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Sweden: Detailed results of Melodifestivalen 2022 released!

The SVT (Swedish public television) released the detailed results of Melodifestivalen 2022. 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 200,000 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 2022, with the song Hold Me Closer. Sweden participates in the second semifinal and will appear in the second half.

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Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs is the winner of Melodifestivalen 2022 and will represent the country this year in Turin!

Ninety minutes ago, the show of the Final of Melodifestivalen 2022, started off on SVT and SVT Play and we now know that Cornelia Jacobs will represent Sweden at Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, with the song “Hold Me Closer“!

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Sweden: Who is the favourite to win Melodifestivalen 2022, according to today’s betting odds?

Melodifestivalen 2022 Final show will begin in a few moments, with the new competition and voting format in place and will be aired tonight at 20:00 CET on SVT and SVT Play. Twelve contestants will have to perform their song and compete in order to claim their ticket to Turin, to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest this year.

Tonight’s contestants

  • Klara Hammarström – “Run to the Hills
  • Theoz – “Som du vill”
  • Anna Bergendahl – “Higher Power
  • John Lundvik – “Änglavakt
  • Tone Sekelius – “My Way
  • Anders Bagge – “Bigger than the Universe
  • Robin Bengtsson – “Innocent Love
  • Faith Kakembo – “Freedom
  • Liamoo – “Bluffin
  • Cornelia Jakobs – “Hold Me Closer
  • Cazzi Opeia – “I Can’t Get Enough”
  • Medina – “In i dimman

The odds

The betting odds depend on many factors and as these factors are subject to changes anytime, the odds can still fluctuate, even last minute. Currently, according to the betting odds, Cornelia Jakobs is in the lead, with a winning chance of 55%, Anders Bagge and Klara Hammarström follow.

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Let’s see what is going to happen, when we will get the chance to watch the actual Final show live, on SVT and SVT Play and of course at EurovisionFun you will get the chance to be informed about the results, as soon as they are announced at Friends Arena!

Which artist is your favourite for the win, that will secure their ticket to Turin to represent Sweden this Saturday?

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding Melodifestivalen 2022 and the selection process Swedish entry for Eurovision 2022!

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Sweden: Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2022 takes place tonight!

Melodifestivalen 2022: act sixth! Grand Final today for the selection process of Sweden’s participation in Eurovision 2022. As is known, five semifinals and the grand final will keep us company until today, when we will have the official selection of Sweden’s representative in Eurovision 2022.

Finalists

Twelve artists are competing in tonight’s grand final of the Swedish national team, with the winner representing the Scandinavian country in May in Turin. The finalists of the grand final are:

  1. Klara Hammarström – Run To The Hills
  2. Theoz – Som du vill
  3. Anna Bergendahl – Higher Power
  4. John LundvikÄnglavakt
  5. Tone Sekelius – My Way
  6. Anders Bagge – Bigger Than The Universe
  7. Robin Bengtsson – Innocent Love
  8. Faith Kakembo – Freedom
  9. LIAMOOBluffin
  10. Cornelia Jacobs – Hold Me Closer
  11. Cazzi Opeia – I Can’t Get Enough
  12. MEDINA - In i dimman 

Voting

The results of Melodifestivalen 2022 at the final show, get determined 50-50 by the televotes and the votes of the eight countries that will comprise the international jury.

These eight countries of the international jury this year will be:

  • The Netherlands
  • Finland
  • Spain
  • Australia
  • Czech Republic
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy

Starting from last year, the viewers vote in age groups. At the final show there is no longer the possibility to vote by SMS, as the Melodifestivalen production team commented the SMS votes were minimal. One either can vote by phone or with the use of the Melodifestivalen app.

Before being able to vote, one must register their age. The viewers are allocated into the following seven age groups:

  • 3-9 years old, Green group
  • 10-15 years old, Turquoise group
  • 16-29 years old, Blue group
  • 30-44 years old, Purple group
  • 45-59 years old, Pink group
  • 60-74 years old, Red group
  • 75 years old and above, Orange group

There are eight categories in all, one is the televoting and the rest are the seven age-groups. Each category gives 58 points in total at the finals, distributed to the acts accordingly. Also the change of the number of countries in the international jury, from eleven to eight was implemented so that the number of countries match the number of voting categories of the public. At the end of the voting process, the juries will decide 50% of the votes and the public vote will provide the remaining 50% of the points.

