Melodifestivalen 2007

Melodifestivalen 2007
Semi-final(s)	3 February 2007 10 February 2007 17 February 2007 24 February 2007
Second Chance	3 March 2007
Final	10 March 2007
Presenter(s)	Kristian Luuk
Director	Sven Stojanovic
Broadcaster	SVT
Venue	Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
Winning song	"The Worrying Kind" by The Ark
Voting system
50% Jury, 50% SMS and telephone voting 11 juries give 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points to their seven favourite songs. People can vote by televote or SMS. Televoting gives 11, 22, 44, 66, 88, 110 and 132 points to the seven most popular songs.
Number of entries	32: 8 in each semi-final; 10 in the final (2 from each semi-final, 2 from the Second Chance round.)
Interval act	Melodifestivalen musical
Melodifestivalen
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Melodifestivalen 2007 was the selection for the 47th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 46th time that this system of picking a song has been used. Five semifinals took place to select the ten songs for the final, in Jönköping, Gothenburg, Örnsköldsvik, Gävle and a Second Chance round in Nyköping. The final was broadcast on SVT1, SVT Europa, YLE FST5 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The pre-contest favourites were The Ark, with The Worrying Kind^[1] and they won, scoring the highest marks with both juries and televoters. The Ark also received the highest amount of televotes a song has ever achieved in Melodifestivalen, beating Carola's record from Melodifestivalen 2006.

Semifinals

Main article: Melodifestivalen 2007 semifinals

32 songs participated in the semifinals for Melodifestivalen 2007. They were divided into four semifinals with eight songs in each. The wildcard system was used once again. The first semifinal in Jönköping took place on 3 February, with favourites[1] Anna Book and Tommy Nilsson qualifying for the final. Uno Svenningsson & Irma Schultz Keller took a place in the Second Chance round alongside Elin Lanto. Among the eliminated acts was Andreas Lundstedt of Alcazar. In Gothenburg on 10 March, The Ark and schoolteacher Marie Lindberg took the two final places, with Jessica Andersson (formerly of Fame) and Jimmy Jansson qualifying for the Second Chance round. Regina Lund and new romantic group Lustans Lakejer were among the acts that were knocked out. The third semifinal took place in Örnsköldsvik on 17 February. Måns Zelmerlöw and Sebastian Karlsson qualified for the final, while favourite Nanne[2] and Sonja Aldén qualified for the Second Chance in Nyköping. Magnus Carlsson, member of Alcazar with Andreas Lundstedt, was eliminated. The fourth semifinal took place in Gävle on 24 February, with Sarah Dawn Finer and Andreas Johnson taking automatic final spots. The revamped Second Chance round took place in Nyköping on 3 March. Sanna Nielsen and Sonja Aldén qualified for the final, with Nielsen defeating Jessica Andersson and Aldén defeating Magnus Uggla on the way to the final. One million votes were counted in the Second Chance according to Kristian Luuk which is a record for a semifinal and the Second Chance round in Melodifestivalen.

Final

Viewing figures (approx): 3,975,000 (Source: MMS) - 84.3% share^[2]

Total number of televotes cast: 2,072,918

Results

#	Artist	Song	Translation	Songwriters	Votes			Place
					Jury	Public	Total
1	Andreas Johnson	A Little Bit of Love	–	Andreas Johnson, Peter Kvint	101	88	189	2nd
2	Sonja Aldén	För att du finns	Because you exist	Bobby Ljunggren, Sonja Alden	40	22	62	6th
3	Anna Book	Samba Sambero	–	Thomas G:son	1	0	1	9th
4	Sebastian	When The Night Comes Falling	–	Peter Kvint, Sebastian Karlsson	39	0	39	8th
5	Marie Lindberg	Trying to Recall	–	Marie Lindberg	4	66	70	5th
6	Måns Zelmerlöw	Cara Mia	My dear	Fredrik Kempe, Henrik Wikström	61	110	171	3rd
7	Tommy Nilsson	Jag tror på människan	I believe in mankind	Tommy Nilsson, Lasse Andersson, Johan Stentorp	0	0	0	10th
8	Sanna Nielsen	Vågar du, vågar jag	If you dare, I dare	Bobby Ljunggren, Fredrik Kempe, Henrik Wikström	33	11	44	7th
9	Sarah Dawn Finer	I Remember Love	–	Peter Hallström, Sarah Dawn Finer	78	44	122	4th
10	The Ark	The Worrying Kind	–	Ola Salo	116	132	248	1st

Voting

Both the jury and the televoters had The Worrying Kind as their favourite. The song Trying to Recall only received four points from the jury groups (ten of eleven groups gave it zero points) while it was more popular among the televoters who gave it 66 points. Jag tror på människan received nul points, being the first to do so since 2000.

Juries

Song	Örebro	Luleå	Falun	Karlstad	Umeå	Norrköping	Gothenburg	Sundsvall	Växjö	Malmö	Stockholm	Total
A Little Bit of Love	1	8	10	12	10	12	12	8	10	8	10	101
För att du finns	4	2	1	1	1	6	10	6	2	1	6	40
Samba sambero	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
When The Night Comes Falling	6	-	6	4	6	2	6	1	6	-	2	39
Trying to Recall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
Cara Mia	12	6	4	2	8	1	2	4	8	10	4	61
Jag tror på människan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Vågar du, vågar jag	2	4	2	10	4	4	1	2	1	2	1	33
I Remember Love	8	10	8	8	2	10	4	10	4	6	8	78
The Worrying Kind	10	12	12	6	12	8	8	12	12	12	12	116

Televotes

Song	Jury	No. of televotes (%)	Points	Total
A Little Bit of Love	101	371,222 (18%)	88	189
För att du finns	40	128,806 (6%)	22	62
Samba sambero	1	42,205 (2%)	-	1
When The Night Comes Falling	39	86,861 (4%)	-	39
Trying to Recall	4	228,422 (11%)	66	70
Cara Mia	61	402,133 (19%)	110	171
Jag tror på människan	0	50,850 (2%)	-	0
Vågar du, vågar jag	33	113,012 (5%)	11	44
I Remember Love	78	157,227 (8%)	44	122
The Worrying Kind	116	492,180 (24%)	132	248

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2007

ESC history

• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

Melodifestivalen

• Melodifestivalen

Sister contests

•  Norway - Melodi Grand Prix 2007
•  Denmark - Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2007
•  Finland - Euroviisut 2007
•  Iceland - Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2007

References

1. ^ The Ark for Helsinki? esctoday.com
2. ^ SVT: Vi är otroligt stolta, Resumé, March 12, 2007

External links

• (Swedish) Melodifestivalen official site
• (Swedish) Gylleneskor.se: Melodifestivalen 2007
• (Swedish) ESCSweden.com
• (English) esc.info.se
• (English) Eurovision Song Contest National Finals