Melodifestivalen 2002

Melodifestivalen 2002 was the selection for the 42nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 41st time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five heats had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Växjö, Norrköping, Sundsvall, Falun and a Second Chance round in Stockholm. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The introduction of the heats and the allowance of songs in English resulted in a marked increase in voters. The final was watched by 3,720,000 people, with 926,318 votes cast in the final.

Melodifestivalen 2002
Dates
Heat 119 January 2002
Heat 226 January 2002
Heat 32 February 2002
Heat 49 February 2002
Second chance22 February 2002
Final1 March 2002
Host
VenueStockholm Globe Arena
Presenter(s)Kristin Kaspersen, Claes Åkesson
Directed byMarius Bratten
Vote
Voting system50/50 Jury and telephone voting
Winning song"Never Let It Go" by Afro-dite

Schedule

DateCityVenueNo. of televotes cast:Heat
19 JanuaryVäxjöTipshallen401,552Heat 1
26 JanuaryNorrköpingHimmelstalundshallen310,727Heat 2
2 FebruarySundsvallNordichallen219,111Heat 3
9 FebruaryFalunLugnet331,731Heat 4
22 FebruaryStockholmSVT Broadcasting House12,500Winners' Choice (Second Chance)
1 MarchStockholm Globe Arena926,318Final

Heats

The heats for Melodifestivalen 2002 began on 19 January 2002. Ten songs from these heats qualified for the final on 1 March 2002. This was the first year that a heat format had been used for the competition. This was the first year that songs were permitted in languages other than Swedish, resulting in a significant number of English language songs, and two songs with lyrics in Spanish. "Ett vackert par", composed by Py Bäckman and Micke Wennborn was disqualified before the competition, when the dance band Grönwalls had performed it on the radio before the contest (not knowing it was supposed to enter). Nanne Grönvall and Nick Borgen was thought as possible performers. It was replaced by "Sista andetaget".

Heat 1

Draw Artist Song Televotes Total Place
Round 1 Round 2
1Excellence"Last to Know"16,92823,08140,0094th
2Tom Nordahl"Blue As Her Angel Eyes"4,1374,1377th
3Barbados"Världen utanför"44,89952,30997,2083rd
4Camilla Lindén"Du har rört vid min själ"15,54915,5495th
5Brandsta City Släckers"Kom och ta mig"59,00771,194130,2011st
6Zoë"Hollywood-do"12,73312,7336th
7Rickard Sköld"En värld som alltid brinner"3,3523,3528th
8Méndez"Adrenaline"45,73152,63298,3632nd

Heat 2

Draw Artist Song Televotes Total Place
Round 1 Round 2
1The Poets"What Difference Does It Make?"22,23228,56050,7923rd
2Jennifer Newberry"Ingenting ingenting"2,3602,3608th
3Javiera Muñoz"No hay nada más"25,02331,91556,9382nd
4Martin"Du och jag (i hela världen)"5,7875,7877th
5Ann-Louise & Molle"Sluta"9,2279,2276th
6Jakob Stadell & Voice Boys"Ge mig mitt hjärta tillbaka"13,60413,6045th
7Afro-dite"Never Let It Go"56,02989,487145,5161st
8Annika Ljungberg"Sail Away"13,90712,59626,5034th

Heat 3

Draw Artist Song Televotes Total Place
Round 1 Round 2
1Towe Jaarnek"Back Again"9,0539,0537th
2Date"Det innersta rummet"14,12717,62431,7513rd
3Linda Grip"You're the Best Thing"2,6792,6798th
4Arvingarna"Ingenting är större än vi"10,18610,1866th
5Östen med Resten"Hon kommer med solsken"33,57046,55380,1231st
6Rolf Carlsson"Tidig är tiden"11,00019,10430,1044th
7Sylvia Vrethammar"Hon är en annan nu"10,25110,2515th
8Hanna & Lina Hedlund"Big Time Party"21,82123,09344,9142nd

