Melodifestivalen 2015

Melodifestivalen 2015
Preliminary decision data
country	Sweden
Broadcasting station	, , , ,
Producing broadcaster
place	Semi-finals: Scandinavium , Gothenburg , Malmö Arena , Malmö , Östersund Arena, Östersund , Conventum Arena, Örebro , Andra Chansen: Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg, final: Friends Arena , Stockholm
date	March 14, 2015
Time	8:00 p.m. ( CET )
Duration	approx. 90 & 120 minutes
Number of participants	28
Number of contributions	28
Preliminary rounds	5
Preliminary round dates	Semi-finals: 0 February 7, 2015 February 14, 2015 February 21, 2015 February 28, 2015 Second chance: 0 March 7, 2015
poll	Preliminary rounds: 100% televoting Final: 50% international jury voting, 50% televoting
Pause filler	Finale: Conchita Wurst
Moderation
Sanna Nielsen and Robin Paulsson

The Melodifestivalen 2015 was the Swedish preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna ( Austria ). The hosts of the six live shows were Sanna Nielsen , the winner of the Melodifestivalen 2014, and the Swedish comedian Robin Paulsson. Måns Zelmerlöw won with the song Heroes . In the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, he prevailed over Russia with 365 points. Sweden won the Eurovision Song Contest for the sixth time and has since been in second place among the countries with the most victories.

format

concept

Ostersund Stockholm Örebro Gothenburg Helsingborg Malmo

Venues of the Melodifestival 2015 (blue marking)

For the fourteenth time the semi-finals will take place in different locations in Sweden. There are 28 entries, which are distributed over four semifinals, so that seven entries were presented per semifinals. In two voting rounds, the audience decided who qualified for the final and who was allowed to compete again in the Andra Chansen (German: Second Chance). In each semi-final, the first two entries with the most audience votes qualified directly for the final. Those contributions that took third and fourth place appeared a second time on the Andra Chansen program. There the candidates competed against each other in duels and whoever received the most votes from the audience qualified for the final. Twelve performers appeared in the finale. For the first time since 1997, the Melodifestivalen finale consisted of twelve contributions.

The semi-finals took place on February 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th, the second chance round on March 7th and the final on March 14th in Stockholm .

The winner of the final, Måns Zelmerlöw , was Sanna Nielsen's successor and represented Sweden at the 60th Eurovision Song Contest in Austria.

The rule introduced at Melodifestivalen 2014 that at least 20 percent of the submitted contributions must be (co-) written by at least one woman has been raised to 50 percent this year by SVT.

broadcasts

broadcast	Send date	city	venue	spectator	Audience votes (televoting & SMS)	Voting
Deltävling 1	0February 7, 2015	Gothenburg	Scandinavium	3,383,000	1,215,965	135.246
Deltävling 2	February 14, 2015	Malmo	Malmo Arena	3,332,000	2,382,636	231.169
Deltävling 3	February 21, 2015	Ostersund	Ostersund Arena	3,145,000	2,865,979	373,606
Deltävling 4	February 28, 2015	Örebro	Conventum Arena	3,111,000	2,573,350	251,553
Andra Chansen	0March 7, 2015	Helsingborg	Helsingborg Arena	3,030,000	3,830,306	297,447
Finals	March 14, 2015	Stockholm	Friends Arena	3,736,000	1,555,557	182.854
total				19,737,000	14,423,793	1,471,875

Semifinals

A total of 28 artists took part, which were divided into four semi-finals. The two artists of each semi-final with the most audience votes went straight to the final. Third and fourth places went into the so-called Andra Chansen round.

First semi-final

Scandinavium

The first semi-final (Deltävling 1) took place on February 7, 2015, 8:00 p.m. ( CET ) in the Scandinavium in Gothenburg .

