Melodifestivalen 2003

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Melodifestivalen 2003
Dates
Heat 115 February 2003
Heat 222 February 2003
Heat 31 March 2003
Heat 48 March 2003
Viewers' Choice9 March 2003
Final15 March 2003
Host
Presenter(s)Heats, Final:
Mark Levengood
Heat 1:
Charlotte Nilsson
Lena Philipsson
Heat 2:
Carola Häggkvist
Heat 3:
Barbro Svensson
Heat 4:
Roger Pontare
Viewers' Choice:
Marianne Rundström  [ sv ]
Rickard Olsson
Final:
Jonas Gardell
Directed by Sven Stojanovic
Host broadcaster SVT
Participants
Number of entries32
Number of finalists10
Vote
Voting systemHeats and Viewers' Choice: 100% public vote
Final: 50% public vote, 50% jury vote
Winning song"Give Me Your Love" by Fame
2002  Melodifestivalen  2004

Melodifestivalen 2003 was the 43rd edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen , which was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a five-week period between 15 February and 15 March 2003. The winner of the competition was Fame with the song "Give Me Your Love", who represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, where they came fifth with 107 points. [1]

Contents

Format

The heats for Melodifestivalen 2003 began on 15 February 2003. Ten songs from these heats qualified for the final on March 15, 2003. This was the second year that a heat format had been used for the competition. "När löven faller" composed by Carola Häggkvist and Ingemar Åberg was disqualified prior to the competition due to Carola's refusal to participate as an artist with no replacement singer found, [2] [3] while "Someone, Somewhere, Someday" composed by Peter Ågrenwill and Mattias Holmlund to be performed by Nathalie Family was disqualified due to the singer being under the required age of 16 years old at the time the Eurovision Song Contest would be held. [4] [5]

Competition Schedule
ShowDateCityVenue
Heat 115 February 2003 Jönköping Tipshallen
Heat 222 February 2003 Gothenburg Scandinavium
Heat 31 March 2003 Luleå Arcushallen
Heat 48 March 2003 Sundsvall Nordichallen
Viewers' Choice9 March 2003 Stockholm SVT Broadcasting House
Final15 March 2003 Stockholm Globe Arena

The Winners' Choice round was replaced by the Viewers' Choice round where the public could now vote for the top two songs among the third- and fourth- placed ones from the heats.

Competing entries

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Afro-dite "Aqua Playa" Marcos Ubeda  [ sv ]
Alcazar "Not a Sinner nor a Saint"
Aleena "Better Believe It"
  • Aleena Gibson
  • Bobby Ljunggren
  • Tommy Lydell
Alive  [ sv ] feat. Jesse Martin"Ingen annan"
  • Lars Edvall
  • Mattias Reimer
Andrés Esteche  [ sv ]"Just Like a Boomerang"
Barbados "Bye, Bye"
  • Lotta Ahlin
  • Bobby Ljunggren
  • Tommy Lydell
Brandsta City Släckers "15 minuter"
Bubbles "TKO (Knock You Out)"
Crosstalk  [ sv ]"Stronger"
  • Lars Edvall
  • Mattias Reimer
Da Buzz "Stop! Look! Listen!"
DeDe "Someone, Somewhere, Someday"
  • Mattias Holmlund
  • Peter Ågren
Fame "Give Me Your Love"
Fernando Brito"No dudes en llamarme"
  • Fernando Brito
  • Johan Larsson
Jill Johnson "Crazy in Love"
Kerli & Locatellis"Let's Go"
  • Johan Ekman
  • Jonas Liberg
Lina Hedlund "Nothing Can Stop Me"
  • Aleena Gibson
  • Torbjörn Petersson
Liverpool  [ sv ]"Love Is All"
  • Larry Forsberg
  • Lennart Wastesson
  • Sven-Inge Sjöberg
Maarja "He Is Always on My Mind"
  • Lars Edvall
  • Mattias Reimer
Markus Landgren  [ sv ]"Television"
Méndez "Carnaval"
  • Gustav Jonsson
  • Leopoldo Méndez
  • Marcus Sepehrmanesh
  • Patrik Henzel
  • Tommy Tysper
Mikael Erlandsson  [ sv ]"Tills jag mötte dig"
Nanne Grönvall "Evig kärlek"
Östen med resten "Maria"
  • Larry Forsberg
  • Lennart Wastesson
  • Sven-Inge Sjöberg
Pandora "You"
  • Jan Johansen
  • Shirley Clamp
  • Tania Clamp
Pernilla Wahlgren & Jan Johansen "Let Your Spirit Fly"
Sanna Nielsen " Hela världen för mig " Thomas G:son
Sahlene "We're Unbreakable"
  • Aleena Gibson
  • Bobby Ljunggren
  • Robert Olausson
Sarek " Genom eld och vatten "
Shanna Smith"Tonight's the Night" Richard Evenlind  [ sv ]
Shirley Clamp "Mr. Memory"
  • Lotta Ahlin
  • Bobby Ljunggren
  • Tommy Lydell
Sofia Källgren & Robert Wells "My Love"Marcos Ubeda
Style "Stay the Night"

Contest overview

Heat 1

The first heat took place on 15 February 2003 at the Tipshallen in Jönköping. 2,977,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 429,810 votes were cast, with a total of SEK  3,653,385 collected for Radiohjälpen . The heat was hosted by Mark Levengood, Charlotte Nilsson, and Lena Philipsson. [6]

