Melodifestivalen 2000
Melodifestivalen 2000 was the selection for the 40th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 39th time that this system of picking a song had been used; 1,394 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. Roger Pontare (1994 winner with Marie Bergman) won the MF again with the rock-inspired ballad "När vindarna viskar mitt namn", donning a folk-inspired costume and featuring Native American dancers during his performance. The winning song was performed later in English at the Eurovision Song Contest as "The Spirits Are Calling My Name", placing seventh among 24 entrants.
| Melodifestivalen 2000 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 10 March 2000 |
| Venue | Gothenburg Opera, Gothenburg |
| Presenter(s) | Carola Häggkvist, Lotta Engberg, Lena Philipsson, Loa Falkman, Tommy Körberg, Elisabeth Andreassen, Arja Saijonmaa, Lasse Berghagen, Lasse Holm, Björn Skifs |
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| Voting system | 50/50 Jury and telephone voting |
| Winning song | "När vindarna viskar mitt namn" by Roger Pontare |
The 2000 Melodifestivalen was presented by no less than 10 past participants and winners, who performed a medley of selected Melodifestivalen entries from the past four decades as an interval act. Two of the presenters, Lena Philipsson and Carola Häggkvist, went on to win the Melodifestivalen in 2004 and 2006, respectively (Carola had also won in 1983 and 1991 before). The show was watched by 4,175,000 people, with a total of 525,567 votes cast.
Results
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Votes | Place | ||
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| Jury | Public | Total | |||||
| 1 | Guide | "Vi lever här, vi lever nu" | Mattias Reimer, Lars Edvall | 53 | 44 | 97 | 5th |
| 2 | Balsam Boys | "Bara du och jag" | Gustaf Eurén, Stefan Deak, Karl Eurén | 43 | 11 | 54 | 7th |
| 3 | Barbados | "Se mig" | Thomas Thörnholm, Danne Attlerud | 58 | 88 | 146 | 2nd |
| 4 | Avengers | "När filmen är slut" | Suss von Ahn, Henrik Wikström | 0 | - | 0 | 10th |
| 5 | Tom Nordahl | "Alla änglar sjunger" | Stefan Berg | 32 | - | 32 | 9th |
| 6 | Roger Pontare | "När vindarna viskar mitt namn" | Thomas Holmstrand, Linda Jansson, Peter Dahl | 95 | 132 | 227 | 1st |
| 7 | Javiera Muñoz | "Varje timma, var minut" | Johnny Thunqvist, Ulf Georgsson | 73 | 66 | 139 | 4th |
| 8 | Midnight Band | "Tillsammans" | Mikael Wendt, Christer Lundh | 58 | - | 58 | 6th |
| 9 | Hanna Hedlund | "Anropar försvunnen" | Bobby Ljunggren, Robert Uhlmann, Anna-Lena Högdahl | 25 | 22 | 47 | 8th |
| 10 | Friends | "När jag tänker på i morgon" | Lasse Holm, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman | 36 | 110 | 146 | 2nd |
Voting
Juries
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| "Vi lever här, vi lever nu" | - | 8 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | - | 4 | 1 | 53 |
| "Bara du och jag" | 2 | - | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 43 |
| "Se mig" | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | - | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 58 |
| "När filmen är slut" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| "Alla änglar sjunger" | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 12 | - | 4 | 2 | - | 32 |
| "När vindarna viskar mitt namn" | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 95 |
| "Varje timma, var minut" | 8 | 4 | 8 | - | 6 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 73 |
| "Tillsammans" | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | - | - | 8 | 8 | 10 | - | - | 58 |
| "Anropar försvunnen" | - | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| "När jag tänker på i morgon" | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 6 | - | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 36 |
Televotes
| Song | Jury | No. of televotes | Points | Total |
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| "Vi lever här, vi lever nu" | 53 | 34,239 | 44 | 97 |
| "Bara du och jag" | 43 | 26,229 | 11 | 54 |
| "Se mig" | 58 | 43,289 | 88 | 146 |
| "När filmen är slut" | 0 | 2,934 | - | 0 |
| "Alla änglar sjunger" | 32 | 24,455 | - | 32 |
| "När vindarna viskar mitt namn" | 95 | 173,641 | 132 | 227 |
| "Varje timma, var minut" | 73 | 35,691 | 66 | 139 |
| "Tillsammans" | 58 | 25,727 | - | 58 |
| "Anropar försvunnen" | 25 | 31,921 | 22 | 47 |
| "När jag tänker på i morgon" | 36 | 127,441 | 110 | 146 |
Returning artists
| Artist | Previous year(s) |
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| Roger Pontare | 1994, with Marie Bergman |