The line-up for the grand final of Melodifestivalen 2023 in Sweden is complete! Tonight was the semifinal where the 8 acts, who qualified to the semi-final from the four preliminary heats, battled it out for 4 spots in next Saturday’s grand final.

The finalists were determined by straight forward voting, so the 4 songs with the most points went through to Friends Arena next week and join the 8 songs already qualified for the final.

Result of Melodifestivalen semi-final

Qualifiers in bold

  1. Nordman – “Släpp alla sorger” – 75 points
  2. THEOZ – “Mer af dig” – 70 points
  3. Kiana – “Where Did You Go” – 69 points
  4. Mariette – “One Day” – 63 points
  5. Tennessee Tears – “Now I Know” – 55 points
  6. Victor Crone – “Diamonds” – 28 points
  7. Melanie Wehbe – “For The Show” – 22 points
  8. Elov & Beny – “Raggen går” – 18 points

Running order of Melodifestivalen grand final

After tonights semi-final the running order for the final was revealed as well.

  1. Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Arc North feat. Adam Woods – “Where You Are (Sávežan)”
  2. Tone Sekelius – “Rhythm of My Show”
  3. Mariette – “One Day”
  4. Marcus & Martinus – “Air”
  5. Panetoz – “On My Way”
  6. Maria Sur – “Never Give Up”
  7. Smash Into Pieces – “Six Feet Under”
  8. Kiana – “Where Did You Go”
  9. Nordman – “Släpp alla sorger”
  10. Loreen – “Tattoo”
  11. THEOZ – “Mer af dig”
  12. Paul Rey – “Royals”

Did your favourites qualify for the grand final? How are you liking Melfest overall this year? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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Stephanie
Stephanie
1 year ago

Inge av dessa fyra vinner på lördag.

Denis
Denis
1 year ago
Reply to  Stephanie

Nä, semifinalister vinner aldrig

Me Me
Me Me
1 year ago
Reply to  Denis

Not true. Robin Stjernberg with You won Melodifestivalen in 2013.

Me Me
Me Me
1 year ago

6 weeks of Melodifestivalen is too much. They need to cut that to three weeks tops. And it’s boring.

Tomm
Tomm
1 year ago
Reply to  Me Me

So dont watch then – who cares?

Craig
Craig
1 year ago

I mean, it’s a battle for second place in the grand final really, isn’t it?

Tomm
Tomm
1 year ago
Reply to  Craig

Dotter 2020 and Saade 2021 says HI

Khwenk
Khwenk
1 year ago

How did Melanie Wehbe come 2nd last?

Young_At_Heart_In_Austin
Young_At_Heart_In_Austin
1 year ago
Reply to  Khwenk

Her song was a boring knock off of Denmark 2022 The Show

Karl
Karl
1 year ago

1. Where You Are (Sávežan) – Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Arc North feat. Adam Woods

2. Rhythm Of My Show – Tone Sekelius

3. One Day – Mariette

4. Air – Marcus & Martinus

5. On My Way – Panetoz

6. Never Give Up – Maria Sur

7. Six Feet Under – Smash Into Pieces

8. Where Did You Go – Kiana

9. Släpp alla sorger – Nordman

10. Tattoo – Loreen

11. Mer av dig – THEOZ

12. Royals – Paul Rey

The running order for the final

Vladimir P
Vladimir P
1 year ago

These acts all deserved to be in the final. I hope “Air” wins. Good luck Sweden! Greetings from Serbia

Denis
Denis
1 year ago

So all top 4 acts from heat 4 are in final?
That is impressive. A really strong heat indeed!

Well known Japanese
Well known Japanese
1 year ago
Reply to  Denis

And Loreen won this storng heat landslide.

Andi
Andi
1 year ago

So Heat 4 was the strongest and Heat 1 the weakest.

Tomm
Tomm
1 year ago
Reply to  Andi

Maybe they should have randomly picked all artists for Heats 😉

Ciao Bella
Ciao Bella
1 year ago

I don’t really like any of them 🙁 Sorry

Erik
Erik
1 year ago
This is the first time since 2008 that a Etnopop-song qualify to the finale in Melfest. And ironically, it was Nordman who also went to the finale that year.
Thallo
Thallo
1 year ago

The supporting acts for Loreen’s concert next Saturday.

