MEDE
Petra

• 1. Career

Petra Maria Mede is a Swedish comedian, dancer, actress and television presenter, born in Stockholm, and raised in Gothenburg. Mede is known for her several roles in comic shows and as a television presenter. She is best known outside of Sweden for hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013 and 2016, as well as co-hosting Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits in 2015. She is set to host the Eurovision Song Contest for a third time in 2024.

Career

In 2009, she hosted Melodifestivalen 2009, where the Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was chosen and was voted Sweden's best female comedian the same year.

In May 2013, Petra hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, after Loreen's win in Baku the previous year. Her performance was widely acclaimed by critics and journalists around Europe and she performed an interval act during the final. She was the first solo Eurovision presenter in nearly 20 years, after Mary Kennedy hosted solo in Dublin back in 1995. However, in 1995 the contest consisted of only one show, whereas there were three shows (two semi-finals and a final) in 2013 which were all hosted by Mede by herself, although in the final was assisted by Eric Saade as green room host.

In 2015, Mede, along with Graham Norton, hosted the Eurovision's Greatest Hits EBU/BBC 60th anniversary concert show recorded on 31 March at the Eventim Apollo, in Hammersmith, London and was later broadcast in 27 countries.

Mede co-hosted the first heat of Melodifestivalen 2016 with Gina Dirawi at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg.

On 14 December 2015, SVT announced in a press conference that Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw would host the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. It was Mede's second time hosting the contest, joining Katie Boyle and Jacqueline Joubert as the only people to have hosted the contest more than once. On 5 February 2024, it was announced that Mede and Malin Akerman would host the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö.