Melodifestivalen 2017

Melodifestivalen 2017
Preliminary decision data
country	Sweden
Broadcasting station	,  ,  ,  ,
Producing broadcaster
place	Semi-finals: Scandinavium , Göteborg Malmö Arena , Malmö Vida Arena , Växjö Skellefteå Kraft Arena , Skellefteå Andra Chansen: SAAB Arena , Linköping final: Friends Arena , Solna ( Stockholm )
date	March 11, 2017
Time	8:00 p.m. ( CET )
Duration	approx. 90 & 120 minutes
Number of contributions	28
Preliminary rounds	5
Preliminary round dates	Semi-finals: 0 February 4, 2017 February 11, 2017 February 18, 2017 February 25, 2017 Andra Chansen: 0 March 4, 2017
poll	Preliminary rounds: 100% televoting Final: 50% international jury voting, 50% televoting
Pause filler	Semi-final 1: Mustasch feat. Hasse Andersson: Änglahund (Hound from Hell) semifinals 2: Davids Mellokavalkad semifinals 3: Clara Henry & Alcazar : Världen behöver just dig Andra Chansen: Bröderna Norberg: Parodi ; Dani M & Linda Pira Finale: Then! feat. Shirin: If I Were Sorry (Music / Text: Oscar Fogelström, Michael Saxell, Fredrik Andersson, Frans Jeppsson-Wall; arrangement: Damn!) ; Zara Larsson : Only You , I Would Like , Ain't My Fault (Medley)
Moderation
Hate Andersson , Clara Henry, David Lindgren

The Melodifestivalen 2017 was the Swedish preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kiev ( Ukraine ). It was the 57th edition of the competition organized by the Swedish broadcaster SVT . Robin Bengtsson won the final with the title I Can't Go On on March 11, 2017 and represented Sweden in Kiev. He reached fifth place in the final.

format

concept

For the fifteenth time, the semi-finals will take place in different locations in Sweden. There were 28 contributions, which were distributed over 4 semifinals, so that seven contributions were presented per semifinals. The audience decided in two voting rounds 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 in 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. 12 performers appeared in the final.

The producer of the Melodifestival 2017 was Christer Björkman . On September 30, 2016 it was announced that Clara Henry, David Lindgren and Hasse Andersson would host the shows.

broadcasts

Gothenburg Malmo Vaxjo Skellefteå Linkoping Stockholm

Venues of the Melodifestival 2017 (blue marking)

On September 6, 2016, SVT presented the dates and venues of the Melodifestival 2017. As in previous years, two of the four semi-finals will take place in Gothenburg and Malmö. As has been the case since 2013, the final was held in the Friends Arena in Stockholm. Växjö, Skellefteå and Linköping were the fourth venue for the Melodifestival.

broadcast	Send date	city	venue	Spectator (SVT1)	Audience votes (televoting, SMS & app)
Deltävling 1	04th February 2017	Gothenburg	Scandinavium	3,244,000	5,706,113
Deltävling 2	February 11, 2017	Malmo	Malmo Arena	3,094,000	5,395,695
Deltävling 3	18th February 2017	Vaxjo	Vida Arena	3,210,000	5,756,071
Deltävling 4	February 25, 2017	Skellefteå	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	3,407,000	4,951,648
Andra Chansen	04th March 2017	Linkoping	SAAB arena	3,097,000	7.223.709
Finals	March 11, 2017	Stockholm	Friends Arena	3,794,000	13,566,778
total				19,846,000	42,600,014

Choice of contribution

From September 1st, 9:00 a.m. to September 19, 2016, 8:59 a.m., composers had the opportunity to submit a contribution to SVT. From these 28 contributions will be selected. The selection is made according to the following selection process:

• 14 contributions were selected from all submitted contributions
• 13 contributions were selected at the invitation of SVT.
• The winner of the competition Svensktoppen Nästa received a starting place for the Melodifestivalen 2017. The winner of the competition organized by Sveriges Radio P4 was the band Les Gordons.