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Translation (unofficial)	Audience votes (televoting & SMS)
					Round 1	round 2	total	%
1.	7th	Eric Saade	Sting M / T: Sam Arash Fahmi, Fredrik Kempe, Hamed “K-one” Pirouzpanah, David Kreuger	Sting	413,556	35,324	448.880	36.71%
2.	6th	Jessica Andersson	Can't Hurt Me Now M / T: Aleena Gibson, Fredrik Thomander	Can't hurt me now	187.686	25,279	212.965	17.42%
3.	4th	Dolly style	Hello Hi M / T: Emma Nors, Palle Hammarlund, Jimmy Jansson	Hello Hello	138,255	16,961	155.216	12.69%
4th	5	Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone	Det rår vi inte för M / T: Behrang Miri, Albin Johnsén, Måns Zelmerlöw , Tony Nilsson	We can't help it	140.374	08,606	148.980	12.18%
5.	3	Rickard Söderberg & Elize Ryd	One By One M / T: Elize Ryd, Jimmy Jansson, Karl-Ola Kjellholm, Sharon Vaughn	One after the other	101,433	27,928	129,361	10.58%
6th	1	Molly Pettersson Hammar	I'll Be Fine M / T: Molly Pettersson Hammar, Lisa Desmond, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren, Gavin Jones	I will be fine	082,807	-	082,807	06.77%
7th	2	Daniel Gildenlöw	Pappa M / T: Daniel Gildenlöw	father	044,483	-	044,483	03.64%

 Candidate has qualified for the final.

 The candidate qualified for the Andra Chansen.

Second semi-final

Malmo Arena

The second semi-final (Deltävling 2) took place on February 14, 2015, 8:00 p.m. ( CET ) in the Malmö Arena in Malmö .

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Translation (unofficial)	Audience votes (televoting & SMS)
					Round 1	round 2	total	%
1.	7th	Mariette	Don't Stop Believing M / T: Miss Li (Linda Karlsson) , Sonny Gustafsson	Do not stop believing	472.908	28,219	501.127	21.05%
2.	6th	Magnus Carlsson	Möt mig i Gamla stan M / T: Thomas G: son , Lina Eriksson	Meet me in the old town	441.477	34,140	475.617	19.98%
3.	3	Samir & Viktor	Groupie M / T: Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Maria Smith, Kevin Högdahl, Viktor Thell	-	455.225	19,958	475.183	19.96%
4th	1	Linus Svenning	Forever Starts Today M / T: Aleena Gibson, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Fredrik Kempe	Forever starts today	357.113	36,156	393.269	16.52%
5.	4th	Neverstore	If I Was God For One Day M / T: Thomas G: son , John Gordon, Jacob Widén	If I were god for one day	253.725	12,227	265,952	11.17%
6th	2	Emelie Irewald	Also då with M / T: Emelie Irewald	There and then with you	134,638	-	134,638	05.66%
7th	5	Marie Bergman & Sanne Salomonsen	Nonetheless M / T: Andreas Stone Johansson, Allison Kaplan	Nevertheless	134,427	-	134,427	05.65%

 Candidate has qualified for the final.

 The candidate qualified for the Andra Chansen.

Third semi-final

Ostersund Arena

The third semi-final (Deltävling 3) took place on February 21, 2015, 8:00 p.m. ( CET ) in the Östersund Arena in Östersund .

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Translation (unofficial)	Audience votes (televoting & SMS)
					Round 1	round 2	total	%
1.	7th	Jon Henrik Fjällgren	Jag är fri (Manne leam frijje) M / T: Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Erik Holmberg, Tony Malm, Josef Melin	I am free	593,601	72,716	666.317	23.27%
2.	5	Isa	Don't Stop M / T: Isa Tengblad , Johan Ramström, Gustaf Svenungsson, Magnus Wallin, Oscar Merner	Do not stop	499.426	18,978	518,404	18.11%
3.	3	Andreas Weise	Bring Out the Fire M / T: Henrik Jansson, Thomas G: son , Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad	Bring out the fire	419,346	31,577	450.923	15.75%
4th	6th	Kristin Amparo	I See You M / T: Kristin Amparo, Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger	I see you	395.936	19,074	415.010	14.49%
5.	1	Ellen Benediktson	Insomnia M / T: Ellen Benediktson , Anders Wrethov	insomnia	288.995	09,768	298,763	10.43%
6th	2	Kalle Johansson	För din skull M / T: Martin Eriksson, Thomas G: son , Thomas Karlsson	Because of you	261,572	-	261,572	09.14%
7th	4th	Andreas Johnson	Living to Die M / T: Andreas Johnson , Bobby Ljunggren, Karl-Ola Kjellholm	Live to die	252.280	-	252.280	08.81%

 Candidate has qualified for the final.

 The candidate qualified for the Andra Chansen.

Fourth semi-final

Conventum Arena

The fourth and final semi-final (Deltävling 4) took place on February 28, 2015, 8:00 p.m. ( CET ) in the Conventum Arena in Örebro .

