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This week Melodifestivalen will start with the Deltävling 1 in Luleå!

This week contestants are:

1. Upp i luften – Albin Johnsén feat. Pa
2. Kamikaze Life – Maja Ivarsson
3. Voice of the Silent – John Lundvik
4. Hush Hush – Meira Omar
5. Vår första gång – Adrian Macéus
6. Den känslan – Linnea Henriksson

Let’s find out more about each contestant!

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Albin Johnsén feat. Pa – Upp i luften

Text & music: Albin Johnsén, Christoffer Balazik, FERNAND MP, Mattias Andréasson, Pa Modou

Albin Johnsén broke through in 2014 with the song “Din soldat” and has since become a well-known voice in Swedish pop-rap, with six albums and over 300 million streams. He has collaborated with several artists and received a number of awards. Now Albin is making his debut in Melodifestivalen together with Pa Modou, known from Panetoz. Pa has participated in Melodifestivalen three times with Panetoz and is now focusing on a solo career with music that mixes joy, rhythm and musicality.

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Maja Ivarsson – Kamikaze Life

Text & music: Andreas ”Giri” Lindbergh, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Maja Ivarsson

Maja Ivarsson is perhaps best known as the frontwoman of the rock band The Sounds. With them, she has toured globally and performed with bands such as Foo Fighters and No Doubt. She has also been on Sommarprat in P1, participated in television programs such as “Så mycket bättre” and “Sveriges mästerkock VIP”. She has touched many listeners with her personal story and has become a role model for many young musicians.

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John Lundvik – Voice of the Silent

Text & music: Jimmy Jansson, John Lundvik, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son 

John Lundvik had his real breakthrough in Melodifestivalen 2019 with the song “Too Late For Love”, which led to a top-five placement in the Eurovision Song Contest that same year. He has since released several albums and singles and established himself as a songwriter. John Lundvik has collaborated with international artists and written music for films such as “Snabba Cash” and TV series such as “Empire”. He has guested on popular programs such as “Allsång på Skansen” and “Bingolotto”, toured around the country and also co-wrote “When you tell the world you’re mine” on behalf of Prince Daniel as a wedding gift to Crown Princess Victoria.

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Meira Omar – Hush Hush

Text & music: Anderz Wrethov, Dino Medanhodzic, Laurell Barker, Meira Omar

Meira Omar is an artist, dancer, influencer and TV personality with roots in Kabul, Afghanistan, and raised in Sweden. She became famous through her Bollywood-inspired dance videos on YouTube, where several have reached over ten million views, as well as through her music. Meira Omar’s passion for dance and culture took her to Bollywood, where she lived and worked for five years. In 2024, Meira participated in the Netflix series Love Is Blind: Sweden. Through social media, she highlights human rights and equality, inspiring hundreds of thousands of followers worldwide.

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Adrian Macéus – Vår första gång

Text & music: Adam “Rymdpojken” Englund, Adrian Björklund, Adrian Macéus, Hugo Geijer Persson, William Pärlenskog

Artist and actor Adrian Macéus made his breakthrough in 2017 in the musical Billy Elliot at Stockholm City Theatre. He has also played roles in the Christmas calendar “Storm on Quiet Street”, the series “Bert” and the film “There’s Something Wrong”. Adrian has released songs in English, but now that he is making his debut in the Melodifestivalen with “Vår Första Gång”, it marks a new direction for his music and reflects a sound that he has developed over the year alongside his music education in Örnsköldsvik.

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Linnea Henriksson – Den känslan

Text & music: David Lindgren Zacharias, Linnea Henriksson, Sebastian Atas

“Ge inte upp på mig” is the title of Linnea Henriksson’s new single that marks a new musical direction for her. After the album “Det lilla” with its accompanying intimate tour around the country, she worked with new collaborators such as Mange Schmidt and Carl Falk. Linnea Henriksson has reached over 283 million streams and she has participated in programs such as “Så mycket bättre” and concluded “Sommar i P1”. Linnea has four solo albums and a Christmas EP behind her and has been awarded prizes at the P3 Guld gala (Artist of the Year 2013 and Pop of the Year 2019) and celebrated with Grammy nominations (in the categories Pop of the Year and Artist of the Year, 2018).

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The Deltävling 1 of Melodifestivalen 2025 can be watched on the link below on this Saturday at 20:00 CEST!

svt play: Melodifestivalen Deltävling 1