A new weekend is upon us, and so is Melodifestivalen 2025 heat 4, where we this week are returning to last year’s Eurovision arena in Malmö to find the two next finalists. The six week Melfest tour of six Swedish cities will eventually decide, who will represent Sweden at Eurovision in Basel in May.
You can listen to each song in full length now, which means it’s time for one thing: To name your favourite.
Click on the artist’s song title below to listen to their song. Then vote in our poll. You can vote for as many artists as you’d like, but you can only vote one time. Be sure to tick the box next to each act you want to support.
You can also watch 30 second snippets of the performances here.
Melodifestivalen 2025 heat 4
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Andreas Lundstedt – “Vicious”
Authors: Andreas Lundstedt, Dino Medanhodzic, Laurell Barker, LIAMOO
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Ella Tiritiello – “Bara du är där”
Authors: Adam ”Rymdpojken” Englund, David Björk, Loreen Talhaoui
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Tennessee Tears – “Yours”
Authors: Gavin Jones, Jonas Hermansson, Pär Westerlund, Tilda Feuk
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KAJ – “Bara bada bastu”
Authors: Anderz Wrethov, Axel Åhman, Jakob Norrgård, Kevin Holmström, Kristoffer Strandberg, Robert Skowronski
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AmenA – “Do Good Be Better”
Authors: AmenA, Sandra Bjurman, Stefan Örn
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Måns Zelmerlöw – “Revolution”
Authors: David Lindgren Zacharias, Måns Zelmerlöw, Ola Svensson, Sebastian Atas
Format of Melodifestivalen 2025
30 acts participate in Melfest 2025 split into 5 heats of six acts each. The number 1 and 2 placed acts from each heat qualify directly to the grand final in Stockholm, and the three lowest placed acts are finished in the competition. This make up for the first 10 acts qualifying for the grand final
The number 3 placed entries of each heat will have their fate decided in a Final Qualification held in connection with heat 5. The five songs will compete for 2 tickets to the grand final decided by the percentage of votes each entry got in their heat plus the amount of votes they get in the Final Qualification.
12 songs compete in the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen held in Strawberry Arena in Stockholm on 8 March.
Melodifestivalen is hosted by Kristina ”Keyyo” Petrushina and Edvin Törnblom.
Who is your favourite in this heat? Are any of these acts the one you want to see go all the way to Eurovision? Let us know in the comments below.
Oh!! Another duel between Sweden and Finland in ESC! I can not wait to see all fans go crazy when they claim
Well, well (gasp) – the outcome will be the same. Welcome to Malmö 2026!
I don’t find Finland’s song great or original but agree with your point that Revolution song is worse than Heroes
Revolution really isn’t a contender for the win
Revolution sounding a bit like heroes or am I drunk again?
Either way its 100% not winning esc this year so I’m at ease.
Mans is a shoo-in. While swedes rarely send songs in Swedish direct to finale, KAJ was super likeable and I would have them in my top 2 personally. Then Andreas to second chance.
And while I don’t love her song, mad respect for AmenA for entering melfest as a hijabi. You don’t see that very often, and women in music are especially pressured to perform in very revealing outfits. We love to see the proof that these contests are for everyone.
Mans
As much as I’d prefer some other (hopefully new) country to take it this year, I’m afraid Sweden is coming for it again. To make a difference, others simply have to up the game.
Hardly.
Calm down children.
Oh to be as mature as you!
Oh no please not Mans. This is bringing back Eurovision to 2010s. No one needs that, it’s the most generic song u can imagine
I am here for it. The 10s were great.
Off topic, are we going to see a second win for Portugal? FdC is lit this year
Yes please we need that. Let’s go to Porto next year!
Kaj is great. Wake up Sweden and send something different. About time a Swedish language song represented them again. Man’s ok but quite formula…we’ve heard it all before. We’ll wait for the staging which will probs push it through.
Why change working formula, that juries eat up every time?
I would prefer Andreas Lundstent to win. He has tried so many years and although his songcan win Eurovision it would be fun to see him in Eurovision stage! He has tried so many years and is part of the iconic Alcatraz
His song can win Eurovision!?
So far, none of them can!
Agree, but didn’t he represent Switzerland in 2006 as part of an “international” vocal harmony act?
Was “Revolution” written by Chat GPT?
Hi ChatGPT please make me a mix of Melodifestivalensongs
Hi ChatGPT please write a Mans Zelmerlow Eurovision song
Hi, playing someone else’s song…..