As in previous years, at least 50% of all contributions had to be co-written by female composers.

Attendees

On November 30, 2016, all 28 participants of the Melodifestival 2017 were announced in a press conference by SVT. Among them are the ESC winners from 1999 and 2012 as well as the Swedish participant from 1994 and 2000 and the Finnish participant from 2013 .

Moderation

At a press conference on September 30, 2016, Clara Henry, David Lindgren and Hasse Andersson were presented as moderators of the Melodifestivalen 2017. Clara Henry was responsible for reporting for the Melodifestival in 2014. David Lindgren and Hasse Andersson have already participated in the Melodifestivalen in the past; David Lindgren took part in 2012, 2013 and 2016 , while Hasse Andersson will take part in 2015 .

Semifinals

First semi-final

Scandinavium

The first semi-final (Deltävling 1) took place on February 4, 2017, 8:00 p.m. ( CET ) in the Scandinavium in Gothenburg . A total of 5,706,113 audience votes were counted.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Audience votes (televoting, SMS & app)				image
						Round 1	round 2	total	%
1.	7th	Nano	Hold On M / T: Nano Omar, Gino Yonan, Ayak Thiik, Carl Rydén, Christoffer Belaieff, Rikard de Bruin, David Francis Jackson	English	Hold out	1,056,413	122.263	1,178,676	20.71%
2.	6th	Ace Wilder	Wild Child M / T: Peter Boström, Thomas G: son , Ace Wilder	English	Wild child	0981.435	084.111	1,066,246	18.74%
3.	1	Boris René	Her Kiss M / T: Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren	English	Your kiss	0895.618	089,512	0985.130	17.31%
4th	4th	De Vet you	Road Trip M / T: Johan Gunterberg, Christopher Martland	Swedish	-	0870.399	048,384	0918.783	16.15%
5.	3	Dinah Nah	One More Night M / T: Thomas G: son , Jimmy Jansson, Dinah Nah, Dr. Alban	English	Another night	0693.220	042,010	0735.230	12.92%
6th	2	Adrijana	Amare M / T: Martin Tjärnberg, Adrijana Krasniqi	Swedish	-	0407.097	-	0407.097	07.15%
7th	5	Charlotte Perrelli	Mitt liv M / T: Charlotte Perrelli, Lars Hägglund	Swedish	My life	0399,536	-	0399,536	07.02%

 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 11, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. ( CET ) in the Malmö Arena in Malmö . A total of 5,395,695 audience votes were counted.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Audience votes (televoting, SMS & app)				image
						Round 1	round 2	total	%
1.	1	Mariette	A Million Years M / T: Thomas G: son, Johanna Jansson , Peter Boström, Mariette Hansson, Jenny Hansson	English	A million years	997.489	93.211	1,090,700	20.25%
2.	7th	Benjamin Ingrosso	Good Lovin ' M / T: Benjamin Ingrosso , Louis Schoorl, Matt Pardon, MAG	English	Good love	966.140	93,588	1,059,728	19.68%
3.	6th	Lisa Ajax	I Don't Give A M / T: Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Anton Hård af Segerstad, Ola Svensson	English	I don't give anything	969.355	67,178	1,036,533	19.25%
4th	5	Dismissed	Hearts Align M / T: Ola Salo , Peter Kvint	English	Connect hearts	668,878	76,880	0745.758	13.85%
5.	2	Roger Pontare	Heaven and hav M / T: Thomas G: son, Alexzandra Wickman	Swedish	Sky and sea	681,661	61,404	0743.065	13.80%
6th	3	Etzia	Up M / T: Hanif Sabzevari, Johnny Sanchez, Simon Gribbe, Erica Haylett	English	High	363.025	-	0363.025	06.74%
7th	4th	Allyawan	Vart har du vart M / T: Masse Salazar, Samuel Nazari	Swedish	Where have you been	346,299	-	0346,299	06.43%

 Candidate has qualified for the final.

