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Melfest Friday: how KAJ won Melodifestivalen

Melfest Friday: how KAJ won Melodifestivalen

Songwriter Anderz Wrethov joins us to relfect on a historic Melfest result as KAJ won the right to represent Sweden in Basel.

The Euro Trip | Eurovision Podcast · Rob Lilley-Jones

March 10, 202530m 48s

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Show Notes

We have a winner, KAJ will represent Sweden at Eurovision 2025 after a historic result in the final of Melodifestivalen. Songwriter Anderz Wrethov joins us to relfect on a memorable evening, and reveals how "Bara Bada Bastu" ended up becoming part of this year's competition.


Anderz terms us more about the process of writing the song, how a call from show producer Karin Gunnarsson changed everything, and his hopes as the band head to Switzerland for this year's Eurovision Song Contest.


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