Melodifestivalen 2005

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Melodifestivalen 2005

Date:	12 March 2005
Presenter:	Jill Johnson, Mark Levengood
Venue:	Stockholm Globe Arena
Director:	Sven Stojanovic
Sponsors:	Lindex, Posten, E.on, Statoil, Telia
Viewing figures (approx):	4,055,000
Voting:	50/50 Jury, SMS and telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast:	1,519,997
Interval Acts:	Carola Häggkvist, After Dark, Jill Johnson, Henrik Schyffert, Erik Haag, Lena Philipsson
Winner:	Las Vegas performed by Martin Stenmarck
Winner's result at Eurovision:	19th

Melodifestivalen 2005 was the selection for the 45th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 44th time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Gothenburg, Linköping, Skellefteå, Växjö and a Second Chance round in Stockholm. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. Nanne Grönvall’s defeat was met with consternation by many people, who felt that a gap of over 150,000 votes should be enough for victory. There were even calls for SVT to scrap the jury system altogether and simply let the televotes decide the winner. For a comparison, it was noted that Grönvall had received more votes than Lena Philipsson, the popular 2004 winner. However, SVT said that there was nothing they could do about the result. Four finalists topped the Swedish charts. Alcazar and Alcastar got to number one the week before the final, Jimmy Jansson got to the number one some weeks after that with Vi kan gunga, Martin Stenmarck's winner Las Vegas hit the top spot the week after that, while Nanne Grönvall and Håll om mig topped the charts the week after that.

Contents 1 Semifinals 2 Results 3 Voting 3.1 Juries 3.2 Televotes 4 Footnotes 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Semifinals

Main article: Melodifestivalen 2005 semifinals

[edit] Results

#	Artist	Song	Translation	Songwriters	Votes			Place
					Jury	Public	Total
1	Martin Stenmarck	Las Vegas	-	Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren	102	110	212	1st
2	Linda Bengtzing	Alla Flickor	All Girls	Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren	15	-	15	9th
3	Nordman	Ödet var min väg	Destiny was my Way	Dan Attlerud, Mats Wester	4	11	15	9th
4	Shirley Clamp	Att älska dig	To Love You	Sonja Aldén, Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström, Shirley Clamp, Robert Olausson	86	44	130	4th
5	Sanne Salomonsen	Higher Ground	-	Jeanette Olsson, Moh Denebi, Henrik Janson	35	-	35	7th
6	Caroline Wennergren	A Different Kind of Love	-	Joacim Dubbelman, Martin Landh, Sam McCarthy	28	88	116	5th
7	Alcazar	Alcastar	-	Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren	69	66	135	3rd
8	Jimmy Jansson	Vi kan gunga	We Can Swing	Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren	27	22	49	6th
9	Fredrik Kempe & Sanna Nielsen	Du och jag mot världen	You and Me Against the World	Fredrik Kempe, Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström	30	-	30	8th
10	Nanne Grönvall	Håll om mig	Embrace Me	Nanne Grönvall, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman	77	132	209	2nd

[edit] Voting

[edit] Juries

Song	Luleå	Umeå	Sundsvall	Falun	Karlstad	Örebro	Norrköping	Gothenburg	Växjö	Malmö	Stockholm	Total
Las Vegas	12	12	6	4	12	12	12	8	10	8	6	102
Alla flickor	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	1	15
Ödet var min väg	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	4
Att älska dig	-	10	4	10	4	10	10	10	6	10	12	86
Higher Ground	1	1	1	2	6	-	4	6	4	6	4	35
A Different Kind Of Love	4	4	8	-	2	8	2	-	-	-	-	28
Alcastar	8	8	2	6	10	2	8	1	12	2	10	69
Vi kan gunga	10	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	1	-	-	27
Du och jag mot världen	2	6	-	-	-	6	6	4	-	4	2	30
Håll om mig	6	2	12	12	-	4	1	12	8	12	8	77

[edit] Televotes

Song	Jury	No. of televotes	Points	Total
Las Vegas	102	208 716	110	212
Alla flickor	15	95 532	-	15
Ödet var min väg	4	111 684	11	15
Att älska dig	86	153 923	44	130
Higher Ground	35	36 219	-	35
A Different Kind Of Love	28	204 040	88	116
Alcastar	69	165 497	66	135
Vi kan gunga	27	130 021	22	49
Du och jag mot världen	30	40 037	-	30
Håll om mig	77	373 928	132	209

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2005
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

[edit] External links

• Melodifestivalen 2005 official site (in Swedish)
• Gylleneskor.se: Melodifestivalen 2005 (in Swedish)
• ESCSweden.com (in Swedish)
• Information site about Melodifestivalen
• Eurovision Song Contest National Finals

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