 The candidate qualified for the Andra Chansen.

Third semi-final

Vida Arena

The third semi-final (Deltävling 3) took place on February 18, 2017, 8:00 p.m. ( CET ) in the Vida Arena in Växjö . A total of 5,756,071 audience votes were counted. Never before have so many votes been received during a semi-final of the Melodifestival.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Audience votes (televoting, SMS & app)				image
						Round 1	round 2	total	%
1.	1	Robin Bengtsson	I Can't Go On M / T: David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah, Robin Stjernberg	English	I can't go on	945.977	085.502	1,031,479	17.99%
2.	5	Owe Thörnqvist	Boogieman Blues M / T: Owe Thörnqvist	Swedish , English	-	803.452	158.074	0961.526	16.77%
3.	7th	FO&O	Gotta Thing About You M / T: Robert John "Mutt" Lange , Tony Nilsson	English	Got a thing about you	825.454	087,576	0913.030	15.92%
4th	3	Anton Hagman	Kiss You Goodbye M / T: Christian Fast, Tim Schou , Henrik Nordenback	English	Kissing you goodbye	811.844	068,796	0880.640	15.36%
5.	6th	Bella & Filippa	Crucified M / T: Peter Hägerås, Mats Frisell, Jakob Stadell, Filippa Frisell, Isabella Snihs	English	Crucified	783.759	083,582	0867.341	15.13%
6th	4th	Jasmine Kara	Gravity M / T: Anderz Wrethov, Jasmine Kara	English	Attraction	672,565	-	0672,565	11.73%
7th	2	Krista Siegfrids	Snurra min jord M / T: Krista Siegfrids, Gustaf Svenungsson, Magnus Wallin, Gabriel Alares	Swedish	Spin my world	407.769	-	0407.769	07.11%

 Candidate has qualified for the final.

 The candidate qualified for the Andra Chansen.

Fourth semi-final

Skellefteå Kraft Arena

The fourth semi-final (Deltävling 4) took place on February 25, 2017, 8:00 p.m. ( CET ) in the Skellefteå Kraft Arena in Skellefteå . A total of 4,951,648 audience votes were counted.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Audience votes (televoting, SMS & app)				image
						Round 1	round 2	total	%
1.	4th	Viktoria	As I Lay Me Down M / T: Justin Forrest, Jonas Wallin, Lauren Dyson	English	While I'm lying down	987.935	084,445	1,072,380	21.73%
2.	1	Jon Henrik Fjällgren feat. Aninia	En värld full av strider (Eatneme gusnie jeenh dåaroeh) M / T: Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Sara Biglert, Christian Schneider, Andreas Hedlund	Swedish	A world full of strife	815.030	101,324	0916.354	18.57%
3.	7th	Loreen	Statements M / T: Anton Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Loreen	English	-	768.421	104,230	0872.651	17.68%
4th	5	Axel Schylström	När ingen ser M / T: Behshad Ashnai, Axel Schylström, David Strääf	Swedish	When nobody is looking	671.044	059,683	0730.727	14.81%
5.	2	Alice	Running with Lions M / T: Anderz Wrethov, Andreas "Stone" Johansson, Denniz Jamm, Alice Svensson	English	Race with lions	673.153	049,243	0722.396	14.64%
6th	3	Les Gordons	Bound To Fall M / T: Jonatan Renström, Albert Björliden, Andreas Persson, Carl Ragnemyr, David Runebjörk, Jimmy Jansson	English	Must fall	400,845	-	0400,845	08.12%
7th	6th	Sara Varga & Juha Mulari	You for inte ändra on mig M / T: Sara Varga, Lars Hägglund	Swedish	You can't change me	219,558	-	0219,558	04.45%

 Candidate has qualified for the final.

 The candidate qualified for the Andra Chansen.

