Farah Abadi (; born 18 January 1988 in

Västervik Västervik is a city status in Sweden, city and the seat of Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, with 36,747 inhabitants in 2021. Västervik is one of three coastal towns with a notable population size in the province of Småland. Cl ...

) is a

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television and radio presenter who works for

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(SVT) and

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(SR).

Career

Between 2012 and 2014, she was a radio presenter for the Sveriges Radio station Din Gata 100,6 for local

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

transmissions. She then made her television debut when she presented the kids summer show '' Sommarlov'', broadcast on SVT, along with

Malin Olsson Malin Isabel Sofie Dos Santos Cardoso Olsson (born 19 March 1982) is a Swedish television presenter and a former singer and beauty queen. Career Olsson was crowned Miss Sweden in 2001, Olsson went on to represent Sweden in Miss Universe 2001 in Pu ...

, and Alexander Hermansson. She co-hosted the show again in 2015, without Olsson. Between 2014 and 2015, she presented her own show, ''P3 med Farah Abadi'', on Sveriges Radio. In 2015, she was "public ambassador" during ''

Musikhjälpen ''Musikhjälpen'' (; "Music Aid") is the Swedish version of the Dutch ''Serious Request'' radio and television campaign. The annual show is an appeal for money which each year helps a certain cause. Three radio/television personalities are locked ...

'' along with singer

Oscar Zia Oscar Zia (born 10 October 1996) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and actor. In 2012, he first came to national attention for coming eighth in the Swedish version of ''X Factor''. In 2014, Zia finished as runner-up on the eighth season of '' Le ...

. She also presented ' on Sveriges Radio along with, among others,

Arantxa Alvarez Arantxa Isabel Álvarez Garri (born 17 November 1991) is a Swedish television presenter and singer. She grew up in Norrköping and is since 2014 residing in Malmö. Career Alvarez participated in ''Idol 2013'' broadcast on TV4 and made it to ...

. In 2016, she was again public ambassador at ''Musikhjälpen'', which that year was broadcast from

Örebro Örebro ( , ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, sixth-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of the Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers in ...

. During the

Eurovision Song Contest 2016 The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw. Organised by the European Broadcasting ...

, Abadi was a reporter for the Swedish preview show called ''Studio Eurovision''. In December 2017, she was one of the presenters for ''Musikhjälpen'' in

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Ume� ...

. She continued to present the program in 2018 from

Lund Lund (, , ) is a city in the southern Swedish provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, across the Øresund, Öresund strait from Copenhagen. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 . It is the seat of Lund Municipali ...

, in 2019 from

Västerås Västerås ( , , ) is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Mälaren, Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 154,049. Västerås ...

, and in 2020 from

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

. Between February and March 2022, she co-hosted

Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song ...

(the Swedish national selection for the ) alongside Oscar Zia. Her role involved following the artists along the course of the event. Abadi hosted

Melodifestivalen 2023 Melodifestivalen 2023 was the 63rd edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 4 February and 11 March 2023. The winner of the competit ...

alongside Jesper Rönndahl.

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* * Living people 1988 births Swedish television hosts Swedish radio presenters Swedish women radio presenters Swedish women television presenters Swedish people of Palestinian descent People from Västervik Municipality {{Europe-tv-bio-stub