Melodifestivalen 2021

Melodifestivalen 2021
Dates
Heat 1	6 February 2021
Heat 2	13 February 2021
Heat 3	20 February 2021
Heat 4	27 February 2021
Second chance	6 March 2021
Final	13 March 2021
Host
Venue	Annexet, Stockholm
Presenter(s)	All shows: Christer Björkman Guest co-hosts: Lena Philipsson (heat 1) Oscar Zia and Anis Don Demina (heat 2) Jason Diakité (heat 3) Per Andersson and Pernilla Wahlgren (heat 4) Shirley Clamp (Second Chance) Måns Zelmerlöw and Shima Niavarani (final)
Director	Robin Hofwander Fredrik Bäcklund
Host broadcaster	SVT
Participants
Number of entries	28
Number of finalists	12
Vote
Voting system	Heats: 100% public vote Final: 50% public vote, 50% jury vote
Winning song	"Voices" by Tusse
2020 ←  Melodifestivalen  → 2022

Melodifestivalen 2021 was the 61st edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen. ^[1] The competition was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 6 February and 13 March 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all shows of this edition took place in the Annexet in Stockholm, and without an audience. ^{[2] [3]} The winner of the competition was Tusse with the song "Voices", who represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, where he came fourteenth with 109 points. ^[4]

The format of the competition consisted of 6 shows: 4 heat rounds, a second chance round and a final. An initial 28 entries were selected for the competition through three methods: an open call for song submissions, direct invitations to specific artists and songwriters, and a wildcard given to one of the artists that participated in the P4 Nästa competition organised by Sveriges Radio P4. The 28 competing entries were divided into four heats, with seven compositions in each. From each heat, the songs that earned first and second place qualified directly to the final, while the songs that placed third and fourth proceeded to the Second Chance round. The bottom three songs in each heat were eliminated from the competition. An additional four entries qualified from the Second Chance round to the final, bringing the total number of competing entries in the final to 12.

All six shows were hosted by Christer Björkman, who was joined by guest co-hosts during each show: Lena Philipsson (heat 1), Oscar Zia and Anis Don Demina (heat 2), Jason Diakité (heat 3), Per Andersson and Pernilla Wahlgren (heat 4), Shirley Clamp (Second Chance round), and Shima Niavarani and Måns Zelmerlöw (final).

Format

Due to pandemic precautions, SVT did not hold the usual Melodifestivalen tour around six different Swedish cities during the 2021 edition. Instead, all shows were held at Stockholm's Annexet hall, one of the venues in Stockholm Globe City (in which the host venue of Eurovision 2000 and 2016, the Ericsson Globe, is located). The shows did not have a live audience. ^[3]

Competition Schedule

Show	Date	City	Venue
Heat 1	6 February 2021	Stockholm	Annexet
Heat 2	13 February 2021
Heat 3	20 February 2021
Heat 4	27 February 2021
Second Chance	6 March 2021
Final	13 March 2021

Presenters

On 4 January 2021, the presenters of the 61st edition of Melodifestivalen were announced. ^[5] Christer Björkman, outgoing contest producer of Melodifestivalen and head of the Swedish delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest, served as the main presenter for all six shows. Björkman was joined by different guest co-hosts during each show: Lena Philipsson (heat 1), Oscar Zia and Anis Don Demina (heat 2), Jason Diakité (heat 3), Per Andersson and Pernilla Wahlgren (heat 4), Shirley Clamp (Second Chance round), Shima Niavarani and Måns Zelmerlöw (final).

Competing entries

Broadcaster SVT revealed on 27 November 2020 that they would be releasing the acts for Melodifestivalen 2021 on a countdown, starting on 1 December. ^{[6] [7]}

