We’ve had six weeks of Melodifestivalen fun which has been rounded off by three days worth of hard-work by our wonderful team on the ground in Stockholm, Sophie and Alec. Tonight is where it finishes. From 28 entries, to 27 competing songs… we’re down to the last 12. Who will take the Sångfågel trophy home?
Gina Dirawi returns to finish the job she has so ably performed every week as our hostess and is joined by popular YouTuber William Spetz for this final leg.
We’ll have some in-show entertainment and interval acts featuring some very well known faces…
…and of course, back to the real business in hand, we’ve got twelve finalists to perform tonight.
The winner will be decided by a 50/50 split of voting. There are 11 international juries that will cast their votes. They are, in alphabetical order, Australia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Israel, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia. Then the Swedish public will cast their vote – the viewers allot a total of 473 points, the same total amount of points as the eleven jury groups will be allotting, which are awarded proportionally depending on % of vote received.
Tonight, you will be guided through the show by our editor on the ground, Sophie Haustein, and our editor at home, . The live blog will begin at 19:55 CET and the show starts at 20:00 CET.
Here is the running order for tonight’s Melodifestivalen 2016 final:
- Panetoz: “Håll om mig hårt”
- Lisa Ajax: “My Heart Wants Me Dead”
- David Lindgren: “We Are Your Tomorrow”
- SaRaha: “Kizunguzungu”
- Oscar Zia: “Human”
- Ace Wilder: “Don’t Worry”
- Robin Bengtsson: “Constellation Prize”
- Molly Sandén: “Youniverse”
- Boris René: “Put Your Love on Me”
- Frans: “If I Were Sorry”
- Wiktoria: “Save Me”
- Samir & Viktor: “Bada nakna”
