Melodifestivalen 2015
Melodifestivalen 2015 was the Swedish music competition that selected Sweden's 55th entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.[1] Måns Zelmerlöw won with the song "Heroes". The hosts for the show were Sanna Nielsen (winner of Melodifestivalen 2014) and comedian Robin Paulsson.[2][3]
| Melodifestivalen 2015 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 | 7 February 2015 |
| Semi-final 2 | 14 February 2015 |
| Semi-final 3 | 21 February 2015 |
| Semi-final 4 | 28 February 2015 |
| Second chance | 7 March 2015 |
| Grand final | 14 March 2015 |
| Venue | Friends Arena Solna, Sweden |
| Presenter(s) | Robin Paulsson Sanna Nielsen |
| Website | svt |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 28: 7 in each heat; 12 in the final (2 from each heat, 4 from the Second Chance round) |
| Vote | |
| Winning song | "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw |
For the fourteenth consecutive year, the competition consisted of four semi-finals, a "Second Chance" round, and a final. However, the total number of competing entries was reduced from 32 to 28. The 28 competing entries were divided into four semi-finals, with seven compositions in each. From each semifinal, the songs that earned first and second place went directly to the final, while the songs that placed third and fourth proceeded to the Second Chance semi-final. The bottom three songs in each semifinal were eliminated from the competition.[4]
A new rule for the 2015 edition of the competition stipulated that at least 50% of the selected entries were to be written by female composers or lyricists in a full or partial capacity.[5][6]
Format
Melodifestivalen 2015 was the fourteenth consecutive year in which the competition will take place in different cities across Sweden. The four semifinals were held in Gothenburg (7 February), Malmö (14 February), Östersund (21 February) and Örebro (28 February). The Second Chance round took place in Helsingborg on 7 March while the final in Solna was held on 14 March.[4]
Schedule and ratings
| Show | Date | City | Venue | Viewers | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi Final 1 | 7 February | Gothenburg | Scandinavium | 3,383,000 | 1,215,965[7] |
| Semi Final 2 | 14 February | Malmö | Malmö Arena | 3,332,000 | 2,382,636[8] |
| Semi Final 3 | 21 February | Östersund | Östersund Arena | 3,145,000 | 2,865,979[9] |
| Semi Final 4 | 28 February | Örebro | Conventum Arena | 3,111,000 | 2,573,350[10] |
| Second Chance | 7 March | Helsingborg | Helsingborg Arena | 3,030,000 | 3,830,306[11] |
| Final | 14 March | Solna | Friends Arena | 3,736,000 | 1,555,557[12] |
Semi-finals
Semi-final 1
The results of this semi-final were contest after the crash of the application.[13]
| Draw | Artist | Song (English translation) |
Songwriter(s) | Votes[14] | Place | Results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | ||||||
| 1 | Molly Pettersson Hammar | "I'll Be Fine" | Molly Pettersson Hammar, Lisa Desmond, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren, Gavin Jones | 82,807 | — | 82,807 | 6 | Out |
| 2 | Daniel Gildenlöw | "Pappa" (Dad) | Daniel Gildenlöw | 44,483 | — | 44,483 | 7 | Out |
| 3 | Rickard Söderberg & Elize Ryd | "One By One" | Elize Ryd, Jimmy Jansson, Karl-Ola Kjellholm, Sharon Vaughn | 101,433 | 27,928 | 129,361 | 5 | Out |
| 4 | Dolly Style | "Hello Hi" | Emma Nors, Palle Hammarlund, Jimmy Jansson | 138,255 | 16,961 | 155,216 | 3 | Second chance |
| 5 | Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone | "Det rår vi inte för" (We can't help it) | Behrang Miri, Albin Johnsén, Måns Zelmerlöw, Tony Nilsson | 140,374 | 8,606 | 148,980 | 4 | Second chance |
