Six weeks of Scandi-music battles culminate on Saturday with the grand final of Melodifestivalen 2022. There, Sweden will choose its entry for Eurovision 2022.
A total of 12 acts have made it to the grand final, but only one will emerge victorious.
Now we want to hear from you – who do you want to be crowned the champion of Melodifestivalen 2022?
Remind yourself of the 12 grand finalists below. Then be sure to vote for your favourites in our poll.
Scroll down to vote in our poll.
Melodifestivalen 2022 grand finalists
Click on the song titles to watch the performances.
- Klara Hammarström – “Run to the Hills”
- Theoz – “Som du vill”
- Anna Bergendahl – “Higher Power”
- John Lundvik – “Änglavakt“
- Tone Sekelius – “My Way”
- Anders Bagge – “Bigger than the Universe”
- Robin Bengtsson – “Innocent Love”
- Faith Kakembo – “Freedom”
- Liamoo – “Bluffin”
- Cornelia Jakobs – “Hold Me Closer”
- Cazzi Opeia – “I Can’t Get Enough”
- Medina – “In i dimman”
Poll: Who should win the grand final of Sweden’s Melodifestivalen 2022?
You can vote for as many of the acts as you would like. But you can only vote once – so choose wisely!
Melfest 2022: Show details
The grand final of Melodifestivalen 2022 takes place on Saturday 12 March. It will be held at Friends Arena in Stockholm.
The result will be determined by a combination of votes from a jury and the public at home. After both have been combined, the act with the most points will emerge as the winner.
This artist will then head to Turin in order to represent Sweden at Eurovision 2022. Sweden are scheduled to perform in the second half of semi-final two on 10 May.
As a sweed I try to explain that Cornelia has a good chance to make it top five ESC and has a lot of fans outside Sweden. Well it is obvious that most Mellofans don’t care. “The winner should be the song we love. Regardless from what other think. “ I’m absolutely sure that Bagge winns the telewotes. If the juries give him low points, there will almost be riots. The swedes will vote fore him even more. Baggies song is typical what swedes love and for them is it melfest that is the most important. Well, sad. Because Cornelia… Read more »
Those same people will also riot when Anders DNQs at Eurovision
I don’t think so. A majority don’t look at ESC. I think most Swedish hardcore escfans want to se Cornelia winning. So do I. But if Bagge wins we all will support him anyhow, and do our best to make Europe aprichiate him. That will be a chalange …Team Sweden
Cornelia will win, its not a year for big bops and this style of song will probably be more appropriate to represent Sweden in May. Outstanding song I should say and the camera work is the icing on the cake. Top 3 for sure. I just hope they don’t choose Anders, his song is too cheesy for this years Eurovision. Anyone else no chance.
For me its Cornelia all the way. If she doesnt make it I hope for Liamoo or Medina. If Anders Bagge or Klara Hammarström wins I wont watch Eurovision this year.
So baby bye bye – wish u the best …
Hehe, hopefully. But I am cynical after years of disappointments.
Just give the trophy to Cornelia. Hold me closer is an authentic entry and I predict if she wins, Sweden will open a new “eurovision era”. This song is what Sweden was lacking the last 10 years after Loreen’s Euphoria. Hold me closer is pure, not calculated or manufactured and Cornelia is a diamond that can shine through her song.
Sweden, don’t mess this up, I’m begging you!
Cornelia is my absolute favorite here. That being said, I would be fine with half of the songs really, just not as much as Hold me Closer.
I say watch out for Theoz: his performance could be a jury bait, and his popularity, at least in the youngest groups, can earn him some valuable votes. But, just a guess, let’s wait and see what this Mello will end up being!
Wow, all the gate for Bagge here. Let Sweden choose who they want. I find his song to be a great anthem and very uplifting.
Cornelia would be a great choice as well, as would Tone.
When my Swedish people constantly picks the wrong song thinking it will work and then moans about Europe hating us, i’t s not a matter of let’s pick who we like..
I really hate when people in the discussion here writes… “We all know….”. There is no such thing that all agree on. Basic facts of life. Please express what you think and don’t assume that you know anything. It is however ok to discuss what you think that others will vote for. It’s all a guessing game. I hope for Medina (banger) or Cornelia (emotional impact).
