Farah Abadi

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Farah Abadi
Farah Abadi at Melodifestivalen 2023.
Born
Farah Erichsén

(1988-01-18) 18 January 1988 (age 36)
Västervik, Sweden
Occupation(s)Television presenter, radio host
Years active2012–present
PartnerJohan
Children2

Farah Abadi (née Erichsén; born 18 January 1988) is a Swedish television and radio presenter who works for Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR).

Personal life[edit]

Abadi was born in Västervik to Palestinian refugee parents who had arrived from Lebanon. Abadi received a bachelor's degree in media and communications, and later worked, among other things, as a communicator at the Swedish Transport Administration.[1][2]

Career[edit]

Between 2012 and 2014, she was a radio presenter for the Sveriges Radio station Din Gata 100,6 for local Malmö transmissions. She then made her television debut when she presented the kids summer show Sommarlov, broadcast on SVT, along with Malin Olsson, Rijal Mbamba [sv] and Alexander Hermansson.[3] She co-hosted the show again in 2015, without Olsson.[4]

Between 2014 and 2015, she presented her own show, P3 med Farah Abadi, on Sveriges Radio. In 2015, she was "public ambassador" during Musikhjälpen along with singer Oscar Zia.[5] She also presented Morgonpasset [sv] on Sveriges Radio along with, among others, Arantxa Alvarez.[6] In 2016, she was again public ambassador at Musikhjälpen, which that year was broadcast from Örebro.[7]

During the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, Abadi was a reporter for the Swedish preview show called Studio Eurovision.[8]

In December 2017, she was one of the presenters for Musikhjälpen in Umeå.[9] She continued to present the program in 2018 from Lund, in 2019 from Västerås, and in 2020 from Stockholm.[10]

Between February and March 2022, she co-hosted Melodifestivalen (the Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest) alongside Oscar Zia. Her role was to primarily to interview the artists backstage during the course of the event.[11] Abadi hosted Melodifestivalen 2023 alongside Jesper Rönndahl.[12]

Abadi was the spokesperson for Sweden announcing the Swedish jury result in the final of Eurovision Song Contest 2023 on 13 May.[13] She co-hosted the semi-final allocation draw for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 that took place on 30 January.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Farah Abadi's personliga Linkedin". Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Som programledare i p3 och på svt måste du även ha koll på sociala medier". ju.se (in Swedish). 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  3. ^ Dahlstedt, Sofie (5 July 2014). "Hon är "Sommarlovs" nya ansikte". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  4. ^ Hägred, Per (13 April 2015). "Malin Olsson hoppar av tv:s "Sommarlov"". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Farah och Oscar är årets ambassadörer!". Musikhjälpen (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 14 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Relationspasset i P3 med Farah Abadi". Morgonpasset i P3 – Gästen (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 13 May 2016. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Musikhjälpen 2016: Molly Nutley är årets resande reporter och Farah Abadi och Oscar Zia gör comeback som publikens ambassadörer" (Press release) (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 3 November 2016. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  8. ^ Petersson, Emma (10 May 2016). "De gästar Studio Eurovision – live med Gina Dirawi" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Farah Abadi, Molly Sandén och Kalle Zackari Wahlström programleder #mh2017!". Musikhjälpen (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 7 November 2017. Archived from the original on 17 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Om Musikhjälpen". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 6 October 2020. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  11. ^ Ek, Torbjörn (5 October 2021). "Farah Abadi blir Oscar Zias sidekick i Mello". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  12. ^ "AFTONBLADET AVSLÖJAR: Här är duon som ska leda Mello 2023". Aftonbladet. 24 September 2022. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Farah Abadi lämnar Sveriges röster i Eurovision" [Farah Abadi announces Sweden's votes in Eurovision]. media.melodifestivalen.se (Press release) (in Swedish). SVT. 2023-05-05. Archived from the original on 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  14. ^ "Details released for 'Eurovision Song Contest 2024: The Draw'". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 2023-12-21. Retrieved 2023-12-21.

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