Heat 4

Draw Artist Song Televotes Total Place
Round 1 Round 2
1Kina Jaarnek"Son of a Liar"14,18625,57839,7644th
2Solo"Ge mig himlen för en dag"9,4479,4477th
3Niklas Andersson"I Want You"8,3548,3548th
4Friends"The One That You Need"24,58440,18865,0422nd
5The Honeydrops"It Takes 2"10,27710,2276th
6Kikki, Bettan & Lotta"Vem é dé du vill ha"69,51466,048135,5621st
7Jan Johansen"Sista andetaget"23,20129,14052,3413rd
8Fredrik Wännman"Vackrare nu"11,21411,2145th

Winners' Choice

Draw Artist Song Place
1Excellence"Last to Know"7
2Barbados"Världen utanför"
3The Poets"What Difference Does It Make?"5
4Annika Ljungberg"Sail Away"3
5Date"Det innersta rummet"6
6Rolf Carlsson"Tidig är tiden"8
7Kina Jaarnek"Son of a Liar"4
8Jan Johansen"Sista andetaget"

Final

Draw Artist Song Songwriters Votes Place
Jury Public Total
1Afro-dite"Never Let It Go"Marcos Ubeda1161322481
2Brandsta City Släckers"Kom och ta mig"Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg, Lennart Wastesson088885
3Javiera Muñoz"No hay nada más"Lars "Dille" Diedricson, Javiera Muñoz, Marcos Ubeda71716
4Barbados"Världen utanför"Thomas G:son, Calle Kindbom4644904
5Hanna Hedlund & Lina Hedlund"Big Time Party"Lotta Ahlin, Tommy Lydell43439
6Östen med Resten"Hon kommer med solsken"Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg, Lennart Wastesson11223310
7Friends"The One That You Need"Pontus Assarson, Henrik Sethsson46468
8Kikki, Bettan & Lotta"Vem é dé du vill ha"Thomas G:son34661003
9Jan Johansen"Sista andetaget"Thomas Thörnholm, Dan Attlerud5411657
10Mendez"Adrenaline"Robert Wåtz, Rasmus Lindwall, Leopoldo Mendez, Patrik Henzel, Pablo Cepada521101622

Voting

Juries

Song
"Never Let It Go"1286121212121281012116
"Kom och ta mig"0
"No hay nada más"82141010101012471
"Världen utanför"128686646
"Big Time Party"1061022162443
"Hon kommer med solsken"4411111
"The One That You Need"610168481246
"Vem é dé du vill ha"410246834
"Sista andetaget"128862211221054
"Adrenaline"21124104641852

Televotes

Song Jury No. of televotes Points Total
"Never Let It Go"116162,612 (17.5%)132248
"Kom och ta mig"0147,700 (15.9%)8888
"No hay nada más"7139,978 (4.3%)71
"Världen utanför"4694,770 (10.2%)4490
"Big Time Party"4319,226 (2.1%)43
"Hon kommer med solsken"1159,149 (6.4%)2233
"The One That You Need"4658,634 (6.3%)46
"Vem é dé du vill ha"34136,175 (14.7%)66100
"Sista andetaget"5458,668 (6.3%)1165
"Adrenaline"52149,406 (16.1%)110162

Returning artists

Artist Previous year(s)
Martin 1999
Tom Nordahl 2000
Javiera Muñoz
Hanna Hedlund
Barbados 2000, 2001
Friends
Ann-Louise Hanson 1963, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1973 and 1974 with Glenmarks, 1975 with Glemarks and Hadar Kronberg, 1982, 1983 with John Ballard
Towe Jaarnek 1991
Date 2001
Arvingarna 1993, 1995, 1999
Sylvia Vrethammar 1971 with Family Four, 1972, 1974 with Göran Fristorp
Kikki Danielsson 1978 with Wizex, 1980, 1981, 1982 with Chips, 1983, 1985, 1992
Elisabeth Andreassen 1981, 1982 with Chips, 1984, 1990
Lotta Engberg 1984 with Göran Folkestad, 1987, 1988 with Triple & Touch, 1990, 1996
Jan Johansen 1995, 2001

See also

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