Melodifestivalen 2005

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Melodifestivalen 2005
Dates
Heat 112 February 2005
Heat 219 February 2005
Heat 326 February 2005
Heat 45 March 2005
Second chance6 March 2005
Final12 March 2005
Host
Presenter(s)Heat 1:
Shan Atci
Alexandra Pascalidou
Heat 2:
Erik Haag
Henrik Schyffert
Heat 3:
Marko Lehtosalo
Johanna Westman
Heat 4:
Micke Leijnegard
Kayo Shekoni
Second chance:
Annika Jankell
Final:
Jill Johnson
Mark Levengood
Directed by Sven Stojanovic
Participants
Number of entries32
Number of finalists10
Vote
Voting systemHeats and Second chance: 100% public vote
Final: 50% public vote, 50% jury vote
Winning song"Las Vegas" by Martin Stenmarck
2004  Melodifestivalen  2006

Melodifestivalen 2005 was the 45th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen , which was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a five-week period between 12 February and 6 March 2005. The winner of the competition was Martin Stenmarck with the song "Las Vegas", who represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, where he came nineteenth with 30 points. [1]

Contents

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.

Format

The heats for Melodifestivalen 2005 began on 12 February 2005. Ten songs from these heats qualified for the final on March 12, 2005. This was the fourth year that a heat format had been used for the competition.

Competition Schedule
ShowDateCityVenuePresenters
Heat 112 February 2005 Gothenburg Scandinavium
Heat 219 February 2005 Linköping Cloetta Center
Heat 326 February 2005 Skellefteå Skellefteå Kraft Arena
Heat 45 March 2005 Växjö Tipshallen
Second chance6 March 2005 Stockholm Berns Annika Jankell
Final12 March 2005 Stockholm Globe Arena

Wildcards

Unlike past years, where all Melodifestivalen participants were chosen by a selection jury, starting in 2004, four out of the 32 participants were selected directly by the contest's producers, in order to increase musical and artistic breadth. Each artist, called "wildcard", participated in a different heat. The wildcards in 2005 were the following: [2]

ArtistSongHeat
Alcazar "Alcastar"Heat 1
Sanne Salomonsen "Higher Ground"Heat 2
K2 feat. Alannah Myles "We Got It All"Heat 3
Nanne Grönvall " Håll om mig "Heat 4

Heat Jury

In the first two heats, a jury was used to select two of the five songs that would proceed to the second round of voting, with the intent of giving some entries that could be slow in accumulating votes a chance. However, after heat 2, SVT dissolved the jury as it had chosen entries that were already voted by the viewers together with criticism that this reduced the people's influence in the result. The jury consisted of: [3]

