The number of viewers who watched Heat One of Melodifestivalen 2026 is up slightly on the equivalent show in 2025.
2,679,000 viewers watched Heat One of Melodifestivalen live on Saturday evening, making it the most-watched broadcast on Swedish television last week. The figure only represents the viewers on SVT1 and does not take into account viewers on SVT24 or SVT Play. The number of viewers tuning in is up by 36,000 viewers compared to the same show in 2025.
The results of the Heat were as follows:
Running OrderArtistSongResult1Greczula“Half of Me”First Finalist2Jacqline“Woman”Final Qualifier3Noll2“Berusade ord”4Junior Lerin“Copacabana”5Indra“Beautiful Life”6A*Teens“Iconic”Second Finalist
Melodifestivalen 2026 is taking place across six cities in Sweden and will be hosted by Gina Dirawi and Hampus Nessvold. The dates, venues and host cities for the next shows are:
Heat 2: February 7 – Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Heat 3: February 14 – Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
Heat 4: February 21 – Malmö Arena, Malmö
Heat 5: February 28 – Gärdehov Arena, Sundsvall
Final: March 7 – Strawberry Arena, Stockholm
The winner of Melodifestivalen 2026 will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna.
Source: MMS
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.