More like AI.
See snippets do nothing. I don’t know why SVT insist on snippets. Til next year just release the songs right away, no snippets..
“Revolution ” is not that bad now. Easily the best of the heat. But the best in Mello this year? I wait for Scarlett….
KAJ was actually great. Wouldnt it be fun if they won the heat?
Tenesse Tears was good but think people cluld forget it. Still number three though.
Now that I’ve heard the full song, it’s even more similar to Heroes. Even the “western movies” whistle, and the same melody in the verses. Honestly hope the winners of the whole show are Kaj. It’s refreshing and original
I love Kaj, but have you seen the lyrics? Its pretty much a novelty song – which everyone else usually complains about!
I dont usually take lyrics into account at this stage tbh, but yeah I agree
The staging of Revolution is simple byt yet so effective. It’s all about Måns and the camera angles. I love it. And he looks
and sings fantastic.
So,Sweden has been 1st in the odds just because of Måns’ song “Revolution”?? The song is neither special nor good; even the staging would not raise the chances for this song.
Sweden reached the first place in the odds because the expectations from Mans’ song “Revolution” were big. Now that the song has been released I’m not sure Sweden will keep the 1st position.
Måns’ song is really disappointing; an average pop song and based on the short snippet; the staging is not great.
Result= another overrated Swedish entry
Honestly? It’s Bara Bada Bastu for me. It feels so incredibly refreshing to hear a fun song in swedish (and finnish!) instead of the standard pop that they always send. Måns’ song is a good example of that – we’ve heard it a million times already and there’s nothing special about it. He’s gonna go through for sure, but I don’t see this being something that people vibe with.
After hearing full songs, KAJ and Andreas DTF and Tennessee Tears to AC. Revolution is still uninspiring like current US affairs…
So many weird takes in the chat, but hey that is what happens when a song of any merit enters a weak year of both melfest and eurovision (so far). People start shaking in thier boots. It happened with Loreen and is happening here too. In a eurovision year with many “out there” or downright bad choices a clean 9/10 pop song could do well. I understand all of you who want something weird and fun scream at songs like revolotion but like, its Måns Zelmerlöw not Verka Serduchka, what did you expect?
Shaking?! Really?
Remember everybody seeing Tattoo reheasal clip was revolutional and went to 1. and stayed there untill winning.
Måns song sound like Hungary 2016 (Freddie Pioneer). But Pioneer was better.
Now I feel a bit torned. I see a lot of potential in Måns song. The song is good. But for winning the performance is going to be crucial. And I know he’s on another level in terms of performing. It will be amazing I’m sure. Perhaps it will come together. I did not like Tattoo, but as a package with the performance it worked. And Sweden knows how to do it.
He’s not Loreen!
Of course not. They don’t look the same at all.
No he is Måreen
No, but trying to repeat the same trick. Last time took 3 years now not even that.
I saw Mans rehearsal performance with the TV rendering and it’s nice, it’s dark, it’s conceptual, it’s very Sasha JB.
It is the most elaborated staging in Melfest 2025 so far…
Does it elevate the song, not really, but it’s largely enough to go DTF and to fight again for the Melfest win imo, Eurovision would be another story…
I prefer largely Greczula or Erik song to be fair, but objectively I can see Mans vs Greczula fighting for the win (so far).
Sick of greedy zermerlow and his song is as generic, bland and boring as it can be. They ll try to do a show with visual images to make it look as if it is an ‘amazing’ entry.
Nasty. But yes, Sweden can make songs look amazing.
Huh, it is almost as if the staging is a part of what makes a eurovision song a eurovision song, imagine that.
Also adding pretentious ooohhss to sound anthemic. I’m fed off that and him.
rain of revolution > revolution
YEAH YEAH
Don’t remind me.
i think fusedmarc were too early in 2017 and now it’s too late. 😀
A little like Luxembourg 1977!
Maybe Sweden will go outside the top 10 this year?
Kaj is good (though not top 10 good).
Scarlet will save them for the top 10 though.
scarlet is last hope for a good melo song.
Have you listened to the songs in eurovision??
Would bet never happen at least this poor year.
So what 10 songs in Eurovision so far have top 10 potential then? Almost none
Is it just me or is Måns’ entry another version of Robin Bengström’s “Constellation Prize”? Production almost identical, which given Robin’s entry was from around 2016 isn’t great…
So that’s it! Måns will win Eurovision for sure. Fantastic song, original, well produced. Much better than Heroes that took an easy win. See you in Malmö 2026!!
only in your fantasy dreams.