Oscar Zia will be the presenter of all six shows of Melodifestivalen 2022.

Tonight’s final, like all other shows, will be held in Stockholm due to the outbreak of the Omicron variant in Sweden. The venue for the second semi-final of Melodifestivalen is the Friends Arena, which has hosted the finals of the Melodifestivalen from 2013 to 2020.

The Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2022 will start at 20:00 CET and will last two hours. You can watch it through the SVT frequency by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Sweden’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Sweden: Interview with Cornelia Jakobs | With a personal song in Melodifestivalen 2022! (Video)

After qualifying for this year’s final in Sweden’s Melodifestivalen 2022, Cornelia Jakobs speaks exclusively to EurovisionFun members Apostolos Bogiannos and Apostolis Matamis.

Cornelia is one of the twelve finalists in Melodifestivalen 2022 and will try to represent Sweden at Eurovision 2022 with the song “Hold Me Closer”. This is her third attempt overall but her first as a solo artist, since in 2011 and 2012 she took part in the national final of the country as a member of the women’s band Love Generation.

Although it remains the same competition as when I took part as a student, the main difference is that as a solo artist for the last five years I feel safer and more confident, more authentic. A very good friend of mine encouraged me to take part this year. At first I was hesitant but finally realized that Melodifestivalen is the perfect opportunity to start doing my own thing to the world, showing one of my performances on TV. I wrote “Hold Me Closer” last August, at a time of a break up during which I was emotionally charged and my feelings, thoughts and situations were very intense. It’s a little unpleasant, I know. We wrote a lot of songs then and I had said that if I found what I felt was the right one, I would submit it. So it happened.

She states that she is completely satisfied with her appearance in the first semifinal and happy for her qualification to the final, while she is not planning particularly big changes in terms of her stage appearance in Saturday’s final.

There will be small changes to the glitter on my clothes and the stage lights. In the semifinal there were quite a few technical problems with the lighting and the appearance did not have everything we needed. It was good anyway, but in the final there will be more.

Among the rest of the participating songs, she says that those of Anna Bergendahl and Lisa Miskovsky stand out to her the most.

Her favorite Swedish Eurovision entry is that of Carola (2006), while from the competition in general she especially mentions Lordi (Finland 2006) and Måneskin (Italy 2021), whom she would choose if she chose a eurostar to work with.

It would be my pleasure and honor to represent Sweden at Eurovision. That is the best thing that could happen to me right now.

Just before the end of the interview, Cornelia sang us a part of her participation a capella!

Watch the full exclusive interview with Cornelia below:

Listen to Hold Me Closer, Cornelia’s Melodifestivalen 2022 entry!

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Sweden’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Sweden: The international jury that will help determine the winner of Melodifestivalen 2022 just got revealed!

SVT just revealed the eight countries that will comprise the international jury, by mentioning them in the “Mediehandbok” document sent out to the press earlier today. Those countries will get the chance to vote and help determine the winner of Melodifestivalen 2022, who will finally get a ticket to Turin, in order to represent the country in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

The eight countries of the international jury

The results of Melodifestivalen 2022 at the final show, get determined 50-50 by the televotes and the votes of the eight countries that will comprise the international jury.

These eight countries of the international jury this year will be:

  • The Netherlands
  • Finland
  • Spain
  • Australia
  • Czech Republic
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy

The voting age-groups

Starting from last year, the viewers vote in age groups. At the final show there is no longer the possibility to vote by SMS, as the Melodifestivalen production team commented the SMS votes were minimal. One either can vote by phone or with the use of the Melodifestivalen app.

