# Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Sweden will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Bara bada bastu", written by Anderz Wrethov, Axel Åhman [sv], Jakob Norrgård [sv], Kevin Holmström [sv], Kristoffer Strandberg [sv], and Robert Skowronski, and performed by Åhman, Norrgård, and Holmström as KAJ. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), organised Melodifestivalen 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.

## Background

Prior to the 2025 contest, Sveriges Radio (SR) until 1979, and Sveriges Television (SVT) since 1980, had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Sweden sixty-three times since SR's first entry in 1958. They have won the contest on seven occasions (tying with Ireland for the most wins): in 1974 with the song "Waterloo" performed by ABBA, in 1984 with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" performed by Herreys, in 1991 with the song "Fångad av en stormvind" performed by Carola, in 1999 with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven" performed by Charlotte Nilsson, in 2012 with the song "Euphoria" performed by Loreen, in 2015 with the song "Heroes" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw, and in 2023 with "Tattoo" again performed by Loreen, who became the second artist (after Ireland's Johnny Logan), as well as the first female artist, to win the contest more than once. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004 contest, the Swedish entries, to this point, have featured in every final, except for 2010. As hosts in 2024, Sweden placed ninth with "Unforgettable" performed by Marcus & Martinus.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, SVT organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Since 1959, SR first and SVT later have organised the annual competition Melodifestivalen in order to select their entries for the contest.

## Before Eurovision
### Melodifestivalen 2025

The 2025 edition of Melodifestivalen took place between 1 February and 8 March 2025 across six Swedish cities, and consisted of five heats and a final. A submission period was open between 23 August and 14 September 2024 to select 30 competing entries.

#### Heats

* The first heat took place on 1 February 2025 at Coop Norrbotten Arena in Luleå. "Voice of the Silent" performed by John Lundvik and "Kamikaze Life" performed by Maja Ivarsson qualified directly to the final, while "Hush Hush" performed by Meira Omar advanced to the final qualification round. "Upp i luften" performed by Albin Johnsén feat. Pa, "Vår första gång" performed by Adrian Macéus, and "Den känslan" performed by Linnea Henriksson were eliminated from the contest.
* The second heat took place on 8 February 2025 at Scandinavium in Gothenburg. "Show Me What Love Is" performed by Erik Segerstedt and "On and On and On" performed by Klara Hammarström qualified directly to the final, while "Salute" performed by Kaliffa advanced to the final qualification round. "Funniest Thing" performed by Nomi Tales, "The Heart of a Swedish Cowboy" performed by Fredrik Lundman, and "Don Juan" performed by Schlagerz were eliminated from the contest.
* The third heat took place on 15 February 2025 at ABB Arena in Västerås. "Believe Me" performed by Greczula and "Life Again" performed by Annika Wickihalder qualified directly to the final, while "Yihaa" performed by Dolly Style advanced to the final qualification round. "24K Gold" performed by Malou Prytz, "Teardrops" performed by Angelino, and "Rädda mig" performed by Björn Holmgren were eliminated from the contest.
* The fourth heat took place on 22 February 2025 at Malmö Arena in Malmö. "Revolution" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw and "Bara bada bastu" performed by KAJ qualified directly to the final, while "Bara du är där" performed by Ella Tiritiello advanced to the final qualification round. "Vicious" performed by Andreas Lundstedt, "Yours" by Tennessee Tears, and "Do Good Be Better" performed by AmenA were eliminated from the contest.
* The fifth heat took place on 1 March 2025 at the Husqvarna Garden in Jönköping. "Hate You So Much" performed by Saga Ludvigsson and "Sweet n' Psycho" performed by Scarlet qualified directly to the final, while "This Dream of Mine" performed by Arwin advanced to the final qualification round. "I'm Yours" performed by Vilhelm Buchaus, "Ring Baby Ring" performed by Arvingarna, and "Love It!" performed by Victoria Silvstedt were eliminated from the contest.
** Immediately following the fifth heat, a final qualification round took place. All of the songs competed against each other, with each song's votes from their individual heats converted into a new set of points that determined one qualifier for the final, while a new round of voting, held during the final qualification round, had its points combined with those from the previous heats to select the remaining qualifier. "Yihaa" performed by Dolly Style and "Hush Hush" performed by Meira Omar qualified to the final, while "Bara du är där" performed by Ella Tiritiello, "Salute" performed by Kaliffa, and "This Dream of Mine" performed by Arwin were eliminated from the contest.

#### Final

The final took place on 8 March 2025 at the Strawberry Arena in Stockholm.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Juries | Public | Total | Place |
| 1 | John Lundvik | "Voice of the Silent" | 49 | 25 | 74 | 6 |
| 2 | Dolly Style | "Yihaa" | 48 | 27 | 75 | 5 |
| 3 | Greczula | "Believe Me" | 47 | 56 | 103 | 3 |
| 4 | Klara Hammarström | "On and On and On" | 34 | 43 | 77 | 4 |
| 5 | Scarlet | "Sweet n' Psycho" | 31 | 33 | 64 | 7 |
| 6 | Erik Segerstedt | "Show Me What Love Is" | 24 | 27 | 51 | 9 |
| 7 | Maja Ivarsson | "Kamikaze Life" | 2 | 30 | 32 | 11 |
| 8 | Meira Omar | "Hush Hush" | 26 | 24 | 50 | 10 |
| 9 | Måns Zelmerlöw | "Revolution" | 76 | 81 | 157 | 2 |
| 10 | Saga Ludvigsson | "Hate You So Much" | 17 | 10 | 27 | 12 |
| 11 | Annika Wickihalder | "Life Again" | 36 | 18 | 54 | 8 |
| 12 | KAJ | "Bara bada bastu" | 74 | 90 | 164 | 1 |