The Euro Trip

Melfest Friday: how KAJ won Melodifestivalen

Melfest Friday: how KAJ won Melodifestivalen

The Euro Trip


Published: 10 March 2025 at 17:15 UTC

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Episode 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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