SWEDEN – Melodifestivalen 2022 will be the 62nd edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which will be organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and take place over a six-week period between 5 February and 12 March 2022. The winner will represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, to be held in Turin, Italy in May 2022. All shows will be hosted by Oscar Zia, with additional personalities expected to join as co-hosts.
The event is planned to return to its traditional tour around six cities of the country with venues available for spectators after the previous edition was entirely held in one place and without an audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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— Melodifestivalen (@SVTmelfest) December 14, 2021
The first four semi-finals will be held in the Malmö Arena in Malmö (5 February), the Scandinavium in Gothenburg (12 February), the Saab Arena in Linköping (19 February) and the Sparbanken Arena in Lidköping (26 February). The Second Chance round, traditionally held on the fifth night, will be replaced by an additional semi-final, to take place in the Hägglunds Arena in Örnsköldsvik on 5 March, while the final will be held in the Friends Arena in Stockholm on 12 March.
In the newly added semi-final, the third- and fourth-placed songs from each of the previous four semi-finals (eight songs in total) will be placed into two groups, with the top two songs from each group proceeding to the final.
On 7 September 2021, Oscar Zia was revealed to return as a presenter for the show in 2022, after hosting the second semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2021. It was anticipated that he will be joined on stage by other personalities throughout the contest. Radio and television host Farah Abadi will serve as the artists’ interviewer along the course of the tour.
05.02.2022 – Malmö
Malou Prytz – Bananas
THEOZ – Som du vill
Shirley Clamp – Let There Be Angels
Omar Rudberg – Moving Like That
Danne Stråhed – Hallaballoo
Cornelia Jacobs – Hold Me Closer
Robin Bengtsson – Innocent Love
12.02.2022 – Gothenburg
LIAMOO – Bluffin
Niello & Lisa Ajax – Tror du att jag bryr mig
Samira Manners – I Want To Be Loved
Alvaro Estrella – Suave
Browsing Collection – Face In The Crowd
John Lundvik – Änglavakt
Tone Sekelius – My Way
19.02.2022 – Linköping
Cazzi Opeia – I Can’t Get Enough
Lancelot – Lyckligt slut
Lisa Miskovsky – Best To come
Tribe Friday – Shut Me Up
Faith Kakembo – Freedom
Linda Bengtzing – Fyrfaldigt hurra!
Anders Bagge – Bigger Than The Universe
26.02.2022 – Lidköping
Anna Bergendahl – Higher Power
Lillasyster – Till Our Days Are Over
Malin Christin – Synd om dig
Tenori – La Stella
MEDINA – In i dimman
Angelino – The End
Klara Hammarström – Run To The Hills
