For our Summer 2026 feature series, we are celebrating 25 years of Melodifestivalen on tour. We will take a look at the songs that have progressed direct to the final over the past two and a half decades. Today we are looking at the songs that have progressed from Malmö.

2011 – Heat Four

The fourth heat of 2011 took place at the Malmö Arena, in Malmö. Linda Bengtzing took first place (38,875 votes) and qualified after the first round of voting, with “E de fel på mig?”, while Nicke Borg took second place (48,966 votes) after the second round of voting, with “Leaving Home”.

2012 – Heat Four

The fourth heat of 2012 took place at the Malmö Arena, in Malmö. Danny Saucedo took first place (223,227 votes), with “Amazing”, while Lisa Miskovsky took second place (102,080 votes), with “Why Start a Fire?”.

2013 – Heat Four

The fourth heat of 2013 took place at the Malmö Arena, in Malmö. Ulrik Munther took first place (128,364 votes), with “Tell the World I’m Here”, while Ralf Gyllenhammar took second place (93,225 votes), with “Bed on Fire”.

Let us know what you think about the Melodifestivalen – either in the comments below or on our FACEBOOK, BLUESKY, TWITTER, YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK pages.

The Eurovision Community, which Eurovision Ireland are a part of, celebrates diversity through music. Please keep your comments respectful. We will not tolerate racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, body-shaming or any other derogatory or hostile language.

Author: Richard Taylor

Source: Eurovision Ireland & YouTube/Tevefyra/Only High Definition/S97/Hia80