Written by Andy Mikheev

Submission period for SVT Melodifestivalen 2018 was closed on Monday with 2771 songs submitted. Of them 2324 were sent in to the Regular competition for the established songwriters and 447 more to the Newcomers contest. This is the highest number of songs submitted since 2012.

“We are very keen to start working with the selection process and are delighted that the interest of both the public and the music industry is still high,” says Melodifestivalen producer Christer Björkman .

Within a short time the selection jury will sit down and choose the best entries. The chairman of the jury and assistant producer Karin Gunnarsson will lead this work.

One of the artists is already known. Stiko Per Larsson won the bonus prize to compete in the Melodifestivalen through the radio contest “P4 Nästa”