Jimmy
Jimmy
1 year ago
Reply to  Thallo

Thallo, you have won the comments section for this week.

Sam
Sam
1 year ago

I’ll miss Melanie in the final. She was the biggest surprise of this melfest for me and I hope this song will promote her career and also to see her back next year. Good luck to all finalists for next week!

ESC USA
ESC USA
1 year ago

I’m sad for Melanie. She should have made it over Mariette but I’m very happy for Theoz, Nordman, and Kiana. They deserved qualification!

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago

Mariette, to the final again, she never misses. Hall of fame, next.

Erik
Erik
1 year ago
Reply to  Jonas

Just like Sanna Nielsen

The Voice of Reason
The Voice of Reason
1 year ago

Aw Theoz and Kiana are adorable! They should consider doing a song together! If Loreen wasn’t in the selection, they’d have a shot!

Thom
Thom
1 year ago

Good idea!

Brad
Brad
1 year ago

Theoz and Kiana should be doing Junior Eurovision

yinloveyang
yinloveyang
1 year ago
Reply to  Brad

Junior is only until you’re 15 years old and they are older!!!

Mattias Sollerman
1 year ago

I still think there’s room for making the voting more annoying and predictable.

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago

That was a nice tribute to Christer.

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago

Fouad is the John King of SVT on election nights.

Ross
Ross
1 year ago
Reply to  Jonas

He’s only done one election night on SVT?

Sabrina
Sabrina
1 year ago
Reply to  Ross

A very iconic one

Cviti97
Cviti97
1 year ago

I know that hearts are not as good of a sign as some years ago, but if we can judge from that then top 3 are: Theoz, Nordman and Kiana, followed by Marriette. Others needed more time to “electrify” the heart as for Elov and Beny it didn’t “electrify” at all.

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago

Pernilla was in an Ingmar Bergman film once, fact fans.

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago

1 Mariette
2 Theoz
=3 Everybody else

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago

I climbed up a tree to get away from. That’s where I went, Kiana.

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago
Reply to  Jonas

To get away from you.

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago
Reply to  Jonas

Seriously, how many times does she need to ask? Just leave me alone, please.

The Voice of Reason
The Voice of Reason
1 year ago
Reply to  Jonas

Why do you want to get away from her in the first place? That’s YOUR problem!

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago

“Where did you go, where did you go, where did you go, where did you go?” she asks over and over again. To get away from your grilling, Kiana.

Jamie
Jamie
1 year ago

I’d take any of these first six except maybe Elov and Beny, but Sweden has a strong show.

Andi
Andi
1 year ago

Melanie is the greatest. Let her advance, Sweden!

Jonas
Jonas
1 year ago
Reply to  Andi

She is very likeable, but the song… no.

blueeyed
blueeyed
1 year ago

I like Melanie and Kiana. Couldn’t care less for all the other.

Benjamin
Benjamin
1 year ago

The first song I actually like at this semifinal

Sherlock
Sherlock
1 year ago

Love country… She’s got an amazing voice.

Idksmth
Idksmth
1 year ago

I just hope for Mariette to go through, the rest of them I can take or leave

Alex
Alex
1 year ago

I feel like 3 of the spots are predictable (THEOZ, Kiana, Nordman), but it’s just a matter of who’s rounding it out.

I’ll prob just tune in 20.45 (i almost said it in my time zone) to see the results because I don’t need to see the performances again lol

Andy
Andy
1 year ago

MARIETTE ? Hello people this is not even bad ! Deserves more attention than Kiana or anyone

Sherlock
Sherlock
1 year ago

Song 2… I like it… Very Disney/Soundtrack’y

fever
fever
1 year ago

My choice is THEOZ, Kiana, Mariette, and Tennessee Tears. 
All from heat 2 and 4 coincidently, (– or not, since heat 2 and 4 are the best.)

Nikita Zhukov
Nikita Zhukov
1 year ago

99% sure about THEOZ, Kiana and Nordman qualifying
I really want Tennessee Tears to take the 4th spot, I love that song so much, I NEED it in the final