Erik Segerstedt and Klara Hammarström have qualified for the final of Melodifestivalen 2025 from Heat Two today.

This evening, six artists took to the Scandinavium arena in the Swedish city of Gothenburg in the second heat of Melodifestivalen 2025. The first two songs advanced directly to the grand final, and the third is eligible to win the ticket to the final by going through the “Second chance” phase later in the competition.

In this way, we have the results from the second heat:

1. Nomi Tales – “Funniest Thing”
2. Schlagerz – “Don Juan”
3. Erik Segerstedt – “Show Me What Love Is” – Direct to Final
4. Klara Hammarstrom – “On and On and On” – Direct to Final
5. Fredrik Lundman – “The Heart of a Swedish Cowboy”
6. Kaliffa – “Salute” – Second chance round

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

Heat 3: Feburary 15 – VĂ€sterĂ„s Arena, VĂ€sterĂ„s
Heat 4: February 22 – Malmö Arena, Malmö
Heat 5: March 1 – Husqvarna Garden, Jönköping
Final: March 8 – Strawberry Arena, Stockholm

The winner of Melodifestivalen 2025 will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel. The final is scheduled to take place on March 8, 2025, in Stockholm.

Image source: Daniel Stridh / Eurovoix

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 in 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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