Melodifestivalen (direct translation: The Melody Festival) is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT). The competition is a six part tour (5 heats + the final) with stops in cities across Sweden to determine the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. Melodifestivalen is also known informally as "Mello", or internationally as "Melfest".
65 Seasons
StatusReturning Series
First Aired1959-02-26
Exec. ProducerChrister Björkman, Anders Wistbacka, Christel Tholse Willers
NetworkSVT1
Seasons65
Episodes191