| 6 | Jessica Andersson | "Can't Hurt Me Now" | Aleena Gibson, Fredrik Thomander | 187,686 | 25,279 | 212,965 | 2 | Final |
| 7 | Eric Saade | "Sting" | Arash Fahmi, Fredrik Kempe, Hamed "K-one" Pirouzpanah, David Kreuger | 413,556 | 35,324 | 448,880 | 1 | Final |
Semi-final 2
| Draw | Artist | Song (English translation) |
Songwriter(s) | Votes[14] | Place | Results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | ||||||
| 1 | Linus Svenning | "Forever Starts Today" | Aleena Gibson, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Fredrik Kempe | 357,113 | 36,156 | 393,269 | 4 | Second chance |
| 2 | Emelie Irewald | "Där och då med dig" (There and then with you) | Emelie Irewald | 134,638 | — | 134,638 | 6 | Out |
| 3 | Samir & Viktor | "Groupie" | Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Maria Smith, Kevin Högdahl, Viktor Thell | 455,225 | 19,958 | 475,183 | 3 | Second chance |
| 4 | Neverstore | "If I Was God For One Day" | Thomas G:son, John Gordon, Jacob Widén | 253,725 | 12,227 | 265,952 | 5 | Out |
| 5 | Marie Bergman & Sanne Salomonsen | "Nonetheless" | Andreas Stone Johansson, Allison Kaplan | 134,427 | — | 134,427 | 7 | Out |
| 6 | Magnus Carlsson | "Möt mig i Gamla stan" (Meet me in Gamla stan) | Thomas G:son, Lina Eriksson | 441,477 | 34,140 | 475,617 | 2 | Final |
| 7 | Mariette | "Don’t Stop Believing" | Miss Li (Linda Karlsson), Sonny Gustafsson | 472,908 | 28,219 | 501,127 | 1 | Final |
Semi-final 3
| Draw | Artist | Song (English translation) |
Songwriter(s) | Votes[14] | Place | Results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | ||||||
| 1 | Ellen Benediktson | "Insomnia" | Ellen Benediktson, Anderz Wrethov | 288,995 | 9,768 | 298,763 | 5 | Out |
| 2 | Kalle Johansson | "För din skull" (For your sake) | Martin Eriksson, Thomas G:son, Thomas Karlsson | 261,572 | — | 261,572 | 6 | Out |
| 3 | Andreas Weise | "Bring Out the Fire" | Henrik Jansson, Thomas G:son, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad | 419,346 | 31,577 | 450,923 | 3 | Second chance |
| 4 | Andreas Johnson | "Living to Die" | Andreas Johnson, Bobby Ljunggren, Karl-Ola Kjellholm | 252,280 | — | 252,280 | 7 | Out |
| 5 | Isa | "Don't Stop" | Isa Tengblad, Johan Ramström, Gustaf Svenungsson, Magnus Wallin, Oscar Merner | 499,426 | 18,978 | 518,404 | 2 | Final |
| 6 | Kristin Amparo | "I See You" | Kristin Amparo, Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger | 395,936 | 19,074 | 415,010 | 4 | Second chance |
| 7 | Jon Henrik Fjällgren | "Jag är fri (Manne Leam Frijje)" (I am free) | Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Erik Holmberg, Tony Malm, Josef Melin | 593,601 | 72,716 | 666,317 | 1 | Final |
Semi-final 4
| Draw | Artist | Song (English translation) |
Songwriter(s) | Votes[14] | Place | Results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | ||||||
| 1 | Midnight Boy | "Don't Say No" | Johan Krafman, Kristofer Östergren, Olle Blomström | 157,793 | — | 157,793 | 7 | Out |
| 2 | Caroline Wennergren | "Black Swan" | Nicklas Eklund, Joel DeLuna, Aimee Bobruk | 252,405 | 31,787 | 284,192 | 5 | Out |
| 3 | JTR | "Building It Up" | John Andreasson, Tom Lundbäck, Robin Lundbäck, Erik Lewander, Iggy Strange Dahl | 378,312 | 7,590 | 385,902 | 2 | Final |
| 4 | Hasse Andersson | "Guld och gröna skogar" (Gold and green forests) | Anderz Wrethov, Elin Wrethov, Johan Bejerholm, Johan Deltinger | 339,263 | 40,042 | 379,305 | 3 | Second chance |
| 5 | Dinah Nah | "Make Me (La La La)" | Dinah Nah, Dr. Alban (Alban Nwapa), Jakke Erixson, Karl-Ola Kjellholm | 356,640 | 9,438 | 366,078 | 4 | Second chance |
| 6 | Annika Herlitz | "Ett andetag" (One breath) | Amir Aly, Maciel Numhauser, Robin Abrahamsson, Sharon Dyall, Sharon Vaughn | 226,388 | — | 226,388 | 6 | Out |
