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Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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Sweden
Sweden
Participating broadcasterSVT (2003-2005)
TV4 (2006-2007,2009)
Participation summary
Appearances6
First appearance2003
Highest placement3rd; 2006

Sweden has participated at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 5 times since its inception in 2003. Two broadcasters have been responsible for Sweden's entries at Junior Eurovision - from 2003 to 2005 Sveriges Television (SVT) was responsible, before withdrawing with other Nordic broadcasters. From 2006 and on, commercial broadcaster TV4 has been responsible for Sweden's entry at the Junior Eurovision.

TV4 withdrew from the 2008 Contest after two entries due to other plans being made during the time of the contest[1], however they have confirmed that they will return to the contest for 2009.[2]

However,on April 9 2010,TV4 decided to withdraw again from Junior Eurovision in Minsk.[3]

National selections

Much like it did for the Eurovision, Sveriges Television managed the national selection for the Junior Eurovision from 2003 to 2005. SVT used a spinoff of Melodifestivalen, Lilla Melodifestivalen, which debuted in 2002 to select an entry for MGP Nordic, a then one-off junior song contest between Sweden and 2 other Nordic countries (which was temporarily put on hiatus when the JESC was established), to select its entry.

However, after the 2005 contest, SVT, along with Norway's NRK and Denmark's DR, jointly pulled out of the JESC due to concerns about the treatment of the participants in the contest, and eventually reviving MGP Nordic afterwards.[4][5]

All Swedish winners, including spokesmen, have been girls.

TV4 takes over

After SVT pulled out, commercial broadcaster TV4 decided to take over organizing the Swedish delegation for the JESC.[6] TV4 would organize its own competition to select its entry for the JESC, while in parallel, SVT's contest would still be active, but with its winner being sent to MGP Nordic instead.[5]

In the 2006 contest, the first under TV4's control, Sweden would achieve their best result in the JESC, finishing in 3rd place with Molly Sandén's song "Det finaste någon kan få".

TV4 would withdraw from the 2008 contest due to concerns about its viewership, and its plans for the 2008 season.[1] However, TV4 confirmed that it would return for the 2009 edition.[2]

Contestants

Year Artist Title Translation Place Points
2003 The Honeypies "Stoppa mig!" Stop me! 15 12
2004 Limelights "Varför jag?" Why me? 15 8
2005 M+ "Gränslös kärlek" Borderless love 15 22
2006 Molly Sandén "Det finaste någon kan få" The most beatiful thing someone can get 3 116
2007 Frida Sandén "Nu eller aldrig" Now or never 8 83
2009 Mimmi Sandén "Du" You 6 68

Voting history

Sweden gave the most points to...

Rank Country Points
1  Spain 34
2  Denmark 32
3  Belarus 31
4  Netherlands 29
5  Croatia 25

Sweden has received the most points from...

Rank Country Points
1  Netherlands 28
2  Belgium 25
3  Malta 19
=  Belarus 19
=  Serbia 19
4  Russia 18
5  Denmark 16
=  Macedonia 16

References

  1. ^ a b Floras, Stella (2008-04-18). "TV4 pulls out of Junior Eurovision". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-12. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b Bakkar, Sietse (2009-06-08). "Exclusive: 13 countries to be represented at Junior 2009!". EBU. Retrieved 2009-06-08. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Sweden to not participate in Minsk". Oikotimes. 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2010-04-10. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ West-Soley, Richard (2006-04-16). "Scandinavian JESC pull-out". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-10. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ a b West-Soley, Richard (2006-09-01). "Double trouble: Swedish JESC confusion". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-10. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ Bakker, Sietse (2006-04-21). "Junior: TV4 takes over from SVT". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-10. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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