This morning, Swedish broadcaster publicly announced all the acts for the Swedish preselection, Melodifestivalen. Among them, several well-known names, like Krista Siegfrids, who participated in Eurovision for Finland in 2013, Tommy Nilsson (Sweden 1989) and Martin Stenmarck, who represented Sweden in 2005.

Molly Sandén was the Swedish Junior Eurovision entry in 2006. Later, she participated in the adult Melodifestivalen in 2009 and 2012, reaching the final on both occasions. Other returning ‘Melfest’-artists are Linda Bengtzing (2005, 2006, 2011, 2014), Swingfly (2011), David Lindgren (2012, 2013), Oscar Zia (2013, 2014), Ace Wilder (2014), Panetoz (2014), ISA (2015), Samir & Viktor (2015) and Dolly Style (2015).

Check out the full list of participants at the bottom of this post!

Like last year, the preselection will consist of four ‘deltävlingar’, held in different cities across Sweden. From these, the top two acts of each will proceed directly to the final, and numbers three and four to the Second Chance round, or ‘Andra Chansen’, which will be held a week before the grand final. The top acts from Andra Chansen will also continue to the final, which will be held in the Friends Arena in Stockholm on the 12th of March. The songs themselves were not released today, only the artists’ names and song titles.

Deltävling 1 – Göteborg – 6th of February 2016

Mimi Werner – Ain’t No Good

Samir & Viktor – Bada Nakna

Robin Bengtsson – Constellation Price

Ace Wilder – Don’t Worry

Anna Book – Himmer För Två (Heaven For Two)

Pernilla Andersson – Mitt Guld (My Gold)

Albin & Mattias Andréasson – Rik (Rich)

Deltävling 2 – Malmö – 13th of February 2016

Victor & Natten – 100%

Krista Siegfrids – Faller (Falling)

Molly Petterson Hammar – Hunger

Patrik Isaksson, Tommy Nilsson & Uno Svenningsson – Håll Mitt Hjärta Hårt (Hold My Heart Hard)

ISA – I Will Wait

Wiktoria – Save Me

David Lindgren – We Are Your Tomorrow

Deltävling 3 – Norrköping – 20th of February 2016

Oscar Zia – Human

SaRaha – Kizunguzungu

After Dark – Kom Ut Som en Stjärna (Come Out Like a Star)

Lisa Ajax – My Heart Wants Me Dead

Boris René – Put Your Love On Me

Smailer – Weight of the World

Swingfly feat. Helena Gutarra – You Carved Your Name

Deltävling 4 – Gävle – 27th of February 2016