Melodifestivalen 2005

Melodifestivalen 2005
Date: 12 March 2005
Presenter: Jill Johnson, Mark Levengood
Venue: Globen
Director: Sven Stojanovic
Viewing figures (approx): 4,055,000
Voting: 50/50 Jury, SMS and telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast: 1,519,997
Interval Acts: Carola Häggkvist, After Dark, Jill Johnson, Henrik Schyffert, Erik Haag, Lena Philipsson
Winner: Las Vegas performed by Martin Stenmarck
Winner's result at Eurovision: 19th

Melodifestivalen 2005 was the selection for the 45th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 44th time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Gothenburg, Linköping, Skellefteå, Växjö and a Second Chance round in Stockholm. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. Nanne Grönvall’s defeat was met with consternation by many people, who felt that a gap of over 150,000 votes should be enough for victory. There were even calls for SVT to scrap the jury system altogether and simply let the televotes decide the winner. For a comparison, it was noted that Grönvall had received more votes than Lena Philipsson, the popular 2004 winner. However, SVT said that there was nothing they could do about the result. Four finalists topped the Swedish charts. Alcazar and Alcastar got to number one the week before the final, Jimmy Jansson got to the number one some weeks after that with Vi kan gunga, Martin Stenmarck's winner Las Vegas hit the top spot the week after that, while Nanne Grönvall and Håll om mig topped the charts the week after that.

Contents

Semifinals

Main article: Melodifestivalen 2005 semifinals

Results

# Artist Song Songwriters Votes Place
Jury Public Total
1 Martin Stenmarck Las Vegas Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren 102 110 212 1st
2 Linda Bengtzing Alla flickor Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren 15 0 15 9th
3 Nordman Ödet var min väg Dan Attlerud, Mats Wester 4 11 15 9th
4 Shirley Clamp Att älska dig Sonja Aldén, Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström, Shirley Clamp, Robert Olausson 86 44 130 4th
5 Sanne Salomonsen Higher Ground Jeanette Olsson, Moh Denebi, Henrik Janson 35 0 35 7th
6 Caroline Wennergren A Different Kind of Love Joacim Dubbelman, Martin Landh, Sam McCarthy 28 88 116 5th
7 Alcazar Alcastar Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren 69 66 135 3rd
8 Jimmy Jansson Vi kan gunga Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren 27 22 49 6th
9 Fredrik Kempe & Sanna Nielsen Du och jag mot världen Fredrik Kempe, Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström 30 0 30 8th
10 Nanne Grönvall Håll om mig Nanne Grönvall, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman 77 132 209 2nd

Juries

Song Luleå Umeå Sundsvall Falun Karlstad Örebro Norrköping Göteborg Växjö Malmö Stockholm Total
Las Vegas 12 12 6 4 12 12 12 8 10 8 6 102
Alla flickor - - 10 - - - - 2 2 - 1 15
Ödet var min väg - - - 1 1 1 - - - 1 - 4
Att älska dig - 10 4 10 4 10 10 10 6 10 12 86
Higher Ground 1 1 1 2 6 - 4 6 4 6 4 35
A Different Kind of Love 4 4 8 - 2 8 2 - - - - 28
Alcastar 8 8 2 6 10 2 8 1 12 2 10 69
Vi kan gunga 10 - - 8 8 - - - 1 - - 27
Du och jag mot världen 2 6 - - - 6 6 4 - 4 2 30
Håll om mig 6 2 12 12 - 4 1 12 8 12 8 77

Televotes

Song Jury No. of televotes (%) Points Total
Las Vegas 102 &&&+208.716 (13.7%) 110 212
Alla flickor 15 &&&&+95.532 (6.3%) - 15
Ödet var min väg 4 &&&+111.684 (7.3%) 11 15
Att älska dig 86 &&&+153.923 (10.1%) 44 130
Higher Ground 35 &&&&+36.219 (2.4%) - 35
A Different Kind of Love 28 &&&+204.040 (13.4%) 88 116
Alcastar 69 &&&+165.497 (10.9%) 66 135
Vi kan gunga 27 &&&+130.021 (8.6%) 22 49
Du och jag mot världen 30 &&&&+40.037 (2.6%) - 30
Håll om mig 77 &&&+373.928 (24.6%) 132 209

Returning artists

Artist Previous year(s)
Magnus Carlsson 2000, 2001, and 2002 with Barbados, 2003 with Alcazar
Andreas Lundstedt 1996, 1997, 2003 with Alcazar
Cecilia Vennersten 1995
Pay TV 2004
Fredrik Kempe
LaGaylia
Anne-Lie Rydé
Shirley Clamp 2003, 2004
Sanna Nielsen 2001, 2003
Arja Saijonmaa 1987
NaNa 2004 with E-Type
Mathias Holmgren 2003 with Barbados
Nanne Grönvall 1986 and 1987 with Sound of Music, 1996 with One More Time, 1998, 2003

See also

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