It’s not official, but it’s already leaked by Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet. Carina Berg and Björn Gustafsson will co-host Melodifestivalen 2024.

Carina is one of Sweden’s best-known TV presenters, having presented shows including Förkväll and Idol. She and her second husband — the footballer Erik Berg — starred in a reality show called Bergs drömkåk. And she and Christine Meltzer twice traveled through the United States and Europe meeting interesting people for their show Berg & Meltzer.

Björn Gustafsson is a comedian and actor known for shows including Parlamentet, a satirical panel gameshow that parodies Swedish political life. 

The two have crossed paths before…and at Melodifestivalen. 

During an interval in 2008, he sat on stage with a guitar and begged Carina to dump her then husband Kristian Luuk, who was hosting that edition of Mello. His “Love Song to Carina” included lyrics like: “You’re Jane and I’m Tarzan, break up with him” and “I am beautiful and unique, my father is rich.”

He took the attention and ran with it, ultimately being named Sweden’s funniest man. He’s also had turns in movies including Spy.

Apparently Melfest bosses are very happy with the choice. This year there are only six acts in each heat, which means the hosts will need to entertain extra hard to fill bigger gaps.

“Together, they will both be able to put on a show, which is needed now that there are only going to be six songs in each sub-competition,” an Aftonbladet source says. “The presenters have a lot of time to fill. But I have heard that they will probably bring back the finalists talking about their songs as well. It has really been reviled in recent years since that part was scrapped.”

Are you excited about these hosts? Let us know down below!

 
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Despicable Annie
Despicable Annie
1 year ago

Excellent choice of two attractive Swedes.

grft
grft
1 year ago

Oscar Zia and Farah Abadi will then host ESC

Andy
Andy
1 year ago

Semi confirms that Farah Abadi is for the Eurovision hosting this year

pink bucket hat
pink bucket hat
1 year ago

‘bosnia and herzseegovaniania’ 😛

Yuarith
Yuarith
1 year ago

Feels like Aftonbladet is SVT’s spokesman

TheDrMistery
TheDrMistery
1 year ago

2008 Swedish spokesperson? Let’s hope he improved his comedic skills since then. 🙂

Svensk Kritiker
Svensk Kritiker
1 year ago

Björn’s “comedy” is fun if you’re 40+ white male, let’s just say that.

Denis
Denis
1 year ago

I found it funny when I was 17…

Yuarith
Yuarith
1 year ago

Sounds funnier than the usual Mexican romantic comedy film lmao

Denis
Denis
1 year ago

That was a random unexpected choice. But could work really great.

Svensken
Svensken
1 year ago

THIS IS PERFECT!!!