Melodifestivalen 2002

Melodifestivalen 2002
Dates
Semi-final date 19 January 2002
26 January 2002
2 February 2002
9 February 2002
Second chance date 22 February 2002
Final date 1 March 2002
Host
Venue Stockholm Globe Arena
Presenter(s) Kristin Kaspersen, Claes Åkesson
Director Marius Bratten
Vote
Voting system 50/50 Jury and telephone voting
Winning song "Never Let It Go" by Afro-dite
Melodifestivalen
◄2001 • 2002 • 2003►

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 semi-finals 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 semi-finals and the allowance of songs in English resulted in a marked increase in voters. The final was watched by 3,720,000 people, with 926,318 votes cast in the final.

Schedule

Date City Venue No. of televotes cast: Heat
19 January Växjö Tipshallen 401,552 Semi-final 1
26 January Norrköping Himmelstalundshallen 310,727 Semi-final 2
2 February Sundsvall Nordichallen 219,111 Semi-final 3
9 February Falun Lugnet 331,731 Semi-final 4
22 February Stockholm SVT Broadcasting House 12,500 Winners' Choice (Second Chance)
1 March Stockholm Stockholm Globe Arena 926,318 Final

Semi-finals

The semi-finals for Melodifestivalen 2002 began on 19 January 2002. Ten songs from these semi-finals qualified for the final on 1 March 2002. This was the first year that a semi-final 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 aandetaget".

Semi-final 1

Draw Artist Song Televotes Summa Place
Round 1 Round 2
1 Excellence "Last to Know" 16,928 23,081 40,009 4
2 Tom Nordahl "Blue As Her Angel Eyes" 4,137 — 4,137 7
3 Barbados "Världen utanför" 44,899 52,309 97,208 3
4 Camilla Lindén "Du har rört vid min själ" 15,549 — 15,549 5
5 Brandsta City Släckers "Kom och ta mig" 59,007 71,194 130,201 1
6 Zoë "Hollywood-do" 12,733 — 12,733 6
7 Rickard Sköld "En värld som alltid brinner" 3,352 — 3,352 8
8 Méndez "Adrenaline" 45,731 52,632 98,363 2

Semi-final 2

Draw Artist Song Televotes Summa Place
Round 1 Round 2
1 The Poets "What Difference Does It Make?" 22,232 28,560 50,792 3
2 Jennifer Newberry "Ingenting ingenting" 2,360 — 2,360 8
3 Javiera Muñoz "No hay nada más" 25,023 31,915 56,938 2
4 Martin "Du och jag (i hela världen)" 5,787 — 5,787 7
5 Ann-Louise & Molle "Sluta" 9,227 — 9,227 6
6 Jakob Stadell & Voice Boys "Ge mig mitt hjärta tillbaka" 13,604 — 13,604 5
7 Afro-dite "Never Let It Go" 56,029 89,487 145,516 1
8 Annika Ljungberg "Sail Away" 13,907 12,596 26,503 4

Semi-final 3

Draw Artist Song Televotes Summa Place
Round 1 Round 2
1 Towe Jaarnek "Back Again" 9,053 — 9,053 7
2 Date "Det innersta rummet" 14,127 17,624 31,751 4
3 Linda Grip "You're the Best Thing" 2,679 — 2,679 8
4 Arvingarna "Ingenting är större än vi" 10,186 — 10,186 6
5 Östen med Resten "Hon kommer med solsken" 33,570 46,553 80,123 1
6 Rolf Carlsson "Tidig är tiden" 11,000 19,104 30,104 3
7 Sylvia Vrethammar "Hon är en annan nu" 10,251 — 10,251 5
8 Hanna & Lina Hedlund "Big Time Party" 21,821 23,093 44,914 2

Semi-final 4

Draw 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

Draw 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

Final

Draw 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
"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

See also

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