Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

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Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Participating broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT)
CountryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 2001
Selection date(s)23 February 2001
Selected artist(s) Friends
Selected song"Listen to Your Heartbeat"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result5th, 100 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "Listen to Your Heartbeat", written by Thomas G:son and Henrik Sethson, and performed by the group Friends. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 2001.

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Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 2001

Melodifestivalen 2001 was the selection for the 41st song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. Around 1,800 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television (SVT) for the competition, of which 10 were chosen to compete in the show. The final was held in the Malmö Musikteater in Malmö on 23 February 2001, presented by Josefine Sundström and Henrik Olsson, and was broadcast on SVT1. The winners were the previous year's runner-up, the group Friends with the schlager song "Lyssna till ditt hjärta". It was written by Thomas G:son and Henrik Sethson. [1]

Competing entries

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Annie Kratz-Gutå"Vända om"Tony Malm, Annie Kratz-Gutå, Farhad Zand
Barbados "Allt som jag ser"Marcos Ubeda, Ulf Georgsson, Lars "Dille" Diedricson
Date "Om du förlåter mig"Sofia Lagerström, Henrik Sethsson
Ellinor Franzén "Om du stannar här"Tony Malm, Ellinor Franzén
Friends "Lyssna till ditt hjärta" Thomas G:son, Henrik Sethson
Jan Johansen "Ingenmansland" Ingela "Pling" Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren
Popson"Jag känner dig"Lars Benckert, Petter Gunnarsson
Rosanna Jönis"Om du var här hos mig"Mattias Reimer, Lars Edvall
Sanna Nielsen "I går, i dag"Bert Månson
Teresia"Kom ner på jorden"Rune Gardell

Final

DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPoints
1Teresia"Kom ner på jorden"2514,6310258
2 Jan Johansen "Ingenmansland"6320,244441074
3 Date "Om du förlåter mig"3517,87022576
4Rosanna Jönis"Om du var här hos mig"217,107111310
5 Barbados "Allt som jag ser"8282,7991101922
6 Sanna Nielsen "I går, i dag"8464,903881723
7Annie Kratz-Gutå"Vända om"2911,4990297
8 Friends "Lyssna till ditt hjärta"10596,3801322371
9Popson"Jag känner dig"237,5590239
10 Ellinor Franzén "Om du stannar här"2524,41666915
Detailed Regional Jury Voting [2]
Song
Luleå
Umeå
Sundsvall
Falun
Stockholm
Karlstad
Örebro
Norrköping
Växjö
Gothenburg
Malmö
Total
"Kom ner på jorden"41124146225
"Ingemansland"68666281226163
"Om du förlåter mig"21221642635
"Om du var här hos mig"112
"Allt som jag ser"10481012862841082
"I går, i dag"8124441212812884
"Vända om"281212429
"Lyssna till ditt hjärta"12101012101010110812105
"Jag känner dig"1661023
"Om du stannar här"12810425

At Eurovision

For the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, the song was rewritten into English and got the new title "Listen to Your Heartbeat". It was performed in the 7th spot on the night of the contest, following Russia and preceding Lithuania. Despite not receiving any 12s, Sweden scored 100 points at the close of voting, finishing in 5th position. [3]

Controversy

After the song "Lyssna till ditt hjärta" won Melodifestivalen 2001, it was accused of plagiarism from the 1996 Belgian entry "Liefde is een kaartspel". At first this was denied by the Swedish composers, Thomas G:son and Henrik Sethsson, but after the Belgian songwriters and the author's organisation SABAM pressed for legal action, a cash settlement was agreed. [4] [5]

Voting

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References

  1. ↑ "OnEurope - for the latest Eurovision Song Contest news, videos, reviews and information". Archived from the original on 2001-04-18.
  2. ↑ "OnEurope - for the latest Eurovision Song Contest news, videos, reviews and information". Archived from the original on 2001-04-18.
  3. ↑ "Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  4. ↑ ESCtoday.com, Swedish entry 2001 now officially plagiarism
  5. ↑ Leif Thorsson. Melodifestivalen genom tiderna ["Melodifestivalen through time"] (2006), p. 290. Stockholm: Premium Publishing AB. ISBN   91-89136-29-2
  6. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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