Pretty sure it would not be Malmö again
Well, that was too much fuss for nothing. “Revolution” is an average dated but well-produced song, that would likely go completely unnoticed if it was performed by anyone else but a previous Eurovision winner. Sure, it can win Melodifestivalen, but it shouldn’t be considered as a potential ESC winner, even in a not very competitive year like 2025. If Mans returns indeed this year, this feels more like an Alexander Rybak rather than a Loreen kind of return.
Alexander Rybak did win his semi, at least
And finished 15th in the final. Sounds like a fair result for “Revolution”.
Possibly. I find “Revolution” to be more dull and contrived that “That’s How You Write a Song.”
But it’s wrong to compare the songs. Måns while outdated is a solid song that could get votes. Rybak was just silly
Scooby doo bop bop
I didn’t compare the songs! The only comparison I wanted to make is the fact that they both return with noticeably weakest songs than the ones that gave them the victory and the main reason for winning their national finals (if Måns wins) seems to be the name of the artist and not the actual song. Dana International would be another such example.
I was thinking everything you said so well.
Who made that fuss?
Josh Portugal. I’m they stage it right it’s just bait. Many top songs – Estonia, Finland, Malta are currently televote bait. With Israel and Ukraine guaranteed 200 televote points from war I think truly it’s a jury winners year now.
Portugal
France
Sweden will get favour and top 5 but not the win
*if they stage it right it’s jury bait (typo)
Josh Portugal? What you on about
A holiday hook up
If Josh delivers live, his song could win ESC
Who is gonna win then – Andrew
Too many televote baits mean bigger points spread. Jury spread so far is between 3 countries only if Josh gets through
Ohhhh now I realise who you meant. I’ve just listened to his song and I love it!
Ukraine can not guarantee 200 televote for their really bland entry this year.
Please don’t involve Estonia!!
If this continues I really think a random country will win this year. Too many crappy songs so far and no absolute winner. Måns is clearly the best from Sweden out of the 5 others. With great staging he will be top 3 or even win.
I don’t think he can win in Basel, the fandom would never allow it.
And the fandom is how much of the overall audience at Eurovision? A very small percentage.
A small percentage that punches way above their weight.
I think you overestimate the power of the fandom.
I think I don’t. Most viewers vote once or not all. Hardcore fans often use up all 20 votes, sometimes more than once on different devices.
But why some big fan favorites have flopped unfairly in that case?
Like who?
Blanca Paloma, Gåte, Sarah Aalto, La Zarra, Kaleen, We are domi…. the list is long… but all of these had big support in the fandom and that never translated in the results.
I don’t really see them in the same league of stan obsession such as Chanel, for example.
Me yes, I could add to the list Joker out, Senhit…. so for me the fandom has zero power in the Eurovision results.
If only the EBU would share voting figures and details. Then maybe we could determine which of us is right.
Last year after the DQ of Joost you could see the power of a fan favourite, the live chat was completely bombed 😉 with angry comments during all performances.
The power to spam ?
Chanel is actually an example of how irrelevant the opinion of the fandom is for the result, since the Spanish fans originally didn’t even want her to go to Eurovision…
That’s just one corner of the overall fandom, she had wide appeal to the general stanbase from day one.
In most of those cases fan support was based on studio versions of songs that didn’t translate equally well in live performances. Blanca Paloma and Gåte are the only exceptions of songs that I consider a bit more “niche” and end up having very loyal vocal fans, but that doesn’t even reflect the actual community. “Telemovéis” was a similar example. These end up being hit or miss in the end.
You’re right, that’s why at the end the community’s opinion is not so relevant imo.
It can push a song to the final, especially now with the 100% televoting but that’s where the community power ends imo. ESC final is a different kind of beast with large televoting figures in many countries, mostly from people that are listening to the songs (and watching them which is also very important) for the very first time. Sure, songs nowadays get more pre-contest exposure to larger audiences through social media but this is often biased and not indicative of their final result.
I totally agree, and even in the Semi televote only I don’t think the fandom has an influence.
I disagree on the semis and if you follow carefully the results there are many examples of fan favourites doing much better in the semis to then have a noticeable “drop” in the final. But yes, in the end the fandom power is limited in the finals.
Limited by the juries anyway.
And there are examples of fan favs not qualifying also, that’s why for me the fandom think they can influence but it’s only a fantasy in fact.
