Melodifestivalen 2007

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Melodifestivalen 2007
Dates
Heat 13 February 2007
Heat 210 February 2007
Heat 317 February 2007
Heat 424 February 2007
Second chance3 March 2007
Final10 March 2007
Host
Presenter(s) Kristian Luuk
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"The Worrying Kind" by The Ark
2006  Melodifestivalen  2008

Melodifestivalen 2007 was the 47th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen , which was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 3 February and 10 March 2007. The winner of the competition was the band The Ark with the song "The Worrying Kind", who represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, where they came eighteenth with 51 points. [1]

Contents

Format

The heats for Melodifestivalen 2007 began on 3 February 2007. Ten songs from these heats qualified for the final on 10 March 2007.

Competition Schedule
ShowDateCityVenue
Heat 13 February 2007 Jönköping Kinnarps Arena
Heat 210 February 2007 Gothenburg Scandinavium
Heat 317 February 2007 Örnsköldsvik Swedbank Arena
Heat 424 February 2007 Gävle Läkerol Arena
Second chance3 March 2007 Nyköping Rosvalla Eventcenter
Final10 March 2007 Stockholm Stockholm Globe Arena

Second chance round changes

On 15 August 2006, SVT announced that the second chance round, which had by then taken place on the Sunday after the last heat, would be turned into a full Saturday night show. That meant that Melodifestivalen 2007 would become a six-week competition, rather than the five-week event it had been the previous years. [2]

As well as turning the second chance round into a main show in an arena, the voting for it was also changed. A knock-out system was introduced where each of the eight artists were split into four duels, and the voters voted for their favorite in each one. The four winners went through to a second round, where they were paired off again, and the winners of each duel went through to the final. [2]

Wildcards

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 2007 were the following: [3]

ArtistSongHeat
Uno & Irma "God morgon"Heat 1
The Ark "The Worrying Kind"Heat 2
Sebastian "When The Night Comes Falling"Heat 3
Magnus Uggla " För kung och fosterland "Heat 4

Competing entries

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Addis Black Widow "Clubbin'"
  • Armias Mamo
  • Dianne Wiston
After Dark " (Åh) När ni tar saken i egna händer "
Andersson & Gibson "Anything But You"
  • Aleena Gibson
  • Stefan Andersson
Andreas Johnson "A Little Bit of Love"
  • Andreas Johnson
  • Peter Kvint
Andreas Lundstedt "Move"
Anna Book "Samba Sambero" Thomas G:son
Caroline af Ugglas "Tror på dig"
  • Caroline af Ugglas
  • Heinz Liljedahl
  • Mattias Torell
Cosmo4 "What's Your Name"
Elin Lanto "Money" Lasse Anderson  [ sv ]
Emile Azar "Vi hade nåt"
Jessica Andersson "Kom"
Jimmy Jansson "Amanda"
  • Jimmy Jansson
  • Thomas G:son
Lustans Lakejer "Allt vi en gång trodde på" Johan Kinde  [ sv ]
Magnus Carlsson "Live Forever"
Magnus Uggla " För kung och fosterland "
Måns Zelmerlöw "Cara Mia"
Marie Lindberg "Trying to Recall"Marie Lindberg
MissMatch "Drop Dead"
Nanne " Jag måste kyssa dig "
Regina Lund "Rainbow Star"
Sanna Nielsen " Vågar du, vågar jag "
  • Bobby Ljunggren
  • Fredrik Kempe
  • Henrik Wikström
Sarah Dawn Finer "I Remember Love"
Sebastian "When The Night Comes Falling"
  • Peter Kvint
  • Sebastian Karlsson
Sheida"I mina drömmar"
Sofia "Hypnotized"
  • Dimitrios Stassos
  • Jason Gill
  • Sofia Berntson
Sonja Aldén " För att du finns "
  • Bobby Ljunggren
  • Sonja Aldén
Svante Thuresson & Anne-Lie Rydé "Första gången"
The Ark "The Worrying Kind" Ola Salo
The Attic feat. Therese "The Arrival"
Tommy Nilsson " Jag tror på människan "
  • Johan Stentorp
  • Lasse Andersson
  • Tommy Nilsson
Uno & Irma "God morgon"
Verona "La musica"

Contest overview

Heat 1

The first heat took place on 3 February 2007 at the Kinnarps Arena in Jönköping. 2,989,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 379,212 votes were cast, with a total of 1,086,555  SEK collected for Radiohjälpen . [4]

R/OArtistSongVotesPlaceResult
Round 1Round 2Total
1 Elin Lanto "Money"20,96032,12153,0814Second chance
2 Andersson & Gibson "Anything But You"17,61024,98442,5945Out
3 Anna Book "Samba Sambero"44,03965,184109,2231Final
4 Addis Black Widow "Clubbin'"3,7173,7178Out
5 Andreas Lundstedt "Move"17,14517,1456Out
6 Tommy Nilsson " Jag tror på människan "34,09842,44276,5402Final
7 Sofia "Hypnotized"16,69516,6957Out
8 Uno & Irma "God morgon"26,68031,91958,5993Second chance

Heat 2

The second heat took place on 10 February 2007 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg. 3,211,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 508,716 votes were cast, with a total of 1,336,344 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen. [5]

