Melodifestivalen 2003

Melodifestivalen 2003

Date:	15 March 2003
Presenters:	Mark Levengood, Jonas Gardell
Venue:	Globen
Director:	Sven Stojanovic
Viewing figures (approx):	3,815,000
Voting:	50/50 Jury and telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast:	1,230,751
Winner:	Give Me Your Love performed by Fame
Winner's result at Eurovision:	5th

Fame.

Melodifestivalen 2003 was the selection for the 43rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd 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 Jönköping, Gothenburg, Luleå, Sundsvall and a Second Chance round in Stockholm. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network.

Semifinals

Main article: Melodifestivalen 2003 semifinals

Results

#	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Votes			Place
				Jury	Public	Total
1	Fame	Give Me Your Love	Calle Kindbom, Carl Lösnitz	108	132	240	1st
2	Jill Johnson	Crazy in Love	Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg, Lennart Wastesson	100	22	122	4th
3	Östen med resten	Maria	Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg, Lennart Wastesson	10	11	21	8th
4	Afro-Dite	Aqua Playa	Marcos Ubeda	48	-	48	7th
5	Sanna Nielsen	Hela världen för mig	Thomas G:son	27	66	93	5th
6	Barbados	Bye Bye	Lotta Ahlin, Tommy Lydell, Bobby Ljunggren	7	-	7	10th
7	Sarek	Genom eld och vatten	Mårten Eriksson, Stina Jadelius	11	44	55	6th
8	Pernilla Wahlgren & Jan Johansen	Let Your Spirit Fly	Anders Dannvik, Ola Höglund	90	88	178	2nd
9	Bubbles	T.K.O. (Knock You Out)	Paul Rein, Lars Erlandsson, Fredrik Lenander	10	-	10	9th
10	Alcazar	Not a Sinner Nor a Saint	Tommy Lydell, Bobby Ljunggren, Lotta Ahlin	62	110	172	3rd

Voting

Juries

Song	Luleå	Umeå	Sundsvall	Falun	Karlstad	Örebro	Norrköping	Gothenburg	Växjö	Malmö	Stockholm	Total
Give Me Your Love	6	12	4	6	12	12	10	12	10	12	12	108
Crazy In Love	12	10	12	10	8	10	8	10	4	10	6	100
Maria	-	2	6	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	10
Aqua Playa	8	8	8	2	1	6	6	4	-	1	4	48
Hela världen för mig	-	-	2	1	4	-	4	8	8	-	-	27
Bye Bye	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	2	-	7
Genom eld och vatten	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	11
Let Your Spirit Fly	2	6	10	12	6	8	12	6	12	6	10	90
T.K.O. (Knock You Out)	1	-	1	-	-	2	-	1	-	4	1	10
Not A Sinner, Nor A Saint	10	4	-	8	10	4	2	2	6	8	8	62

Televotes

Song	Jury	No. of televotes	Points	Total
Give Me Your Love	108	229 753	132	240
Crazy In Love	100	116 440	22	122
Maria	10	92 722	11	21
Aqua Playa	48	59 520	-	48
Hela världen för mig	27	136 984	66	93
Bye Bye	7	37 132	-	7
Genom eld och vatten	11	127 143	44	55
Let Your Spirit Fly	90	156 702	88	178
T.K.O. (Knock You Out)	10	91 979	-	10
Not A Sinner, Nor A Saint	62	182 736	110	172

Returning artists

Artist	Previous year(s)
Crosstalk	1999
Méndez	2002
Brandsta City Släckers
Östen med resten
Afro-dite
Jill Johnson	1998
Pernilla Wahlgren	1985, 1991
Jan Johansen	1995, 2001, 2002
Sanna Nielsen	2001
Magnus Carlsson	2000, 2001, and 2002 with Barbados
Andreas Lundstedt	1996
Barbados	2000, 2001, 2002
Nanne Grönvall	1986 and 1987 with Sound of Music, 1996 with One More Time, 1998
Sofia Källgren	1989 with Visitors, Melodifestivalen 1990
Robert Wells	1987
Lina Hedlund	2002 with Hanna Hedlund
Mikael Erlandsson	1990 with N'Gang

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2003
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003

External links

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