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Alvaro Estrella	"Bailá Bailá"	Anderz Wrethov, Linnea Deb, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt
Anton Ewald	"New Religion"	Jonas Wallin, Joe Killington, Anton Ewald, Maja Strömstedt
Arvingarna	"Tänker inte alls gå hem"	Stefan Brunzell, Nanne Grönvall, Thomas G:son, Bobby Ljunggren
Charlotte Perrelli	"Still Young"	Thomas G:son, Bobby Ljunggren, Erik Bernholm, Charlie Gustavsson
Clara Klingenström	"Behöver inte dig idag"	Clara Klingenström, Bobby Ljunggren, David Lindgren Zacharias
Danny Saucedo	"Dandi dansa"	Danny Saucedo, Karl-Johan Råsmark
Dotter	"Little Tot"	Johanna Jansson, Dino Medanhodzic
Efraim Leo	"Best of Me"	Efraim Leo, Cornelia Jakobsdotter, Amanda Björkegren, Herman Gardarfve
Elisa	"Den du är"	Bobby Ljunggren, Ingela "Pling" Forsman, Elisa Lindström
Emil Assergård	"Om allting skiter sig"	Emil Assergård, Jimmy Jansson, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Anderz Wrethov, Johanna Wrethov
Eric Saade	"Every Minute"	Eric Saade, Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt
Eva Rydberg & Ewa Roos	"Rena rama ding dong"	Göran Sparrdahl, Kalle Rydberg, Ari Lehtonen
Frida Green	"The Silence"	Anna Bergendahl, Bobby Ljunggren, David Lindgren Zacharias, Joy Deb
Jessica Andersson	"Horizon"	David Kreuger, Fredrik Kempe, Jesper Jakobsson Grand, Markus Lidén, Christian Holmström
Julia Alfrida	"Rich"	Julia Alfrida, Jimmy Jansson, Melanie Wehbe
Kadiatou	"One Touch"	Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Anderz Wrethov
Klara Hammarström	"Beat of Broken Hearts"	David Kreuger, Fredrik Kempe, Niklas Carson Mattson, Andreas Wijk
Lillasyster	"Pretender"	Isak Hallén, Jakob Redtzer, Martin Westerstrand, Ian Paolo Lira, Palle Hammarlund
Lovad	"Allting är precis likadant"	Mattias Andréasson, Alexander Nivek, Lova Drevstam, Albin Johnsén
Mustasch	"Contagious"	Ralf Gyllenhammar, David Johannesson
Nathalie Brydolf	"Fingerprints"	Andreas "Stone" Johansson, Etta Zelmani, Laurell Barker, Anna-Klara Folin
Patrik Jean	"Tears Run Dry"	Herman Gardarfve, Patrik Jean, Melanie Wehbe
Paul Rey	"The Missing Piece"	Fredrik Sonefors, Laurell Barker, Pauli Jokela
Sannex	"All Inclusive"	Greta Svensson, Hans Thorstensson
Tess Merkel	"Good Life"	Tony Malm, Tess Merkel, Palle Hammarlund, Mats Tärnfors
The Mamas	"In the Middle"	Emily Falvey, Robin Stjernberg, Jimmy Jansson
Tusse	"Voices"	Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Anderz Wrethov
Wahl feat. Sami	"90-talet"	Sami Rekik, Christopher Wahlberg, Josefin Glenmark, Jesper Welander, Andreas Larsson

Heats

Heat 1

The first heat took place on 6 February 2021. 3,308,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 7,824,951 votes were cast, using 628,624 devices (which is a record for a heat). ^[8]

R/O	Artist	Song	Votes		Place	Result
			Votes	Points
1	Kadiatou	"One Touch"	967,331	29	6	Out
2	Lillasyster	"Pretender"	1,159,154	48	4	Second Chance
3	Jessica Andersson	"Horizon"	1,065,794	38	5	Out
4	Paul Rey	"The Missing Piece"	1,239,146	68	3	Second Chance
5	Arvingarna	"Tänker inte alls gå hem"	1,190,449	72	2	Final
6	Nathalie Brydolf	"Fingerprints"	825,414	11	7	Out
7	Danny Saucedo	"Dandi dansa"	1,377,663	78	1	Final

Detailed televoting results ^[8]

Place	Song	Age groups							Tel.
		3‑9	10‑15	16‑29	30‑44	45‑59	60‑74	75+
1	"One Touch"	10	8	4	2	1	1	2	1
2	"Pretender"	2	2	8	12	6	4	4	10
3	"Horizon"	4	4	2	4	4	8	8	4
4	"The Missing Piece"	12	12	10	8	8	6	6	6
5	"Tänker inte alls gå hem"	8	6	6	6	10	12	12	12
6	"Fingerprints"	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2
7	"Dandi dansa"	6	10	12	10	12	10	10	8

Heat 2

The second heat took place on 13 February 2021. 2,972,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 7,471,451 votes were cast, using 581,410 devices. ^[8]

