Melodifestivalen 2007

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Melodifestivalen 2007
Date: 10 March 2007
Presenter: Kristian Luuk
Venue: Stockholm Globe Arena (other venues hosted semifinals)
Director: Sven Stojanovic
Sponsors: Statoil, Wrigley's Extra, Posten, E.on, Viking Line
Viewing figures (approx): 3,975,000 (Source: MMS)
84.3% share[1]
Voting: 50/50 Jury and telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast: 2,072,918
Interval Act: Melodifestivalen musical
Winner: The Worrying Kind performed by The Ark
Winner's result at Eurovision: TBC

Melodifestivalen 2007 was the selection for the 47th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 46th time that this system of picking a song has been used. Five semifinals took place to select the ten songs for the final, in Jönköping, Gothenburg, Örnsköldsvik, Gävle and a Second Chance round in Nyköping. The final was broadcast on SVT1, SVT Europa, YLE FST5 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The pre-contest favourites were The Ark, with The Worrying Kind[2] and they won, scoring the highest marks with both juries and televoters. The Ark also received the highest amount of televotes a song has ever achieved in Melodifestivalen, beating Carola's record from Melodifestivalen 2006.

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[edit] Semifinals

Main article: Melodifestivalen 2007 (semifinals)

32 songs participated in the semifinals for Melodifestivalen 2007. They were divided into four semifinals with eight songs in each. The wildcard system was used once again. The first semifinal in Jönköping took place on 3 February, with favourites[1] Anna Book and Tommy Nilsson qualifying for the final. Uno Svenningsson & Irma Schultz Keller took a place in the Second Chance round alongside Elin Lanto. Among the eliminated acts was Andreas Lundstedt of Alcazar. In Gothenburg on 10 March, The Ark and schoolteacher Marie Lindberg took the two final places, with Jessica Andersson (formerly of Fame) and Jimmy Jansson qualifying for the Second Chance round. Regina Lund and new romantic group Lustans Lakejer were among the acts that were knocked out. The third semifinal took place in Örnsköldsvik on 17 February. Måns Zelmerlöw and Sebastian Karlsson qualified for the final, while favourite Nanne[2] and Sonja Aldén qualified for the Second Chance in Nyköping. Magnus Carlsson, member of Alcazar with Andreas Lundstedt, was eliminated. The fourth semifinal took place in Gävle on 24 February, with Sarah Dawn Finer and Andreas Johnson taking automatic final spots. The revamped Second Chance round took place in Nyköping on 3 March. Sanna Nielsen and Sonja Aldén qualified for the final, with Nielsen defeating Jessica Andersson and Aldén defeating Magnus Uggla on the way to the final. One million votes were counted in the Second Chance according to Kristian Luuk which is a record for a semifinal and Second chance round in Melodifestivalen.

[edit] Final

[edit] Results

# Artist Song Translation Songwriters Votes Place
Jury Public Total
1 Andreas Johnson A Little Bit of Love Andreas Johnson, Peter Kvint 101 88 189 2nd
2 Sonja Aldén För att du finns Because You Exist Bobby Ljunggren, Sonja Alden 40 22 62 6th
3 Anna Book Samba sambero Thomas G:son 1 0 1 9th
4 Sebastian When the Night Comes Falling Peter Kvint, Sebastian Karlsson 39 0 39 8th
5 Marie Lindberg Trying to Recall Marie Lindberg 4 66 70 5th
6 Måns Zelmerlöw Cara Mia My Dear Fredrik Kempe, Henrik Wikström 61 110 171 3rd
7 Tommy Nilsson Jag tror på människan I Believe In Mankind Tommy Nilsson, Lasse Andersson, Johan Stentorp 0 0 0 10th
8 Sanna Nielsen Vågar du, vågar jag If You Dare, I Dare Bobby Ljunggren, Fredrik Kempe, Henrik Wikström 33 11 44 7th
9 Sarah Dawn Finer I Remember Love Peter Hallström, Sarah Dawn Finer 78 44 122 4th
10 The Ark The Worrying Kind Ola Salo 116 132 248 1st

[edit] Voting

Both the jury and the televoters had The Worrying Kind as their favourite. The song Trying to Recall only received four points from the jury groups (ten of eleven groups gave it zero points) while it was more popular among the televoters who gave it 66 points. Jag tror på människan received nul points, being the first to do so since 2000.

[edit] Juries

Song Örebro Luleå Falun Karlstad Umeå Norrköping Gothenburg Sundsvall Växjö Malmö Stockholm Total
A Little Bit of Love 1 8 10 12 10 12 12 8 10 8 10 101
För att du finns 4 2 1 1 1 6 10 6 2 1 6 40
Samba sambero - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1
When The Night Comes Falling 6 - 6 4 6 2 6 1 6 - 2 39
Trying to Recall - - - - - - - - - 4 - 4
Cara mia 12 6 4 2 8 1 2 4 8 10 4 61
Jag tror på människan - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Vågar du, vågar jag 2 4 2 10 4 4 1 2 1 2 1 33
I Remember Love 8 10 8 8 2 10 4 10 4 6 8 78
The Worrying Kind 10 12 12 6 12 8 8 12 12 12 12 116

[edit] Televotes

Song Jury No. of televotes (%) Points Total
A Little Bit of Love 101 371,222 (18%) 88 189
För att du finns 40 128,806 (6%) 22 62
Samba sambero 1 42,205 (2%) - 1
When The Night Comes Falling 39 86,861 (4%) - 39
Trying to Recall 4 228,422 (11%) 66 70
Cara mia 61 402,133 (19%) 110 171
Jag tror på människan 0 50,850 (2%) - 0
Vågar du, vågar jag 33 113,012 (5%) 11 44
I Remember Love 78 157,227 (8%) 44 122
The Worrying Kind 116 492,180 (24%) 132 248

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ SVT: Vi är otroligt stolta, Resumé, March 12, 2007
  2. ^ The Ark for Helsinki? esctoday.com

[edit] External links

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