Melodifestivalen 2015

Melodifestivalen 2015 was the Swedish music competition that selected Sweden's 55th entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.[1] Måns Zelmerlöw won with the song "Heroes". The hosts for the show were Sanna Nielsen (winner of Melodifestivalen 2014) and comedian Robin Paulsson.[2][3]

Melodifestivalen 2015
Dates
Semi-final 17 February 2015
Semi-final 214 February 2015
Semi-final 321 February 2015
Semi-final 428 February 2015
Second chance7 March 2015
Final14 March 2015
VenueFriends Arena
Solna, Sweden
Presenter(s)Robin Paulsson
Sanna Nielsen
Websitesvt.se/melodifestivalen/
Participants
Number of entries28: 7 in each heat; 12 in the final (2 from each heat, 4 from the Second Chance round)
Vote
Winning song"Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw

For the fourteenth consecutive year, the competition consisted of four semi-finals, a "Second Chance" round, and a final. However, the total number of competing entries was reduced from 32 to 28. The 28 competing entries were divided into four semi-finals, with seven compositions in each. From each semifinal, the songs that earned first and second place went directly to the final, while the songs that placed third and fourth proceeded to the Second Chance semi-final. The bottom three songs in each semifinal were eliminated from the competition.[4]

A new rule for the 2015 edition of the competition stipulated that at least 50% of the selected entries were to be written by female composers or lyricists in a full or partial capacity.[5][6]

Format

Melodifestivalen 2015 was the fourteenth consecutive year in which the competition will take place in different cities across Sweden. The four semifinals were held in Gothenburg (7 February), Malmö (14 February), Östersund (21 February) and Örebro (28 February). The Second Chance round took place in Helsingborg on 7 March while the final in Solna was held on 14 March.[4]

Schedule and ratings
ShowDateCityVenueViewersVotes
Semi Final 17 FebruaryGothenburgScandinavium3,383,0001,215,965[7]
Semi Final 214 FebruaryMalmöMalmö Arena3,332,0002,382,636[8]
Semi Final 321 FebruaryÖstersundÖstersund Arena3,145,0002,865,979[9]
Semi Final 428 FebruaryÖrebroConventum Arena3,111,0002,573,350[10]
Second Chance7 MarchHelsingborgHelsingborg Arena3,030,0003,830,306[11]
Final14 MarchSolnaFriends Arena3,736,0001,555,557[12]

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

The results of this semi-final were contest after the crash of the application.[13]

Draw Artist Song
(English translation)		 Songwriter(s) Votes[14] Place Results
Round 1 Round 2 Total
1Molly Pettersson Hammar"I'll Be Fine"Molly Pettersson Hammar, Lisa Desmond, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren, Gavin Jones82,807—82,8076Out
2Daniel Gildenlöw"Pappa" (Dad)Daniel Gildenlöw44,483—44,4837Out
3Rickard Söderberg & Elize Ryd"One By One"Elize Ryd, Jimmy Jansson, Karl-Ola Kjellholm, Sharon Vaughn101,43327,928129,3615Out
4Dolly Style"Hello Hi"Emma Nors, Palle Hammarlund, Jimmy Jansson138,25516,961155,2163Second chance
5Behrang Miri feat.
Victor Crone		"Det rår vi inte för" (We can't help it)Behrang Miri, Albin Johnsén, Måns Zelmerlöw, Tony Nilsson140,3748,606148,9804Second chance
6Jessica Andersson"Can't Hurt Me Now"Aleena Gibson, Fredrik Thomander187,68625,279212,9652Final
7Eric Saade"Sting"Arash Fahmi, Fredrik Kempe, Hamed "K-one" Pirouzpanah, David Kreuger413,55635,324448,8801Final

Semi-final 2
Draw Artist Song
(English translation)		 Songwriter(s) Votes[14] Place Results
Round 1 Round 2 Total
1Linus Svenning"Forever Starts Today"Aleena Gibson, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Fredrik Kempe357,11336,156393,2694Second chance
2Emelie Irewald"Där och då med dig" (There and then with you)Emelie Irewald134,638—134,6386Out
3Samir & Viktor"Groupie"Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Maria Smith, Kevin Högdahl, Viktor Thell455,22519,958475,1833Second chance
4Neverstore"If I Was God For One Day"Thomas G:son, John Gordon, Jacob Widén253,72512,227265,9525Out
5Marie Bergman & Sanne Salomonsen"Nonetheless"Andreas Stone Johansson, Allison Kaplan134,427—134,4277Out
6Magnus Carlsson"Möt mig i Gamla stan" (Meet me in Gamla stan)Thomas G:son, Lina Eriksson441,47734,140475,6172Final
7Mariette"Don’t Stop Believing"Miss Li (Linda Karlsson), Sonny Gustafsson472,90828,219501,1271Final

Semi-final 3
Draw Artist Song
(English translation)		 Songwriter(s) Votes[14] Place Results
Round 1 Round 2 Total
1Ellen Benediktson"Insomnia"Ellen Benediktson, Anderz Wrethov288,9959,768298,7635Out
2Kalle Johansson"För din skull" (For your sake)Martin Eriksson, Thomas G:son, Thomas Karlsson261,572—261,5726Out
3Andreas Weise"Bring Out the Fire"Henrik Jansson, Thomas G:son, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad419,34631,577450,9233Second chance
4Andreas Johnson"Living to Die"Andreas Johnson, Bobby Ljunggren, Karl-Ola Kjellholm252,280—252,2807Out
5Isa"Don't Stop"Isa Tengblad, Johan Ramström, Gustaf Svenungsson, Magnus Wallin, Oscar Merner499,42618,978518,4042Final
6Kristin Amparo"I See You"Kristin Amparo, Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger395,93619,074415,0104Second chance
7Jon Henrik Fjällgren"Jag är fri (Manne Leam Frijje)" (I am free)Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Erik Holmberg, Tony Malm, Josef Melin593,60172,716666,3171Final