R/O	Artist	Song	Votes		Place	Result
			Votes	Points
1	Anton Ewald	"New Religion"	1,218,312	68	2	Final
2	Julia Alfrida	"Rich"	751,337	11	7	Out
3	Wahl feat. Sami	"90-talet"	961,160	30	6	Out
4	Frida Green	"The Silence"	1,028,299	47	4	Second Chance
5	Eva Rydberg & Ewa Roos	"Rena rama ding dong"	997,947	52	3	Second Chance
6	Patrik Jean	"Tears Run Dry"	1,049,434	44	5	Out
7	Dotter	"Little Tot"	1,464,962	92	1	Final

Detailed televoting results ^[8]

Place	Song	Age groups							Tel.
		3‑9	10‑15	16‑29	30‑44	45‑59	60‑74	75+
1	"New Religion"	10	10	8	10	10	6	8	6
2	"Rich"	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
3	"90-talet"	8	2	2	8	4	2	2	2
4	"The Silence"	1	8	4	4	8	8	6	8
5	"Rena rama ding dong"	2	6	6	2	2	10	12	12
6	"Tears Run Dry"	6	4	10	6	6	4	4	4
7	"Little Tot"	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10

Heat 3

The third heat took place on 20 February 2021. 3,188,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 8,002,967 votes were cast, using 647,000 devices, again a record for a heat. ^[8]

R/O	Artist	Song	Votes		Place	Result
			Votes	Points
1	Charlotte Perrelli	"Still Young"	1,272,523	62	2	Final
2	Emil Assergård	"Om allting skiter sig"	987,458	34	5	Out
3	Klara Hammarström	"Beat of Broken Hearts"	1,252,895	58	4	Second Chance
4	Mustasch	"Contagious"	763,045	18	6	Out
5	Elisa	"Den du är"	613,779	18	7	Out
6	Alvaro Estrella	"Bailá Bailá"	1,193,914	60	3	Second Chance
7	Tusse	"Voices"	1,919,353	94	1	Final

Detailed televoting results ^[8]

Place	Song	Age groups							Tel.
		3‑9	10‑15	16‑29	30‑44	45‑59	60‑74	75+
1	"Still Young"	4	6	4	8	10	10	10	10
2	"Om allting skiter sig"	6	4	8	4	2	2	2	6
3	"Beat of Broken Hearts"	12	10	10	10	6	4	4	2
4	"Contagious"	2	2	2	2	4	1	1	4
5	"Den du är"	1	1	1	1	1	6	6	1
6	"Bailá Bailá"	8	8	6	6	8	8	8	8
7	"Voices"	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Heat 4

The fourth heat took place on 27 February 2021. 2,953,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 6,957,584 votes were cast, using 565,705 devices. ^[8]

R/O	Artist	Song	Votes		Place	Result
			Votes	Points
1	Tess Merkel	"Good Life"	868,050	40	5	Out
2	Lovad	"Allting är precis likadant"	783,763	21	6	Out
3	Efraim Leo	"Best of Me"	1,035,821	52	3	Second Chance
4	The Mamas	"In the Middle"	1,550,459	94	1	Final
5	Sannex	"All Inclusive"	609,909	14	7	Out
6	Clara Klingenström	"Behöver inte dig idag"	930,002	51	4	Second Chance
7	Eric Saade	"Every Minute"	1,179,580	72	2	Final

Detailed televoting results ^[8]

Place	Song	Age groups							Tel.
		3‑9	10‑15	16‑29	30‑44	45‑59	60‑74	75+
1	"Good Life"	6	4	4	4	6	6	4	6
2	"Allting är precis likadant"	2	6	6	2	2	1	1	1
3	"Best of Me"	10	8	8	8	4	4	6	4
4	"In the Middle"	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10
5	"All Inclusive"	4	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
6	"Behöver inte dig idag"	1	2	2	6	8	10	10	12
7	"Every Minute"	8	10	10	10	10	8	8	8

Second Chance

The Second Chance round took place on 6 March 2021. 2,732,000 viewers watched the show live. A total of 9,159,642 votes were cast, using 632,883 devices (which are both records for the Second Chance round).

