Nu kör vi! It’s one of the highlights of national final season, and this Saturday 5 February Sweden’s Melodifestivalen returns for 2022. Now you can listen to snippets of the songs competing in heat one.
Seven acts are set to take to the Avicii Arena stage. Two of them will earn tickets direkt till final, while another two will be sent to the revamped second-chance semi-finals.
As always, the full songs of each competitor are kept under lock and key until the actual performances. But SVT like to tease us, and the Swedish broadcaster has now released one-minute snippets of the seven songs in heat one.
Take a listen to each of them below. Then scroll down to let us know which song has caught your attention by voting in our poll.
Melodifestivalen 2022: Heat one snippets
Click on the song titles to listen to the snippets.
- Malou Prytz – “Bananas”
- Theoz – “Som du vill”
- Shirley Clamp – “Let There Be Angels”
- Omar Rudberg – “Moving Like That”
- Danne Stråhed – “Hallabaloo”
- Cornelia Jakobs – “Hold Me Closer”
- Robin Bengtsson – “Innocent Love”
?? The #Melfest listening session / press preview took place on Wednesday morning.
— wiwibloggs (@wiwibloggs) February 2, 2022
? Our @robynesc had her ears at the ready.
? Malou Prytz gets cheeky, Omar Rudberg serves reggaetón and Robin Bengtsson unleashes feel-good synth-pop.https://t.co/TTEjaWmo3B
Poll: Who should win heat one of Melodifestivalen 2022?
You can vote for as many of the songs as you would like to. But as always, you can only vote once – so make it count!
Melodifestivalen 2022 – new voting changes for the heats
A swathe of new voting rules have been introduced for Melfest 2022. During the performances of the Melodifestivalen heats, app users will be able to vote for their favourite performances. They will have five votes per song. After the seven performances, the first qualifier will be announced based on who received the most votes in that first round.
The six remaining acts will then face another round of voting, added to the voting totals from the first round. Viewers will receive another five votes.
Voting from the second round will also be weighted in the age group categories, representing viewers aged 3–9 years, 10–15 years, 16–29 years, 30–44 years, 45–59 years, 60–74 years, 75 and over, as well as those who still vote by phone.
Suspense will be ramped up as the age group votes are revealed. Similar to the Eurovision jury voting presentation, the 12 points from each age group will be presented verbally, while the rest of each age group’s points will be shown on screen.
The new system also means that total scores will be known on the night. In the past, semi-final voting totals have only been revealed to the media days after the grand final.
There will also be no encore performances on the two acts that qualify for the grand final.
What do you make of the snippets from heat one of Melodifestivalen 2022? Who is standing out to you on first listen? Sound off in the comments below!
I find all of them boring typical Swedish songs. I hope other semifinals will bring something more exciting
What’s important to remember is that Melodifestivalen is branded and sold as a family show in Sweden. If you ask any adult if they’re watching they would most likely say “Yeah well the kids want to see it, so I guess we will”. Even if child-free adults watch too, a tiny part of that age demographic actually vote in the same capacity the kids do. This is the whole reason we have the weighted voting system in place, to make sure a horde of preschoolers can’t outvote the handful of grandmas who pick up the phone. This has huge consequences… Read more »
For me, it is Theoz (nice uptempo song) and Shirley Clamp (good voice and nice song).Cornelia and Malou for 2nd chance.
Howncan people here vote for Cornelia? It’s just another Eilish rip off. So depressing and goes nowhere. Robin’s heat to lose.
Robin’s lyrics are DIRE you want to take a “sip of the ocean”? Gross
Nothing sounds original or out of the box. I’d pick Bananas just ’cause it sounds like Ace Wilder.
A better effort than last year so far. Need to listen to the songs in full , Cornelia and Robin for the final so far. Just one critique, its become very radio mainstream pop, becoming a little predictable with the popularity of names rather than the song itself. One of the disappointments of MF, if your over 50 you have no or little chance qualifying for the final. , whatever the song. But saying that mainstream is safe for a good result in Turin. Good songs anyway from what I hear. Would be good if Melodifestivalen takes a real risk… Read more »
I just want to get everything straight. Sweden values melodifestivalen more than Eurovision. When people in Sweden vote for a song is not based on “if the song could win Eurovision”. Sweden don’t care about Eurovision, according to statistics, there’s more swedes who watches melodifestivalen than Eurovision. The obsession is so unreal. And everyone says that “Sweden is overrated, why is everybody talking about Sweden, bla bla bla”, but forget that it’s you guys who’s talking about Sweden all the time… We’re we devastated when John Lundvik or Tusse didn’t win Eurovision?? No But they won melodifestivalen and that’s what… Read more »
Yesterday I was talking with my Swedish colleagues about Melodifestivalen. None of them will watch any of the semifinals, a few will watch the final. It looks like even Swedes don’t care about the MF.