Semi-final 4
Draw Artist Song
(English translation)		 Songwriter(s) Votes[14] Place Results
Round 1 Round 2 Total
1Midnight Boy"Don't Say No"Johan Krafman, Kristofer Östergren, Olle Blomström157,793—157,7937Out
2Caroline Wennergren"Black Swan"Nicklas Eklund, Joel DeLuna, Aimee Bobruk252,40531,787284,1925Out
3JTR"Building It Up"John Andreasson, Tom Lundbäck, Robin Lundbäck, Erik Lewander, Iggy Strange Dahl378,3127,590385,9022Final
4Hasse Andersson"Guld och gröna skogar" (Gold and green forests)Anderz Wrethov, Elin Wrethov, Johan Bejerholm, Johan Deltinger339,26340,042379,3053Second chance
5Dinah Nah"Make Me (La La La)"Dinah Nah, Dr. Alban (Alban Nwapa), Jakke Erixson, Karl-Ola Kjellholm356,6409,438366,0784Second chance
6Annika Herlitz"Ett andetag" (One breath)Amir Aly, Maciel Numhauser, Robin Abrahamsson, Sharon Dyall, Sharon Vaughn226,388—226,3886Out
7Måns Zelmerlöw"Heroes"Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb712,65258,771771,4231Final

Second Chance

The Second Chance (Andra chansen) round was held on 7 March 2015 in Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg. Unlike in the previous editions, four out of eight competing entries were sent to the final this year. The preliminary two-phase voting introduced in 2013 was eliminated, bringing back a duel-only competition. The duels are as follows:

It was announced that Malena Ernman, Melodifestivalen winner and Sweden's representative at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest would join Behrang Miri and Victor Crone on stage to do the opera vocals.[15]

Duel Draw Artist Song Votes[16] Result
I 1 Andreas Weise "Bring Out the Fire" 402,521 Out
2 Linus Svenning "Forever Starts Today" 531,109 Final
II 1 Hasse Andersson "Guld och gröna skogar" (Gold and green forests) 599,724 Final
2 Kristin Amparo "I See You" 441,015 Out
III 1 Dolly Style "Hello Hi" 404,960 Out
2 Dinah Nah "Make Me (La La La)" 524,887 Final
IV 1 Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone "Det rår vi inte för" (We can't help it) 297,739 Out
2 Samir & Viktor "Groupie" 628,022 Final

Final

The grand final of this year's Melodifestivalen was held on 14 March in the 28,000-seat Friends Arena in Solna.[17] Unlike in the previous editions of Melodifestivalen, twelve songs competed in this year's final, two more than before. Eight finalists were selected during the four-week semi finals and four from the Second Chance round.[18]

Draw[19] Artist[19] Song
(English translation)		 Songwriter(s)
1Samir & Viktor"Groupie"Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Maria Smith, Kevin Högdahl, Viktor Thell
2JTR"Building It Up"John Andreasson, Tom Lundbäck, Robin Lundbäck, Erik Lewander, Iggy Strange Dahl
3Dinah Nah"Make Me (La La La)"Dinah Nah, Dr. Alban (Alban Nwapa), Jakke Erixson, Karl-Ola Kjellholm
4Jon Henrik Fjällgren"Jag är fri (Manne Leam Frijje)" (I am free)Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Erik Holmberg, Tony Malm, Josef Melin
5Jessica Andersson"Can't Hurt Me Now"Aleena Gibson, Fredrik Thomander
6Måns Zelmerlöw"Heroes"Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb
7Linus Svenning"Forever Starts Today"Aleena Gibson, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Fredrik Kempe
8Isa"Don't Stop"Isa Tengblad, Johan Ramström, Gustaf Svenungsson, Magnus Wallin, Oscar Merner
9Magnus Carlsson"Möt mig i Gamla stan" (Meet me in Gamla stan)Thomas G:Son, Lina Eriksson
10Eric Saade"Sting"Arash Fahmi, Fredrik Kempe, Hamed "K-one" Pirouzpanah, David Kreuger
11Mariette"Don't Stop Believing"Miss Li (Linda Karlsson), Sonny Gustafsson
12Hasse Andersson"Guld och gröna skogar" (Gold and green forests)Anderz Wrethov, Elin Wrethov, Johan Bejerholm, Johan Deltinger

Results

The eleven international juries were revealed on 8 March 2015, and are shown in the voting table below in alphabetical order of the names of the respective countries. In particular, Austrian jury results was announced by Conchita Wurst, winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2014.[20]

Draw
 Song Jury
points		 Televote/SMS[14] Total Place
Votes % Points
1"Groupie"1048612965,9274.2%20498
2"Building It Up"86612114,2360.9%42510
3"Make Me (La La La)"121011428,0941.8%82212
4"Jag är fri (Manne leam frijje)"88428811251288,96418.6%881392
5"Can't Hurt Me Now"41641525,7211.7%82311
6"Heroes"12121212121261212128122545,60135.1%1662881
7"Forever Starts Today"21016424664157,8383.8%18596
8"Don't Stop"410248103860,2133.9%18567
9"Möt mig i Gamla stan"1181059,8113.8%18289
10"Sting"10262141011024896,2376.2%29775
11"Don't Stop Believing"6621081012421047490,7495.8%281023
12"Guld och gröna skogar"8210222,16614.3%68784

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