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Translation (unofficial)	Audience votes (televoting & SMS)
					Round 1	round 2	total	%
1.	7th	Måns Zelmerlöw	Heroes M / T: Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb	Heroes	712,652	58,771	771.423	30.00%
2.	3	JTR	Building It Up M / T: John Andreasson, Tom Lundbäck, Robin Lundbäck, Erik Lewander, Iggy Strange Dahl	Build it up	378.312	07,590	385.902	15.01%
3.	4th	Hate Andersson	Guld och gröna skogar M / T: Anderz Wrethov, Elin Wrethov, Johan Bejerholm, Johan Deltinger	Gold and green forests	339.263	40,042	379.305	14.75%
4th	5	Dinah Nah	Make Me (La La La) M / T: Dinah Nah, Dr. Alban (Alban Nwapa), Jakke Erixson, Karl-Ola Kjellholm	Make me (La La La)	356,640	09,438	366.078	14.24%
5.	2	Caroline Wennergren	Black Swan M / T: Nicklas Eklund, Joel DeLuna, Aimee Bobruk	Black Swan	252,405	31,787	284.192	11.05%
6th	6th	Annika Herlitz	Ett andetag M / T: Amir Aly, Maciel Numhauser, Robin Abrahamsson, Sharon Dyall, Sharon Vaughn	One breath	226,388	-	226,388	08.81%
7th	1	Midnight boy	Don't Say No M / T: Johan Krafman, Kristofer Östergren , Olle Blomström	Don't say no	157.793	-	157.793	06.14%

 Candidate has qualified for the final.

 The candidate qualified for the Andra Chansen.

Andra Chansen

Helsingborg Arena

The Andra Chansen round (German: Second Chance) took place on March 7, 2015, 8:00 p.m. ( CET ) in the Helsingborg Arena in Helsingborg . Here eight artists sang in four duels for a place in the final. In contrast to previous years, the winner of each duel went straight to the final.

duel	Start number	Interpreter	song	Audience votes (tele-voting & SMS)
				be right	%
1	1	Andreas Weise	Bring Out the Fire M / T: Henrik Jansson, Thomas G: son , Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad	402,521	43.11%
	2	Linus Svenning	Forever Starts Today M / T: Aleena Gibson, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Fredrik Kempe	531.109	56.89%
2	1	Hate Andersson	Guld och gröna skogar M / T: Anderz Wrethov, Elin Wrethov, Johan Bejerholm, Johan Deltinger	599.724	57.62%
	2	Kristin Amparo	I See You M / T: Kristin Amparo, Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger	441.015	42.38%
3	1	Dolly style	Hello Hi M / T: Emma Nors, Palle Hammarlund, Jimmy Jansson	404.960	43.55%
	2	Dinah Nah	Make Me (La La La) M / T: Dinah Nah, Alban Nwapa , Jakke Erixson, Karl-Ola Kjellholm	524,887	56.45%
4th	1	Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone	Det rår vi inte för M / T: Behrang Miri, Albin Johnsén, Måns Zelmerlöw , Tony Nilsson	297,739	32.16%
	2	Samir & Viktor	Groupie M / T: Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Maria Smith, Kevin Högdahl, Viktor Thell	628.022	67.84%

 Candidate has qualified for the final.

