Farah Abadi Explained
Farah Abadi |
Birth Name: | Farah Erichsén |
Birth Date: | 18 January 1988 |
Birth Place: | Västervik, Sweden |
Occupation: | Television presenter, radio host |
Years Active: | 2012–present |
Partner: | Johan |
Children: | 2 |
Farah Abadi (; born 18 January 1988) is a Swedish television and radio presenter who works for Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR).
Personal life
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
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, 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 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) 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]
Notes and References
- Web site: 24 October 2023. Farah Abadi's personliga Linkedin.
- Web site: 2023-10-24. 2021-03-09. sv. Som programledare i p3 och på svt måste du även ha koll på sociala medier. ju.se.
- News: Dahlstedt. Sofie. Hon är "Sommarlovs" nya ansikte. 5 July 2014. Sydsvenskan. sv. 30 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20151211040006/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/kultur--nojen/hon-ar-sommarlovs-nya-ansikte/. 11 December 2015. dead.
- Web site: Hägred. Per. Malin Olsson hoppar av tv:s "Sommarlov". 13 April 2015. Expressen. sv. 30 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20190402181150/https://www.expressen.se/kvp/noje/malin-olsson-hoppar-av-tvs-sommarlov/. 2 April 2019. live.
- News: Farah och Oscar är årets ambassadörer!. 14 December 2015. Musikhjälpen. Sveriges Radio. sv. 30 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20190402193204/https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=3946&artikel=6325470. 2 April 2019. live.
- Web site: Relationspasset i P3 med Farah Abadi. 13 May 2016. Morgonpasset i P3 – Gästen. Sveriges Radio. sv. 30 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160914181120/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/717411?programid=4765. 14 September 2016. live.
- Musikhjälpen 2016: Molly Nutley är årets resande reporter och Farah Abadi och Oscar Zia gör comeback som publikens ambassadörer. 3 November 2016. Sveriges Radio. sv. 22 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161222223328/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2938&artikel=6553854. 22 December 2016. live.
- Web site: Petersson. Emma. De gästar Studio Eurovision – live med Gina Dirawi. 10 May 2016. Sveriges Television. sv. 30 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160604030637/http://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/eurovision-song-contest-2016-de-gastar-studio-eurovision-live-med-gina-dirawi. 4 June 2016. dead.
- News: Farah Abadi, Molly Sandén och Kalle Zackari Wahlström programleder #mh2017!. 7 November 2017. Musikhjälpen. Sveriges Radio. sv. 20 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171217014713/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=3946&artikel=6815021. 17 December 2017. live.
- News: Om Musikhjälpen. Sveriges Radio. 8 October 2021. sv. 6 October 2020. 8 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211008210946/https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/om-musikhjalpen. live.
- Web site: Farah Abadi blir Oscar Zias sidekick i Mello. Aftonbladet. 5 October 2021. 5 October 2021. Torbjörn. Ek. sv. 5 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211005112056/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/ALpmkr/farah-abadi-blir-oscar-zias-sidekick-i-mello. live.
- AFTONBLADET AVSLÖJAR: Här är duon som ska leda Mello 2023. Aftonbladet. 24 September 2022 . 23 November 2022. 24 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220924083938/https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/y67j0g. live.
- 2023-05-05 . Farah Abadi lämnar Sveriges röster i Eurovision . Farah Abadi announces Sweden's votes in Eurovision . 2023-05-08 . media.melodifestivalen.se . SVT . sv . 2023-05-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230505135215/https://media.melodifestivalen.se/post/farah-abadi-lamnar-sveriges-roster-i-eurovision . dead .
- Web site: 2023-12-21 . Details released for 'Eurovision Song Contest 2024: The Draw' . 2023-12-21 . Eurovision.tv . EBU . en.