By…the way! For me… a Swede who happens to love great pop bangers. This is the best final in years. Only miss Lisa Ajax in the final…. Such a catchy chorus.
I’ll address the obvious first: This poll isn’t close. Cornelia Jacobs should win this final, and I happen to agree with that result. Will Sweden agree? (Shrugs.) Now onto other observations… I just reviewed all of these songs at home, and indeed they all fill the “middle ground” very well. Andi’s point (below) about this final sounding so “Swedish” is I think picking up on how the songs have a popular-music based efficiency about them. All are excellently produced to appeal to as many listeners as possible. (That would seem to be the point of MelFest these days.) Interestingly, only… Read more »
The voting will be spread out this year. There is no Tusse to get all 12.
But I think there are only two songs with broad appeal among all groups and those are from Cornelia and Bagge. I do think these two songs will get points from all groups but not necesssarily the highest score from each group.
No one expect landslide win, we all say it will be very close. The ultimate winner will be whoever jury choose
Here you can see the love for bagge! Almost ever comment is Bagge
https://www.facebook.com/836535023041781/posts/5710309942330907/
Melodifestivalen 2022 might be one of the weakiest in terms of the quality of songs. Many people like “Hold me Closer” song as top favorite but I think the singer sings as if she has just woken up or she was drunk while singing :/ The song is also mediocre, you can hear similar songs everywhere, it doesnt give winner vibes for Eurovision. But it’s true that Eurovision 2022 would be full of ballad, slow songs based on the selected entries so far.
Every song sounds so Swedish… I guess I got tired of those typical Sweden songs over the years. At the beginning I was a big Mello fan. Today, I don’t even watch the semis. And I’m not excited about the final. Does anybody feel the same?
My winner is Cornelia’s “Hold me closer” but I really don’t care who wins.
Damn Sweden, how dare to you to have Swedish sounding songs?
Well, try something new then 😉 Surprise us a bit more, Sweden!
Word!
Imagine that, having problems with a Swedish show made for Swedish audience sounding Swedish. Almost as bad as Spain having Spanish songs or France having French sounding songs
I understand what Andi meant. Just compare “zitti e buoni” and “brividi”, or “Voilà” and “Fulenn”. The Italians and the French have surprised us with totally different songs this year. Now, look at Mello: themes and variations on the same thing. Note however that I super like Cornelia, Theoz and Medina, and that Melofestivalen 2022 is far greater than last year 🙂 But still, Sweden should try something different, something bold, something definitely new. And Medina for instance is a good starter for something new!
The point with Melodifestivalen is to sound Swedish. It is after all a festival of new Swedish music. It is not done for people in southern France. If you exclude rap, which is what current Swedish music sounds like, then this is what it sounds like. Swedes want pop, that is what makes our music. Yes we could have rap but not many rap artists want to compete in Melodifestivalen. For majority of Swedes ESC isn’t the main goal with Melodifestivalen, which perhaps is a mistake. Most won’t probably even watch ESC. But those who are fans agree something is… Read more »
Interesting point of view. As long as people get what they want, there is nothing wrong indeed… Too bad though for hardcore fans who feel something is broken. As a Frenchman, my top three includes two songs in Swedish. This is perhaps a starting point: try to be yourselves and not “international” in the eyes of the rest of the world 🙂
When we try to be ourselves we got Tusse:)
Anders Bagge is the result of being ourselves. If anything we should be more international in our voting since Europe decides our fate. If we are competing we should send something competetive, not something that passes people by. What’s the point competing if you end up last? Unfortunately Swedes dont think like this which is why the public hasnt liked us since 2016. So I agree we must send new but try to tell Swedes that…
Last time I went to Scandinavia in 2019, I drove from Orléans (France) to Oslo via Luxemburg, Cologne, Lübeck, Copenhaguen, Malmö, Göteborg and Fjällbacka. I tried to speak “Svorsk” in Sweden, but when talking to local people there, they instantly turned to English. This was so frustrating… I speak Norwegian (I studied Norwegian in Bergen) and a bit of Swedish, but everytime I tried to speak one of these two languages, people asked me whether I was a refugee or a new settler. When I told them I was on holidays in Sweden, they could hardly believe it. This was… Read more »
I’d say there’s only one real option for Sweden, and that’s Cornelia.
