Melodifestivalen 2019
Melodifestivalen 2019 was the 59th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen and was held between 2 February 2019 and 9 March 2019. Presenters were Sarah Dawn Finer, Kodjo Akolor, Marika Carlsson and Eric Saade. Edward af Sillén returned as a consultant and adviser, producing various interval acts for the hosts. The winner of the contest is John Lundvik with the song "Too Late for Love". He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel, finishing in 5th place.
Format
Melodifestivalen 2019, organised by Sveriges Television, was the eighteenth consecutive edition of the contest in which the competition took place in different cities across Sweden. The four semi-finals were held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, the Malmö Arena in Malmö, the Tegera Arena in Leksand and the Sparbanken Lidköping Arena in Lidköping. The Second Chance round took place at the Rosvalla Nyköping Eventcenter in Nyköping on 2 March while the final was held at the Friends Arena in Stockholm on 9 March. An initial 28 entries competed in the semi-finals, with seven entries taking part in each show. The top two entries from each semi-final advanced directly to the final, while the third and fourth placed entries advanced to the Second Chance round. The bottom three entries in each semi-final were eliminated after two rounds of voting. An additional four entries qualified for the final from the Second Chance round, bringing the total number of competing entries in the final to 12.Presenters
In October 2018, Sarah Dawn Finer, Kodjo Akolor, Marika Carlsson and Eric Saade were announced as the presenters for Melodifestivalen.Voting
The public vote previously used a simple majority to decide the places, but concerns had been raised over a growing bias through the way votes were cast: that votes cast through the app were giving an unfair weight to younger voters, as older voters tended to cast theirs though the telephone vote. For 2019, SVT changed to a system of eight groups: those using the app voted within one of seven age groups, and telephone votes were in the eighth group.These groups were weighted equally against each other: for the semi-finals, each group's vote would carry a score of 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, and 1; for the final, 12, 10, 8–1 ; for the second chance round, each group gave one point to the most popular entry of each duel. The scores within each round were then added together to decide the places. In the final, to ensure equal weight was given to the public vote and the international jury vote, the number of countries involved was reduced from eleven to eight.
2019's edition also saw an end to voting by SMS, due to a decline in usage.
Competing entries
The twenty-eight competing entries were announced to the public during a press conference on 27 November 2018.| Artist | Song | Songwriter |
| Andreas Johnson | "Army of Us" | Andreas Johnson, Jimmy Jansson, Sara Ryan, Andreas ”Stone” Johansson, Sebastian Thott |
| Ann-Louise Hanson | "Kärleken finns kvar" | David Lindgren Zacharias, Josefin Glenmark, Olof "Ollie" Olsen |
| Anna Bergendahl | "Ashes to Ashes" | , Bobby Ljunggren, Erik Bernholm, Anna Bergendahl |
| Anton Hagman | "Känner dig" | Gusten Dahlqvist, Oliver Forsmark, Anton Hagman, Jakob Hjulström |
| Arja Saijonmaa | "Mina fyra årstider" | Göran Sparrdal, Arja Saijonmaa |
| Arvingarna | "I Do" | Nanne Grönvall, Mikael Karlsson, Casper Jarnebrink, Thomas “Plec” Johansson |
| Bishara | "On My Own" | Markus Sepehrmanesh, Benjamin Ingrosso, Robert "Deadbeat" Habolin |
| Dolly Style | "Habibi" | Jimmy Jansson, Palle Hammarlund, Robert Norberg |
| Hanna Ferm & LIAMOO | "Hold You" | Jimmy Jansson, Anton Hård af Segerstad, Fredrik Sonefors, Hanna Ferm, Liam Pablito Cacatian Thomassen |
| High15 | "No Drama" | Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Kate Tizzard |
| Jan Malmsjö | "Leva livet" | Anderz Wrethov, Elin Wrethov, Johan Bejerholm, Ari Lehtonen |
| John Lundvik | "Too Late for Love" | John Lundvik, Anderz Wrethov, Andreas “Stone” Johansson |
| Jon Henrik Fjällgren | "Norrsken " | Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger, Niklas Carson Mattsson, Jon Henrik Fjällgren |
| Lina Hedlund | "Victorious" | Melanie Wehbe, Richard Edwards, Dino Medanhodzic, Johanna Jansson |
| Lisa Ajax | "Torn" | Isa Molin |
| Malou Prytz | "I Do Me" | Isa Tengblad, Elvira Anderfjärd, Fanny Arnesson, Adéle Cechal |
| Margaret | "Tempo" | Anderz Wrethov, Jimmy Jansson, Laurell Barker, Sebastian von Koenigsegg |
| Martin Stenmarck | "Låt skiten brinna" | Uno Svenningsson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren |
| Mohombi | "Hello" | Alexandru Florin Cotoi,, Mohombi Moupondo, Linnea Deb |
| Nano | "Chasing Rivers" | Lise Cabble, Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Thomas G:son, Nano Omar |
| Omar Rudberg | "Om om och om igen" | Omar Rudberg, Johan Lindbrandt, Robin Stjernberg, Jens Hult |
| Oscar Enestad | "I Love It" | Emanuel Abrahamsson, Parker James, Oscar Enestad |
| Pagan Fury | "Stormbringer" | Tobias Gustavsson, Fredrik Thomander, Anders Wikström, Mia Stegmar |
| Rebecka Karlsson | "Who I Am" | Rebecka Karlsson, Anderz Wrethov, Henric Pierroff |
| The Lovers of Valdaro | "Somebody Wants" | Peter Boström, Thomas G:son, Erik Gabriel Høiby |
| Vlad Reiser | "Nakna i regnet" | Lukas Nathansson, John Hårleman, Vladislav Meletjenkov, Chris Enberg |
| Wiktoria | "Not with Me" | Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Wiktoria Johansson |
| Zeana feat. Anis don Demina | "Mina bränder" | Thomas G:son, Jimmy Jansson, Anis Don Demina, Pa Moudou Badjie, Robin Svensk |