Melodifestivalen 2004

Melodifestivalen 2004

Date:	20 March 2004
Presenter:	Charlotte Perrelli, Ola Lindholm, Peter Settman
Venue:	Globen
Director:	Sven Stojanovic
Viewing figures (approx):	4,105,000
Voting:	50/50 Jury and telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast:	1,401,430
Interval Act:	ABBA Medley
Winner:	Det gör ont performed by Lena Philipsson
Winner's result at Eurovision:	5th

Melodifestivalen 2004 was the selection for the 44th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 43rd 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 Karlstad, Gothenburg, Umeå, Malmö and a Second Chance round in Stockholm. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The winner was Lena Philipsson with "Det gör ont" who later that year came in 5th place in Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Turkey.

Semifinals

Main article: Melodifestivalen 2004 semifinals

Results

#	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Votes			Place
				Jury	Public	Total
1	Shirley Clamp	Min kärlek	Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström	86	88	174	2nd
2	Sandra Dahlberg	Här stannar jag kvar	Sandra Dahlberg, Johan Becker	8	11	19	8th
3	Andrés Esteche	Olé Olé	Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren	14	0	14	9th
4	Hanson, Carson & Malmkvist	C'est la vie	Thomas G:son	7	0	7	10th
5	E-Type	Paradise	E-Type, Fredrik Ekdahl	31	44	75	5th
6	Lena Philipsson	Det gör ont	Thomas 'Orup' Eriksson	100	132	232	1st
7	Fame	Vindarna vänder oss	Henrik Sethson, Pontus Assarsson, Dan Attlerud	66	0	66	6th
8	After Dark	La Dolce Vita	Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg, Lennart Wastesson	46	110	156	3rd
9	Sara Löfgren	Som stormen	Lars "Dille" Diedricson, Carina Danielsson Bergsman, Eddie Jonsson	30	22	52	7th
10	Petra Nielsen	Tango! Tango!	Thomas G:son	85	66	151	4th

Juries

Song	Luleå	Umeå	Sundsvall	Falun	Karlstad	Örebro	Norrköping	Göteborg	Växjö	Malmö	Stockholm	Total
Min kärlek	6	8	6	6	12	2	10	6	10	8	12	86
Här stannar jag kvar	-	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	-	8
Olé Olé	-	-	-	-	2	10	1	-	-	-	1	14
C'est la vie	2	-	-	-	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	7
Paradise	1	1	10	1	-	-	2	10	-	4	2	31
Det gör ont	8	6	12	12	8	6	8	12	12	10	6	100
Vindarna vänder oss	10	10	4	2	6	4	6	4	4	6	10	66
La Dolce Vita	-	2	1	4	1	8	12	-	2	12	4	46
Som stormen	4	-	2	10	-	-	-	8	6	-	-	30
Tango! Tango!	12	12	8	8	10	12	4	2	8	1	8	85

Televotes

Song	Jury	No. of televotes (%)	Points	Total
Min kärlek	86	&&&+176.343 (12.6%)	88	174
Här stannar jag kvar	8	&&&&+82.492 (5.9%)	11	19
Olé Olé	14	&&&&+79.723 (5.7%)	-	14
C'est la vie	7	&&&&+61.190 (4.4%)	-	7
Paradise	31	&&&+159.157 (11.4%)	44	75
Det gör ont	100	&&&+298.722 (21.3%)	132	232
Vindarna vänder oss	66	&&&&+76.003 (5.4%)	-	66
La Dolce Vita	46	&&&+209.795 (15.0%)	110	156
Som stormen	30	&&&&+85.132 (6.1%)	22	52
Tango! Tango!	85	&&&+172.873 (12.3%)	66	151

Returning artists

Artist	Previous year(s)
Nina & Kim	2000, 2001, and 2002 with Friends
Niklas Andersson	2002
Sarek	2003
Fame
Bubbles
Pandora
Shirley Clamp
Andrés Esteche
Gladys del Pilar	2002 and 2003 with Afro-dite
Ann-Louise Hanson	1963, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1973 and 1974 with Glenmarks, 1975 with Glemarks and Hadar Kronberg, 1982, 1983 with John Ballard, 2002 with Molle Holmberg
Towa Carson	1967, 1968
Siw Malmkvist	1959, 1961, 1988
Lena Philipsson	1986, 1987, 1988

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2004
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

External links

• Melodifestivalen 2004 official site (in Swedish)
• Gylleneskor.se: Melodifestivalen 2004 (in Swedish)
• ESCSweden.com (in Swedish)
• Information site about Melodifestivalen
• Eurovision Song Contest National Finals