Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

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Eurovision Song Contest 2019
CountryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
National selection
Selection process Melodifestivalen 2019
Selection date(s)Heats:
2 February 2019
9 February 2019
16 February 2019
23 February 2019
Second Chance:
2 March 2019
Final:
9 March 2019
Selected entrant John Lundvik
Selected song"Too Late for Love"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (3rd, 238 points)
Final result5th, 334 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄201820192020►

Sweden participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) organised the national final Melodifestivalen 2019 in order to select the Swedish entry for the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel. After a six-week-long competition consisting of four heats, a Second Chance round and a final, "Too Late for Love" performed by John Lundvik emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from eight international juries and a public vote.

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Background

Prior to the 2019 contest, Sweden had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-eight 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

Melodifestivalen2019

Melodifestivalen2019 was the 58th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen and will be held between 2 February 2019 and 9 March 2019. The four presenters were Sarah Dawn Finer, Kodjo Akolor, Marika Carlsson and Eric Saade. [2] The winner of the contest would represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel. [3]

Heats and Second Chance round

Final

The final took place on 9 March 2019 at the Friends Arena in Solna, 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 eight international jury groups determined the winner, John Lundvik with the song "Too Late for Love". The viewers and the juries each had a total of 464 points to award. The nations that comprised the international jury were Australia, Austria, Cyprus, Finland, France, Israel, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

DrawArtistSongJuriesTelevoteTotalPlace
1 Jon Henrik Fjällgren "Norrsken (Goeksegh)"1955744
2 Lisa Ajax "Torn"3923629
3 Mohombi "Hello"3242745
4 Lina Hedlund "Victorious"3284011
5 Bishara "On My Own"38691072
6 Anna Bergendahl "Ashes to Ashes"20365610
7 Nano "Chasing Rivers"5410648
8 Hanna Ferm and Liamoo "Hold You"48591073
9 Malou Prytz "I Do Me"23123512
10 John Lundvik "Too Late for Love"96851811
11 Wiktoria "Not with Me"3628646
12 Arvingarna "I Do"2737647

At Eurovision

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. On 28 January 2019, 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 second semi-final, to be held on 16 May 2019, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show. [4]

Once all the competing songs for the 2019 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 perform in position 8, following the entry from Denmark and preceding the entry from Austria. [5]

Semi-final

Sweden performed eighth in the second semi-final, following the entry from Denmark and preceding the entry from Austria. 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 238 points: 88 points from the televoting and 150 points from the juries.

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final. [6]

Points awarded to Sweden

Points awarded by Sweden

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Swedish jury: [6]

  • Calvin Bozic (jury chairperson) PR and project leader record company
  • Mathias Lugoboni assistant music director
  • Lina Hedlund  artist
  • Adnan Sahuric dancer and choreographer
  • Haida Jamshidi
Detailed voting results from Sweden (Semi-final 2) [7]
DrawCountryJuryTelevote
C. BozicM. LugoboniL. HedlundA. SahuricH. JamshidiRankPointsRankPoints
01Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 715611141611
02Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 814316171316
03Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 61210355614
04Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 110161111274
05Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1111815161715
06Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 131349151513
07Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1031113692210
08Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
09Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 4711483817
10Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1417137414101
11Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 316144107412
12Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1255898347
13Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 26151234783
14Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 159217131192
15Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 921210765112
16Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 51172221065
17Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 17876121256
18Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 164951110138
Detailed voting results from Sweden (Final) [8]
DrawCountryJuryTelevote
C. BozicM. LugoboniL. HedlundA. SahuricH. JamshidiRankPointsRankPoints
01Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 51995209219
02Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 24202524242513
03Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3151871910118
04Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15182317222224
05Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 101481238312
06Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1271611121647
07Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 11232422212022
08Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 201331981192
09Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
10Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1912413251514
11Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 410101154720
12Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2113211256
13Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 23222018142321
14Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 22172121132123
15Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2141110574112
16Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 611226181316
17Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 25241225232438
18Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1316139412210
19Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 18211915101925
20Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 995876583
21Flag of France.svg  France 1461414161711
22Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 826293874
23Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 16251516111815
24Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 18241210101
25Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7572065665
26Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1731723171417

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