Sweden: Melodifestivalen Semi-final 1 snippets released


The Swedish national broadcaster SVT has released snippets of the songs that will compete in the first Heat of this year's Melodifestivalen.

Greczula – 'Half of Me'

Jacqline – ''Woman''

Noll 2 – 'Berusade ord (Eng: Drunk Woods)'

Manoel “Junior” Marques Lerin – 'Copacabana Boy'

Indra Elg – 'Beautiful Lie'

A*Teens – 'Iconic'

Based on 100% public voting, out of the six competing songs, only the two most-voted acts will qualify for the final. The act finishing in third place will advance to the qualification round, where it will compete for a second chance to reach the final.

The first semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2026 will take place at the Saab Arena in Linköping on Saturday, 31 January, at 21:30 CET, with Gina Dirawi and Hampus Nessvold serving as hosts.

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