Competing entries

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Alcazar "Alcastar"
Anne-Lie Rydé "Så nära"
Arja Saijonmaa "Vad du än trodde så trodde du fel"
B-Boys feat. Paul M  [ sv ]"One Step Closer"
Bodies Without Organs "Gone"
Cameron Cartio "Roma"
  • Cameron Cartio
  • Robin Rex
Camilla Brinck "Jenny"
Caroline Wennergren "A Different Kind of Love"
Cecilia Vennersten "Var mig nära"
Date "Hörde änglarna viska ditt namn"
  • Fredrik Jernberg
  • Johnny Thunqvist
  • Pontus Wennerberg
Fredrik & Sanna " Du och jag mot världen "
Group Avalon "Big Up"
Jessica Folcker "Om natten"
  • Johan Fransson
  • Niklas Edberger
  • Tim Larsson
  • Tobias Lundgren
Jimmy Jansson " Vi kan gunga "
  • Johan Fransson
  • Niklas Edberger
  • Tim Larsson
  • Tobias Lundgren
Josef  [ sv ]"Rain"
  • Annelie Martin
  • Martin Blix  [ sv ]
  • Bobby Ljunggren
  • Henrik Wikström
Josefin Nilsson "Med hjärtats egna ord"
K2 feat. Alannah Myles "We Got It All"
Katrina and the Nameless"As If Tomorrow Will Never Come"Thomas G:son
Kwanzaa"Lovin' Your Feen"
LaGaylia "Nothing At All"
  • Lars Edvall
  • Mattias Reimer
Linda Bengtzing " Alla flickor "
  • Johan Fransson
  • Niklas Edberger
  • Tim Larsson
  • Tobias Lundgren
Martin Stenmarck "Las Vegas"
  • Johan Fransson
  • Niklas Edberger
  • Tim Larsson
  • Tobias Lundgren
Mathias Holmgren  [ sv ]"Långt bortom tid och rum"
  • Calle Kindbom
  • Thomas G:son
NaNa "Wherever You Go"
Nanne Grönvall " Håll om mig "
Nordman "Ödet var min väg"
Papa Dee "My No. 1"
Pay TV  [ sv ]"Refrain, Refrain"
Rickard Engfors and Katarina"Ready For Me"
Sanne Salomonsen "Higher Ground"
Shirley Clamp " Att älska dig "
  • Shirley Clamp
  • Sonja Aldén
  • Bobby Ljunggren
  • Robert Olausson
  • Henrik Wikström
The Wallstones "Invisible People"

Contest overview

Heat 1

The first heat took place on 12 February 2005 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg. 3,172,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 497,356 votes were cast, with a total of 1,563,052  SEK collected for Radiohjälpen . The heat was hosted by Shan Atci and Alexandra Pascalidou. [4]

R/OArtistSongVotesPlaceResult
Round 1Round 2Total
1 Alcazar "Alcastar"35,97643,01078,9863Second Chance
2 Cecilia Vennersten "Var mig nära"5,0695,0698Out
3 Papa Dee "My No. 1"25,44625,4466Out
4 Linda Bengtzing " Alla flickor "33,33844,50377,8414Second Chance
5 The Wallstones "Invisible People"32,35540,20572,5605Out
6Pay TV"Refrain, Refrain"10,79210,7927Out
7 Nordman "Ödet var min väg"36,10349,38185,4842Final
8 Shirley Clamp " Att älska dig "69,78577,713147,4981Final

Heat 2

The second heat took place on 19 February 2005 at the Cloetta Center in Linköping. 3,150,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 369,946 votes were cast, with a total of 1,326,244 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen. The heat was hosted by Erik Haag and Henrik Schyffert. [5]

R/OArtistSongVotesPlaceResult
Round 1Round 2Total
1 Fredrik & Sanna " Du och jag mot världen "38,64265,313103,9551Final
2 Camilla Brinck "Jenny"15,03115,0317Out
3 Group Avalon "Big Up"15,03215,0326Out
4 Arja Saijonmaa "Vad du än trodde så trodde du fel"14,11814,1188Out
5 Josefin Nilsson "Med hjärtats egna ord"18,35428,31646,6703Second Chance
6 Cameron Cartio "Roma"16,23227,29343,5254Second Chance
7 Bodies Without Organs "Gone"16,50825,79642,3045Out
8 Sanne Salomonsen "Higher Ground"36,11853,19389,3112Final

Heat 3

The third heat took place on 26 February 2005 at the Skellefteå Kraft Arena in Skellefteå. 2,942,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 456,883 votes were cast, with a total of 1,506,077 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen. The heat was hosted by Marko Lehtosalo and Johanna Westman. [6]

R/OArtistSongVotesPlaceResult
Round 1Round 2Total
1 NaNa "Wherever You Go"25,05338,89163,9443Second Chance
2Kwanzaa"Lovin' Your Feen"3,1793,1798Out
3 Jimmy Jansson " Vi kan gunga "52,48562,845115,3302Final
4 LaGaylia "Nothing At All"20,70624,75345,4594Second Chance
5Josef"Rain"23,41024,59748,0075Out
6 K2 feat. Alannah Myles "We Got It All"11,71211,7127Out
7 Jessica Folcker "Om natten"19,30619,3066Out
8 Martin Stenmarck "Las Vegas"76,50873,538150,0461Final