Andra Chansen

SAAB arena

Boris René, Dismissed, Lisa Ajax, Axel Schylström, Loreen, Anton Hagman, De Vet Du, FO&O

The Andra Chansen (German: Second Chance) broadcast took place on March 4, 2017, 8:00 p.m. ( CET ) in the SAAB Arena in Linköping . Here eight artists sang in four duels for a place in the final.

A new record was set with over 7 million viewer votes. Never before have so many votes been received in the Andra Chansen round. This replaced the record from 2016.

duel	Start number	Interpreter	song	Audience votes (televoting, SMS & app)		image
				be right	%
1	1	FO&O	Gotta Thing About You M / T: Robert John "Mutt" Lange , Tony Nilsson	0970.831	53.02%
	2	De Vet you	Road Trip M / T: Johan Gunterberg, Christopher Martland	0860.182	46.98%
2	1	Axel Schylström	När ingen ser M / T: Behshad Ashnai, Axel Schylström, David Strääf	0926.610	49.85%
	2	Lisa Ajax	I Don't Give A M / T: Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Anton Hård af Segerstad, Ola Svensson	0932,362	50.15%
3	1	Boris René	Her Kiss M / T: Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren	1,061,289	63.61%
	2	Dismissed	Hearts Align M / T: Ola Salo , Peter Kvint	0607.015	36.39%
4th	1	Anton Hagman	Kiss You Goodbye M / T: Christian Fast, Tim Schou , Henrik Nordenback	0975,547	52.30%
	2	Loreen	Statements M / T: Anton Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Loreen	0889.873	47.70%

 Candidate has qualified for the final.

final

Friends Arena

The winner of the Swedish preliminary decision: Robin Bengtsson

The final (finals) took place on March 11, 2017, 8:00 p.m. ( CET ) in the 27,000-seat Friends Arena in Solna ( Stockholm ). Robin Bengtsson, the winner of the final, was chosen by tele and jury voting and will represent Sweden at the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev. In the jury vote, he was ahead with 96 points. He received at least four points from each voting country. Nano emerged as the winner of the audience vote with 12%. Robin Bengtsson reached third place in the audience vote and won the overall standings with 146 points.

During the voting phase, the Swedish singer Shirin appeared with a cover of last year's winning song If I Were Sorry . It was made by the band Damn! accompanied. Before the final vote, singer Zara Larsson performed a medley of her songs Only You, I Would Like and Ain't My Fault .

