Melodifestivalen 2002

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Melodifestivalen 2002
Final: 1 March 2002
Presenters: Kristin Kaspersen, Claes Åkesson
Venue: Globen
Director: Marius Bratten
Viewing figures (approx): 3,720,000
Voting: 50/50 Jury and telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast: 926,318
Winner: Never Let It Go performed by Afro-Dite
Winner's result at Eurovision: 8th

Melodifestivalen 2002 was the selection for the 42nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 41st 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 Växjö, Norrköping, Sundsvall, Falun and a Second Chance round in Stockholm. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The introduction of the semifinals and the allowance of songs in English resulted in a marked increase in voters.

Semifinals

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 competition, when the dance band Grönwalls had performed it on the radio before the contest (not knowing it was supposed to enter). Nanne Grönvall and Nick Borgen was thought as possible performers. It was replaced by "Sista Andetaget".

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, En värld som alltid brinner performed by Richard Sköld
# 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 — 7
3 Barbados Världen utanför 44 899 52 309 3
4 Camilla Lindén Du har rört vid min själ 15 549 — 5
5 Brandsta City Släckers Kom och ta mig 59 007 71 194 1
6 Zoë Hollywood-do 12 733 — 6
7 Rickard Sköld En värld som alltid brinner 3 352 — 8
8 Méndez Adrenaline 45 731 52 632 2

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 — 8
3 Javiera Muñoz No hay nada más 25 023 31 915 2
4 Martin Du och jag (i hela världen) 5 787 — 7
5 Ann-Louise & Molle Sluta 9 227 — 6
6 Jakob Stadell & Voice Boys Ge mig mitt hjärta tillbaka 13 604 — 5
7 Afro-Dite Never Let It Go 56 029 89 487 1
8 Annika Ljungberg Sail Away 13 907 12 596 4

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 — 7
2 Date Det innersta rummet 14 127 17 624 4
3 Linda Grip You're the Best Thing 2 679 — 8
4 Arvingarna Ingenting är större än vi 10 186 — 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 — 5
8 Hanna & Lina Hedlund Big Time Party 21 821 23 093 2

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 — 7
3 Niklas Andersson I Want You 8 354 — 8
4 Friends The One That You Need 24 854 40 188 2
5 The Honeydrops It Takes 2 10 227 — 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 — 5

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 3
5 Date Det innersta rummet 6
6 Rolf Carlsson Tidig är tiden 8
7 Kina Jaarnek Son of a Liar 4
8 Jan Johansen Sista andetaget 1

Finals

# Artist Song Songwriters Votes Place
Jury Public Total
1 Afro-Dite Never Let It Go Marcos Ubeda 116 132 248 1st
2 Brandsta City Släckers Kom och ta mig Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg, Lennart Wastesson 0 88 88 5th
3 Javiera Muñoz No hay nada más Lars "Dille" Diedricson, Javiera Muñoz, Marcos Ubeda 71 - 71 6th
4 Barbados Världen utanför Thomas G:son, Calle Kindbom 46 44 90 4th
5 Hanna Hedlund & Lina Hedlund Big Time Party Lotta Ahlin, Tommy Lydell 43 - 43 9th
6 Östen med Resten Hon kommer med solsken Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg, Lennart Wastesson 11 22 33 10th
7 Friends The One That You Need Pontus Assarson, Henrik Sethsson 46 - 46 8th
8 Kikki, Bettan & Lotta Vem é dé du vill ha Thomas G:son 34 66 100 3rd
9 Jan Johansen Sista andetaget Thomas Thörnholm, Dan Attlerud 54 11 65 7th
10 Mendez Adrenaline Robert Wåtz, Rasmus Lindwall, Leopoldo Mendez, Patrik Henzel, Pablo Cepada 52 110 162 2nd

Voting

Juries

Song Luleå Umeå Sundsvall Falun Karlstad Örebro Norrköping Gothenburg Växjö Malmö Stockholm Total
Never Let It Go 12 8 6 12 12 12 12 12 8 10 12 116
Kom och ta mig - - - - - - - - - - - 0
No hay nada más 8 - 2 1 4 10 10 10 10 12 4 71
Världen utanför - 12 - - 8 6 8 - 6 - 6 46
Big Time Party 10 6 10 2 2 - 1 6 2 4 - 43
Hon kommer med solsken 4 - 4 - 1 1 - - - - 1 11
The One That You Need 6 10 1 6 - 8 4 8 - 1 2 46
Vem é dé du vill ha - 4 - 10 - - - 2 4 6 8 34
Sista andetaget 1 2 8 8 6 2 2 1 12 2 10 54
Adrenaline 2 1 12 4 10 4 6 4 1 8 - 52

Televotes

Song Jury No. of televotes Points Total
Never Let It Go 116 &&&+162.612 (17.5%) 132 248
Kom och ta mig 0 &&&+147.700 (15.9%) 88 88
No hay nada más 71 &&&&+39.978 (4.3%) - 71
Världen utanför 46 &&&&+94.770 (10.2%) 44 90
Big Time Party 43 &&&&+19.226 (2.1%) - 43
Hon kommer med solsken 11 &&&&+59.149 (6.4%) 22 33
The One That You Need 46 &&&&+58.634 (6.3%) - 46
Vem é dé du vill ha 34 &&&+136.175 (14.7%) 66 100
Sista andetaget 54 &&&&+58.668 (6.3%) 11 65
Adrenaline 52 &&&+149.406 (16.1%) 110 162

Returning artists

Artist Previous year(s)
Tom Nordahl 2000
Javiera Muñoz
Hanna Hedlund
Barbados 2000, 2001
Friends
Ann-Louise Hanson 1963, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1973 and 1974 with Glenmarks, 1975 with Glemarks and Hadar Kronberg, 1982, 1983 with John Ballard
Towe Jaarnek 1991
Date 2001
Arvingarna 1993, 1995, 1999
Sylvia Vrethammar 1971 with Family Four, 1972, 1974 with Göran Fristorp
Kikki Danielsson 1978 with Wizex, 1980, 1981, 1982 with Chips, 1983, 1985, 1992
Elisabeth Andreassen 1981, 1982 with Chips, 1984, 1990
Lotta Engberg 1984 with Göran Folkestad, 1987, 1988 with Triple & Touch, 1990, 1996
Jan Johansen 1995, 2001

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