Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

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Eurovision Song Contest 2017
CountryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
National selection
Selection process Melodifestivalen 2017
Selection date(s)Heats:
4 February 2017
11 February 2017
18 February 2017
25 February 2017
Second Chance:
4 March 2017
Final:
11 March 2017
Selected entrant Robin Bengtsson
Selected song"I Can't Go On"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (3rd, 227 points)
Final result5th, 344 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Sweden participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "I Can't Go On" written by David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah and Robin Stjernberg. The song was performed by Robin Bengtsson. The Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) organised the national final Melodifestivalen 2017 in order to select the Swedish entry for the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. After a six-week-long competition consisting of four heats, a Second Chance round and a final, "I Can't Go On" performed by Robin Bengtsson emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from eleven international jury groups and a public vote.

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Sweden was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2017. Performing as the opening entry for the show in position 1, "I Can't Go On" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 13 May.

Background

Prior to the 2017 contest, Sweden had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-six times since its first entry in 1958. [1] Sweden had won the contest on six occasions: in 1974 with the song "Waterloo" performed by ABBA, in 1984 with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" performed by Herreys, in 1991 with the song "Fångad av en stormvind" performed by Carola, in 1999 with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven" performed by Charlotte Nilsson, in 2012 with the song "Euphoria" performed by Loreen, and in 2015 with the song "Heroes" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Sweden's entries, to this point, have featured in every final except for 2010 when the nation failed to qualify.

The Swedish national broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), broadcasts the event within Sweden and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Since 1959, SVT has organised the annual competition Melodifestivalen in order to select the Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 2017

Melodifestivalen 2017 is the Swedish music competition that selected Sweden's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. [2] 28 songs competed in a six-week-long process which would consist of four heats on 4, 11, 18 and 25 February 2017, a second chance round on 4 March 2017, and a final on 11 March 2017. [3] The six shows were hosted by Clara Henry, David Lindgren and Hasse Andersson. [4] Seven songs competed in each heat—the top two qualified directly to the final, while the third and fourth placed songs qualified to the second chance round. The bottom three songs in each heat were eliminated from the competition. An additional four songs qualified to the final from the second chance round. The results in the heats and second chance round were determined exclusively by public televote and app voting, while the overall winner of the competition was selected in the final through the combination of a public vote and the votes from eleven international jury groups.

Heats and Second Chance round

Final

The final was held on 11 March 2017 at the Friends Arena in Stockholm. Twelve songs competed - two qualifiers from each of the four preceding heats and four qualifiers from the Second Chance round. The combination of points from a viewer vote and eleven international jury groups determined the winner. The viewers and the juries each had a total of 473 points to award. The nations that comprised the international jury were Armenia, Australia, Czech Republic, France, Israel, Italy, Malta, Norway, Poland, the United Kingdom and Ukraine. [5] [6] Robin Bengtsson emerged as the winner of the national selection with his song "I Can't Go On".

DrawArtistSongJuriesPublicTotalPlace
1 Ace Wilder "Wild Child"3532677
2 Boris René "Her Kiss"3531668
3 Lisa Ajax "I Don't Give A"1630469
4 Robin Bengtsson "I Can't Go On"96501461
5 Jon Henrik Fjällgren feat. Aninia"En värld full av strider (Eatneme gusnie jeenh dåaroeh)"56491053
6 Anton Hagman "Kiss You Goodbye"6374310
7 Mariette "A Million Years"6237994
8 FO&O "Gotta Thing About You"7344111
9 Nano "Hold On"76571332
10 Wiktoria "As I Lay Me Down"2951806
11 Benjamin Ingrosso "Good Lovin'"5433875
12 Owe Thörnqvist "Boogieman Blues"1323312

Promotion

Robin Bengtsson made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "I Can't Go On" as the Swedish Eurovision entry. On 2 April, he performed during the London Eurovision Party, which was held at the Café de Paris venue in London, United Kingdom and hosted by Nicki French. Between 3 and 6 April, Bengtsson took part in promotional activities in Tel Aviv, Israel where he performed during the Israel Calling event held at the Ha'teatron venue. [7] [8] On 8 April, Robin Bengtsson performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Selma Björnsdóttir. [9] On 15 April, Bengtsson performed during the Eurovision Spain Pre-Party, which was held at the Sala La Riviera venue in Madrid, Spain. [10]

At Eurovision

Robin Bengtsson during the opening ceremony of Eurovision 2017 Robin Bengtsson Kyiv 2017.jpg
Robin Bengtsson during the opening ceremony of Eurovision 2017

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. [11] On 31 January 2017, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Sweden was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 9 May 2017, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show. [12]

Once all the competing songs for the 2017 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Sweden was set to open the show and perform in position 1, before the entry from Georgia. [13]

The two semi-finals and the final were televised in Sweden on SVT1 with commentary by Måns Zelmerlöw and Edward af Sillén. [14] The Swedish spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Swedish jury during the final, was Wiktoria Johansson. [15]

Semi-final

Robin Bengtsson took part in technical rehearsals on 30 April and 4 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 8 and 9 May. [16] This included the jury show on 8 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries.

At the end of the show, Sweden was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Sweden placed third in the semi-final, receiving a total of 227 points: 103 points from the televoting and 124 points from the juries. [17]

Final

Shortly after the second semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. This draw was done in the reverse order the countries appeared in the semi-final running order. Sweden was drawn to compete in the second half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Sweden was subsequently placed to perform in position 24, following the entry from Belgium and before the entry from Bulgaria. [18]

Voting

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Sweden and awarded by Sweden in the first semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:

Points awarded to Sweden

Points awarded by Sweden

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Swedish jury: [21]

Detailed voting results from Sweden (Semi-final 1) [19]
DrawCountryJuryTelevote
M. CederbergWiktoriaM. LundinG. EfraimssonA. JohnsonRankPointsRankPoints
01Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
02Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 5124775617
03Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1631311292
04Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 1016717131415
05Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 91499283210
06Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 12171461617101
07Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 6721184738
08Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 158121261116
09Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 119115165112
10Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 13111614101512
11Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 145138141256
12Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 21104521065
13Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 410155129247
14Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 74510177411
15Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 326293874
16Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 161581341383
17Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1731131510113
18Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 8131716111614
Detailed voting results from Sweden (Final) [20]
DrawCountryJuryTelevote
M. CederbergWiktoriaM. LundinG. EfraimssonA. JohnsonRankPointsRankPoints
01Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 16102120192018
02Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 11161914211765
03Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25221513202323
04Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 13263187419
05Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 17181224111815
06Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 74319148314
07Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 2513453838
08Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 21112017151974
09Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 413107356101
10Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1435896517
11Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 87162112210
12Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 20151112131520
13Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 19241421122192
14Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5841621012
15Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 18232525232421
16Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2312229252225
17Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 917716161356
18Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 226915101216
19Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 39162229211
20Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 619232371683
21Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1014811171124
22Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 24252422242522
23Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 15211751101112
24Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
25Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 12121044747
26Flag of France.svg  France 120181881413

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