Melodifestivalen 2002

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

Main article: Melodifestivalen 2002 semifinals

Results

#	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

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2002
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

External links

• ESCSweden.com (in Swedish)
• Information site about Melodifestivalen
• Eurovision Song Contest National Finals