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Welcome to Malmö! This sound familiar, right? Well, we are not here for Eurovision (until the next victory of Loreen) but we are here for the 4th Heat of Melodifestivalen! We are getting closer and closer to the final week in Stockholm, Strawberry Arena!

For this week this is the line-up:

1. Vicious  –  Andreas Lundstedt
2. Bara du är där  –  Ella Tiritiello
3. Yours  –  Tennessee Tears
4. Bara bada bastu  –  KAJ
5. Do Good Be Better – AmenA
6. Revolution  –  Måns Zelmerlöw

The snippets of the songs will be released on Thursday at 7:00 CET Time, we will give you all the links! Also on Thursday we will have the 4th liveblog for Melfest, hope you will read our thoughts and watch the pics from rehearsals!

Let’s find out more details about each contestant!

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Andreas Lundstedt – Vicious 

Text & music: Andreas Lundstedt, Dino Medanhodzic, Laurell Barker, LIAMOO 

Andreas Lundstedt’s long and successful career spans several decades. As the founder of Alcazar, he has achieved international success with hits such as “Crying at the Discoteque”. He has also appeared in musicals such as “Saturday Night Fever” and “Legally Blonde”. Andreas’ ability to move between different genres has made him something of an icon in Swedish entertainment. Now he is preparing for his tenth participation in Melodifestivalen with the song “Vicious”, written together with LIAMOO, Laurell Barker and Dino Medanhodzic.

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Ella Tiritiello – Bara du är där

Text & music: David Björk , Adam “Spaceboy” Englund , Loreen Talhaoui

Ella Tiritiello gained global attention with her version of “For A Better Day” at the Avicii Arena’s name change in 2021, when she was 14 years old. Her performance caught the attention of Nile Rogers, which led to her being signed. Since then, Ella has released two EPs that have been played on P3, P4 and reached #37 on South African radio. At the age of 18, she has performed on major stages such as Avicii Arena and Allsång på Skansen. She recently made her acting debut in the film “Sommartider” as a young Marie Fredriksson.

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Tennessee Tears – Yours

Text & music: Tilda Feuk , Jonas Hermansson , Gavin Jones , Pär Westerlund

Country duo Tennessee Tears, consisting of Tilda Feuk and Jonas Hermansson, debuted in Melodifestivalen 2023 with the song “Now I Know” and quickly gained the support of the Swedish people. They followed up with a sold-out tour, “Under One Roof”, together with Chris Kläfford. Based in Åseda, Småland, they tour all over Sweden and spend a lot of time in Nashville, where they collaborate with famous names such as Billy Burnette. Tennessee Tears contributes to the popular Swedish country scene and contributes to the growing country fever in the country. 

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KAJ – Bara bada bastu

Text & music: Kevin Holmström , Jakob Norrgård , Robert Skowronski , Kristofer Strandberg , Anderz Wrethov , Axel Åhman

KAJ was formed in Vörå, Finland in 2009 and has been making humor and music together ever since. The group consists of Kevin Holmström, Axel Åhman and Jakob Norrgård. They have released seven albums, written and performed two musicals at Wasa Teater and put on a big arena show as a tenth anniversary. Swedish Finland has been toured several times and the Ostrobothnian humor gospel has spread to all corners of the republic. Now it is Sweden’s turn to experience the humor group KAJ.

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AmenA – Do Good Be Better

Text & music: AmenA , Sandra Bjurman , Stefan Örn

Amena Alsameai, known as AmenA, came to Sweden from Yemen five years ago and has since made a name for herself in the music world, including through her participation in Idol 2021. AmenA has performed on both small and large stages and sang a duet with Håkan Hellström at Ullevi (2022). In February 2024, she debuted with the album “Guidebook”, which reflects her ambition to inspire and spread hope through music. AmenA is now debuting in Melodifestivalen with the song “Do Good Be Better”, which conveys a message of goodness and hope.

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Måns Zelmerlöw – Revolution

Text & music: Sebastian Atas , David Lindgren Zacharias , Ola Svensson , Måns Zelmerlöw

Måns Zelmerlöw’s career spans almost two decades. He had his breakthrough in “Idol” in 2005 and participated in the Melodifestivalen in 2007 with “Cara Mia”. His biggest success came in 2015 when he won both Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest with “Heroes”. In addition to music, Måns has been a host for “Allsång på Skansen” and a jury member in “Masked Singer”. Now he is returning to the Melodifestivalen for the fourth time, ten years after his success with “Heroes”.

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Tomorrow we will reveal the staging detalis for each contestant, so stay tuned! The heat 4 of Melodifestivalen 2025 will take place this Saturday at 20:00 CET in Malmö!