Why doesn’t Sweden do an internal selection next year for Eurovision?
And do what with Melodifestivalen?
Holding it like every other year, but without binding it to Eurovision, perhaps?
But tbh SVT would only choose directly something dated, formulaic and safe for Eurovision too xd
You all seem to forget what the purpose with Melodifestivalen is. It’s there to entertain Swedes, not Europeans who bemoan it. The selection aspect is not even the main aspect of it. If it was only a selection show SVT could have just chosen 10 songs and be fine with that. We want the music we listen to in real life and not the music Europeans think we should listen too. Only Europeans seem to obsess over how well Sweden will do..
This is a Eurovision blog, of course people are going to discuss the chances of these songs in Eurovision… and even as a Swede it should be interesting (or annoying) how these Melfest songs have seemed the same for years now.
Swedes don’t care. We select, put our support behind whoever wins and that’s it. If our song works it works. If not that’s fine and the artist did his best. We don’t spend all our time reading blogs and worrying or being happy how well it is received. Same with Melodifestivalen, what Europeans think of it is not our main goal. It is how well the songs works for us..
You sure seem to care…
I’m not like most people. And no, I actually don’t care about what comments on Wiiwbloggs thinks. I stopped taking it seriously years ago,,
You care enough to justify this fiasco
Every snippet of songs seemed flat:( sorry, only Robin managed to catch attention a bit. Looking forward to other semis though
Every year since 2018 ive been saying that melo is getting worse and then i think maybe next year it will be better but it just gets worse every year. Most of these sound basic. Everything is just so sterile and empty. Id rather have a million sanremo ballads with real emotion than 1 overproduced empty sterile melodifestivalen track
Choices, I prefer to hear something fun instead of the boring dramatic Sanremo ballads lol
Well maybe u have a big expetation i guess – i know Its your opinion – but Its annoying how everyone hates Sweden and saying they have bad songs – u need to listen songs from Latvia, Malta, Macedonia or Romania or Moldova before saying Swedish songs are boring – for example Melodifestivalen is getting stronger each Year – since 2016 – i hate Mello before 2016 to be honest …but Its better than Mello from 2005, 2007 or 2009 – nobody from an abroad cared about Melo before 2010 lol .. And Yes i agree – i dont like… Read more »
I think Sweden needs a reality check. That is non-qualification.
Same songs every year with different lyrics. No one cares anymore.
Its just Sweden. We should now that its Swedish way to entertain the swedes more than the europeans.
Not sure if you know but Swedes don’t care. It’s there to entertain us and our taste, not any others. Only foreigners seem to obsess over how well Sweden will do. Swedes don’t really care. If it works it works. If not that’s fine, we have next year.
lmao bruh chill, gurantee they’ll qualify, much better quality than half of the official entries
Its many contrys who have the same song every year. Italy, Azjerbaidjan, Greece Cyprus, Bosnien , and many more
That’s the Scandinavian jäntelagen for you: everything need to be average, the same and not stand out.
the productions still sound straight out of 2016, but until it’s always the same names things aren’t going to change…
You can say that about a lot of selections but yet is only a issue when it is about Sweden lol
Polegend has had the same complaint with other countries too. Don’t go off to the goalposts, Sweden gets worse every year
It’s not bad, but I thought it would be better… I expected much more from Sweden and unfortunately I must admit that I’m a bit disappointed with the songs. The only one I like is “Moving like that”, but I’m not sure if it’s something I’d love to hear on Eurovision… But let’s hope thet other semi-finals will be stronger!
My thoughts based of the snippets:
Final: Robin and Cornelia
AC: Omar and Malou
And that while Robin’s Innocent Love is his worst song so far.
