After announcing the first half of next year’s line-up for Melodifestivalen 2023, the Swedish broadcaster SVT revealed the remaining 14 artists including song titles and songwriters for the third and fourth heats. The running order will be revealed at a later date. Melodifestivalen 2023 kicks off on February 4th in Gothenburg.
Melodifestivalen 2023
HEAT 1 – GÖTEBORG (song titles in alphabetical order)
Diamond
Victor Crone
Songwriters: David Lindgren Zacharias, Peter Kvint, Victor Crone
Haunted
Rejhan
Songwriters: Albin Johnsén, Mattias Andréasson, Pontus Söderman, Tilde RONIA Wrigsell
Inga sorger
Loulou LaMotte
Songwriters: Jonas Thander, Loulou LaMotte
Länge leve livet
Eva Rydberg & Ewa Roos
Songwriters: Emil Vaker, Henric Pierroff, Kalle Rydberg
Raggen går
Elov & Beny
Songwriters: Johan Werner, Kristian Wejshag, Mattias Elovsson, Oscar Kilenius, Tim Larsson
Rythm Of My Show
Tone Sekelius
Songwriters: Anderz Wrethov, Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Tone Sekelius
Where You Are (Sávečan)
Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Arc North feat. Adam Woods
Songwriters: Arc North, Calle Hellberg, Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Joy Deb, Oliver Belvelin, Richard Lästh, Tobias Lundgren, William Segerdahl
HEAT 2 – LINKÖPING
All My Life (Where Have You Been)
Wiktoria
Songwriters: Herman Gardarfve, Melanie Wehbe, Patrik Jean, Wiktoria Johansson
Comfortable
Eden
Songwriters: Benjamin Rosenbohm, Eden Alm, Emil Adler Lei, Julie Aagaard
Grytan
Uje Brandelius
Songwriters: Uje Brandelius
Mer av dig
THEOZ
Songwriters: Axel Schylström, Jakob Redtzer, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son
Never Give Up
Maria Sur
Songwriters: Anderz Wrethov, Laurell Barker
Now I Know
Tennessee Tears
Songwriters: Anderz Wrethov, Jonas Hermansson, Thomas Stengaard, Tilda Feuk
On My Way
Panetoz
Songwriters: Anders Wigelius, Daniel Nzinga, Jimmy Jansson, Nebeyu Baheru, Njol Badjie, Pa Modou Badjie, Robert Norberg
HEAT 3 – LIDKÖPING
Air
Marcus & Martinus
Songwriters: Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Marcus Gunnarsen, Martinus Gunnarsen
For The Show
Melanie Wehbe
Songwriters: David Lindgren Zacharias, Herman Gardarfve, Melanie Wehbe
Låt hela stan se på
Ida-Lova
Songwriters: Andreas ”Giri” Lindbergh, Ida-Lova Lind, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb
Royals
Paul Rey
Songwriters: Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, LIAMOO, Paul Rey
Släpp alla sorger
Nordman
Songwriters: Jimmy Jansson, Thomas G:son
Sober
Laurell
Songwriters: Anderz Wrethov, Andreas Stone Johansson, Laurell Barker, Thomas Stengaard
Så kommer känslorna tillbaka
Casanovas
Songwriters: Henrik Sethsson, Mikael Karlsson
HEAT 4 – MALMÖ
Edelweiss
Signe & Hjördis
Songwriters: Anderz Wrethov, Jimmy Jansson, Myra Granberg
Gorgeous
Axel Schylström
Songwriters: Axel Schylström, Herman Gardarfve, Jonas Thander, Malin Halvardsson
Mera mera mera
Emil Henrohn
Songwriters: Emil Henrohn, Jakob Redtzer, Ji Nilsson, Marlene Strand
One Day
Mariette
Songwriters: Jimmy Jansson, Thomas G:son, Mariette
Six Feet Under
Smash Into Pieces
Songwriters: Andreas ”Giri” Lindbergh, Benjamin Jennebo, Chris Adam, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Per Bergquist
Tattoo
Loreen
Songwriters: Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Jimmy Jansson, Loreen, Moa ”Cazzi Opeia” Carlebecker, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son
Where Did You Go
Kiana
Songwriters: Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb
Stats:
26 people are debuting as songwriters and 48 have had at least one contribution before.
Artists
A total of 47 competing artists, of which 16 are women and 31 are men.
26 artists make their debut in Melodifestivalen .
Number of entries with Swedish text: 11 out of 28
A total of 2,824 songs were submitted to the competition.
Melodifestivalen 2023 is back on their annual tour for the first time since 2020. They kick off in Gothenburg for the first heat on February 4th and finish in Stockholm in the Friends Arena on March 11th to crown their representative for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest!
4/2 Heat 1 – Göteborg
11/2 Heat 2 – Linköping
18/2 Heat 3 – Lidköping
25/2 Heat 4 – Malmö
4/3 Semifinal – Örnsköldsvik
11/3 Final – Stockholm
In 2022 Sweden was represented by Cornelia Jakobs and her song “Hold Me Closer” after winning Melodifestivalen 2022. She won the second semi-final in Turin and finished 4th during the grand final with a total of 438 points!
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