We all know this is a weak year for Sweden but they still have some enjoyable songs.
I wouldn’t go for Ander Bagge though. The song is ok, average at best, the guy seems nice but it wouldn’t place better than a bottom 5. I mean, if sent by another country it could be a NQ. However, I don’t see Sweden not qualifying because they’ll do everything needed to go through. Instead they could better go for two sure qualifiers to choose from. See Cornelia or Liamoo.
So Anders is winning the televote but what the jury will vote for?
I do think these kind of anthemic songs tend to do well in times of war and sadness so I might have to eat my words as he wins Melo and goes to Turin to take another top 10 for Sweden.
He wont be top 10.
Oh please! Why wouldn’t he, because you say so?! Or maybe because you’ve seen it in your crystall ball?! You can never know for sure. So please don’t be so naive!
Because its a outdated song. Because he is not a very charismatic singer. Because the staging is cringe. Last year I knew Tusse wouldnt reach top, just like how I know Bagge wont reach. Its even worse than Tusse but Tusse had enough charisma to pull it through
Anders has more chance of not qualifying than ending top 10
If you read the comments on this post, there is no doubt who will get the most telephone votes from the Swedish people, and it is not Cornelia. There flew that chance for a gold.
https://www.facebook.com/836535023041781/posts/5710309942330907/
It’s almost only aunts who commented there. They are not the only ones watching Melfest
That makes it seem as if everybody in Sweden will vote for Bagge. They wont. If you hang around forums you will know Cornelia has support too..
I suggest you look in the group” Vi som Älskar Melodifestivalen” on Facebook and see who they will vote for. It’s Cornelia.
Also look at the blog Schlagerpinglan and see who people will vote for. It’s not Anders Bagge.
Look at YouTube comments and see who has more positive comments and people saying they will vote..
Du måste vara svensk?
Medina/ Klara/ Liamoo/ Tone/ Cornelia or Cazzi for me 🙂
I would have prefered a somewhat more appealing staging than a 1997 Windows screen background. It’s Eurovision, like.. cmon buddy ??
If Cornelia wins – thats ok but not the people’s choice. Perhaps better for the Eurovision. But there is a big problem. We can’t remember her song but most of us can sing Bagges song word for word. That is why he is going to win people’s televote but perhaps he is not the winner of melodifestivalen. So – we are happy with Cornelia as a winner but we are voting for Bagge.
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Who are you speaking for?
As a Swede I remember perfectly Cornelia’s song and not Anders. His song quite boring/ok , and we know that people only vote for the song because it’s Anders Bagge. If it was a random person who sang that song they wouldn’t even make it thru first heat. I’ll vote for Cornelia.
Alla svenskar här, glöm inte rösta på Cornelia!!
If you want to send a weak song due the person his “sad” backstory with no stage presence that could DNQ instead of a song that would compete for the Eurovision win that is on you, don’t be bitter if Anders fails to qualify tho!
Speak for yourself. I hear Cornelia all the time and know her song. Bagge not so much.
No, not everybody will vote for Bagge. There is just as much voting for Cornelia if you follow forums. I will vote for her and so will others..
I love Cornelia’s entry and if she wins it’d be the first time in a while I’d root for Sweden (instead of “bashing” them) at ESC. After Hold Me Closer, I also loved Cazzi’s song but I must accept that she’s out of the running ftw, I just hope she makes it to the top 3 or 5 on Saturday. The rest of my personal top 5 is made up of Run to the Hills, Bluffin/Som Du Vill and In i Dimman. Swedes, I only ask you not to let that trainwreck of a song Anders is presenting to win,… Read more »
Meh..lodifestivalen!
So baybe bye bye – wish u the best … Cornelia 2022
Haha brilliant 🙂
cazzi opeia !
she can appeal to all ages… staging is very good….
Cornelia är den absoluta favoriten men Klara kanske överraskar dig.
Vem som hest utan Bagge:)
Fast de två är mina favoriter..
La tuya por si acaso 🙂
We are not insulting you:)
Överraskar med vad? En plötslig hjärtattack möjligtvis? Hela låten är löjligt ångestdriven.
