KAJ win Melodifestivalen 2025 and will represent Sweden at Eurovision with “Bara Bada Bastu”

Nu kör vi! After five preliminary heats and a final qualification, we have now reached the pinnacle of the Swedish winter season: The grand final of Melodifestivalen 2025 in Stockholm’s Strawberry Arena in front of 27,000 people.

Twelve acts battled it out for the crown of Sweden and the right to represent last year’s host country in Basel at Eurovision in May. In the end it was Finnish trio, and Swedish public favourite, KAJ who emerged victorious with their catchy sauna number “Bara Bada Bastu.”

They beat strong competition from Eurovision 2015 champion Måns Zelmerlöw, who topped the jury votes but ultimately finished in second place.

Melodifestivalen 2025: Grand final results

Jury votes

1. Måns Zelmerlöw – 76 points
2. KAJ – 74 points
3. John Lundvik – 49 points
4. Dolly Style – 48 points
5. Greczula – 47 points
6. Annika Wickihalder – 36 points
7. Klara Hammarström – 34 points
8. Scarlet – 31 points
9. Meira Omar – 26 points
10. Erik Segerstedt – 24 points
11. Sag Ludvigsson – 17 points
12. Maja Ivarsson – 2 points

Public vote

1. KAJ – 90 points
2. Måns Zelmerlöw – 81 points
3. Greczula – 56 points
4. Klara Hammarström – 43 points
5. Scarlet – 33 points
6. Maja Ivarsson – 30 points
7. Dolly Style – 27 points
8. Erik Segerstedt – 27 points
9. John Lundvik – 25 points
10. Meira Omar – 24 points
11. Annika Wickihalder – 18 points
12. Saga Ludvigsson – 10 points

Overall result

1. KAJ – 164 points
2. Måns Zelmerlöw – 157 points
3. Greczula – 103 points
4. Klara Hammarström – 77 points
5. Dolly Style – 75 points
6. John Lundvik – 74 points
7. Scarlet – 64 points
8. Annika Wickihalder – 54 points
9. Erik Segerstedt – 51 points
10. Meira Omar – 40 points
11. Maja Ivarsson – 32 points
12. Saga Ludvigsson – 27 points

Format of Melodifestivalen 2025

Twelve entries competed in the final and all entries were voted on in two voting rounds. In each voting round, you can vote up to five times per entry in the Melodifestivalen app and per phone number. Eight international juries will award 50% of the points, while eight age groups in Sweden will award the other 50% of the points.

Juries and spokespersons

• France: Alexandra Redde Amiel
• Greece: Alexandra Pascalidou
• Ireland: Neil Doherty
• Italy: Mariangela Borneo
• Lithuania: Vaidotas Valiukevičius
• Norway: Mads Tørklep
• Serbia: Princ
• Switzerland: Sandra Studer

Round 1

The first voting round ends before the jury groups’ votes are revealed. Eight jury groups cast their votes as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 points are shown graphically and 8, 10, 12 points will be given on screen by the spokesperson. In total, the jury groups will distribute 8 x 58 points = 464 points.

Round 2

After the jury groups’ votes have been announced, the viewers have the opportunity to react to the outcome and then voting round two begins. When the second round of voting is complete, the number of votes per viewer group is converted into points 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 and summed for all eight groups. In total, viewers award 8 x 58 points = 464 points.

What do you make of the Melodifestivalen 2025 grand final? Does Sweden have a strong option for Eurovision? Let us know in the comments below.

 

 

 

 

 

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