press on behalf of Eurovoix.