Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2026 Heat 5 results and Grand Finalists revealed

Image credit: SVT

This morning saw Heat 5 of Sweden’s Eurovision national selection show ‘Melodifestivalen’ take place at Gärdehov Arena in Sundsvall.

Six acts competed on the night, with only three progressing further in the competition.

Lilla Al-Fadji and Sanna Nielsen claimed the top two spots and progressed directly to the Grand Final.

AleXa finished in third place, earning another chance to compete in the final qualification round.

Bladë, JULIETT and Vilhelm Buchaus were all eliminated from the competition.

Results wrap up

Direct to final

Lilla Al-Fadji - Delulu

Sanna Nielsen - Waste Your Love

Final Qualification Round

AleXa - Tongue Tied

Eliminated

Vilhelm Buchaus - Hearts Don’t Lie

JULIETT - Långt från alla andra

Bladë - Who You Are

Final Qualification

At the end of tonight's final, a qualification round took place consisting of the five songs that had the highest total votes across the two voting rounds from each of their respective heats.

The following songs competed in the final qualification:

• Jacqline - Woman

• Robin Bengtsson - Honey Honey

• Eva Jumatate - Selfish

• Meira Omar - Dooset daram

• AleXa - Tongue Tied

Meira Omar was revealed as the act with the highest number of votes from her heat and moved directly through to the final. The voting lines then opened up for the remaining four songs, with the results from the heats contributing to the new round of voting.

Robin Bengtsson was the artist that received the most votes from this process and he claimed the last remaining place in next week's Grand Final.

Grand Finalists

We now have our 12 finalists for next week's Grand Final!

Our grand finalists are:

• Greczula - Half of Me

• A-Teens - Iconic

• Felicia - My System

• Brandsta City Släckers - Rakt in i elden

• Medina - Viva L’Amour

• Saga Ludvigsson - Ain’t Today

• Smash Into Pieces - Hollow

• Cimberly - Eternity

• Lilla Al-Fadji - Delulu

• Sanna Nielsen - Waste Your Love

• Meira Omar - Dooset daram

• Robin Bengtsson - Honey Honey

You can watch all performances on the Swedish broadcaster's SVT Play https://www.svtplay.se/

The Grand Final of Melodifestivalen takes place next Saturday 7th March (for Australia, it's on Sunday 8th March at 6am AEDT).

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