Sweden has dropped the full roster for Melodifestivalen 2026 — 30 acts spread across five cities, six songs per heat, and a Grand Final set for 7 March at Strawberry Arena, Stockholm. It’s a mix of iconic comebacks (hi, A-Teens and Sanna Nielsen), recent chart forces (Smash Into Pieces, Robin Bengtsson), left-field wildcards (Lilla Al-Fadji, Korslagda) and fresh debuts. Buckle up.
How Melfest 2026 is structured
Five heats: Linköping (31 Jan), Göteborg (7 Feb), Kristianstad (14 Feb), Malmö (21 Feb), Sundsvall (28 Feb).
30 entries total (6 per heat).
Grand Final: 7 March, Strawberry Arena (Stockholm)
- SVT also notes a record 3,888 submissions this year — appetite for Mello is very much alive.
Heat 1 — Linköping (31 Jan)
Indra — “Beautiful Lie”
Noll2 — “Berusade ord”
Junior Lerin — “Copacabana Boy”
Greczula — “Half of Me”
A-Teens — “Iconic”
Jacqline — “Woman”
Heat 2 — Göteborg (7 Feb)
Klara Almström — “Där hela världen väntar”
Arwin — “Glitter”
Robin Bengtsson — “Honey Honey”
FELICIA — “My System”
Laila Adèle — “Oxygen”
Brandsta City Släckers — “Rakt in i elden”
Heat 4 — Malmö (21 Feb)
Meira Omar — “Dooset Daram”
Cimberly — “Eternity”
Erika Jonsson — “Från landet”
Felix Manu — “Hatar att jag älskar dig”
Smash Into Pieces — “Hollow”
Timo Räisänen — “Ingenting är efter oss”
Heat 5 — Sundsvall (28 Feb)
Lilla Al-Fadji — “Delulu”
Vilhelm Buchaus — “Hearts Don’t Lie”
JULIETT — “Långt från alla andra”
AleXa — “Tongue Tied”
Sanna Nielsen — “Waste Your Love”
- Bladë — “Who You Are”
Credit: SVT, Melodifestivalen, Heat 4 candidates 
Credit: SVT, Melodifestivalen, Heat 5 candidates
First impressions (with a pinch of healthy scepticism)
Big-name gravity: Nielsen’s eighth go, Bengtsson’s fifth, and a nostalgia-charged A-Teens reunion will hoover headlines — but comebacks don’t win on name alone. Staging and song age the best under Mello spotlights.
Risk-takers: Korslagda’s punk edge and Lilla Al-Fadji’s off-beat pop lean into “what on earth is this?” energy — historically a Mello asset if the live builds a story.
Momentum acts: Smash Into Pieces return with arena-ready rock; Medina promise party power; Patrik Jean and Eva Jumatate bring contemporary polish.
Key dates
Heats: 31 Jan, 7 Feb, 14 Feb, 21 Feb, 28 Feb
Grand Final: 7 March — Strawberry Arena (Stockholm)
All details per SVT’s announcement.
What do you think of the 2026 field? Which heat looks the toughest, and who’s your early winner pick — nostalgia heavyweights or the dark horses? Drop your predictions below! 👇