Melodifestivalen 2002 semifinals

This article is about the semifinals of Melodifestivalen 2002. For the final, see the main article, Melodifestivalen 2002.

The semifinals for Melodifestivalen 2002 began on 19 January 2002. Ten songs from these semifinals qualified for the final on March 1, 2002. This was the first year that a semifinal format had been used for the competition. This was the first year that songs were permitted in languages other than Swedish, resulting in a significant number of English language songs, and two songs with lyrics in Spanish. Ett vackert par, composed by Py Bäckman and Micke Wennborn was disqualified before the competition. it was replaced n

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 1

Date:	19 January 2002
Presenter:	Kristin Kaspersen, Claes Åkesson
Venue:	Tipshallen, Växjö
Voting:	Telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast:	401,552
Qualifiers:	Kom och ta mig performed by the Brandsta City Släckers, Adrenaline performed by Mendez
Winners' Choice:	Världen utanför performed by Barbados, Last to Know performed by Excellence

#	Artist	Song	Televotes		Place
			Round 1	Round 2
1	Excellence	Last to Know	16 928	23 081	4
2	Tom Nordahl	Blue As Her Angel Eyes	4 137	—	7
3	Barbados	Världen utanför	44 899	52 309	3
4	Camilla Lindén	Du har rört vid min själ	15 549	—	5
5	Brandsta City Släckers	Kom och ta mig	59 007	71 194	1
6	Zoë	Hollywood-do	12 733	—	6
7	Rickard Sköld	En värld som alltid brinner	3 352	—	8
8	Méndez	Adrenaline	45 731	52 632	2

Semifinal 2

Semifinal 2

Date:	26 January 2002
Presenter:	Kristin Kaspersen, Claes Åkesson
Venue:	Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping
Voting:	Telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast:	310,727
Qualifiers:	No hay nada más performed by Javiera Muñoz, Never Let It Go performed by Afro-Dite
Winners' Choice:	What Difference Does It Make? performed by The Poets, Sail Away performed by Annika Ljungberg

#	Artist	Song	Televotes		Place
			Round 1	Round 2
1	The Poets	What Difference Does It Make?	22 232	28 560	3
2	Jennifer Newberry	Ingenting ingenting	2 360	—	8
3	Javiera Muñoz	No hay nada más	25 023	31 915	2
4	Martin	Du och jag (i hela världen)	5 787	—	7
5	Ann-Louise & Molle	Sluta	9 227	—	6
6	Jakob Stadell & Voice Boys	Ge mig mitt hjärta tillbaka	13 604	—	5
7	Afro-Dite	Never Let It Go	56 029	89 487	1
8	Annika Ljungberg	Sail Away	13 907	12 596	4

Semifinal 3

Semifinal 3

Date:	2 February 2002
Presenter:	Kristin Kaspersen, Claes Åkesson
Venue:	Nordichallen, Sundsvall
Voting:	Telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast:	219,111
Qualifiers:	Hon kommer med solsken performed by Östen med Resten, Big Time Party performed by Hanna & Lina Hedlund
Winners' Choice:	Det innersta rummet performed by Date, Tidig är tiden performed by Rolf Carlsson

#	Artist	Song	Televotes		Place
			Round 1	Round 2
1	Towe Jaarnek	Back Again	9 053	—	7
2	Date	Det innersta rummet	14 127	17 624	4
3	Linda Grip	You're the Best Thing	2 679	—	8
4	Arvingarna	Ingenting är större än vi	10 186	—	6
5	Östen med Resten	Hon kommer med solsken	33 570	46 553	1
6	Rolf Carlsson	Tidig är tiden	11 000	19 104	3
7	Sylvia Vrethammar	Hon är en annan nu	10 251	—	5
8	Hanna & Lina Hedlund	Big Time Party	21 821	23 093	2

Semifinal 4

Semifinal 4

Date:	9 February 2002
Presenter:	Kristin Kaspersen, Claes Åkesson
Venue:	Lugnet, Falun
Voting:	Telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast:	331,731
Qualifiers:	The One That You Need performed by Friends, Vem é dé du vill ha performed by Kikki, Bettan & Lotta
Winners' Choice:	Son of a Liar performed by Carina Jaarnek, Sista andetaget performed by Jan Johansen

#	Artist	Song	Televotes		Place
			Round 1	Round 2
1	Kina Jaarnek	Son of a Liar	14 186	25 578	4
2	Solo	Ge mig himlen för en dag	9 447	—	7
3	Niklas Andersson	I Want You	8 354	—	8
4	Friends	The One That You Need	24 854	40 188	2
5	The Honeydrops	It Takes 2	10 227	—	6
6	Kikki, Bettan & Lotta	Vem é dé du vill ha	69 514	66 048	1
7	Jan Johansen	Sista andetaget	23 201	29 140	3
8	Fredrik Wännman	Vackare nu	11 214	—	5

Winners' Choice

Winners' Choice (Second Chance)

Date:	22 February 2002
Presenters:	Kristin Kaspersen, Claes Åkeson
Venue:	SVT Broadcasting House, Stockholm
Voting:	A jury made up of Siw Malmkvist, Svante Thuresson, Charlotte Perrelli, Roger Pontare, Jill Johnson, Lasse Holm, Claes af Geijerstam, Nanne Grönvall, Tommy Nilsson, Anders Berglund
Qualifiers:	Sista andetaget performed by Jan Johansen, Världen utanför performed by Barbados

#	Artist	Song	Place
1	Excellence	Last to Know	7
2	Barbados	Världen utanför	1
3	The Poets	What Difference Does It Make?	5
4	Annika Ljungberg	Sail Away	4
5	Date	Det innersta rummet	6
6	Rolf Carlsson	Tidig är tiden	8
7	Kina Jaarnek	Son of a Liar	3
8	Jan Johansen	Sista andetaget	1