Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Sweden participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, held in Oslo, Norway, sending their 50th entry to the contest since their debut in 1958.

Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 2010
Selection date(s)Semi-finals
6 February 2010
13 February 2010
20 February 2010
27 February 2010
Second Chance
6 March 2010
Final
13 March 2010
Selected entrantAnna Bergendahl
Selected song"This Is My Life"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (11th, 62 points)
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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In total 2,860 entries were submitted to compete in Melodifestivalen 2010 - a total of 246 were entered for the web wildcard; however, 181 progressed after eliminating those that did not fully comply with the rules. Alongside this 2614 songs were submitted for the main selection.[1][2] On 14 October 2009 Swedish television SVT released the names of the 27 qualifying songs, and their respective songwriters, to the public. That same day the broadcaster also released the full list of web wild-card competitors, which could be listened and voted on from the SVT website.[3][4]

Anna Bergendahl was the eventual winner and represented Sweden with her song "This Is My Life".

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 2010
Main article: Melodifestivalen 2010

The 2010 edition of Melodifestivalen was held between February and March 2010. The four semi-finals were held in Örnsköldsvik (6 February), Sandviken (13 February), Gothenburg (20 February) and Malmö (27 February). The second chance round was held in Örebro on 6 March and the final in Stockholm on 13 March.[5][6] There were plans to hold the 2010 final in Gothenburg, however as hockey matches clashed with the date of the final it was necessary to hold the final in Stockholm for the ninth consecutive year.[7]

Major changes in the voting of the contest were implemented in 2010. In the semi-finals the song with the most votes progressed directly to the final, and did not participate in the second round of the semi-final, in which the remaining top four songs battled again for a place in the final and in the Andra Chansen round – the second-place song progressing to the final and the third- and fourth-place songs progressing to Andra Chansen. In the final, the original 11 regional juries of Sweden seen in past contests were abolished and replaced by 11 new juries – five from Sweden and six from other European nations (whose members roughly represented the expanded Europe participating in the Eurovision Song Contest).[8][9]

This year's contest was hosted by comedian Christine Meltzer, two-time Melodifestivalen participant Måns Zelmerlöw and actor Dolph Lundgren, who together presented each of the six shows.[10][11]

Final

The final of Melodifestivalen 2010 was held on 13 March 2010 at the Globe Arena in Stockholm. Darin opened the final with his song "You're Out of My Life", and Eric Saade closed the performances with "Manboy".[12]

Before the start of rehearsals Anna Bergendahl became the favourite to win the final with her song "This Is My Life", leading with all Swedish bookmakers over Salem Al Fakir and Timoteij. However many international fans put Timoteij as their favourite to win the contest with "Kom".[13]

At the end of the voting Anna Bergendahl was declared the winner with 214 points.

Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Darin "You're Out of My Life" 51 66 117 4
2 Pernilla Wahlgren "Jag vill om du vågar" 12 0 12 10
3 Andreas Johnson "We Can Work It Out" 50 0 50 6
4 Timoteij "Kom" 51 44 95 5
5 Peter Jöback "Hollow" 21 11 32 9
6 Ola Svensson "Unstoppable" 47 0 47 7
7 Jessica Andersson "I Did It for Love" 15 22 37 8
8 Salem Al Fakir "Keep on Walking" 95 88 183 2
9 Anna Bergendahl "This Is My Life" 82 132 214 1
10 Eric Saade "Manboy" 49 110 159 3

At Eurovision

Sweden competed in the second semi-final of the contest on 27 May 2010, performing sixth on stage, following Switzerland's entry and preceding Azerbaijan's entry.

Sweden failed to qualify for the final marking the first time being unsuccessful to pass the semi-final stage since they were introduced in 2004 and the first time since 1976 that they have missed the main show.

SVT has announced that commentary for their broadcast of the two semi-finals, held on 25 and 27 May, and the final, held on 29 May, will be provided by Melodifestivalen host Christine Meltzer and screenwriter and director Edward af Sillén.[14]

Split results
  • In the Semi-final 2 Sweden came 11th with 62 points: the public awarded Sweden 9th place with 64 points and the jury awarded 11th place with 76 points.

Points awarded by Sweden
Points awarded to Sweden (Semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. Repo, Juha (7 October 2009). "Sweden: 246 try to win a web wildcard". ESCToday. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
  2. Siim, Jarmo (7 October 2009). "175 in race for Swedish webjoker". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
  3. Repo, Juha (14 October 2009). "Sweden: Song titles and authors revealed". ESCToday. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
  4. Siim, Jarmo (14 October 2009). "The lucky 27 revealed in Sweden". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
  5. Viniker, Barry (27 August 2009). "Melodifestivalen 2010 venues announced". ESCToday. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  6. "Melodifestivalstäderna 2010 klara". Sveriges Television. 27 August 2009. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  7. Forsell, Mikael (27 August 2009). "Schlagerstäderna för nästa år klara". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  8. "Nyheter i Melodifestivalen" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 15 January 2010. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  9. Bolander, Mattias (15 January 2010). "SVT avslöjar röstningsnyheter i deltävlingarna och finalen" (in Swedish). Poplight. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  10. "Det blir en programledartrio 2010!" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 10 November 2009. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  11. Röberg, Leif (10 November 2009). "Melodifestivalen hosts announced". ESCToday. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  12. Hondal, Victor (7 March 2010). "Running order for Melodifestivalen final announced". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  13. "All bookmakers agree; Anna Bergendahl to win Melodifestivalen". Oikotimes. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  14. "Meltzer och af Sillén kommenterar" (in Swedish). SVT. 9 April 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
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