My favourite rarely wins so let’s hope this year is the exception..
Cornelia is the best and should win. When I first watched it I forgot it was Melodifestival, it totally brought me to a new world..
And I do still think she could win, I actually do. Providing people vote in both rounds of voting and juries put her as high as we think they will..
Hej Sverigevänner! Rösta Cornelia på Lördag ifall ni vill att vi ska kamma hem det iår! Låt inte skalbaggen vinna!
EVERYONE: Turn on VPN (set Sweden as your location) download the melodifestivalen app and vote!!!
YES! Will do 🙂
There’s plenty VPN apps that have a free 5 or 7 day trial btw, so everyone outside of Sweden reading this: Let’s unite, take 5mins to get some VPN app ready and support Cornelia on Saturday. She NEEDS to go to Eurovision, she could win it all ??
I will do but for Liamoo/Medina/Cazzi and Klara too – People act like there is only Cornelia – i will vote for her but also for others 🙂
As long as you put Anders aside you can vote for anyone you want ?
Yes dont like His song ….
But u can not do it if u are outside of Sweden? I cant download Melo app – i have only SVT
And make sure to put in a different age so we can vote in different age groups!
How to do it in IPhone?
Sweden, hold her closer. She deserves it.
My guess for the final is that juries’ top 3 is Cornelia, Liamoo and Klara in that order, with Anders and possibly Cazzi in top 5. For the televotes, I think Anders will win getting around 90-94 points, with Cornelia coming second within a 10-15-point margin (3rd and 4th will probably be Klara and Medina). So in the end, it definitely depends on the jury. However, if Anders place in the top3 in the jury I want to say that panel is rigged bc that song live is not worthy of that placing compared to the other songs (Anders can’t… Read more »
Windows xp screensaver lol
Anders Bagge has a old-fashioned song and juries don’t like that. I can’t see him being top 3 with juries. 5th is more possible.
I am Swedish and Cornelia is actually in first place in all winning odds here and Anders is second but hes % is not much as Cornelia. I’m 100% sure she’s winning
Never be 100 % sure bro:)
But yes, I do think she could win it too. The consensus seem to be she is the winner and in most forums she is the winner. Lets hope juries and voters dont forget to vote..
Dotter was clearly 1st in odds with Bulletproof and lost… As much as I hope Cornelia wins, I really wouldn’t be so sure at all. She needs every single vote she can get on Saturday. Please vote! ?
Cornelia has more favourable odds though. Dotter was never a run away favourite and it was really close between her and the Mamas in the odds
Fingers crossed!! Hold Me Closer could win Eurovision!
Cornelia definitely. Bluffin is a bop, but the staging is horrible.
Your comment is horrible get life
Please let a miracle happen and Cazzi or Medina win!!!
If Cornelia wins, Sweden will be my new #1. Anyone else and they’d be outside my top 10.
It would not be nice towards Bagge if he wins due to duty or sympathy
Sweden has to choose between a potential victory (or their best result in last 7 years at least) and second NQ. I wonder what they will choose…
Sadly I think even if they pick Anders they may still qualify
People realise Sweden is getting worse but they forget it during Eurovision
I think the Irish would also really like to see Anders in Torino. They know Cornelia is coming for that 7th win, just make your peace with it…
Most countries could get a win before Ireland..
As an Irish Eurovision fan I would love Sweden to win again. It might finally be the thing that lights a flame under the ass of the Irish head of delegation. Losing the titles of most wins would be great motivation to take the competition more seriously.
Sharing the title would be enough motivation for some in the delegation, though
I saw a video what is each country best at and some guy that has no idea about ESC said Ireland is best at it and I burst laighing
Y‘all are a bit harsh on the other songs, even though I must say Cornelia is my favorite as well. I root for her, but I don’t root against the others. They might not be as good (although Medina comes close for me), but it’s not like Anders has committed a crime with his song.
Finally someone is talking sense. Many so called “Eurovision fans” here are plain vicious, especially to Anders. And actually without a good reason. Probably because they feel threatened because he has a real shot at winning Melodifestivalen. It’s pure jealousy.
Pushing the first place with Cornelia or another bad result after 2021 disaster
I get that the Swedes really love their Swedish Rick Harrison, but you can’t send him to ESC when you’ve got Cornelia right there. That’s just self-sabotage.