| 7 | Måns Zelmerlöw | "Heroes" | Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb | 712,652 | 58,771 | 771,423 | 1 | Final |
Second Chance
The Second Chance (Andra chansen) round was held on 7 March 2015 in Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg. Unlike in the previous editions, four out of eight competing entries were sent to the final this year. The preliminary two-phase voting introduced in 2013 was eliminated, bringing back a duel-only competition. The duels are as follows:
It was announced that Malena Ernman, Melodifestivalen winner and Sweden's representative at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest would join Behrang Miri and Victor Crone on stage to do the opera vocals.[15]
| Duel | Draw | Artist | Song | Votes[16] | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1 | Andreas Weise | "Bring Out the Fire" | 402,521 | Out |
| 2 | Linus Svenning | "Forever Starts Today" | 531,109 | Final | |
| II | 1 | Hasse Andersson | "Guld och gröna skogar" (Gold and green forests) | 599,724 | Final |
| 2 | Kristin Amparo | "I See You" | 441,015 | Out | |
| III | 1 | Dolly Style | "Hello Hi" | 404,960 | Out |
| 2 | Dinah Nah | "Make Me (La La La)" | 524,887 | Final | |
| IV | 1 | Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone | "Det rår vi inte för" (We can't help it) | 297,739 | Out |
| 2 | Samir & Viktor | "Groupie" | 628,022 | Final |
Final
The grand final of this year's Melodifestivalen was held on 14 March in the 28,000-seat Friends Arena in Solna.[17] Unlike in the previous editions of Melodifestivalen, twelve songs competed in this year's final, two more than before. Eight finalists were selected during the four-week semi finals and four from the Second Chance round.[18]
Results
The eleven international juries were revealed on 8 March 2015, and are shown in the voting table below in alphabetical order of the names of the respective countries. In particular, Austrian jury results was announced by Conchita Wurst, winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2014.[20]
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| 1 | "Groupie" | 10 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 65,927 | 4.2% | 20 | 49 | 8 | ||||||
| 2 | "Building It Up" | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 14,236 | 0.9% | 4 | 25 | 10 | |||||||
| 3 | "Make Me (La La La)" | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 28,094 | 1.8% | 8 | 22 | 12 | |||||||
| 4 | "Jag är fri (Manne leam frijje)" | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 51 | 288,964 | 18.6% | 88 | 139 | 2 | |||
| 5 | "Can't Hurt Me Now" | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 25,721 | 1.7% | 8 | 23 | 11 | |||||||
| 6 | "Heroes" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 122 | 545,601 | 35.1% | 166 | 288 | 1 |
| 7 | "Forever Starts Today" | 2 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 57,838 | 3.8% | 18 | 59 | 6 | ||
| 8 | "Don't Stop" | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 60,213 | 3.9% | 18 | 56 | 7 | |||||
| 9 | "Möt mig i Gamla stan" | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 59,811 | 3.8% | 18 | 28 | 9 | ||||||||
| 10 | "Sting" | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 48 | 96,237 | 6.2% | 29 | 77 | 5 | |
| 11 | "Don't Stop Believing" | 6 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 74 | 90,749 | 5.8% | 28 | 102 | 3 |
| 12 | "Guld och gröna skogar" | 8 | 2 | 10 | 222,166 | 14.3% | 68 | 78 | 4 | |||||||||
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External links
- (in Swedish) Melodifestivalen Official Site
- (in French) Reports and pics of Melodifestivalen