Duel	R/O	Artist	Song	Votes	Points	Result
I	1	Alvaro Estrella	"Bailá Bailá"	1,365,376	7	Final
	2	Lillasyster	"Pretender"	1,163,807	1	Out
II	3	Frida Green	"The Silence"	925,473	1	Out
	4	Paul Rey	"The Missing Piece"	1,207,581	7	Final
III	5	Eva Rydberg & Ewa Roos	"Rena rama ding dong"	1,173,492	3	Out
	6	Clara Klingenström	"Behöver inte dig idag"	1,276,040	5	Final
IV	7	Klara Hammarström	"Beat of Broken Hearts"	1,139,262	8	Final
	8	Efraim Leo	"Best of Me"	908,611	0	Out

Detailed televoting results ^[8]

Duel	Place	Song	Age groups							Tel.
			3‑9	10‑15	16‑29	30‑44	45‑59	60‑74	75+
I	1	"Bailá Bailá"	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
	2	"Pretender"	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
II	1	"The Silence"	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	2	"The Missing Piece"	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
III	1	"Rena rama ding dong"	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	2	"Behöver inte dig idag"	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
IV	1	"Beat of Broken Hearts"	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	2	"Best of Me"	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Final

The final took place on 13 March 2021. A record-breaking 16,752,439 votes were cast, using 1,159,881 devices (which is a record for a final). ^[8]

R/O	Artist	Song	Juries	Televote/App		Total	Place
				Votes	Points
1	Danny Saucedo	"Dandi dansa"	39	1,309,741	35	74	7
2	Klara Hammarström	"Beat of Broken Hearts"	43	1,341,566	36	79	6
3	Anton Ewald	"New Religion"	9	1,066,340	16	25	11
4	The Mamas	"In the Middle"	50	1,646,198	56	106	3
5	Paul Rey	"The Missing Piece"	18	998,030	7	25	12
6	Charlotte Perrelli	"Still Young"	32	1,016,557	28	60	8
7	Tusse	"Voices"	79	2,964,269	96	175	1
8	Alvaro Estrella	"Bailá Bailá"	7	1,071,188	19	26	10
9	Clara Klingenström	"Behöver inte dig idag"	39	1,455,605	52	91	5
10	Eric Saade	"Every Minute"	69	1,471,324	49	118	2
11	Dotter	"Little Tot"	57	1,488,599	48	105	4
12	Arvingarna	"Tänker inte alls gå hem"	22	923,022	22	44	9

Detailed international jury votes ^[9]

R/O	Song									Total
1	"Dandi dansa"	3	3	7	3	6	6	6	5	39
2	"Beat of Broken Hearts"	8	4	8	8	4	5	2	4	43
3	"New Religion"	2	2		2		2		1	9
4	"In the Middle"	6	6	6	4	12	8	1	7	50
5	"The Missing Piece"	1	5	2	1		3		6	18
6	"Still Young"	5	1	3	7	5	1	10		32
7	"Voices"	12	10	12	10	7	12	4	12	79
8	"Bailá Bailá"			1		1		5		7
9	"Behöver inte dig idag"	10	7	10	5	2		3	2	39
10	"Every Minute"	4	8	5	12	8	10	12	10	69
11	"Little Tot"	7	12	4	6	10	7	8	3	57
12	"Tänker inte alls gå hem"					3	4	7	8	22
International jury spokespersons
– Bruno Berberes – Kleart Duraj – Felix Bergsson – Tali Eshkoli – Simon Proctor – Zibbz – Alexia Moutafidou – Lars Lourenco

Detailed televoting results ^[8]

R/O	Song	Age groups							Tel.	Total
		3‑9	10‑15	16‑29	30‑44	45‑59	60‑74	75+
1	"Dandi dansa"	10	6	6	4	4	1	1	3	35
2	"Beat of Broken Hearts"	8	8	5	5	3	2	3	2	36
3	"New Religion"	7	4	3	2					16
4	"In the Middle"	3	10	10	10	7	6	6	4	56
5	"The Missing Piece"	2	3	2						7
6	"Still Young"				1	5	8	8	6	28
7	"Voices"	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	96
8	"Bailá Bailá"	5	2	1	3	2	3	2	1	19
9	"Behöver inte dig idag"	1	1	4	6	10	10	10	10	52
10	"Every Minute"	4	5	7	7	8	5	5	8	49
11	"Little Tot"	6	7	8	8	6	4	4	5	48
12	"Tänker inte alls gå hem"					1	7	7	7	22

References

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External links

• (in Swedish) Melodifestivalen Official Site