Farah Abadi (born 18 January 1988), briefly known as Farah Erichsén, is a Swedish television and radio presenter who works for

Sveriges Television Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television aktiebolag, Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Sweden, Swedish national public broadcasting, public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksd ...

(SVT) and

Sveriges Radio Sveriges Radio Aktiebolag, AB (; "Sweden's Radio") is Sweden's national publicly funded radio programming, radio broadcaster. Sveriges Radio is a public limited company, owned by an independent foundation, previously funded through a television ...

(SR).

Personal life

Abadi was born 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 ...

Palestinian refugee Palestinian refugees are citizens of Mandatory Palestine, and their descendants, who fled or were expelled from their country, village or house over the course of the 1948 Palestine war and during the 1967 Six-Day War. Most Palestinian refug ...

parents who had arrived from

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

. Abadi received a bachelor's degree in media and communications, and later worked, among other things, as a communicator at the

Swedish Transport Administration The Swedish Transport Administration () is a government agency in Sweden, controlled by the Riksdag and the Government of Sweden. It is responsible for long-term infrastructure planning for transport: road, rail, shipping and aviation. It owns, c ...

Career

Between 2012 and 2014, she was a radio presenter for the Sveriges Radio station

Din Gata 100,6 P3 Din Gata is a Swedish radio station owned by Sveriges Radio and produced in Malmö, Stockholm and Gothenburg. It airs on an FM transmitter over Malmö, but is also available on the Internet. The station has a focus on hip hop music. It launched ...

for local

Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...

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 actress, former singer and beauty pageant titleholder. Career Olsson was crowned Miss Sweden in 2001, Olsson went on to represent Sweden in Miss Universe 2001 in Pue ...

, 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'' (; ) is a Sweden, Swedish Live television, televised benefit performance Radio program, radio show marathon. The annually recurring show is a Charity (practice), charity Fundraising, fundraiser for a chosen cause, the cause is c ...

'' 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 (Swedish TV series), X Factor''. In 2014, Zia finished as runner-up ...

. She also presented ' on Sveriges Radio along with, among others, Arantxa Alvarez. In 2016, she was again public ambassador at ''Musikhjälpen'', which that year was broadcast from

Örebro Örebro ( ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and ...

. 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 (Måns Zelmerlöw song), Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw. Organis ...

, 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 ; ; ; ; ) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Norrland and the t ...

. She continued to present the program in 2018 from

Lund Lund (, ;"Lund"
(US) and ) is a city in the provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, southern Swed ...

, 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 158,653, over 100,000 mo ...

, and in 2020 from

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

. Between February and March 2022, she co-hosted

Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen (; ) 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 Contest, and has been staged almo ...

(the Swedish national selection for the ) alongside Oscar Zia. Her role was to primarily to interview the artists backstage during 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 (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 4 February and 11 March 2023. The winner of the competition was Loreen with ...

alongside

Jesper Rönndahl Jesper Rönndahl (born 27 June 1979) is a Swedish TV-host, stand-up comedian and radio personality. Biography Rönndahl was born and raised in Veberöd, Skåne County and began his career in stand-up comedy in 2006, before appearing regularly ...

. Abadi was the spokesperson for Sweden announcing the Swedish jury result in the final of

Eurovision Song Contest 2023 The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Liverpool, United Kingdom, as , the winner of the with the song "Stefania (song), Stefania" by Kalush Orchestra, was unable to host the eve ...

on 13 May. She co-hosted the semi-final allocation draw for the

Eurovision Song Contest 2024 The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Tattoo (Loreen song), Tattoo" by Loreen. Organised by the European Br ...

that took place on 30 January. Farah Abadi and her partner Johan moved to a villa in

in December 2024.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abadi, Farah Living people 1988 births Swedish television presenters Swedish radio presenters Swedish women radio presenters Swedish women television presenters Swedish people of Lebanese descent Swedish people of Palestinian descent People from Västervik