Such as? Sure there are fan favourites that often underperform in the final, more often because favourite status was based on studio version and they rather disappointed live, as I mentioned in an earlier reply, but I can’t think of any examples of fan favourites that failed to qualify.
Latvia 2023, Croatia 2021, Belgium 2024, Austria 2022….
Since when was Latvia 2023 a fan favourite? I’ll accept that Austria 2022 and Belgium 2024 were favourites to qualify, based on studio version as exactly described above – they both crashed and burned live though – I could add Greece 2018 in that list. And Croatia 2021 technically qualified with both votes, but then it didn’t – the peculiarities of the voting system. If you follow what I’m saying it’s very clear: fans can give a push for songs to qualify to the final, but I only take fan support seriously if a song has already been performed live… Read more »
Aij? were fan favorites yes.
I see what you mean but for the most of the acts the fans already experienced them in live at the preparties so when they support them it’s knowing already how they are in live. They only don’t know how will be the Eurovision stagings.
Aija was never a fan favourite unless we live in parallel universes. I think we have different definitions of fans – I’m a fan but barely follow any of the parties, like most of the fans I know. I think you’re talking about the bubble within the bubble – the active part of the fan community that is also very vocal in forums and websites. That’s only a small part of the community and obviously we’re talking about different things here.
They weren’t fan favorites Europapa was a fan favorite or Chanel not Kaleen or la Zarra
Lol ok we don’t live in the same world maybe
I think the majority of viewers are listening to the songs for the first time during the semis. They probably don’t even remember him lol
Yeah, but they don’t vote.
I agree, it’s mostly fans that vote in the semis. The final is a different story. That’s why fan favourites often tend to do better in the semis – Destiny and Teya & Salena are good examples.
The fans rarely if ever decide the outcome. They do in the semifinals but in final the majority of voters are casual viewers who see and hear the songs on the final night. They don’t care about fandoms or outrage
Maybe you mean the televoters won’t vote for it in high numbers, I wonder?
I agree the winner could be unexpected and would even enjoy a unpredictable year. Though I am sad about how much I dislike so many songs this year (reminds me of years when I only really liked 6 or 7 songs). I disagree that there “Revolution” is the best in Melfest: the lyrics are so contrived, basically could have been written by a high school student.
An unpredictable year is enjoyable if the competition is at the 2021 and not the 2011 level of songs. This is a weak year, where I personally struggle to make a Top 5 halfway through the song selection and Sweden clearly won’t make any difference to that.
Loreen is also back this year, don’t forget!
Songwriters count.
Loreen reminds me of a swamp witch
I’m sure she will be flattered to hear that
You sound like a swamp witch.
#CrownTheSwampWitch
Måns will win because he has the least awful song. still awful though
Nobody, again
Jokes aside, Mello this year has been dreadful but I like Greczula, Klara and Tennessee Tears the most so far
So this we have been waited and fuzz about??
So much fuzz, time for a shave
yeah nah, sorry Måns, that is not it. It’s dated and it is so JUST okay.
No revolution please.
Mans shouldn’t even be competing mind you. He’s done so much in the ESC Field. He’s won Melfest 2015 and ESC 2015 with Heroes (arguably that should of been Latvia’s second win as Heroes has aged like milk), Hosted ESC 2016, with Petra Mede, hosted You Decide (UK Selection) with Mel Giedroyc in 2017 & 2018 respectively, been a part of the Switch Song ensemble interval act in 2019, again for the Rock The Roof interval act ensemble in 2021, Hosted Melfest in 2010 & 2021 respectively the latter with Edward af Sillen and has been a commentator with Sillen… Read more »
First, a Lovers on the Sun ripoff in 2015, now a Love Me Again ripoff this year. How fitting!
Also, I completely agree with you that 2015 should’ve been Latvia’s (or Belgium’s) second win instead
Has he ever competed as a songwriter before? That part is new. I think.
I think he has. Can’t remember of the top of my head who he’s written for, I want to say Maria Sur or something.
Oh, my research tells me you are right. He even competed against himself in 2015, when he was a songwriter on Behrang Miri and Victor Crone’s song. He’s never made it to the final as writer.
It’s been a while since he last tried. He wasn’t involved with Maria Sur’s entries.
