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Melodifestivalen

1959 · 66 seasons

A glittery, good-natured annual spectacle of catchy songs and campy staging, easy to dip into and cheer along with.

Created by
Mani Maserrat-Agah, Edward af Sillén
Genres
Reality, Family, Talk
Starring
Carina Berg, Björn Gustafsson, Towa Carson
Overview
Melodifestivalen (direct translation: The Melody Festival) is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT). The competition is a six part tour (5 heats + the final) with stops in cities across Sweden to determine the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. Melodifestivalen is also known informally as "Mello", or internationally as "Melfest".

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Created by
Mani Maserrat-Agah, Edward af Sillén
Genres
Reality, Family, Talk
Starring
Carina Berg, Björn Gustafsson, Towa Carson
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • music
  • celebrity
  • ambition
  • media
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Genres
reality, family, talk
Created by
Mani Maserrat-Agah, Edward af Sillén, Marius Bratten, Sven Stojanovic, Robin Muhr, Micke Mårtensson
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Per Wickström, Samuel Åhman, Edward af Sillén, Andreas T. Olsson
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Carina Berg, Björn Gustafsson, Towa Carson, Roger Pontare, Loa Falkman, Ola Lindholm, Claes Åkeson, Fredrik Belfrage
Cinematography
Robin Hofwander, Robin Hofwander
Length
66 seasons, 197 episodes, 90 min each
Network
SVT1, SVT
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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