R/OArtistSongVotesPlaceResult
Round 1Round 2Total
1 Regina Lund "Rainbow Star"7,1887,1888Out
2 Marie Lindberg "Trying to Recall"52,04181,441133,4822Final
3 Jimmy Jansson "Amanda"34,29138,44772,7383Second chance
4 Cosmo4 "What's Your Name"17,64820,54938,1975Out
5 Lustans Lakejer "Allt vi en gång trodde på"8,8088,8087Out
6 Jessica Andersson "Kom"20,80827,57548,3834Second chance
7 Svante Thuresson & Anne-Lie Rydé "Första gången"12,96512,9656Out
8 The Ark "The Worrying Kind"81,793104,065185,8581Final

Heat 3

The third heat took place on 17 February 2007 at the Swedbank Arena in Örnsköldsvik. 3,177,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 623,321 votes were cast, with a total of 1,399,219 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen. [6]

R/OArtistSongVotesPlaceResult
Round 1Round 2Total
1 Måns Zelmerlöw "Cara Mia"52,97585,623138,5981Final
2 MissMatch "Drop Dead"7,0627,0628Out
3 Magnus Carlsson "Live Forever"44,19356,692100,8855Out
4Sheida"I mina drömmar"15,83915,8396Out
5 The Attic feat. Therese "The Arrival"10,96010,9607Out
6 Sebastian "When The Night Comes Falling"50,13670,760120,8962Final
7 Sonja Aldén " För att du finns "38,53058,52997,0594Second chance
8 Nanne " Jag måste kyssa dig "61,05165,791126,8423Second chance

Heat 4

The fourth heat took place on 24 February 2007 at the Läkerol Arena in Gävle. 3,146,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 648,319 votes were cast, with a total of 1,584,630 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen. [7]

R/OArtistSongVotesPlaceResult
Round 1Round 2Total
1 Magnus Uggla " För kung och fosterland "39,15946,23985,3983Second chance
2 Emile Azar "Vi hade nåt"17,38817,3887Out
3 Sanna Nielsen " Vågar du, vågar jag "32,09243,88275,9744Second chance
4 Caroline af Ugglas "Tror på dig"26,92626,9266Out
5 After Dark " (Åh) När ni tar saken i egna händer "35,87740,65176,5285Out
6 Sarah Dawn Finer "I Remember Love"54,39585,587139,9822Final
7 Verona "La musica"16,51616,5168Out
8 Andreas Johnson "A Little Bit of Love"95,969111,662207,6311Final

Second chance

The second chance round took place on 3 March 2007 at the Rosvalla Eventcenter in Nyköping. 3,038,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 1,073,000 votes were cast. [8]

Round 1
DuelR/OArtistSongVotesResult
I1 Elin Lanto "Money"31,924Out
2 Jessica Andersson "Kom"39,683Round 2
II1 Jimmy Jansson "Amanda"81,699Out
2 Sanna Nielsen " Vågar du, vågar jag "100,358Round 2
III1 Uno & Irma "God morgon"44,527Out
2 Sonja Aldén " För att du finns "70,863Round 2
IV1 Nanne " Jag måste kyssa dig "118,217Out
2 Magnus Uggla " För kung och fosterland "149,331Round 2
Round 2
DuelR/OArtistSongVotesResult
I1 Jessica Andersson "Kom"45,046Out
2 Sanna Nielsen " Vågar du, vågar jag "105,980Final
II1 Sonja Aldén " För att du finns "143,980Final
2 Magnus Uggla " För kung och fosterland "142,540Out

Final

The final took place on 10 March 2007 at the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm. 3,976,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 2,072,918 votes were cast, with a total of 5,117,374 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen. [9]

R/OArtistSongJuriesTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPoints
1 Andreas Johnson "A Little Bit of Love"101371,222881892
2 Sonja Aldén " För att du finns "40128,80622626
3 Anna Book "Samba Sambero"142,205019
4 Sebastian "When The Night Comes Falling"3986,8610398
5 Marie Lindberg "Trying to Recall"4228,42266705
6 Måns Zelmerlöw "Cara Mia"61402,1331101713
7 Tommy Nilsson " Jag tror på människan "050,8500010
8 Sanna Nielsen "Vågar du, vågar jag"33113,01211447
9 Sarah Dawn Finer "I Remember Love"78157,227441224
10 The Ark "The Worrying Kind"116492,1801322481
Detailed jury votes
R/OSongTotal
1"A Little Bit of Love"181012101212810810101
2" För att du finns "42111610621640
3"Samba Sambero"11
4"When The Night Comes Falling"66462616239
5"Trying to Recall"44
6"Cara Mia"126428124810461
7" Jag tror på människan "0
8"Vågar du, vågar jag"24210441212133
9"I Remember Love"8108821041046878
10"The Worrying Kind"1012126128812121212116
Jury spokespersons [9]

Ratings

Viewing figures by show
ShowAir dateViewers
(millions)
Ref.
Heat 13 February 20072.989 [4]
Heat 210 February 20073.211 [5]
Heat 317 February 20073.177 [6]
Heat 424 February 20073.146 [7]
Second chance3 March 20073.038 [8]
Final10 March 20073.976 [9]

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