Melodifestivalen 2020 starts on Saturday.

And ahead of Semi-Final 1 in Linköping, broadcaster SVT has revealed the stage design.

Melodifestivalen 2020 stage revealed

This year’s stage aims to provide “freedom” for the artists.

It is the largest stage in Melodifestivalen history and can be transformed into almost 40 different looks.

Stage designer Viktor Brattström believes the flexibility the stage offers could become the norm for future editions.

Although there are LED pillars, there is no LED wall this year. Instead the striped fabric wall from 2019 returns. This may be designed to return realism to the competition. The cloth strips measure 35 metres wide by 6 metres tall.

Brattström says: “This year we’re doing live numbers. They should not make a video of what they stand for.”

Eight projectors will help bring the fabric to life.

Melodifestivalen Stage: The logistical challenge

As Melodifestivalen tours the length and breadth of Sweden, the stage needs to be as portable as possible. It also needs to scale from smaller ice hockey arenas to the mighty Friends Arena in Stockholm, which seats over 30,000 for the final.

The stage can typically be taken down within a few hours and be on the move by midnight on the same evening as a semi-final.

The limitation in size also explains why there is no standing audience during Melodifestivalen. Although in a larger venue like Friends Arena it would be possible, camera angles are planned to work with the venue with the lowest roof.

You’ll be able to see the new stage in action at the first semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2020. The show begins on Saturday, 1 February, kicking off at the Saab Arena in Linköping.

How do you like the new Melfest stage design? How does it compare to the Eurovision stage? Let us know what you think in the comments below!

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Photo Credit: SVT

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Bart
Bart
4 years ago

ATTENTION: MF will have no fireworks! How can all the MF fans endure such a tragedy and withou a LEDs wall???

Davve
Davve
4 years ago

Attention everyone. Bart needs his mom!! Has anyone seen her..

Purple Mask
Purple Mask
4 years ago
Reply to  Davve

I took this completely out of context. I thought of The Simpsons.

Davve
Davve
4 years ago
Reply to  Purple Mask

Funny enough the Bart I’m talking about looks just like that Bart. Lol

Davve
Davve
4 years ago
Reply to  Davve

How does it feel to have no life dear Barty boy? 🙂

Bart
Bart
4 years ago

And of couse, besided being a white Swedish supramacist, you had to be a homophobe… Why does that not surprise me?

Davve
Davve
4 years ago
Reply to  Bart

You forgot to take your anti-depression pills again dear Bart

Bart
Bart
4 years ago
Reply to  Davve

You should start to change your lines Davve/Hanne/and other IDs. Becoming really boring, I guess like your bs MF. No wonder you like it so much… booooooriiiiing. And btw, tell me, what was the feeling of having a black guy representing your “white nation”?

Davve
Davve
4 years ago
Reply to  Bart

Bart, I will laugh so hard in May when Sweden makes another great result.. knowing it will bug you.

Black? White nation? Who is racist, yeah you. Lol.

Bart
Bart
4 years ago
Reply to  Davve

No! You are! You are a racist and xenophobe of everthing south . You said it yourself. You hate Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal… etc. etc. So, of course you are also a racist and a homophobe.

BTW I love Sweden. The only problem that Sweden has is that it has you in it…

Davve
Davve
4 years ago
Reply to  Bart

Funny enough that is what your mom said about her womb for 9 months.. in the end she got you out.. and was happy again

Ffs
Ffs
4 years ago

Same old

Hanna
Hanna
4 years ago
Reply to  Ffs

Jealous

Bart
Bart
4 years ago
Reply to  Hanna

“as hilarious as always”, Davve

davve
davve
4 years ago
Reply to  Bart

Same Bs as always Bart

Bart
Bart
4 years ago
Reply to  davve

LOL!!!! Thank you Davve for giving away your false identities. You are such a looser…

Davve
Davve
4 years ago
Reply to  Bart

Go cuddle with your mom. You need the attention i am sure.

jack
jack
4 years ago

Svt should lend some money to DR who use the same set since 2016. They spend money to rebuilt it without even slightly changing it

Megxit over
Megxit over
4 years ago

Looks Ikea-cheap

Hanna
Hanna
4 years ago
Reply to  Megxit over

Do you mama buy Ikea

Bart
Bart
4 years ago

Haha?… No LEDs wall… OMG… how can the Swedish public and the Swedish tax payer survive such a disaster?…

diana
diana
4 years ago

you can all hope tho

Jonas
Jonas
4 years ago

I would hate to see a standing audience at Melodifestivalen. I love to see whole families there, from children to grandparents, and a standing section would ruin that.

xelx
xelx
4 years ago

In these pictures it looks like the stage for the Golden Globes or a similar awards show. I’m sure it will be more versatile in action.

