We know the finalists. We know the running order. And now we know where the Melodifestivalen 2018 finalists have charted on Spotify’s updated Sweden Top 50 chart too, which may give an indication of which of the twelve finalists will win on Saturday night at Friends Arena in Stockholm.
Out in front is dynamic duo Samir & Viktor. Their dance track “Shuffla” has been streamed 1.79 million times since its release last week and leads the chart with 232k streams per day.
They’re followed by Latin lothario Méndez, who’s dance track “Everyday” has reached #2 on the Spotify Sweden Top 50, with daily streams of 214k and a total of 2.1 million streams.
Rounding out the top 3 on the Spotify Top 50 is another Andra Chansen act: Felix Sandman. His “Every Single Day” is only slightly adrift of “Everyday”, with daily streams of 211k and a total haul of 1.67m. It should be noted that Méndez’s song debuted a week in advance of the other two.
Four more acts feature in the top 10: Benjamin Ingrosso with “Dance You Off” at #6, Margaret with “In My Cabana” in #8, Liamoo with “Last Breath” in #9 and Rolandz, who round out the top 10 with 109k daily streams.
There are a further eight acts who feature on the chart, including including acts eliminated during the duels at Andra Chansen and the remaining finalists. Sigrid Bernson who lost out to Méndez in Duel 4 is currently charting higher than three finalists: Jessica Andersson, Renaida and Martin Almgren all trail Sigrid’s daily stream count of 83.7k.
FULL SPOTIFY SWEDEN TOP 50 CHART POSITIONS
Samir & Viktor (#1)
Méndez (#2)
Felix Sandman (#3)
Benjamin Ingrosso (#6)
Margaret (#8)
LIAMOO (#9)
Rolandz (#10)
Mariette (#14)
John Lundvik (#15)
Sigrid Bernson (#18)
Jessica Andersson (#23)
Moncho (#24)
Olivia Eliasson (#25)
Renaida (#26)
Martin Almgren (#31)
While the Spotify chart is a good proxy, it isn’t a guarantee of success on the night. Wiktoria led the chart going into Melodifestivalen 2017, but on the night “As I Lay Me Down” only managed to finish in sixth place due to a low score from the international jury.
What do you make of the chart? Are Samir & Viktor headed for victory? Let us know in the comments below!
And now Felix is number 1. Does that change things?
Why do sweden often do so well on esc? I belive it is because there are so many hits on spotyfycharts, so melfest becomes interesting for the swedish musicindustry. Many, meny, many.
Ofcourse not. Preeschool children and other kids listen to it over and over again. Bur they can only use their parants phone and vote five hearts, but play it hundreds of time on Spotify. I promice, work whith preschool childrens. Shoolchilden love it to.
Håller ni inte med, andra svenska föräldrar. ; )
*In the tone of the “road work ahead” vine*
I sure HOPE it does.
I somehow doubt that performers who got the least amount of televotes in 2016 will suddenly get the most. But OK..
Nej då, är ungarna som tokspelar den, men sedan när de lånar mobilen av morsan eller har sin egen och ska rösta så har de bara fem röster.
Charts can be an indication but not a prediction. Personally, I’d love to see these guys in Eurovision and their song is really good. Far better than 2017!
I actually think they will win. I feel you guys are underestimating them, I see many international juries responding to this.
Off topic: https://youtu.be/2p02BUIUmKk Jessica Mauboy’s entry has been leaked.
good for her…
A meh from me.
I wish Melfest hadn’t destroyed the public voting process with the stupid app voting that groups all entries pretty much together, leaving it entirely in the hands of international juries (Bjorkman’s dream!). There is no way that S&V get enough votes from juries, which is a shame.
We all know that the juries will never let them win. But they’re good entertainers.
Let’s hope so. So they can finish last
Sweden and finishing last? Well…
It can happen. Sweden haven’t been safe from nil points, you know (granted, that was in 1963, but it happened). Three years after ABBA, they also came last and with only 2 points. Then there’s 2010…
Yeah 2010….that poor girl actually fled the country for some time…wonder where she is now…
She’s actually in med school here in Sweden! She doesn’t speak about 2010 tho…
australia song is leaked and oh my god.. we have a winner.. estonia goodbye
Do you have a link? Cause the snippets I heard were bland af…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=Fdyqls-g1OU
Boring…
well you must have heard something else. That song is so basic and mediocre that australia for the first time will be on the right side of the board, mark my words.
That song doesn’t sound like a winning material to me.
Agreed. Nothing we haven’t heard before.
Let’s be real here: Some of you may love Shuffla (myself included), but is anyone here really thinking that they have any Chance to win? This isn’t going to happen and it seems like most People here agree on that. Bada Nakna was a huge succes and they still came last. These numbers ain’t saying anything at all.
yes i have but i dont know if i can post here the link
If I were you I’d probably rather not… 😀
Sadly you are right.
The only difference is 2016 had many big hits from Melfest compared to 2018. And they finally went dtf this time. We won’t win but hopefully won’t be far this time 🙂
It seems an easy for Ingrosso
This year’s songs are doing EXTREMELY well on Swedish charts, so there are many hits this year
This is why swedish musicindustri are interested of melfest and we often do well on esc.
Chartwise and Spotify concerning 2018 is already doing much better than 2017. Almost all DF songs have become hits. And even some non qualifiers such as Dotter are doing well too
Tbh I don’t have any big favourites this year – there are few songs I kinda like, but nothing that would make me passionate about the results. Still I’ll watch it and enjoy.
