Sveriges Radio has announced all 25 of the songs that are up for contention to compete in the P4 Nästa 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 Nästa final.
One P4 Nästa act will receive a wildcard to compete in Melodifestivalen, Sweden’s Eurovision national selection. While the official P4 Nästa 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 Nästa winners were Terese Fredenwall and Smilo, placing 5th in their semifinal in 2013 and 2016, respectively.
The most recent winner of P4 Nästa 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 Nästa Shortlist
The 25 acts on the shortlist are as follows:
- Skaraborg: “Friendzone” by Alicja Jern
- Jämtland: “Standby” by Amskøld
- Uppland: “Capulet” by Markus Hakim
- Halland: “Tjugo år” by Canvas
- Jönköping: “Slå hål i mörkret” by Henna Laccabanne
- Västernorrland: “Nära” by Nina Bring
- Malmöhus: “Som det är” by Hilde & Erik
- Sörmland: “Gå morgon” by Linnéa Lindgren
- Kalmar: “Everywhere You Go” by Lisa Blixt
- Örebro: “Målar 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
- Värmland: “Equally Different” by Northlight
- Östergötland: “I Need You” by Julian Lidberg
- Väst: “Here And Now” by Human and I
- Norrbotten: “Montreal” by The Chickpeas Band
- Göteberg: “The Promiscuous Sally” by Maja and the Missing Orchestra
- Gävleborg: “Talked in Whispers” by Julia Pärssinen
- Sjuharad: “Mother Earth” by Surfing The Orbit
- Västerbotten: “Hej KP” by Från Mars
- Gotland: “Stolen Gold” by Moon & Moonshine
- Västmanland: “Aldrig Det” by Sanna feat. Re:bond
- Blekinge: “Lights On Life” by Linnea Andersson
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