Heat 4

The fourth heat took place on 5 March 2005 at the Tipshallen in Växjö. 3,102,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 411,920 votes were cast, with a total of 1,255,983 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen. The heat was hosted by Micke Leijnegard and Kayo Shekoni. [7]

R/OArtistSongVotesPlaceResult
Round 1Round 2Total
1 Anne-Lie Rydé "Så nära"19,04325,12444,1675Out
2B-Boys feat. Paul M"One Step Closer"16,82016,8206Out
3Mathias Holmgren"Långt bortom tid och rum"21,33728,77550,1124Second Chance
4 Rickard Engfors and Katarina"Ready For Me"9,7749,7748Out
5 Date "Hörde änglarna viska ditt namn"14,93014,9307Out
6 Nanne Grönvall " Håll om mig "53,72667,876121,6021Final
7 Caroline Wennergren "A Different Kind of Love"29,45663,66493,1202Final
8 Katrina and the Nameless"As If Tomorrow Will Never Come"30,63230,76361,1253Second Chance

Second chance

The second chance round took place on 6 March 2005 at the Berns in Stockholm. 1,497,000 viewers watched the show live. A total of 440,156 votes were cast, with a total of 1,067,715 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen. The show was hosted by Annika Jankell. [8]

R/OArtistSongVotesPlaceResult
Round 1Round 2Total
1 Alcazar "Alcastar"47,76263,533111,9251Final
2 Linda Bengtzing " Alla flickor "38,86154,25393,1142Final
3 Josefin Nilsson "Med hjärtats egna ord"20,53720,5377Out
4 Cameron Cartio "Roma"18,94518,9458Out
5 NaNa "Wherever You Go"28,51038,25466,7644Out
6 LaGaylia "Nothing At All"27,54753,12680,6733Out
7Mathias Holmgren"Långt bortom tid och rum"25,47225,4725Out
8 Katrina and the Nameless"As If Tomorrow Will Never Come"24,48924,4896Out

Final

The final took place on 12 March 2005 at the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm. 4,054,000 viewers watched the show live. A total of 1,519,997 votes were cast, with a total of 4,105,936 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen. The show was hosted by Jill Johnson and Mark Levengood. [9]

R/OArtistSongJuriesTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPoints
1 Martin Stenmarck "Las Vegas"102208,7161102121
2 Linda Bengtzing " Alla flickor "1595,53201510
3 Nordman "Ödet var min väg"4111,68411159
4 Shirley Clamp " Att älska dig "86153,923441304
5 Sanne Salomonsen "Higher Ground"3536,2190357
6 Caroline Wennergren "A Different Kind of Love"28204,040881165
7 Alcazar "Alcastar"69165,497661353
8 Jimmy Jansson " Vi kan gunga "27130,02122496
9 Fredrik Kempe & Sanna Nielsen " Du och jag mot världen "3040,4370308
10 Nanne Grönvall " Håll om mig "77373,9281322092
Detailed jury votes
R/OSongTotal
1"Las Vegas"12126412121281086102
2" Alla flickor "1022115
3"Ödet var min väg"11114
4" Att älska dig "1041041010106101286
5"Higher Ground"111264646435
6"A Different Kind of Love"44828228
7"Alcastar"8826102811221069
8" Vi kan gunga "1088127
9" Du och jag mot världen "266644230
10"Håll om mig"6212124112812877
Jury spokespersons [9]

Ratings

Viewing figures by show
ShowAir dateViewers
(millions)
Ref.
Heat 112 February 20053.172 [4]
Heat 219 February 20053.150 [5]
Heat 326 February 20052.942 [6]
Heat 45 March 20053.105 [7]
Second chance6 March 20051.497 [8]
Final12 March 20054.054 [9]

See also

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