A new all-time record was set with 13,566,778 audience votes. Never before have so many viewers voted in a final or a broadcast of the Melodifestivalen.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	PL	CZ	NO	IT	MT	IL	FR	AU	GB	AT THE	UA	Overall jury	Audience votes (televoting, SMS & app)			total
																	be right	%	Points
01.	04th	Robin Bengtsson	I Can't Go On M / T: David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah, Robin Stjernberg	English	12	4th	12	8th	8th	12	10	10	4th	8th	8th	96	1,435,963	10.6%	50	146
02.	09	Nano	Hold On M / T: Nano Omar, Gino Yonan, Ayak Thiik, Carl Rydén, Christoffer Belaieff, Rikard de Bruin, David Francis Jackson	English	4th	10	8th	4th	12	-	4th	4th	10	10	10	76	1,627,843	12%	57	133
03.	05	Jon Henrik Fjällgren feat. Aninia	En värld full av strider (Eatneme gusnie jeenh dåaroeh) M / T: Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Sara Biglert, Christian Schneider, Andreas Hedlund	Swedish	10	-	2	12	-	-	8th	8th	2	2	12	56	1,395,012	10.3%	49	105
04th	07th	Mariette	A Million Years M / T: Thomas G: son, Johanna Jansson , Peter Boström, Mariette Hansson, Jenny Hansson	English	-	2	-	10	6th	8th	12	6th	-	12	8th	62	1,068,531	7.9%	37	099
05.	11	Benjamin Ingrosso	Good Lovin ' M / T: Benjamin Ingrosso , Louis Schoorl, Matt Pardon, MAG	English	8th	6th	10	1	1	10	-	12	6th	-	-	54	961.104	7.1%	33	087
06th	10	Viktoria	As I Lay Me Down M / T: Justin Forrest, Jonas Wallin, Lauren Dyson	English	-	-	6th	-	4th	-	6th	-	8th	4th	1	29	1,474,526	10.9%	51	080
07th	01	Ace Wilder	Wild Child M / T: Peter Boström, Thomas G: son , Ace Wilder	English	-	-	-	6th	10	2	2	2	12	1	-	35	920.421	6.8%	32	067
08th.	02	Boris René	Her Kiss M / T: Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren	English	6th	8th	4th	-	-	4th	-	1	-	6th	4th	35	904.646	6.7%	31	066
09 .	03	Lisa Ajax	I Don't Give A M / T: Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Anton Hård af Segerstad, Ola Svensson	English	-	12	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	02	16	847.353	6.2%	30th	046
10.	06th	Anton Hagman	Kiss You Goodbye M / T: Christian Fast, Tim Schou , Henrik Nordenback	English	2	1	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	06th	1,058,232	7.8%	37	043
11.	08th	FO&O	Gotta Thing About You M / T: Robert John "Mutt" Lange , Tony Nilsson	English	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	1	-	-	07th	962.987	7.1%	34	041
12.	12	Owe Thörnqvist	Boogieman Blues M / T: Owe Thörnqvist	Swedish	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	01	910.160	6.7%	32	033
Jury points speaker
- Mateusz Grzesinski - Jan Bors - Anette Lauenborg Waaler - Nicola Caligiore - Gordon Bonello - Tali Eshkoli - Edoardo Grassi - Stephanie Werret - Simon Proctor - Iveta Mukuchyan - Victoria Romanova

Web links

Commons : Melodifestivalen 2017  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Swedish preliminary decision website (Swedish)

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2017
• Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Clara Henry, David Lindgren and Hasse Andersson to host Melodifestivalen 2017
2. ↑ Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2017 dates and cities announced!
3. ↑ Emma Petersson: Nano och Ace Wilder är i final i Melodifestivalen 2017 ( Swedish ) SVT . Retrieved February 5, 2017.
4. ↑ Emma Petersson: Mariette Hansson och Benjamin Ingrosso är i final i Melodifestivalen 2017 ( Swedish ) SVT . Retrieved February 12, 2017.
5. ↑ Emma Petersson: Robin Bengtsson och Owe Thörnqvist är i final i Melodifestivalen 2017 ( Swedish ) SVT . Retrieved February 19, 2017.
6. ↑ Emma Petersson: Wiktoria och Jon Henrik Fjällgren feat. Aninia är i final i Melodifestivalen 2017 ( Swedish ) SVT . Retrieved February 26, 2017.
7. ↑ Emma Petersson: FO&O, Lisa Ajax, Boris René and Anton Hagman är i final i Melodifestivalen 2017 ( Swedish ) SVT . Retrieved March 5, 2017.
8. ↑ Emma Petersson: Robin Bengtsson med "I Can't Go On" är vinnaren av Melodifestivalen 2017 ( Swedish ) SVT . Retrieved March 12, 2017.
9. ↑ Invitation to the 2017 Melodifestival
10. ↑ Sweden: Noomi wins Svensktoppen Nästa, Les Gordons Headed to Melodifestivalen
11. ↑ Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2017 participants revealed
12. ^ Anton Lindqvist: Clara Henry, David Lindgren och Hasse Andersson blir programledare för Melodifestivalen 2017 ( Swedish ) SVT . Retrieved March 2, 2017.
13. ↑ Svenska folkets roaster. hjärtröster, phone and SMS. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: Sveriges Television . March 14, 2017, p. 1 , archived from the original on March 15, 2017 ; Retrieved March 14, 2017 (Swedish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.