Gin&Monique
Gin&Monique
4 years ago

I’m sorry but this stage design is terrible! Compare Sanremo and this, it’s like comparing Chanel with Walmart!

Deeply disappointing!

heidi
heidi
4 years ago
Reply to  Gin&Monique

How dare you to destroy my childhood?

heidi
heidi
4 years ago
Reply to  Gin&Monique

I posted the gif with ‘How dare you’ but it was filtered.

WannaEatMySpaghetti
WannaEatMySpaghetti
4 years ago

Doesn’t seem special at all but in general I’m more impressed by the real stage. Plus it’s the songs that matter.

EAdgh
EAdgh
4 years ago

So boring and uninspired. MF stage should have been the best over the other national selections as it is the biggest and longest selection. Dansk and Norsk MGP stages are better in my opinion. Is so little for this huge show.

Rasmus
Rasmus
4 years ago
Reply to  EAdgh

this is a picture haha. Its not even live yet. Chill out or change the channel. I bet you will watch all 6 shows and complain on all of them in here. Am i right?

EAdgh
EAdgh
4 years ago
Reply to  Rasmus

It’s just my opinion dude chill ?

Rasmus
Rasmus
4 years ago
Reply to  EAdgh

i know. it was no hate:)

Milla
Milla
4 years ago
Reply to  EAdgh

Haven’t you read? It must easily be taken down and up again. Sweden can make great stagings lol. But Melodifestivalen can’t have these complicated stages.

Cocooo
Cocooo
4 years ago
Reply to  EAdgh

The main reason why MGP in Norway and Denmark can produce bigger and more advanced stages is simply that they host it over A NIGHT. They don’t need to take down the stage or transport it in two days to a new location on the other side of the country like Melodifestivalen has to do every year. Denmark has one single final this year, not to mention they’ve been using the same stage for the last four years now, while Norway has its five live shows in one single studio, and then the final in the Oslo Spektrum. That makes… Read more »

diana
diana
4 years ago
Reply to  EAdgh

Well since SVT needs to pack up and ship it to the next city, this is a pretty good job done tbh

Stian F
Stian F
4 years ago
Reply to  EAdgh

Seriously, it says its the largest stage they have had yet!!! So how can u say its little? Silly comment from your side.

Sucof
Sucof
4 years ago

Don’t you show it the Sanremo 2020 stage?
Yesterday, Rai released the stage photo:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPS8P1BX0AEGRp-?format=jpg&name=4096×4096

Mark
Mark
4 years ago
Reply to  Sucof

This year it’s pretty strange but I like a lot this led effects: https://twitter.com/DavideMoschetti/status/1217059976893685761?s=19

Sucof
Sucof
4 years ago
Reply to  Sucof
Mark
Mark
4 years ago
Reply to  Sucof

Ahaha different budgets!

123
123
4 years ago

kinda uneventful but this doesn’t really matter… songs do

Rasmus
Rasmus
4 years ago
Reply to  123

Negative before you even see it on tv = For me that is really stupid

esc1234
esc1234
4 years ago
Reply to  Rasmus

Its time to deal with the fact that people have different opinion than you. You literally bash anyone who dares to say a personal opinion. Do better.

Rasmus
Rasmus
4 years ago
Reply to  esc1234

haha only if the opinon dont make sense. Do you think you look the same in real life or in a fan made picture?

Rasmus
Rasmus
4 years ago
Reply to  Rasmus

I think real life.

123
123
4 years ago
Reply to  Rasmus

Stages always look better in this kind of pictures…it can only have the same impact or get worse from here

Sale
Sale
4 years ago

Looks like the stage from Montevizija last year lol

Briekimchi
Briekimchi
4 years ago
Reply to  Sale

Haha. It really does!

Megxit over
Megxit over
4 years ago
Reply to  Sale

MONTE BY ZOTT