🇸🇪 Carina Berg to host Melodifestivalen 2024

With just over three weeks to go until Sweden’s Eurovision 2024 selection, Melodifestivalen commences, we have our presenter! SVT has revealed that Carina Berg will be hosting this year’s competition.

Officially confirmed as the host

Late in 2023, Carina Berg was tipped to host with another presenter. However, as confirmed by SVT today, this isn’t the case. Speaking about it, Carina said that she is honoured and happy to take the role.

I feel so honoured and happy that I’m going to be able to host the whole shebang. It’s the biggest TV production I’ve been involved in, so it doesn’t just feel big, it IS big. It’s going to be so much fun and I can’t wait for it to start.

Melodifestivalen’s project manager Anders Wistbacka said the following then they selected Carina as the host:

For this year’s Melodifestivalen, we wanted a presenter with a capital P. We wanted a professional, experienced and by the viewers loved professional. Someone who can lead the program with a warm, glamorous and humorous tone. We asked Carina Berg the question and she said yes! I am very happy and proud and know that we have found the right place.

What we know about Melodifestivalen 2024

As revealed back in June – the Semi Final stage is no more, and will be replaced by a run-off vote amongst 3rd and 4th placers in each heat, which will decide the final two of the Final participants, joining the two acts in each heat who qualify directly to the final – there now being five heats for the expanded 30 songs.

The dates and venues for this year’s competition are as follows:

• Heat 1 – February 3 –  Malmö – Malmö Arena
• Heat 2 – February 10 – Gothenburg – Scandinavium
• Heat 3 – February 17 – Växjö – Vida Arena
• Heat 4 – February 24 – Eskilstuna – Stiga Sports Arena
• Heat 5 – March 2 – Karlstad – Löfbergs Arena
• Final – March 9 – Stockholm – Friends Arena

Tickets for this year’s edition of the competition went on sale in early November.

Sweden’s Eurovision Journey

In 1958, Sweden made their debut in the Eurovision Song Contest, with Alice Babs representing them with the song “Lilla stjärna” which placed fourth. Since their debut, the Scandinavian nation has managed to win seven times (1974, 1984, 1991, 1999, 2012, 2015 and 2023).

In 2023, Loreen returned to represent Sweden, who won the 2012 edition of the competition. She competed with the song “Tattoo”, which managed to qualify for the Grand Final, and placed 1st with 583 points. Loreen won the jury vote, accruing 340 points from the jury, earning an additional 243 points from the televote. This now means Sweden matches Ireland for the record of most wins in Eurovision history.

Are you excited for Melodifestivalen 2024? What are you expecting from Carina’s hosting of the competition? Let us know in the comments or on social media. Be sure to follow ‘That Eurovision Site’ on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tik-Tok, Threads and Bluesky as we prepare for Eurovision 2024!

News Source: SVT

Photo Credit: Morgan Norman/SVT