Before being able to vote, one must register their age. The viewers are allocated into the following seven age groups:

  • 3-9 years old, Green group
  • 10-15 years old, Turquoise group
  • 16-29 years old, Blue group
  • 30-44 years old, Purple group
  • 45-59 years old, Pink group
  • 60-74 years old, Red group
  • 75 years old and above, Orange group

Combined voting results

There are eight categories in all, one is the televoting and the rest are the seven age-groups. Each category gives 58 points in total at the finals, distributed to the acts accordingly. Also the change of the number of countries in the international jury, from eleven to eight was implemented so that the number of countries match the number of voting categories of the public. At the end of the voting process, the juries will decide 50% of the votes and the public vote will provide the remaining 50% of the points.

Final Show Running Order

  • Klara Hammarström – “Run to the Hills
  • Theoz – “Som du vill”
  • Anna Bergendahl – “Higher Power
  • John Lundvik – “Änglavakt
  • Tone Sekelius – “My Way
  • Anders Bagge – “Bigger than the Universe
  • Robin Bengtsson – “Innocent Love
  • Faith Kakembo – “Freedom
  • Liamoo – “Bluffin
  • Cornelia Jakobs – “Hold Me Closer
  • Cazzi Opeia – “I Can’t Get Enough”
  • Medina – “In i dimman

The Show

Oscar Zia presented all the shows of Melodifestivalen 2022, while due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the shows for the national selection process that will represent Sweden in Turin this year, will be held exclusively in Stockholm!

Melodifestivalen 2022 final show will he held on the 12th of March, when we will get to know who will be selected as a representative for Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin!

The detailed schedule of Melodifestivalen 2022 is described below:

  • First Semi-Final on the 5th of February, at the Avicii Arena
  • Second Semi-Final on the 12th of February, at the Avicii Arena
  • Third Semi-Final on the 19th of February, at the Avicii Arena
  • Fourth Semi-Final on the 26th of February, at Friends Arena
  • Fifth Semi-Final on the 5th of March, at Friends Arena
  • The Final on the 12th of March, at Friends Arena

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding Sweden’s entry for Eurovision 2022!

Sweden: The running order of the Final show of Melodifestivalen 2022 just got revealed!

SVT just announced the running order of the contestants that will have to compete with each other next Saturday, March 12, at the finals of Melodifestivalen 2022, claiming a ticket to Turin, at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. We remind you that the final show of the Swedish national selection process will take place once more at Friends Arena.

The running order is determined, each year, by the production team of Melodifestivalen, taking into consideration both the competing songs’ musical qualities as well as stage performance and other production considerations and can be seen below:

Final Show Running Order:

  • Klara Hammarström – “Run to the Hills
  • Theoz – “Som du vill”
  • Anna Bergendahl – “Higher Power
  • John Lundvik – “Änglavakt
  • Tone Sekelius – “My Way
  • Anders Bagge – “Bigger than the Universe
  • Robin Bengtsson – “Innocent Love
  • Faith Kakembo – “Freedom
  • Liamoo – “Bluffin
  • Cornelia Jakobs – “Hold Me Closer
  • Cazzi Opeia – “I Can’t Get Enough”
  • Medina – “In i dimman

Oscar Zia presents all the shows of Melodifestivalen 2022, while due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the shows for the national selection process that will represent Sweden in Turin this year, will be held exclusively in Stockholm!

Melodifestivalen 2022 final show will he held on the 12th of March, when we will get to know who will be selected as a representative for Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin!

The detailed schedule of Melodifestivalen 2022 is described below:

  • First Semi-Final on the 5th of February, at the Avicii Arena
  • Second Semi-Final on the 12th of February, at the Avicii Arena
  • Third Semi-Final on the 19th of February, at the Avicii Arena
  • Fourth Semi-Final on the 26th of February, at Friends Arena
  • Fifth Semi-Final on the 5th of March, at Friends Arena
  • The Final on the 12th of March, at Friends Arena

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding Sweden’s entry for Eurovision 2022!

Sweden: Fifth Semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2022 takes place tonight!

Melodifestivalen 2022: act five! Fifth semifinal today for the selection process of Sweden’s participation in Eurovision 2022. As is known, five semifinals and the grand final will keep us company until March 12, when we will have the official selection of Sweden’s representative in Eurovision 2022.

In tonight’s fifth semifinal, eight entries claim the last two tickets to the final.

