Melodifestivalen (1959)
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".
- First aired: 1959-02-26
- Genres: Reality, Family, Talk
- Cast: Gina Dirawi, Hampus Nessvold
- Episode runtime: 90 min
