''Musikhjälpen'' (; ) is a

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televised benefit performance

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marathon. The annually recurring show is a charity fundraiser for a chosen cause, the cause is changed each year. Three radio hosts or television personalities are locked inside a glass building (called ''glasburen'', ) for 144 hours (6 days, 24 hours per day). Each presenter acts as a host for eight hours respectively, totaling three shifts per day. It is broadcast in December, during one week, with dates varying each year. The show is broadcast live on the public service radio network

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and on television through SVT. Listeners can choose to "wish" for a song, either by using a standalone app or the Swish service to simultaneously wish and send a donation. Viewers can also choose to start their own fundraiser on behalf of themselves or anything in general, with the money raised being pooled into the main fundraiser. Similarly, the audience can create and place bids on charity auctions connected to the main event. Historically, listeners paid and sent a text message with a song request. As of the latest hosts were Oscar Zia, ''Linnea Wikblad'', and ''Sofia Dalén''. The latest edition collected 59,5 million kronor (equivalent to $5.9 million in 2023). Despite a global recession, said amount is the second largest in the history of the show. The proceeds of the fundraiser are managed by the ''Radiohjälpen'' foundation, which is in turned partnered with other charity organizations. Roughly 20 cameras are used in the production, with footage interspersed in a multi-cam format. It is based on the Dutch '' Serious Request'' radio and television campaign.

Annual editions

''Musikhjälpen'' 2008

;Theme – "" ("67 million refugees need your help") In 2008, Sweden held the event for the first time, with SVT

and Radiohjälpen as main organizers. Each year since the show has been held and broadcast as Musikhjälpen. The 2008 glass house stood at Gustaf Adolfs torg in Malmö from 13 to 19 December. The show was broadcast around the clock at Sveriges Radio P3 and

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, and also on

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at certain schedules during the day. It was hosted by the radio presenters Kitty Jutbring,

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and

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. A daily half-hour highlights show ''Musikhjälpen: Extra'' was hosted by Fredrik Ekelund and Charlotte Lundgren. Singer

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, where he met refugees and assisted the organization on the ground. In its first year, Musikhjälpen gained 3,016,247 SEK in donations.

''Musikhjälpen'' 2009

;Theme – "" ("Your music stops malaria") In 2009, the Musikhjälpen glass house stood at Avenyn in Gothenburg between 14–20 December. The theme for this year was malaria and as in 2008 the show was broadcast live around the clock at Sveriges Radio P3 and on SVT Play at certain times. The hosts were radio presenters

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and rapper

Jason Diakité Jason Michael Bosak DiakitéAlice Cooper. Traveling reporters this year were

and Kitty Jutbring. The ''Musikhjälpen Extra'' host was Mela Tesfazion. 5,748,442 SEK was raised this year, approximately 2,300,000 more than in 2008. On 7 January 2010, it was revealed that the project had been defrauded during twenty minutes on the night of 19–20 December. The number shown in the television screens which showed how to wish for songs and give money had been changed. No money was ever given to the fake number and no arrests were ever made.

''Musikhjälpen'' 2010

;Theme – "" ("Children are not for sale") In 2010, the glass house was located in Malmö for the second time in 3 years.

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and comedian Nour El-Refai.

and

were traveling reporters this year and theme was the trafficking of children. As before, the show was broadcast on Sveriges Radio P3 and SVT Play, and at times on SVT during 13–19 December. By 18 December 2010, the previous year's record total had already been broken; when the show was over 12,236,417 SEK had been collected to help the victims of trafficking.

''Musikhjälpen'' 2011

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;Theme – "" ("All girls have the right to go to school") In 2011, the glass house was located in Gothenburg for a second time, at the Gustaf Adolfs torg square between 12–18 December. For the third time in a row, rapper

Jason Diakité Jason Michael Bosak DiakitéGina Dirawi and radio presenter

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. The theme for this year was that all girls should have the right to get an education. The travelling reporters for this year were comedian Klara Zimmergren and artist Daniel Adams-Ray, who visited Ethiopia. 264 auctions were held which raised 2.1 million SEK. Among the auctioned items was Michael Jackson's platinum record for his ''Thriller''. A total of 18,104,362 SEK was raised.

''Musikhjälpen'' 2012

;Theme – "" ("Slum children have the right to clean water") Malmö again hosted the event, from 10 to 16 December, for the third time. For the second year in a row

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and Gina Dirawi were the hosts of the Musikhjälpen and were locked inside the glass house. This became Timbuktu's fourth year as host of the show. A total of 135,000 song-requests were registered, and 23,301,823 SEK was raised, again a steady increase to the previous year.

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auctioned themselves off as receptionists, which raised 221,100 SEK.

''Musikhjälpen'' 2013

;Theme – "" ("All girls have the right to survive a pregnancy") Musikhjälpen was held in

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between 9–15 December 2013. This was the third time that Gothenburg had been the host city of Musikhjälpen. The show was broadcast from Gustaf Adolfs torg and this year the money was used to help pregnant girls in poorer countries. The show's hosts were

for the third time, artist Sarah Dawn Finer and radio presenter

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. For the first time since 2009, ''Musikhjälpen Extra'' was a daily show; it was hosted by Sofia Rågenklint. This year's travelling reporters were Bianca Kronlöf and

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, who went to Bangladesh to give daily live reports from the country. It was the first time that the traveling reporters were at the foreign location live throughout Musikhjälpen's broadcast. 28,426,046 SEK was raised.

