- Melodifestivalen 2005
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Melodifestivalen 2005 Date: 12 March 2005 Presenter: Jill Johnson, Mark Levengood Venue: Globen Director: Sven Stojanovic Viewing figures (approx): 4,055,000 Voting: 50/50 Jury, SMS and telephone voting Total number of televotes cast: 1,519,997 Interval Acts: Carola Häggkvist, After Dark, Jill Johnson, Henrik Schyffert, Erik Haag, Lena Philipsson Winner: Las Vegas performed by Martin Stenmarck Winner's result at Eurovision: 19th 
Martin Stenmarck.
Melodifestivalen 2005 was the selection for the 45th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 44th 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 Gothenburg, Linköping, Skellefteå, Växjö and a Second Chance round in Stockholm. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. Nanne Grönvall’s defeat was met with consternation by many people, who felt that a gap of over 150,000 votes should be enough for victory. There were even calls for SVT to scrap the jury system altogether and simply let the televotes decide the winner. For a comparison, it was noted that Grönvall had received more votes than Lena Philipsson, the popular 2004 winner. However, SVT said that there was nothing they could do about the result. Four finalists topped the Swedish charts. Alcazar and Alcastar got to number one the week before the final, Jimmy Jansson got to the number one some weeks after that with Vi kan gunga, Martin Stenmarck's winner Las Vegas hit the top spot the week after that, while Nanne Grönvall and Håll om mig topped the charts the week after that.
Contents
Semifinals
- Main article: Melodifestivalen 2005 semifinals
Results
# Artist Song Songwriters Votes Place Jury Public Total 1 Martin Stenmarck Las Vegas Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren 102 110 212 1st 2 Linda Bengtzing Alla flickor Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren 15 0 15 9th 3 Nordman Ödet var min väg Dan Attlerud, Mats Wester 4 11 15 9th 4 Shirley Clamp Att älska dig Sonja Aldén, Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström, Shirley Clamp, Robert Olausson 86 44 130 4th 5 Sanne Salomonsen Higher Ground Jeanette Olsson, Moh Denebi, Henrik Janson 35 0 35 7th 6 Caroline Wennergren A Different Kind of Love Joacim Dubbelman, Martin Landh, Sam McCarthy 28 88 116 5th 7 Alcazar Alcastar Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren 69 66 135 3rd 8 Jimmy Jansson Vi kan gunga Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren 27 22 49 6th 9 Fredrik Kempe & Sanna Nielsen Du och jag mot världen Fredrik Kempe, Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström 30 0 30 8th 10 Nanne Grönvall Håll om mig Nanne Grönvall, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman 77 132 209 2nd Juries
Song Luleå Umeå Sundsvall Falun Karlstad Örebro Norrköping Göteborg Växjö Malmö Stockholm Total Las Vegas 12 12 6 4 12 12 12 8 10 8 6 102 Alla flickor - - 10 - - - - 2 2 - 1 15 Ödet var min väg - - - 1 1 1 - - - 1 - 4 Att älska dig - 10 4 10 4 10 10 10 6 10 12 86 Higher Ground 1 1 1 2 6 - 4 6 4 6 4 35 A Different Kind of Love 4 4 8 - 2 8 2 - - - - 28 Alcastar 8 8 2 6 10 2 8 1 12 2 10 69 Vi kan gunga 10 - - 8 8 - - - 1 - - 27 Du och jag mot världen 2 6 - - - 6 6 4 - 4 2 30 Håll om mig 6 2 12 12 - 4 1 12 8 12 8 77 Televotes
Song Jury No. of televotes (%) Points Total Las Vegas 102 208.716 (13.7%) 110 212 Alla flickor 15 95.532 (6.3%) - 15 Ödet var min väg 4 111.684 (7.3%) 11 15 Att älska dig 86 153.923 (10.1%) 44 130 Higher Ground 35 36.219 (2.4%) - 35 A Different Kind of Love 28 204.040 (13.4%) 88 116 Alcastar 69 165.497 (10.9%) 66 135 Vi kan gunga 27 130.021 (8.6%) 22 49 Du och jag mot världen 30 40.037 (2.6%) - 30 Håll om mig 77 373.928 (24.6%) 132 209 Returning artists
Artist Previous year(s) Magnus Carlsson 2000, 2001, and 2002 with Barbados, 2003 with Alcazar Andreas Lundstedt 1996, 1997, 2003 with Alcazar Cecilia Vennersten 1995 Pay TV 2004 Fredrik Kempe LaGaylia Anne-Lie Rydé Shirley Clamp 2003, 2004 Sanna Nielsen 2001, 2003 Arja Saijonmaa 1987 NaNa 2004 with E-Type Mathias Holmgren 2003 with Barbados Nanne Grönvall 1986 and 1987 with Sound of Music, 1996 with One More Time, 1998, 2003 See also
- Eurovision Song Contest 2005
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Footnotes
External links
- Melodifestivalen 2005 official site (Swedish)
- Gylleneskor.se: Melodifestivalen 2005 (Swedish)
- ESCSweden.com (Swedish)
- Information site about Melodifestivalen
- Eurovision Song Contest National Finals
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