
Sveriges Radio has announced all 25 of the songs that are up for contention to compete in the P4 Nรคsta competition, whose final will be on September 12.
All 25 regional P4 Radio stations in Sweden selected one act to represent their region. On August 23, Sveriges Radio will reveal which 8 songs out of this shortlist will be in the P4 Nรคsta final.
One P4 Nรคsta act will receive a wildcard to compete in Melodifestivalen, Sweden’s Eurovision national selection. While the official P4 Nรคsta winner is chosen by a public vote, the Melodifestivalen wildcard act will be selected by a professional jury.
Though this wildcard has been given out since 2013, none of the acts to receive it have ever made it out of the semifinal. The best placing P4 Nรคsta winners were Terese Fredenwall and Smilo, placing 5th in their semifinal in 2013 and 2016, respectively.
The most recent winner of P4 Nรคsta was Amanda Aasa, participating in Melfest with he song “Late.” Despite a small cult following among fans, especially on Twitter, she failed to qualify from her semifinal, placing 6th.
The P4 Nรคsta Shortlist
The 25 acts on the shortlist are as follows:
- Skaraborg: “Friendzone” by Alicja Jern
- Jรคmtland: “Standby” by Amskรธld
- Uppland: “Capulet” by Markus Hakim
- Halland: “Tjugo รฅr” by Canvas
- Jรถnkรถping: “Slรฅ hรฅl i mรถrkret” by Henna Laccabanne
- Vรคsternorrland: “Nรคra” by Nina Bring
- Malmรถhus: “Som det รคr” by Hilde & Erik
- Sรถrmland: “Gรฅ morgon” by Linnรฉa Lindgren
- Kalmar: “Everywhere You Go” by Lisa Blixt
- รrebro: “Mรฅlar om” by Felicia Bell
- Kristianstad: “All Along” by Carita Boronska
- Dalarna: “Free” by Fanny Wedmark
- Kronoborg: “Goodbye” by Agnes Rehn
- Stockholm: “Dark Doom” by Julia Alfrida
- Vรคrmland: “Equally Different” by Northlight
- รstergรถtland: “I Need You” by Julian Lidberg
- Vรคst: “Here And Now” by Human and I
- Norrbotten: “Montreal” by The Chickpeas Band
- Gรถteberg: “The Promiscuous Sally” by Maja and the Missing Orchestra
- Gรคvleborg: “Talked in Whispers” by Julia Pรคrssinen
- Sjuharad: “Mother Earth” by Surfing The Orbit
- Vรคsterbotten: “Hej KP” by Frรฅn Mars
- Gotland: “Stolen Gold” by Moon & Moonshine
- Vรคstmanland: “Aldrig Det” by Sanna feat. Re:bond
- Blekinge: “Lights On Life” by Linnea Andersson
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