final

Friends Arena

The winner of the Swedish preliminary decision: Måns Zelmerlöw

The finals took place on March 14, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. ( CET ) in the 28,000-seat Friends Arena in Solna ( Stockholm ). The winner was Måns Zelmerlöw with his song Heroes . He represented Sweden at the 60th Eurovision Song Contest and won.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	AT THE	AT	BE	CY	EE	FR	IL	MT	NL	SL	GB	Overall jury	Audience votes (Televote & SMS)			total
																be right	%	Points
01.	06th	Måns Zelmerlöw	Heroes M / T: Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb	12	12	12	12	12	12	6th	12	12	12	8th	122	545601	35.1%	166	288
02.	04th	Jon Henrik Fjällgren	Jag är fri (Manne leam frijje) M / T: Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Erik Holmberg, Tony Malm, Josef Melin	8th	8th	4th	-	2	8th	-	-	8th	1	12	051	288,964	18.6%	088	139
03.	11	Mariette	Don't Stop Believing M / T: Miss Li (Linda Karlsson) , Sonny Gustafsson	6th	6th	2	10	8th	10	12	4th	2	10	4th	074	90,749	5.8%	028	102
04th	12	Hate Andersson	Guld och gröna skogar M / T: Anderz Wrethov, Elin Wrethov, Johan Bejerholm, Johan Deltinger	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	2	-	010	222.166	14.3%	068	078
05.	10	Eric Saade	Sting M / T: Sam Arash Fahmi, Fredrik Kempe, Hamed “K-one” Pirouzpanah, David Kreuger	10	2	6th	2	1	4th	10	1	10	-	2	048	96,237	6.2%	029	077
06th	07th	Linus Svenning	Forever Starts Today M / T: Aleena Gibson, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Fredrik Kempe	2	10	1	6th	4th	2	4th	-	-	6th	6th	041	57,838	3.8%	018th	059
07th	08th	Isa	Don't Stop M / T: Isa Tengblad , Johan Ramström, Gustaf Svenungsson, Magnus Wallin, Oscar Merner	-	4th	-	-	10	-	-	2	4th	8th	10	038	60.213	3.9%	018th	056
08th.	01	Samir & Viktor	Groupie M / T: Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Maria Smith, Kevin Högdahl, Viktor Thell	-	-	10	4th	-	-	-	8th	6th	-	1	029	65,927	4.2%	020th	049
09.	09	Magnus Carlsson	Möt mig i Gamla stan M / T: Thomas G: son , Lina Eriksson	1	1	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	010	59,811	3.8%	018th	028
10.	02	JTR	Building It Up M / T: John Andreasson, Tom Lundbäck, Robin Lundbäck, Erik Lewander, Iggy Strange Dahl	-	-	8th	-	6th	6th	1	-	-	-	-	021st	14,236	0.9%	004th	025th
11.	05	Jessica Andersson	Can't Hurt Me Now M / T: Aleena Gibson, Fredrik Thomander	4th	-	-	-	-	1	-	6th	-	4th	-	015th	25,721	1.7%	008th	023
12	03	Dinah Nah	Make Me (La La La) M / T: Dinah Nah, Alban Nwapa , Jakke Erixson, Karl-Ola Kjellholm	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	10	1	-	-	014th	28.094	1.8%	008th	022nd
Jury points speaker
- Gohar Gaszparjan - Axel Hirsoux - Mart Normet - Bruno Berberes - Moses Morad - Daniel D'Anastasi - Daniël Dekker - Conchita Wurst - Maja Keuc - Simon Proctor - Klítosz Klítu

Web links

Commons : Melodifestivalen 2015  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Swedish preliminary decision website (Swedish)

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2015
• Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Melodifestivalen och eurovision vanliga fragor (Swedish)
2. ↑ Sanna Nielsen and Robin Paulsson - programledare för Melodifestivalen 2015 (Swedish)
3. ↑ Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2015: dates and cities announced (English)
4. ↑ Nu är det dags att skriva låtar till Melodifestivalen 2015. SVT, June 24, 2014, accessed on March 15, 2015 (Swedish). 
5. ^ Sveriges Television : History: Så många har röstat i Melodifestivalen sedan 2015. In: blogg.svt.se. February 8, 2020, accessed March 7, 2020 (Swedish). 
6. ↑ Emma Petersson: Eric Saade and Jessica Andersson är i final i Melodifestivalen 2015 ( Swedish ) SVT . Retrieved February 7, 2015.
7. ↑ Emma Petersson: Mariette och Magnus Carlsson är i final i Melodifestivalen 2015 ( Swedish ) SVT . Retrieved February 14, 2015.
8. ↑ Emma Petersson: Jon Henrik Fjällgren och Isa är i final i Melodifestivalen 2015 ( Swedish ) SVT . Retrieved February 21, 2015.
9. ↑ Emma Petersson: JTR och Måns Zelmerlöw är i final i Melodifestivalen 2015 ( Swedish ) SVT . Retrieved February 28, 2015.
10. ↑ Emma Petersson: Linus Svenning, Hasse Andersson, Dinah Nah och Samir & Viktor är i final i Melodifestivalen 2015 ( Swedish ) SVT . Retrieved March 7, 2015.
11. ↑ Emma Petersson: Måns Zelmerlöw är vinnaren i Melodifestivalen 2015 ( Swedish ) SVT . Retrieved March 14, 2015.
12. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Svenska folkets roaster. hjärtröster, phone and SMS. (PDF) In: Sveriges Television . March 17, 2015, p. 1 , accessed June 30, 2015 (Swedish). 
13. ↑ Emma Petersson: Här är startordningen och duellerna i Andra chansen i Melodifestivalen 2014. In: svt.se. SVT , February 28, 2015, accessed June 30, 2015 (Swedish).