''Musikhjälpen'' 2014

;Theme – "" ("Help us to stop the spread of HIV") In an after-Musikhjälpen programme for the 2013 show on 29 May 2014 Sveriges Radio revealed that there would be a 2014 edition of the aid show. For the first time Musikhjälpen was held in Uppsala. The glass house stood at Stora torget between 8 and 14 December. Hosts for this year were the artist Linnea Henriksson, Swedish rapper Petter and radio presenter

. Travelling reporter for this edition was the blog- and TV-personality

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, and destination for this year's travel was Mozambique.

''Musikhjälpen'' 2015

;Theme – "" ("No one should have to flee the climate") Musikhjälpen was broadcast in 2015 for the first time from Linköping between 13 and 19 December. The theme for this year was "No one should have to flee the climate", with focus on climate related catastrophe which has forced million of people to flee. This year

, Gina Dirawi and Linnea Henriksson presented the show during the live radio and television broadcasts which was on SVT and

. Samir Badran would have been the "publics ambassador", but decided to withdraw the same day as the broadcasts was about to start because of an Instagram post. The day after it was announced that

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and Oscar Zia became new ambassadors. The travelling reporter for this year was

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, who reported from the Philippines. The total sum of money raised was 31,105,000 (SEK) which was a new record. The single thing that brought in the most money was a bidding on a "taco evening" along with singer Miriam Bryant which gave 103,025 (SEK) to the cause.

''Musikhjälpen'' 2016

;Theme – "" ("Children in war have the right to go to school") Musikhjälpen was broadcast in 2016 for the first time from Örebro between 12 and 18 December. The hosts were

, musicians Pelle "Howlin' Pelle" Almqvist from The Hives and Josefine "Little Jinder" Jinder. This year's public ambassadors was

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and Oscar Zia. Travelling reporter for this edition was Molly Nutley who travelled to Africa to meet people that had fled the wars. 49,003,745 SEK was raised this year which was a new record.

''Musikhjälpen'' 2017

;Theme – "" ("Children are not for sale") The tenth Musikhjälpen was hosted at Rådhustorget in Umeå. The three presenters for this year was

, Kalle Zackari Wahlström and Molly Sandén which was locked inside a glass house to host 144 hours of live radio as earlier years. This edition was held between 11 and 17 December. The ambassadors for the audience this year was blogger Hanna "HanaPee" Persson and adventurer and athlete

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. Travelling reporter for this year was Linnea Henriksson who traveled to the Philippines. This year broke the record for money received as 74,410,363 (SEK) was collected.

''Musikhjälpen'' 2018

;Theme – "" ("Everyone is entitled to function differently") The city of

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was the host of the eleventh edition of Musikhjälpen. The program was broadcast between 10 and 16 December at Stortorget in Lund and hosts for this year was Daniel Adams-Ray,

and

, all three has in earlier years been part of Musikhjälpen as travelling reporters. The theme for this year was built around people with special needs that live in poor and underdeveloped nations. Travelling reporter was Hanna Persson "HanaPee" who visited Guatemala. Ambassadors for this year was

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and

. During the week 50,550,204 (SEK) was collected.

''Musikhjälpen'' 2019

;Theme – "" ("Sex is not a weapon") Musikhjälpen 2019 was hosted between 9–15 December 2019 in Stora torget in Västerås. This was the first time Musikhjälpen was broadcast from Västerås, presenters for this year was announced on 11 November as

, Miriam Bryant and

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. The travelling reporter for this years edition was singer Janice Kavander, she travelled to Uganda. Ambassadors for the audience this year was Arantxa Alvarez and

. This year a total of 50 572 139 (SEK) was collected.

''Musikhjälpen'' 2020

;Theme – "" ("No human should be left without hospital care") Musikhjälpen 2020 was hosted between 14–20 December 2020. Firstly this years Musikhjälpen was to be held in

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, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided that this year's edition was to be held at a location in

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. Presenters for this year are

Brita Zackari Brita Amanda Katarina Zackari (born 13 June 1982) is a Swedes, Swedish scriptwriter and television presenter.

and Felix Sandman.

''Musikhjälpen'' 2021

;Theme – "" ("For a world without child labor") Musikhjälpen 2021 was hosted between 13–19 December 2021, at Gamla Torget in

. With

Brita Zackari Brita Amanda Katarina Zackari (born 13 June 1982) is a Swedes, Swedish scriptwriter and television presenter.

, Oscar Zia and Anis Don Demina as presenters. On 15 December Oscar Zia had to leave the glass house as he suffered from a cold. He was replaced by

. On 16 December, it was revealed that Anis Don Demina had also become sick with a cold and had to leave the glass house, he was replaced by Linnea Henriksson.

''Musikhjälpen'' 2022

;Theme – "" ("For a safer childhood escaping war") Musikhjälpen 2022 was hosted between 12–18 December 2022, at Kungstorget in

. Presenters for this year is

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Tina Mehrafzoon Tina Mehrafzoon (born 2 September 1990) is a Swedish radio and television presenter. Biography Mehrafzoon has studied journalism at Lulea tekniska universitet, she has earlier worked for the SVT music show ''PSL'', and as researcher for " Upp ...

and Oscar Zia.

''Musikhjälpen'' 2023

Theme – "''Ingen ska behöva dö av hunger"'' ("No one should have to die of hunger") Musikhjälpen 2023 was hosted between 11-17 December 2023, at Stortorget in Växjö. This years hosts were Oscar Zia, Linnéa Wikblad, and Sofia Dalén. Traveling reporter was

. Ambassador on Stortorget was Assia Dahir.

References

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