Considering these are just snippets, the chance that the full versions could change my opinion surely exists.
And I do think this is his best song of those 4, and i have heard all 3 minutes for all seven songs. And the only one who gave goosebumps was Robin. We shouldnt compare his other songs because every artist is always on changes and new style.
Cornelia and Theoz to the final., Cornelia seem to be Eurovision material and Theoz have a great song that can become a hit in Sweden I think. Robin and Omar to the 5th semi. Robin is usually a bit cringy on stage I think and the song is not final worthy. Omar is great but the song is a bit weak. I only care about Sweden gathering the best songs to the final and that we send something we can be proud of. And now when the corona restrictions will be gone next week, Melodifestivalen can become the contest we… Read more »
Theoz to final? Not sure. He might be a favourite for children but not sure if he gets enough votes from others
I’m a 57 year old child at heart then. I thought he was the best along with Cornelia. Robin’s song sounds like The Wknd and Xeinn from Spain. It took five writers to come up with this copycat song?!?!
I guess Cornelia and Robin have ok enough songs that I would send to the final. However I’m not impressed much with any of these 7 songs. They sound so fabricated and sterile. I know this is only first heat out of 4, but I doubt there are any risks taken in this selection.
For those who doesn’t live in Sweden, this is how pop currently sounds on Swedish Radio (-minus the gangster rap).
Positively surprised with Theoz and Robin, will be a contender with the DTF spots along with Cornelia.
The Gangster rap is what we Swedes actually should send to be honest…that is the music that usually tops our lists
It really isn’t the music that tops our lists lol
Einár, A36, Adaam, etc. have all topped the Sverigetopplistan recently at least once
It is interesting that every country seems to have to send what they are good at except for Sweden. They aren’t allowed to do that somehow
i fell in love with bananas
Every year I am surprised Swedes don’t demand higher standards from their public broadcaster. The country of equality except for Melodifestivalen. Where is diversity? Underground does not exist? Where is art? What is worse, it is then fatal for other countries that try to copy Sweden (e.g. Eesti Laul switch since 2019).
There’s a very cool underground scene and talented musicians in Stockholm, but they’re all overlooked 🙁
Well you know it’s a rather underwhelming semi when you have the likes of Omar and Robin and most people respond best to Cornelia’s song. Im actually shocked. I think most songs are all Spotify friendly but they lack immediate impact. I love Melodifestivalen but the lack of surprise hurts in the current era of Eurovision winners. It’s like dating the safe mother-approved person when you want someone with a little edge to them. Sweden has no edge (at least so far).
Wow i am surprised. I like these snippets more than i ever have done before in regards to a swedish semi. All but one I like and cant wait to hear them in full 🙂 But, there is always a but: There is no diversity. Its all pop or ballads. I like both the classic ballad and the contemporary Lana Del Ray-ballad. I really enjoy the Ace Wilder pop tune-very age appropriate for Malou Prytz, and the song by Omar sounds really catchy and same goes for Robin Bengtsson. Even Theoz is quite catchy…. Only the Danne song is quite… Read more »
Wow this is WEAK, Cornelia Jakobs – Hold Me Closer is the clear cut best song here easily. Most the other songs are just boring, bland and leave you feeling cold. Think I’ll be giving this semi a miss.
Ho my good Cornelia ‘S song souds greath and incredible
Never liked Malou before but this time she seems to be the best in this heat. Not much competition.
You came to hear the snippets, I came to read the comments.
;D
I have never liked a Malou Prytz song but this time I am actually obsessed.
everything is so fabricated, predictable, average….stereotypical melodifestivalen semi final. Sweden has lost its mojo years now, thank god (for them) juries always put them top 10 no matter what they send
I mean… last year the juries tanked Sweden in the final (17th place) whereas the televote ranked them 11th.
Now idk about you, but 17th place doesn’t rly seem like a top 10 position. (Basically what i’m saying is juries don’t overrate sweden cuz sweden, they just like the type of music sweden usually sends)
i can understand this, tusse is a very endearing performer with a great voice so he managed to lure in some public support (although half of those televoting points were from the four other nordic countries… plus he had an amazing running order). his song was awfully dated though, and juries saw little redeeming qualities in it.
You do realize Sweden was in the top 10 televote most of the years the past 11 editions right?
