Edward af Sillén
Director
Melodifestivalen (1959)
Season 40
The annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio to determine the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Released Feb. 26, 1959
Episode 102 min
2+
Genres: Family, Music, Reality
Keywords: tmdb.competition, tmdb.eurovision, tmdb.music-competition, tmdb.live-show, tmdb.music
Production Companies: SVT
Network: SVT1
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S40E1 - Finale
the selection for the 41st song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,567 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The winners were Friends who later that year ended up in 5th place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in Copenhagen with the English-language version of the song "Listen To Your Heartbeat". The show was watched by 3,840,000, with a total of 357,408 votes cast.
Feb. 23, 2001, midnight
Network: SVT1
Episode Runtime: 102 min.
Season Runtime: 718 min.
Released: Feb. 26, 1959
Last Air Date: March 8, 2025, midnight
Next Air Date: Jan. 31, 2026, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR / 2+
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