who all can participate in the festival?
To be eligible, songwriters and performers must be at least sixteen years of age on the day of the first Eurovision semi-final.
Melodifestivalen
 To be eligible, songwriters and performers must be at least sixteen years of age on the day of the first Eurovision semi-final.
what is melodifestivalen? It is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters. from where did it originate? The first Melodifestival, incorporated into the "Säg det med musik" radio series, took place on 29 January 1959 at Cirkus in Stockholm. which style is presented here? Schlager. who hosts it? The venues for each year's Melodifestival are announced in September of the preceding year. can you name any of its winner? Ireland. any artist from here? Carola and Stephen Simmonds. who is the latter person? He is a Swedish recording artist. any work of his? Simmonds had his breakthrough with the hit "Tears Never Dry" a duet with Lisa Nilsson that proved his biggest single hit. where is she from? Tyresö. any work of her other than this single hit? "Lean On Love" in 1989 and "Indestructible". has any of it been sung in the above mentioned festival? No.
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Melodifestivalen [SEP] Participation
Hundreds of songs and performers have entered Melodifestivalen since its debut. Although songwriters living outside Sweden were once not allowed to enter Melodifestivalen, the 2012 contest marked the first time foreign songwriters could submit entries, provided that they collaborated with a Swedish songwriter. To be eligible, songwriters and performers must be at least sixteen years of age on the day of the first Eurovision semi-final. Until 2001, participation in the festival was limited to a single night. The number of contestants ranged from five to twelve. A two-round system was used intermittently between 1981 and 1998, in which all but five of the contestants were eliminated in the first round of voting.