R/OArtistSongVotesPlaceResult
Round 1Round 2
1Crosstalk"Stronger"14,6516Out
2 DeDe Lopez "Someone, Somewhere, Someday"5,3867Out
3 Méndez "Carnaval"26,83634,5763Viewers' Choice
4Alive feat. Jesse Martin"Ingen annan"5,3418Out
5 Jill Johnson "Crazy in Love"42,69748,7862Final
6 Da Buzz "Stop! Look! Listen!"16,8175Out
7Markus Landgren"Television"19,99725,9984Viewers' Choice
8 Pernilla Wahlgren & Jan Johansen "Let Your Spirit Fly"95,70390,3021Final

Heat 2

The second heat took place on 22 February 2003 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg. 3,180,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 632,206 votes were cast, with a total of SEK 5,373,751 collected for Radiohjälpen. The heat was hosted by Mark Levengood and Carola Häggkvist. [7]

R/OArtistSongVotesPlaceResult
Round 1Round 2
1Andrés Esteche"Just Like a Boomerang"29,2235Out
2 Sanna Nielsen " Hela världen för mig "46,84179,0152Final
3 Kerli & Locatellis"Let's Go"15,3347Out
4 Pandora "You"10,4968Out
5 Brandsta City Släckers "15 minuter"42,35452,4594Viewers' Choice
6 Fame "Give Me Your Love"69,283125,9751Final
7 Aleena "Better Believe It"26,2856Out
8 Alcazar "Not a Sinner nor a Saint"63,70269,8593Viewers' Choice

Heat 3

The third heat took place on 1 March 2003 at the Arcushallen in Luleå. 2,914,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 340,882 votes were cast, with a total of SEK 2,897,497 collected for Radiohjälpen. The heat was hosted by Mark Levengood and Barbro Svensson. [8]

R/OArtistSongVotesPlaceResult
Round 1Round 2
1 Barbados "Bye, Bye"36,28738,1442Final
2Shanna Smith"Tonight's the Night"5,8618Out
3 Nanne Grönvall "Evig kärlek"11,7717Out
4 Sarek " Genom eld och vatten "55,93458,1381Final
5 Sofia Källgren & Robert Wells "My Love"22,3815Out
6Liverpool"Love Is All"23,10519,6154Viewers' Choice
7 Shirley Clamp "Mr. Memory"11,9626Out
8 Style "Stay the Night"37,14519,7083Viewers' Choice

Heat 4

The fourth heat took place on 8 March 2003 at the Nordichallen in Sundsvall. 3,047,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 444,972 votes were cast, with a total of SEK 3,782,262 collected for Radiohjälpen. The heat was hosted by Mark Levengood and Roger Pontare. [9]

R/OArtistSongVotesPlaceResult
Round 1Round 2
1 Sahlene "We're Unbreakable"20,8175Out
2Fernando Brito"No dudes en llamarme"7,5268Out
3 Bubbles "TKO (Knock You Out)"37,66944,9943Viewers' Choice
4 Maarja "He Is Always on My Mind"14,2216Out
5 Östen med resten "Maria"69,71686,3541Final
6 Lina Hedlund "Nothing Can Stop Me"20,87827,5814Viewers' Choice
7Mikael Erlandsson"Tills jag mötte dig"10,5817Out
8 Afro-dite "Aqua Playa"51,97451,3782Final

Viewers' Choice

The Viewers' Choice round took place on 9 March 2003 at the SVT Broadcasting House in Stockholm. 2,282,000 viewers watched the show live. A total of 341,866 votes were cast, with a total of SEK 2,905,861 collected for Radiohjälpen. The show was hosted by Marianne Rundström and Rickard Olsson. [10]

R/OArtistSongVotesPlaceResult
1 Méndez "Carnaval"33,3155Out
2Markus Landgren"Television"21,7637Out
3 Brandsta City Släckers "15 minuter"44,1913Out
4 Alcazar "Not a Sinner nor a Saint"102,2401Final
5Liverpool"Love Is All"28,0606Out
6Style"Stay the Night"21,4908Out
7 Bubbles "TKO (Knock You Out)"55,5962Final
8 Lina Hedlund "Nothing Can Stop Me"35,2114Out

Final

The final took place on 15 March 2003 at the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm. 3,813,000 viewers watched the show live. A total of 1,230,751 votes were cast, with a total of SEK 10,461,384 collected for Radiohjälpen. The show was hosted by Mark Levengood and Jonas Gardell. [11]

R/OArtistSongJuriesTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPoints
1 Fame "Give Me Your Love"108229,7531322401
2 Jill Johnson "Crazy in Love"100116,440221224
3 Östen med resten "Maria"1092,72211218
4 Afro-dite "Aqua Playa"4859,5200487
5 Sanna Nielsen " Hela världen för mig "27136,98466935
6 Barbados "Bye Bye"737,1320710
7 Sarek " Genom eld och vatten "11127,14344556
8 Pernilla Wahlgren & Jan Johansen "Let Your Spirit Fly"90156,702881782
9 Bubbles "TKO (Knock You Out)"1091,9790109
10 Alcazar "Not a Sinner nor a Saint"62182,3761101723
Detailed jury votes
R/OSong
Luleå
Total
1"Give Me Your Love"6124612121012101212108
2"Crazy in Love"121012108108104106100
3"Maria"261110
4"Aqua Playa"888216641448
5" Hela världen för mig "21448827
6"Bye Bye"12227
7" Genom eld och vatten "441211
8"Let Your Spirit Fly"261012681261261090
9"TKO (Knock You Out)"11214110
10"Not a Sinner nor a Saint"10481042268862
Jury spokespersons [11]

Ratings

Viewing figures by show
ShowAir dateViewers
(millions)
Ref.
Heat 115 February 20032.977 [6]
Heat 222 February 20033.180 [7]
Heat 31 March 20032.914 [8]
Heat 48 March 20033.047 [9]
Viewers' Choice9 March 20032.282 [10]
Final15 March 20033.813 [11]

See also

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