Swedish melodifestivalen 2022
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Melodifestivalen
Swedish music competition
Melodifestivalen was the 62nd edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen,[1] which was organised bygd Sveriges Television (SVT)[2] and took place over a six-week period between 5 February and 12 March [3] The winner of the competition was Cornelia Jakobs with the song "Hold Me Closer", who represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest , where she came fourth with points. All shows were hosted by Oscar Zia.
Format
[edit]The event was planned to return to its traditional tour around six cities of the country (namely Malmö, Gothenburg, Linköping, Lidköping, Örnsköldsvik and Stockholm) with venues available for spectators, after the previous edition was entirely held in one place and without an audience due to the COVID pandemic.[1][4][5] However, due to tightening restrictions in light of the spread of the Omicron variant, SVT announced on 14 January that all shows would instead be held in Stockholm.[6][7] On 4 February, SVT announced that the first three heats would be held in the Avicii Arena, while the remaining one heat, the
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The SVT (Swedish public television) released the detailed results of Melodifestivalen . As you will see below, the age categories did not affect the results, which were in line with the absolute number of votes except for the semi-final of the second chance, where two songs would not have qualified for the final if this system was not implemented.
There are two things worth mentioning. The first one is that Anders Bagge had about half a million more votes than the winner Cornelia Jakobs. The second is that Anna Bergendahl and Cazzi Opeia, despite collecting fewer votes in the semifinal of the second chance than Alvaro Estrella and Lisa Miskovsky respectively, got the ticket for the final as based on the age categories they got higher amount of points. Anna Bergendahl even had almost , votes less than Alvaro Estrella and despite of that was the one who had more points in the age categories.
Despite her second place in the public voting, Cornelia Jakobs will represent Sweden at Eurovision , with the song Hold Me Closer. Sweden participates in the second semifinal and will appear in the second half.
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Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
| Eurovision Song Contest | |
|---|---|
| Country | &#;Sweden |
| Selection&#;process | Melodifestivalen |
| Selection&#;date(s) | Heats: 5 February 12 February 19 February 26 February Semi-final: 5 March Final: 12 March |
| Selected&#;artist(s) | Cornelia Jakobs |
| Selected&#;song | "Hold Me Closer" |
| Selected&#;songwriter(s) | Isa Molin David Zandén Cornelia Jakobsdotter |
| Semi-final&#;result | Qualified (1st, points) |
| Final&#;result | 4th, points |
Sweden participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy, with "Hold Me Closer" performed by Cornelia Jakobs.[1] The Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) organised Melodifestivalen in order to select its entry for the contest.
Background
[edit]Main article: Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
Prior to the contest, Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty times since its first entry in Sweden had won the contest on six occasions: in with the song "Waterloo" performed by ABBA, in with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" performed by Herreys, in with the song "Fångad av en stormvind" performed by Carola, in with the song "Take Me to Your He