Sweden: P4 Nästa 2020 final to take place on September 12

Sweden: P4 Nästa 2020 final to take place on September 12
Saturday, 23 May 2020

  • The final of the radio song contest P4 Nästa, from which the first competing act of Melodifestivalen 2021 will come out, is set to take place on September 12.

    On September 12 , we will find out the first competing act of the next edition of Melodifestivalen , the show that determines every year Sweden's Euriovision rerpesentative. This year the P4 Nästa final will  be held two weeks later than the usual date the previous years. 

     

    P4 station will be holding a total of 25 regional selections across the Scandinavian country, from which 8 winners will advance to the final show. The first selection already took place on P4 Skaraborg while the rest will unfold until Jul 17, when the last contest on P4 Blekinge will close the selection period. 

    Her is the full schedule of  the local finals:

    May 20: P4 Skaraborg
    May 22: P4 Jämtland
    May 26: P4 Uppland
    May 28: P4 Halland
    May 28: P4 Jönköping
    May 28: P4 Västernorrland
    May 29: P4 Malmöhus
    May 29:  P4 Sörmland
    June 1: P4 Kalmar
    June 4: P4 Kristianstad
    June 4: P4 Örebro
    June 5: P4 Dalarna
    June 5: P4 Kronoberg
    June 5: P4 Stockholm
    June 5: P4 Värmland
    June 5 P4 Östergötland
    June 5: P4 West
    June 10: P4 Gothenburg
    June 10:P4 Norrbotten
    June 12: P4 Gävleborg
    June 12: P4 Sjahärad
    June 17: P4 Västerbotten
    June 17: P4 Gotland
    June 26: P4 Västmanland
    July 17: P4 Blekinge

     

    So far the 2 acts who have won a local selection are: 

    Skaraborg: Alicja Jern - Friendzone

    Jämtland: Amskøld -Stand by

     

    About P4 Nästa

    P4 Nästa is a music competition program in Sweden's Radio P4 and a nationwide talent hunt since 2008 . The aim of the competition is to find new artists and new music for the future. All 25 P4 districts participate in the competition where each of the districts nominates a winner. Thereafter, a jury, appointed by the Swedish Radio, selects eight of these grants to compete in a final. 

    In addition to the winning artist being airplayed on radio, he (since 2012) is also offered a place in the upcoming Melodifestivel. However, the winning artist must write a new contribution (or receive a newly written contribution) to the Melodifestivalen, since the winner radio contest can not be used in the Melodifestivalen because it must comply with EBU rules that want all entries released after September 1. 

    However the wildcard ofr Melodifestivalen is not always given to the winner but it might be awarded to another competing acts of the radio contest.  

    Here are all the past winners of P4 Nästa , the Melodifestivalen wildcards and their placing in the Swedish national selection. 

    YearArtistLetArtist's location
    in Melodifestivalen    		Remark
    2008 Camilla Wallin "Beside you" No wildcard was named
    2009 Martin Häggström "One way back"
    2010 Staffan Stridsberg "Black Crow"
    2011 Manuel Fervenza "The Lucky One"
    2012 Terese Fredenwall "Drop the Fight"   Eliminated
    2013 Echo "Yellow" Eighth in the semi fiinal Eliminated
    2014 Kalle Johansson "That one then" Sixth in the semi final Eliminated
    2015 Michael Fannon "With time comes advice" Not awarded with the wildcard 
    Smajling Swedes "Goosebumps"
    		Eliminated
    2016 Noomi Thorstensson "Intoxicated" Not awared wth the wirlcard
    Les Gordons "Need to Feel" Sixth in the semi final  Eliminated
    2017 Stiko Per Larsson "Comrades (We are like)" Sixth in the semi final Eliminated
    2018 Spring City "Back on Our Streets" Not awarded with the wildcard
    The Lovers of Valdaro "Lost Forever" Seventh in the semi final Eliminated
    2019 Tim Lööv "All I Need Is You" Not  warded with the wildcard
    Amanda Aasa "Go home"  6th in the 3rd semi final   eliminated

    As one can see not P4 Nästa contestant that was given a wildcard to the Melodifestivalen has achieved to pass the semi final stage.