Melodifestivalen 2008

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Melodifestivalen 2008
Date: 15 March 2008
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): 4 025 000
Voting: 50/50 jury, SMS and telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast: 2,410,200
Interval Act: Björn Gustafsson
Winner: Hero performed by Charlotte Perrelli
Winner's result at Eurovision: 18th (Picked by jury in Semi Final)

Melodifestivalen 2008 was the 47th Melodifestivalen, and the selection for the 48th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was held between February 9 and March 15. It was hosted by Kristian Luuk, who also hosted the 2007 event.[1] He was assisted by two sidekicks, Björn Gustafsson and Nour El-Refai. The deadline for the submission of songs was 25 September 2007.[2] A record of 3 489 songs were received.[3] The winner of the competition (Charlotte Perrelli) will represent Sweden in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, to be held in Belgrade, Serbia on 22 May 2008. A new rule—Lex Agnes—is in place in 2008. Each submitted entry must include a document about who sings on the demo version. It is named after Agnes Carlsson, who was disqualified from the 2007 competition for publicly revealing details of her song before the deadline.[4]

Contents

[edit] Semifinals

Main article: Melodifestivalen 2008 semifinals

Twenty-eight of the semifinalists were announced in early December 2007,[5] and the remaining four (the wildcards) were announced in January 2008. Among the contestants were two former Melodifestivalen and eventually Eurovision winners (a first for the contest): Charlotte Perrelli and Carola Häggkvist; and several former finalists including E-Type, The Poodles, Sanna Nielsen and Linda Bengtzing.

Four semifinals and a Second Chance round determined the ten finalists of Melodifestivalen 2008. Each semifinal featured eight songs. The first of these, held in Göteborg, was held on 9 February 2008. Amy Diamond and Christer Sjögren reached the final. The following week in Västerås, Rongedal and Sanna Nielsen booked their places in the final. In Linköping, 2006 runners-up Bodies Without Organs qualified, along with Frida Muranius. A week later the festival reached Karlskrona, where 1999 Eurovision winner Charlotte Perrelli reached the final, joined by Linda Bengtzing. The Second Chance round adopted a knock-out format for the second time; on 8 March 2008, eight artists, including Johnson & Häggkvist and E-Type & The Poodles, competed for the final two places at the Globe Arena. Nordman and Sibel completed the line-up.

In the finale, Sanna Nielsen received the most votes from the televoting, but she got the third highest votes from the jury.

The finale was won by Charlotte Perrelli, who will represent Sweden at the contest. She came in 2nd place by the televoting, but she won with the combined votes of the jury.

[edit] Choir

As usual, Melodifestivalen used an in-house choir for backing vocals on some songs. Arranging the harmonies was one-time Melodifestivalen entrant Therese Lof, and she performed in several of the groups this year, alongside fellow choir members Michael Blomqvist, Anna Andersson, Caroline Jonsson, Martin Kagemark, Victoria Nilsson and Anna Nilsson.[citation needed]

[edit] Final

#[6] Artist Song Translation Songwriters Votes Place
Jury Viewers Total
1 Charlotte Perrelli Hero - Fredrik Kempe, Bobby Ljunggren 114 110 224 1st
2 Sibel That is Where I'll Go - Christian Antblad 39 - 39 7th
3 Rongedal Just A Minute - Amir Aly, Henrik Wikström, Magnus Rongedal, Henrik Rongedal 76 66 142 4th
4 Linda Bengtzing Hur svårt kan det va? How hard can it be? Johan Fransson, Tobias Lundgren, Tim Larsson 64 - 64 5th
5 Christer Sjögren I Love Europe - Torgny Söderberg, Magnus Johansson, Ingela "Pling" Forsman 1 22 23 9th
6 Amy Diamond Thank You - Sandra Nordström, Mathias Venge, Peter Wennerberg 25 11 36 8th
7 Sanna Nielsen Empty Room - Bobby Ljunggren, Aleena Gibson 74 132 206 2nd
8 Nordman I lågornas sken In the light of the fire Lina Eriksson, Mårten Eriksson 4 44 48 6th
9 Frida feat. Headline Upp o hoppa Get up and jump Anderz Wrethov, Frida Muranius, Sam Persson 6 - 6 10th
10 BWO Lay Your Love On Me - Alexander Bard, Anders Hansson, Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström 70 88 158 3rd

[edit] Juries

Song Örebro Luleå Falun Karlstad Umeå Norrköping Göteborg Sundsvall Växjö Malmö Stockholm Total
Hero 12 12 12 12 12 4 6 12 10 10 12 114
That is Where I'll Go 1 2 4 2 2 2 4 8 1 12 1 39
Just A Minute 8 4 6 8 6 10 12 10 2 - 10 76
Hur svårt kan det va? 6 8 10 6 4 8 4 4 4 8 6 64
I Love Europe - - - - - - 1 - - - - 1
Thank You 2 1 1 - 1 1 10 1 6 - 2 25
Empty Room 10 6 8 4 10 6 - 6 12 4 8 74
I lågornas sken - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - 4
Upp o hoppa - - - - - - - - - 6 - 6
Lay Your Love On Me 4 10 2 10 8 12 8 2 8 2 4 70

[edit] Televotes

Björn Gustavsson performed interval performances at all the semifinals, and the final.
Björn Gustavsson performed interval performances at all the semifinals, and the final.
Song Jury No. of televotes (%)[7] Points Total
Hero 114 &&&+397.907 (16.5%) &&&&&&&+110 224
That is Where I'll Go 39 &&&+120.587 (5%) - 39
Just A Minute 76 &&&+273.521 (11.5%) &&&&&&&&+66 142
Hur svårt kan det va? 64 &&&+115.321 (4.8%) - 64
I Love Europe 1 &&&+228.674 (9,5%) &&&&&&&&+22 23
Thank You 25 &&&+188.872 (7.8%) &&&&&&&&+11 36
Empty Room 74 &&&+449.419 (18.7%) &&&&&&&+132 206
I lågornas sken 4 &&&+233.467 (9.7%) &&&&&&&&+44 48
Upp o hoppa 6 &&&&+81.691 (3.3%) - 6
Lay Your Love On Me 70 &&&+320.741 (13.3%) &&&&&&&&+88 158

[edit] Schedule

Date City Venue Notes
9 February 2008 Gothenburg Scandinavium Semifinal 1
16 February 2008 Västerås ABB Arena Nord Semifinal 2
23 February 2008 Linköping Cloetta Center Semifinal 3
1 March 2008 Karlskrona Telenor Arena Semifinal 4
8 March 2008 Kiruna Arena Arctica Second Chance
15 March 2008 Stockholm Globe Arena Final

[edit] References

  1. ^ ESCtoday.com (18 April 2007) Kristian: I'm happy and honoured. Retrieved on 21 May 2007.
  2. ^ SVT (May 2007) Melodifestivalen 2008 Tävlingsregler (Swedish). Retrieved on 21 May 2007.
  3. ^ ESCToday.com (28 September 2007) 3434 songs submitted for Melodifestivalen 2008
  4. ^ Lex Agnes i Melodifestivalen 2008 (Swedish). Aftonbladet.se (13 May 2007). Retrieved on 15 October 2007.
  5. ^ Viniker, Barry (2007-12-11). Melodifestivalen line-up complete. esctoday. Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
  6. ^ Gylleneskor.se (9 March 2008). Så här blev det när Björkman bestämde finalordningen. Retrieved on 9 March 2008.
  7. ^ Gylleneskor.se (16 March 2008). SVT satte nytt röstningsrekord. Retrieved on 16 March 2008.

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