The finalists

Eight artists have already secured their presence in the grand final of Melodifestivalen 2022. These artists are:

The contestants

Eight artists are participating in tonight’s fifth semifinal. These eight artists were divided into two groups, with the winner of each group advancing to the final next Saturday.

Group Α

  1. Tone Sekelius – My Way
  2. Alvaro Estrella – Suave
  3. Danne Stråhed – Hallabaloo
  4. Anna Bergendahl – Higher Power

Group Β

  1. Theoz – Som du vill
  2. Lisa Miskovsky – Best to Come
  3. Lillasyster – Till Our Days Are Over
  4. Cazzi Opeia – I Can’t Get Enough

Oscar Zia will be the presenter of all six shows of Melodifestivalen 2022.

Tonight’s fifth semifinal, like all other shows, will be held in Stockholm due to the outbreak of the Omicron variant in Sweden. The venue for the second semi-final of Melodifestivalen is the Friends Arena, which has hosted the finals of the Melodifestivalen from 2013 to 2020.

The fifth semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2022 will start at 20:00 CET and will last one and a half hour. You can watch it through the SVT frequency by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Sweden’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Sweden: 3rd Semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2022 takes place tonight!

Melodifestivalen 2022: act three! Third semifinal today for the selection process of Sweden’s participation in Eurovision 2022. As is known, five semifinals and the grand final will keep us company until March 12, when we will have the official selection of Sweden’s representative in Eurovision 2022.

In tonight’s third semifinal, seven entries claim the two tickets to the final, while two more entries will have the chance to compete in the fifth semifinal on March 5th.

The finalists

Four artists have already secured their presence in the grand final of Melodifestivalen 2022. These artists are:

The contestants

The artists taking part in tonight’s semi final are the following:

  1. Cazzi Opeia – I Can´t Get Enough 
  2. Lancelot – Lyckligt slut 
  3. Lisa Miskovsky – Best to Come 
  4. Tribe Friday – Shut Me Up
  5. Faith Kakembo – Freedom 
  6. Linda Bengtzing – Fyrfaldigt hurra!
  7. Anders Bagge – Bigger Than The Universe 

Oscar Zia will be the presenter of all six shows of Melodifestivalen 2022.

Tonight’s third semifinal, like all other shows, will be held in Stockholm due to the outbreak of the Omicron variant in Sweden. The venue for the second semi-final of Melodifestivalen is the Avicii Arena, better known to Eurofans as the Globe Arena that hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000 and 2016.

The second semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2022 will start at 20:00 CET and will last one and a half hour. You can watch it through the SVT frequency by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Sweden’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Sweden: Second semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2022 tonight!

Melodifestivalen 2022: act two! Second semifinal today for the selection process of Sweden’s participation in Eurovision 2022. As is known, five semifinals and the grand final will keep us company until March 12, when we will have the official selection of Sweden’s representative in Eurovision 2022.

In tonight’s second semifinal, seven entries claim the two tickets to the final, while two more entries will have the chance to compete in the fifth semifinal on March 5th.

The finalists

Two artists secured their presence last Saturday in the grand final of Melodifestivalen 2022. These artists are:

The contestants

The artists taking part in tonight’s semi final are the following:

  1. LIAMOO – Bluffin” 
  2. Niello & Lisa Ajax – Tror du att jag bryr mig
  3. Samira Manners – I Want To Be Loved” 
  4. Alvaro Estella – Suave“ 
  5. Browsing Collection – Face in the Crowd” 
  6. John Lundvik – Änglavakt” 
  7. Tone Sekelius – My Way” 

Oscar Zia will be the presenter of all six shows of Melodifestivalen 2022.

Tonight’s second semifinal, like all other shows, will be held in Stockholm due to the outbreak of the Omicron mutation in Sweden. The venue for the second semi-final of Melodifestivalen is the Avicii Arena, better known to Eurofans as the Globe Arena that hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000 and 2016.

The second semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2022 will start at 20:00 CET and will last one and a half hour. You can watch it through the SVT frequency by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Sweden’s participation in Eurovision 2022!