For a supposedly weak heat it wasn’t that bad. None of the snippets were really bad, all could qualify. I do like Cornelia but noway she is going direct to final. I also liked Malou, really my taste. I could see her doing well
But all songs are good, no one really stands out as bad..
Do you have any motivation for why you think Cornelia will not go to the final? Just curious.
Not being well known name. Not having that instant impact qualifiers have. Not uptempo. But I do hope I am wrong and she is one of few newcomers who manges to triumph all
At the moment, the qualifiers seem to more or less be a tossup between Maloo, Robin, Theoz, Omar and Cornelia. Based on the snippets, and it doesn’t seem to be a popular opinion at the moment, but I really vibed to Maloo’s song. You can tell Ace Wilder was involved in it, it sounds like the exact type of song she would perform – I can even picture her performing it, based on the lyrics and everything. I found myself surprisingly into Theoz’ song too. I haven’t liked his other stuff but here again, but similarly, you can tell another… Read more »
Well it sure is a Melodifestivalen heat.
Oh wow, didn’t think Cornelia would do well here. Cornelia sings really well live so I think it’s possible for her to go dtf!!
Sorry but the other songs…bananas sounds like something from 2010..
This Are The Best:
Sounds like a U.K. national final almost + some Swedish…
Woow Shirley – you are wonderful 🙂
melodifestivalen is dated
Though, Cornelia seems to have a decent song
Okay i just listen to Omar and Cornelia. Cornelia was good but it wouldnt suprise me if she not qualify because most of Wiwibloggs followers are often wrong when they tip finalists. But i hope she qualify anyway. Omar was not good and it wouldnt suprise me if he only qualify just because of Young Royals
Cornelia and Omar – DTF
Robin and Theoz – ACH (semi 5)
Others – Thank u, next!
PS: dissapointed from Malou – expected way too more from her
No way Omar makes the final. We all know know Robin wins the heat, with Theoz in second.
I had big hopes for Malou song, but unfortunately even if it’s a fun song to listen, it didn’t grab me at all…. I can’t even really decide my favourites of this heat, every song is pretty average, a weak start for Melfest….we’re not used of that….even Omar was disappointed… looking forward the others heats then or maybe some lives and interesting stagings will improve some songs but my hopes are not high at all…
After re listening these snippets again, yes Cornelia song seems to be the best of this heat, but still not something groundbreaking and special, it’s nice.
You not think it sounds like a song you’d hear on a garnier fructose advert?
the first one is usually the weakest one so nothing new
Not really always, I’ve already seen bangers in the first heat in order to make an impact from the first show.
Euphoria was in first Semi in 2012
And at the time Danny was the favourite to win. No one expected Euphoria
Didn’t The Mamas also win from semi 1?
Yes and also Benjamin Ingrosso was from semi 1
The Mamas performed first in Semi 1 in 2020.
Sounds really boring for being melodifestivalen. Tho the production to the songs are really good! I really liked Omar’s song. I think it can be a competitor, espacially with his image after «young royals». Innocent love isn’t nearly as good as his last song on esc. I assimilated it to «blinding lights» by the weekend at the verse. Which i got really bored of real quick. Idk, maybe it’s just my taste ??
Young royals is not that big in sweden tho..
I only like Omar’s song. Bengtsson’s song sounds so…The Weeknd!
bad as always
So go listen Macedonian songs or Romanian bye
I only like “Bananas”.
Don’t go bananas mate 😀
For me, Cornelia Jakobs takes this semi. I mean honestly, I wouldn’t mind seeing Sweden send something different, and if it is a more ballad structured song, this seems like a good one to potentially do it with.
Also peep Victor Crone being a writer on Robin’s song lol
Cornelia is so good !
Cornelia Jakobs wins this by a landslide for me.
Just please have beautiful staging to go with it.
Robin’s song is OK personally I’d rather him go to AC at best.
Innocent Love and Hold Me Closer (top 2). Eurovision winners? I don’t think so.
I’m not going to listen because I want to hear them when it starts
I will do same thing. I listened to the snippets last year and it wasn’t fun. This year will I wait til saturday when it starts.
hm, I might try that for one of the heat’s, just to see how it impacts my enjoyment of the live performances.
Cornelia Jakobs snippet is AMAZING! Love it.