Juries will not let them win and they never even do well in televoting. “Bada nakna” was a number-one single in 2016 but they still scored second to last in televoting.
who cares! Elina and Renaida are still skinny!
AN D RUSSIA WHEN, I AM WAITING
Why do you Keep shouting at us jeez…
I HOPE THEY WIN, ITS HAPPYNESS TO THE CONTEST
An observation from academia is that, whenever there’s a question mark at the end of the title of a scientific paper, the answer almost certainly is:
“Probably not.”
Yes, they predict a Samir och Viktor victory the same way they did in 2015 and 2016…
I really wouldn’t mind if they won.
They were #1 in 2016 too and they came dead ass last… Last year Wiktoria was #1 too and she came 6th. There’s no way we can trust this.
Also the reason Shuffle is first is because every kindergarten here is constantly playing it (believe me, I work in one where Shuffle is frequently played)
2016 was Frans.
Wiktoria came second with televote.
Juries is what makes the difference sadly.
Shuffle is this year’s mello Hit no matter what.
You do this every year, it’s funny to read:)
Of course not. last year Wiktoria was the most streamed and we all know what happened there. The year before S&V were the most streamed again. And ended up last. Nothing new this year. I predict they will land somewhere aroubd 8th-9th
Frans was the most streamed. S&V were second. He debut at number 1 with only 5 days out which is crazy.
Wiktoria was sabotaged by juries.
She couldnt even get the most votes from the audience. So much for Spotify.
Did Spotify strihms predict Wiktoria or Nano’s victory last year? Answer: no.
If they could dance and sing in tune it could win, it’s probably the most enjoyable studio song this year, but since they can do neither, the live version is nowhere near as good as the recording.
THIS is why Sweden do so well at Eurovision.
How many other countries (other than France’s heaven-sent NF this year) have THIS many songs in their charts?
How many of the UK’s songs made the charts?
For some reason they didn’t release this year’s UK songs – a huge shame.
Honestly if this crap makes it into the Swedish charts that doesn’t say much about the quality of the music in those charts.
I have to agree, who would have expected THAT French NF? Absolutely awesome! It is by far the best NF this year and among the best of the NFs from the last years.
Sanremo top 6 have been monopolizing iTunes in Italy for weeks
You do understand the difference between the Spotify chart and real chart, right?
They wont win lol guarantee it
This, the juries will NEVER back them mostly because they sing in Swedish.
True, they wont even win the televoting though and as mentioned the televoting will be close resulting in the juries deciding our entry once again
Don’t forget about the app. People who like many songs this year will probobly vote for all their favourites. Leaving a result with no clear winner of the public. The juries will decide for us.
Every year when Samir and Victor participate in MF, we read same article. and every years wiwi have 1 to 3 countries to favorise from february to end of contest in may. In 2016 France,Malta…, 2017 France…. this year they start with Finland. And always Samir and Victor they are on bottom 5 in MF , thanks many time to juries not televote.
I‘m shocked that Dance You Off only came at #6 O_O
I think Robin Bengtsson was worse last year. 6 is not bad at all.
He was second in daily streams for MelFest songs, and fifth overall, at about 220k. Before the final that is.
The week before Nano was in front of him I think. They were close.
Wiktoria was the clear winner tho.
People are saying this melfest is worse but overall it’s doing better on Spotify than last year I think. 2016 was unbeatable in terms of sucess.
If Samir & Viktor win the televote, but lose to the juries, it’s time to seriously re-evaluate the construction of the jury. For starters, leave it at local folks, who understand the language and culture. International juries tend to lean towards more neutral English songs. Secondly, have people who can appreciate both ballads and funny songs. I have a feeling that most juries at Melfest look at the winner searching for safe, English-language uptempo every year. Hope I’m proven wrong, though.
The Swedish Televote can’t be trusted.
Still think that considering Sweden’s success in the contest, they will not re-evaluate anything until the year they actually have a bad result. The use of international juries is increasing in national finals, not decreasing. That being said, my personal opinion is akin to yours. I always think that a song chosen to represent a country should actually “represent” the country.
Maybe this could be a year in which an AC song wins…. I’d like to see that, personally!
As I lay me down to sleep
I wish the Swedes would get a grip
And send some young, hot fun
To Eurovision in Lisbon
As I wake up in this bed
You know I say a little prayer
For them to dance Ingrosso off
And have a ball with the hot stuff
I love them & id love to see Swedish language at Eurovision but sadly I think juries will kill their song. Hopefully im proven wrong!!
As much as I love Shuffla and would love to see it go to Lisbon, the jury will kill Samir and Viktor’s chances of winning and they’ll probably end up finishing in 4th or 5th
No. Weren’t they on top of the streams list in their last MF appearance, and they finished DEAD LAST, with no jury points?
Nah, even if they win the televote (which could actually happen) I’m pretty sure the Jury will place them near the bottom….
They did. The jury left their scorecards blank for these two.
Yeah, but I don’t think this will happen this year. They’ll definitly get points from the Jury, because the song is actually good this time. But I think they’ll be 9th or something with the juries…
They’ve got 7th place in the jury vote in 2015 for “Groupie”, and “Shuffla” is _slightly_ better song, so…
This is the worst song in the final.
Get over it already….I see your posts in every comment section. Everyone has their own opinion, there’s no Point in trying to convince us of yours.
(By the way: Is it really worse than Rolandz…?)
Yes. Rolandz are 10th best.
I’d disagree on that, but hey… That’s your opinion, right? ^^
I hope they’ll win…If Rolandz doesn’t win.