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Melodifestivalen 2006 Final: 18 March 2006 Presenter: Lena Philipsson Venue: Globen Director: Sven Stojanovic Commentator: Pekka Heino Viewing figures (approx): 4,240,000 (about 38 % of Sweden's population) Voting: 50/50 Jury, SMS and telephone voting Total number of televotes cast: 1,913,152 Interval Act: Helena Paparizou, Lena Philipsson Winner: Evighet performed by Carola Häggkvist Winner's result at Eurovision: 5th Melodifestivalen 2006 was the selection for the 46th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 45th 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 Leksand, Karlstad, Karlskrona, Gothenburg and a Second Chance round in Stockholm. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. Carola Häggkvist was the clear favourite to win the final [1], with bookmakers making her favourite and an Aftonbladet web poll showing her to have a clear margin over the other participants. The rehearsals sold out for the fourth year running [2], however Carola was unable to perform in the final rehearsal due to throat problems [3]. This led to speculation that the final would be closer than expected. Aftonbladet claimed in April 2006 that the televote may have been tampered with [4], as various sources reported unexplained voting (predominantly for Carola) on their telephone bills. It is clear that this would not have affected the result. Various finalists and semifinalists entered the Swedish Hitlistan chart after the competition [5]. The second placed song, Temple of Love finished fourth in the Eurovision Madrid National Finals Song Contest.
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Semifinals
Main article: Melodifestivalen 2006 semifinalsResults
# Artist Song Songwriters Votes Place Jury Public Total 1 Andreas Johnson Sing for Me Andreas Johnson, Peter Kvint 112 88 200 3rd 2 Björn Kjellman Älskar du livet Calle Kindbom, Dan Fernström 6 0 6 9th 3 Linda Bengtzing Jag ljuger så bra Lars "Dille" Diedricson, Martin Hedström, Ingela "Pling" Forsman 34 22 56 7th 4 The Poodles Night of Passion Robert Olausson, Maiti Alfonzetti, Sonja Aldén, Johan Lyander 32 66 98 4th 5 Magnus Carlsson Lev livet! Anders Glenmark, Niklas Strömstedt 19 0 19 8th 6 Rednex Mama Take Me Home Matthews Green, Michael Clauss 17 44 61 6th 7 Carola Evighet Bobby Ljunggren, Thomas G:son, Henrik Wikström 102 132 234 1st 8 Magnus Bäcklund The Name of Love Lina Eriksson, Mårten Eriksson 57 11 68 5th 9 Kikki Danielsson I dag & i morgon Thomas G:son, Calle Kindbom 2 0 2 10th 10 BWO Temple of Love Alexander Bard, Anders Hansson 92 110 202 2nd Juries
Song Örebro Luleå Falun Karlstad Umeå Norrköping Göteborg Sundsvall Växjö Malmö Stockholm Total Sing for Me 8 12 10 12 12 12 8 10 12 10 6 112 Älskar du livet - - - - - - 6 - - - - 6 Jag ljuger så bra 1 6 6 1 2 6 1 4 2 4 1 34 Night of Passion 6 2 2 6 1 2 2 1 4 2 4 32 Lev livet - - 1 4 4 1 - - 1 - 8 19 Mama Take Me Home 4 4 - - - - - 8 - 1 - 17 Evighet 2 8 12 10 10 10 12 12 8 8 10 102 The Name of Love 10 1 8 8 8 4 4 2 6 6 - 57 Idag och imorgon - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 Temple of Love 12 10 4 2 6 8 10 6 10 12 12 92 Televotes
Song Jury No. of televotes (%) Points Total Sing for Me 112 350.938 (18%) 88 200 Älskar du livet 6 83.917 (4%) - 6 Jag ljuger så bra 34 138.249 (7%) 22 56 Night of Passion 32 180.784 (9%) 66 98 Lev livet 19 44.825 (2%) - 19 Mama Take Me Home 17 154.115 (8%) 44 61 Evighet 102 437.876 (23%) 132 234 The Name of Love 57 101.799 (5%) 11 68 Idag och imorgon 2 51.742 (3%) - 2 Temple of Love 92 368.907 (19%) 110 202 Returning artists
Artist Previous year(s) Sahlene 2003 Magnus Bäcklund 2003 and 2004 as Fame Jessica Andersson Linda Bengtzing 2005 BWO Jessica Folcker Anne-Lie Rydé Magnus Carlsson 2000, 2001, and 2002 with Barbados, 2003 and 2005 with Alcazar Östen med resten 2002, 2003 Kikki Danielsson 1978 with Wizex, 1980, 1981, 1982 with Chips, 1983, 1985, 1992, 2002 as Kikki, Bettan & Lotta Roger Pontare 1994, with Marie Bergman, 2000 Sandra Dahlberg 2004 Annika Ljungberg 2002 Carola 1983, 1990, 1991 See also
References
External links
- Melodifestivalen 2006 official site (in Swedish)
- Gylleneskor.se: Melodifestivalen 2006 (in Swedish, extensive coverage)
- ESCSweden.com (in Swedish)
- Information site about Melodifestivalen
- Eurovision Song Contest National Finals
- View the final online (Windows Media Player)
- Melodifestivalen 2006 at the IMDB database
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