He also wrote Hello Goodbye in 2013. The one that Erik Segerstedt sang with Tone Damli
Yes, he wrote all 4 entries which shared the crown in 1969
he also was in 2020 love shine a light show which was aired instead of the cancelled show
He also coached the Kyiv hosts, reviewed songs with Filomena Cautela in Liverpool, was a security guard, caterer, hairdresser, and even piloted the plane to Torino.
I think we should take out a restraining order.
He loves Melodifestivalen and Eurovision
Don’t dispute that, there comes a limit where enough is enough.
Andreas Lundstedt is my favorite for this semi, Erik and Greczula still my favorites overall.
The full song of Mans – Revoultion: https://x.com/vodimtenigranku/status/1892533202842951721
It’s a good song, definitely the winner of Melfest this year but won’t win ESC 2025.
A good dated song true.
I’ve warmed to it more now I’ve heard the full version, but i still wouldnt want it to win Eurovision
“Revolution” is a ok song, but it doubt that it will do anything in ESC. And I’m saying that as someone, who used to be a big fan of Mans. But I feel like in the last few years he was doing everything, but not focusing on music. I mean, tv show about being a gentlemen, producing wine, judging people singing in ridiculuos masks? – that’s good for a some b-class celebrity, not a successful musician and singer. After 2-3 years after esc he was really doing something for his musical carreer, albums in 2015 and 2016, a lot of… Read more »
Based on this it’s still Klara by a long shot for me. We’ll see how it all looks on stage!
Tennessee Tears are the standouts here for me. Their 2023 entry was one of my favourites that year, and ‘Yours’ got me straight away, so I’m happy to see them back. ‘Vicious’ sounds like fun. Revolution, whilst i don’t think sounds necessarily bad, it does sound like something we’ve all heard before, though I’m fairly sure they’ll go balls to the wall with the staging to try and sell it even more.
Balls to the wall?!
U never done it?
Is that what UK 2024 did?
No wonder they all felt Dizzy
Erm not yet
Helsinki 2026.
Finland is clearly overhyped. Erika should be happy will qualifiying for the final, and breaking into top 10 is kinda like the best that song could hope for. Winning for “Ich comme” shouldn’t even be on anyone’s mind (despite Erika being a lovely women).
Just because YOU don’t like it?
#Tampere2026
Order me what you drinking.
I love Måns, and I’m sure he’s aiming for a 10 years later win, like Loreen (albeit hers was 11), but there is an arrogance in thinking you can breeze through on such an average formulaic song, when we have an eclectic bunch of performers so far this year willing to take risks and divide opinion, be that with a tantalising performance, risqué lyrics, traditional storytelling, or alternative genres.
He never said he will win. Neither Mello nor ESC.
I don’t think he’s competing to lose
Remember his Hope and Glory? He really thought he was going to Moscow that year.
Yeah, after that year he is more humble. That year was really all about him and his winning song. Even in 2015 he downplayed his chances and said what happens happens. He is very much the same this year .
I don’t know… he says himself that he was arrogant in 2009, and won’t make that mistake again. He really thought he was gonna win that year, then Greta’s mom came along,
Ahhh La Voix! One of my favourites for so many reasons 😀
You should have kept that a secret
Mans will easily win Melfest, and also a contender in Basel
do think Greczula will be 2nd place, and Erik Segerstedt in 3rd place
Mans really won’t win Eurovision based on what we have heard. I still want Klara to take it and I think I prefer KAJ in this heat
I’m rooting for Klara too, but then I wasn’t so keen on her snippet either. Who knows, maybe Måns will blow us all away!
Everyone is so confident Mans is going to win the whole thing on name recognition alone, but do we forget how many times previous melfest winners have done poorly in the final? Not to mention Loreen, who was a melfest AND Eurovision winner and still didn’t even reach the finals back in 2017. “Oh but Swedes LOVE Mans”, they loVE Eric Saade too, and boo lost against a newcomer Not even trying to hate, but let’s be real, Revolution sounds very generic and a cheap (in the snipet at least), had it been from any other artist it’d be absolute… Read more »
The Mans song obviously doesn’t have the impact that Tattoo had. Maybe he can sell it on stage, but I don’t see it winning the whole thing. At this point it starts to look good for Finland and France (can’t wait to hear the song).
It’s starting to look like Mans will rather repeat Rybak’s 2nd eurovision result then Loreen’s hehe
He needs to win Melfest before which is not assured now.
Well That’s how the wrote song was bad, revo.. Heroes 2. is average.Tattoo is masterpiece comparing to these.
Tattoo is a very good song and in my view better than Euphoria