Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Melodifestivalen 2018 is the Swedish music competition that would select Sweden's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.[2] 28 songs will compete in a six-week-long process which will consist of four semi-finals on 3, 10, 17 and 24 February 2018, a second chance round on 3 March 2018, and a final on 10 March 2018. The six shows will be hosted by David Lindgren.[3] Seven songs will compete in each semi-final—the top two will qualify directly to the final, while the third and fourth placed songs will qualify to the second chance round. The bottom three songs in each semifinal will be eliminated from the competition.

• The first semi-final took place on 3 February 2018 at the Löfbergs Arena in Karlstad. "Dance You Off" performed by Benjamin Ingrosso and "My Turn" performed by John Lundvik qualified directly to the final, while "Patrick Swayze" performed by Sigrid Bernson and "All the Feels" performed by Renaida advanced to the Second Chance round.
• The second semi-final took place on 10 February 2018 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg. "Last Breath" performed by LIAMOO and "Shuffla" performed by Samir & Viktor qualified directly to the final, while "In My Cabana" performed by Margaret and "Songburning" performed by Mimi Werner advanced to the Second Chance round.
• The third semi-final took place on 17 February 2018 at the Malmö Arena in Malmö. "A Bitter Lullaby" performed by Martin Almgren and "Party Voice" performed by Jessica Andersson qualified directly to the final, while "Cuba Libre" performed by Moncho and "Everyday" performed by Méndez advanced to the Second Chance round.
• The fourth semi-final took place on 24 February 2018 at the Fjällräven Center in Örnsköldsvik. "For You" performed by Mariette and "Fuldans" performed by Rolandz qualified directly to the final, while "Every Single Day" performed by Felix Sandman and "Never Learn" performed by Olivia Eliasson advanced to the Second Chance round.
• The Second Chance round took place on 3 March 2018 at the Kristianstad Arena in Kristianstad. "In My Cabana" performed by Margaret, "All the Feels" performed by Renaida, "Every Single Day" performed by Felix Sandman and "Everyday" performed by Méndez qualified to the final.

The final took place on 10 March 2018 at the Friends Arena in Solna. Twelve songs competed—two qualifiers from each of the four preceding semi-finals and four qualifiers from the Second Chance round. The combination of points from a viewer vote and eleven international jury groups determined the winner, Benjamin Ingrosso with the song Dance You Off.[4] The viewers and the juries each had a total of 638 points to award. The nations that comprised the international jury were Albania, Armenia, Australia, Cyprus, France, Georgia, Iceland, Italy, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom.[5]

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following five members comprised the Swedish jury: [8]

• Robert Sehlberg – Chairperson – head of Music MTG Radio
• Mariette – singer
• Josefin Glenmark – singer, songwriter
• Arantxa Álvarez – host, singer, radio DJ
• Hamed Pirouzpanah (K-one) – composer, producer

Split voting results from Sweden (Semi-final 2)
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Mariette	J. Glenmark	A. Álvarez	K-one	R. Sehlberg	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Norway	2	11	2	1	3	1	12	2	10
02	Romania	7	3	8	12	12	8	3	14
03	Serbia	9	16	11	15	16	16		7	4
04	San Marino	16	17	14	17	17	17		17
05	Denmark	15	12	13	2	11	11		1	12
06	Russia	14	10	15	8	6	13		15
07	Moldova	17	9	12	4	5	9	2	6	5
08	Netherlands	8	2	16	6	2	5	6	5	6
09	Australia	1	1	7	3	7	2	10	4	7
10	Georgia	5	13	17	10	10	14		13
11	Poland	13	8	5	5	13	10	1	3	8
12	Malta	6	6	10	11	4	7	4	12
13	Hungary	12	7	6	16	8	12		10	1
14	Latvia	4	14	4	9	1	4	7	11
15	Sweden
16	Montenegro	11	15	9	13	14	15		16
17	Slovenia	3	5	1	14	9	3	8	8	3
18	Ukraine	10	4	3	7	15	6	5	9	2

Split voting results from Sweden (final)
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Mariette	J. Glenmark	A. Álvarez	K-one	R. Sehlberg	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Ukraine	11	14	12	17	8	15		21
02	Spain	16	17	23	13	18	20		24
03	Slovenia	14	22	14	19	21	21		23
04	Lithuania	5	20	20	25	11	14		4	7
05	Austria	4	6	1	2	2	2	10	9	2
06	Estonia	10	8	8	12	12	11		15
07	Norway	13	18	11	8	4	9	2	3	8
08	Portugal	19	21	22	22	20	24		25
09	United Kingdom	21	24	25	18	14	23		19
10	Serbia	24	25	24	24	25	25		17
11	Germany	12	5	10	16	10	10	1	6	5
12	Albania	25	15	13	20	23	22		13
13	France	6	4	19	10	3	6	5	14
14	Czech Republic	15	23	21	11	7	16		8	3
15	Denmark	17	11	16	5	16	12		1	12
16	Australia	8	1	3	6	17	3	8	12
17	Finland	9	7	6	9	13	8	3	5	6
18	Bulgaria	7	3	4	4	19	5	6	22
19	Moldova	22	16	18	23	9	18		20
20	Sweden
21	Hungary	23	19	7	21	15	17		18
22	Israel	3	10	9	3	5	4	7	2	10
23	Netherlands	20	9	17	14	6	13		10	1
24	Ireland	2	12	5	7	22	7	4	16
25	Cyprus	1	2	2	1	1	1	12	7	4
26	Italy	18	13	15	15	24	19		11