Sweden please send Cornelia to Eurovision! ?
This is gonna be tight, Klara has the most streams but i think Medina, Cornelia and Tone have many chances as well
Streams don’t matter so much if it’s not a very big difference. I’m not going to vote on the song I listen to the most. It’s between Anders and Cornelia. Cornelia will win the jury and Anders the people’s vote.
Excactly most people over 45 don’t even have Spotify so tha excludes around half the vote
Cornelia and Anders are the two favourites because they can appeal to all the age groups. Klara and Medina might be the first two in every category on YT, Spotify and charts, but these are mostly showing younger people’s preference. Also, swedish people have showed that they mightn not vote a song in Melfest even when they like it. My prediction for the final is that for the juries Cornelia will be first, Klara will be second and Anders will be mid-table. The televote winner will be probably Cornelia and Anders, but the first will get many points anyway so… Read more »
Cornelia will win. Thank God for juries eh?
Cornelia by a mile. Her voice is perfect for the song and I think it would do incredibly well at Eurovision. The others are good and as much as I’d love to see a song in Swedish, Cornelia has probably the best chance.
i think anders bagge will comfortably win the televote, but the juries won’t allow him to go very far. usually melfest’s winner is predicted by the odds, so it might be cornelia.
Do you remmember the odds previous years?
Most of them predicted the winner. And when they didnt the winner was in top three odds
Come on Klara! Every year you get better and better! If not this year, the next! You’ve worked so hard for this!
Cornelia. BUT: I think the ESC Fan-Bubble Favourite is not always Sweden’s Favourite (*cough* Dotter). So I am really not trying to get my hopes up.
Difference is that Cornelia is actually liked here in Sweden too and consensus is she will win. Dotter was never hyped or liked in Sweden
Dotter literally came second in the televote over both Hanna and Anna and lost by one point. I wouldn’t say she was never liked in Sweden. Sincerely, a Swede.
Du menar alltså att ingen här i Sverige gillar henne. Varför fick hon näst flest röster från svenska folket då?
have to remain loyal to my own favourite, and she got a fan in me forever no matter what result but TeamKlara all the way, am also glad she isn’t the odds favourite somehow since that only brings a lot of pressure with it Cornelia i also can see win it but if Klara can pull off a win i’ll be extremely happy, otherwise more realistically i hope Klara can finish in the top 3 and hopefully selected for OGAE second chance because that is the next best thing besides eurovision i just hope Klara represents Sweden in eurovision some… Read more »
Cornelia for the win. She is right now in first place in all winning odds here in Sweden
That gives me hope, good to hear she has support in Sweden!
Cornelia by far! I will vote so much I can for her on saturday!
Cornelia is probably the most likely, although I simply don’t like her song. Just sounds like Lady Gaga’s Shallow except even less interesting
What exactly is so similar to Shallow?
I hear this often by people who dont like the song, like a way to diminsh the song. So far most of them haven’t come up with answers.
And even if it was similar, so what? Most songs resemble each other, especially in ESC
they have the same chord progression in the chorus but so many other songs have that progression too, they’re barely similar
You shouldn’t talk about interesting songs when you are pro-Bagge
Cornelia is the clear choice here, She could literally win eurovision. I know you’re not supposed to but I’m calling it now: Göteborg 2023!
If Cornelia wins, she’ll get my 12. Choose her, please!!
Please Sweden Cornelia !!! Its not your winner, its THE winner of Eurovision (winner vibes) its sure !!!
since 2016, I’ve always had this winning feeling and I’ve never been wrong since…
Cornelia or NQ !!!
I wouldn’t say nq
Sweden is loves and they are in a very weak semi the could even qualify with halabaloo or Bananas
why are you talking about these two songs, they are not in the final. With Anders Bagge, I don’t think Sweden will be in the final.
I mean they could qualify with any song
anders Bagge will probably win because of his notoriety and not for his song… Unfortunately !
My personal fave is LIAMOO, but Cornelia would easily make the top 5 and it could even win the entire contest. It’s professionally written like your typical Swedish entry but it has so much more grit and personality.
Cornelia Jakobs or Liamoo!