Melodifestivalen: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters SVT and SR. It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959. Since 2000, the competition has been the most popular television programme in Sweden; it is also broadcast on radio and the Internet. In 2012, the semifinals averaged 3.3 million viewers, and over an estimated four million people in Sweden watched the final, almost half of the Swedish population.

Series details

• Title: Melodifestivalen
• Format: Game Show
• Language: Swedish
• Genres: Music
• Premiere date: 1959-01-29
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: SVT1
• Network country: Sweden
• Typical episode runtime: 91 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 13248
• IMDb ID: tt2672472
• TVDB ID: 85348

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1959: premiered 1959-01-29; final listed air date 1959-01-29.
• Season 1960: premiered 1960-02-02; final listed air date 1960-02-02.
• Season 1961: premiered 1961-02-06; final listed air date 1961-02-06.
• Season 1962: premiered 1962-02-13; final listed air date 1962-02-13.
• Season 1963: premiered 1963-02-16; final listed air date 1963-02-16.
• Season 1965: premiered 1965-02-13; final listed air date 1965-02-13.
• Season 1966: premiered 1966-01-29; final listed air date 1966-01-29.
• Season 1967: premiered 1967-02-24; final listed air date 1967-02-24.
• Season 1968: premiered 1968-03-09; final listed air date 1968-03-09.
• Season 1969: premiered 1969-03-01; final listed air date 1969-03-01.
• Season 1971: premiered 1971-01-23; final listed air date 1971-02-27.
• Season 1972: premiered 1972-02-12; final listed air date 1972-02-12.
• Season 1973: premiered 1973-02-10; final listed air date 1973-02-10.
• Season 1974: premiered 1974-02-09; final listed air date 1974-02-09.
• Season 1975: premiered 1975-02-15; final listed air date 1975-02-15.
• Season 1977: premiered 1977-02-26; final listed air date 1977-02-26.
• Season 1978: premiered 1978-02-11; final listed air date 1978-02-11.
• Season 1979: premiered 1979-02-17; final listed air date 1979-02-17.
• Season 1980: premiered 1980-03-08; final listed air date 1980-03-08.
• Season 1981: premiered 1981-02-21; final listed air date 1981-02-21.
• Season 1982: premiered 1982-02-27; final listed air date 1982-02-27.
• Season 1983: premiered 1983-02-26; final listed air date 1983-02-26.
• Season 1984: premiered 1984-02-25; final listed air date 1984-02-25.
• Season 1985: premiered 1985-03-02; final listed air date 1985-03-02.
• Season 1986: premiered 1986-03-22; final listed air date 1986-03-22.
• Season 1987: premiered 1987-02-21; final listed air date 1987-02-21.
• Season 1988: premiered 1988-02-27; final listed air date 1988-02-27.
• Season 1989: premiered 1989-03-11; final listed air date 1989-03-11.
• Season 1990: premiered 1990-03-09; final listed air date 1990-03-09.
• Season 1991: premiered 1991-03-31; final listed air date 1991-03-31.

Source and licence

Adapted from Melodifestivalen on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.