Melodifestivalen 2002 (semifinals)

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This article is about the semifinals of Melodifestivalen 2002. For the final, see the main article, Melodifestivalen 2002.

The semifinals for Melodifestivalen 2002 began on 19 January 2002. Ten songs from these semifinals qualified for the final on March 1, 2002. This was the first year that a semifinal format had been used for the competition. This was the first year that songs were permitted in languages other than Swedish, resulting in a significant number of English language songs, and two songs with lyrics in Spanish. Ett vackert par, composed by Py Bäckman and Micke Wennborn was disqualified before the competiton.

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[edit] Semifinal 1

Semifinal 1
Date: 19 January 2002
Presenter: Kristin Kaspersen, Claes Åkesson
Venue: Tipshallen, Växjö
Voting: Telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast: 401,552
Qualifiers: Kom och ta mig performed by the Brandsta City Släckers, Adrenaline performed by Mendez
Winners' Choice: Världen utanför performed by Barbados, Last To Know performed by Excellence
# Artist Song Televotes Place
Round 1 Round 2
1 Excellence Last To Know 16 928 23 081 4
2 Tom Nordahl Blue As Her Angel Eyes 4 137 N/A 7
3 Barbados Världen utanför 44 899 52 309 3
4 Camilla Lindén Du har rört vid min själ 15 549 N/A 5
5 Brandsta City Släckers Kom och ta mig 59 007 71 194 1
6 Zoë Hollywood-do 12 733 N/A 6
7 Rickard Sköld En värld som alltid brinner 3 352 N/A 8
8 Mendez Adrenaline 45 731 52 632 2

[edit] Semifinal 2

Semifinal 2
Date: 26 January 2002
Presenter: Kristin Kaspersen, Claes Åkesson
Venue: Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping
Voting: Telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast: 310,727
Qualifiers: No hay nada más performed by Javiera Muñoz, Never Let It Go performed by Afro-Dite
Winners' Choice: What Difference Does It Make? performed by The Poets, Sail Away performed by Annika Ljungberg
# Artist Song Televotes Place
Round 1 Round 2
1 The Poets What Difference Does It Make? 22 232 28 560 3
2 Jennifer Newberry Ingenting ingenting 2 360 N/A 8
3 Javiera Muñoz No hay nada más 25 023 31 915 2
4 Martin Du och jag (i hela världen) 5 787 N/A 7
5 Ann-Louise Hanson & Molle Holmberg Sluta 9 227 N/A 6
6 Jakob Stadell & Voice Boys Ge mig mitt hjärta tillbaka 13 604 N/A 5
7 Afro-Dite Never Let It Go 56 029 89 487 1
8 Annika Ljungberg Sail Away 13 907 12 596 4

[edit] Semifinal 3

Semifinal 3
Date: 2 February 2002
Presenter: Kristin Kaspersen, Claes Åkesson
Venue: Nordichallen, Sundsvall
Voting: Telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast: 219,111
Qualifiers: Hon kommer med solsken performed by Östen med Resten, Big Time Party performed by Hanna & Lina Hedlund
Winners' Choice: Det innersta rummet performed by Date, Tidig är tiden performed by Rolf Carlsson
# Artist Song Televotes Place
Round 1 Round 2
1 Towe Jaarnek Back Again 9 053 N/A 7
2 Date Det innersta rummet 14 127 17 624 4
3 Linda Grip You're The Best Thing 2 679 N/A 8
4 Arvingarna Ingenting är större än vi 10 186 N/A 6
5 Östen med Resten Hon kommer med solsken 33 570 46 553 1
6 Rolf Carlsson Tidig är tiden 11 000 19 104 3
7 Sylvia Vrethammar Hon är en annan nu 10 251 N/A 5
8 Hanna & Lina Hedlund Big Time Party 21 821 23 093 2

[edit] Semifinal 4

Semifinal 4
Date: 9 February 2002
Presenter: Kristin Kaspersen, Claes Åkesson
Venue: Lugnet, Falun
Voting: Telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast: 331,731
Qualifiers: The One That You Need performed by Friends, Vem é dé du vill ha performed by Kikki, Bettan & Lotta
Winners' Choice: Son Of A Liar performed by Carina Jaarnek, Sista andetaget performed by Jan Johansen
# Artist Song Televotes Place
Round 1 Round 2
1 Kina Jaarnek Son Of A Liar 14 186 25 578 4
2 Solo Ge mig himlen för en dag 9 447 N/A 7
3 Niklas Andersson I Want You 8 354 N/A 8
4 Friends The One That You Need 24 854 40 188 2
5 The Honeydrops It Takes 2 10 227 N/A 6
6 Kikki, Bettan & Lotta Vem é dé du vill ha 69 514 66 048 1
7 Jan Johansen Sista andetaget 23 201 29 140 3
8 Fredrik Wännman Vackare nu 11 214 N/A 5


[edit] Winners' Choice

Winners' Choice (Second Chance)
Date: 22 February 2002
Presenters: Kristin Kaspersen, Claes Åkeson
Venue: SVT Broadcasting House, Stockholm
Voting: A jury made up of Siw Malmkvist, Svante Thuresson, Charlotte Perrelli, Roger Pontare, Jill Johnson, Lasse Holm, Claes af Geijerstam, Nanne Grönvall, Tommy Nilsson, Anders Berglund
Qualifiers: Sista andetaget performed by Jan Johansen, Världen utanför performed by Barbados
# Artist Song Place
1 Excellence Last To Know 7
2 Barbados Världen utanför 1
3 The Poets What Difference Does It Make? 5
4 Annika Ljungberg Sail Away 4
5 Date Det innersta rummet 6
6 Rolf Carlsson Tidig är tiden 8
7 Kina Jaarnek Son Of A Liar 3
8 Jan Johansen Sista andetaget 1
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