Melodifestivalen 2003

Melodifestivalen 2003
Dates
Semi-final	15 February 2003 22 February 2003 1 March 2003 8 March 2003
Second chance	9 March 2003
Final	15 March 2003
Host
Venue	Globen
Presenter(s)	Mark Levengood, Jonas Gardell
Directed by	Sven Stojanovic
Vote
Voting system	50/50 Jury and telephone voting
Winning song	"Give Me Your Love" by Fame

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Fame.

Melodifestivalen 2003 was the selection for the 43rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semi-finals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Jönköping, Gothenburg, Luleå, Sundsvall and a Second Chance round in Stockholm. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The show was watched by 1,230,751 people.

Schedule

Date	City	Venue	No. of televotes cast:	Heat
15 February	Jönköping	Tipshallen	427,090	Semi-final 1
22 February	Gothenburg	Scandinavium	630,826	Semi-final 2
1 March	Luleå	Arcushallen	340,051	Semi-final 3
8 March	Sundsvall	Nordichallen	443,689	Semi-final 4
9 March	Stockholm	SVT Broadcasting House	341,866	Second Chance
15 March	Stockholm	Stockholm Globe Arena	926,318	Final

Semi-finals

The semi-finals for Melodifestivalen 2003 began on 15 February 2003. Ten songs from these semi-finals qualified for the final on March 15, 2003. This was the second year that a semi-final format had been used for the competition. "När löven faller" composed by Carola Häggkvist and Ingemar Åberg was disqualified prior to the competition.

Semi-final 1

Draw	Artist	Song (English translation)	Votes		Place	Results
			Round 1	Round 2
1	Crosstalk	"Stronger"	14,651	—	6th	Out
2	DeDe Lopez	"Someone, Somewhere, Someday"	5,386	—	7th	Out
3	Méndez	"Carnaval"	26,836	34,576	3rd	Second Chance
4	Alive featuring Jesse Martin	"Ingen annan" (No one else)	5,341	—	8th	Out
5	Jill Johnson	"Crazy In Love"	42,697	48,786	2nd	Final
6	Da Buzz	"Stop! Look! Listen!"	16,817	—	5th	Out
7	Markus Landgren	"Television"	19,997	25,998	4th	Second Chance
8	Pernilla Wahlgren & Jan Johansen	"Let Your Spirit Fly"	95,703	90,302	1st	Final

Semi-final 2

Draw	Artist	Song (English translation)	Votes		Place	Results
			Round 1	Round 2
1	Andrés Esteche	"Just Like A Boomerang"	29,223	—	5th	Out
2	Sanna Nielsen	"Hela världen för mig" (The whole world for me)	46,841	79,015	2nd	Final
3	Kerli featuring Locatellis	"Let's Go"	15 334	—	7th	Out
4	Pandora	"You"	10,496	—	8th	Out
5	Brandsta City Släckers	"15 minuter"	42,354	52,459	4th	Second Chance
6	Fame	"Give Me Your Love"	69,283	125,975	1st	Final
7	Aleena	"Better Believe It"	26,285	—	6th	Out
8	Alcazar	"Not a Sinner Nor a Saint"	63,702	69,859	3rd	Second Chance

Semi-final 3

Draw	Artist	Song (English translation)	Votes		Place	Results
			Round 1	Round 2
1	Barbados	"Bye, Bye"	36,287	38,144	2nd	Final
2	Shanna Smith	"Tonight's The Night"	5,861	—	8th	Out
3	Nanne Grönvall	"Evig kärlek" (Everlasting love)	11,771	—	7th	Out
4	Sarek	"Genom eld och vatten" (Through fire and water)	55,934	58,138	1st	Final
5	Sofia Källgren & Robert Wells	"My Love"	22,381	—	5th	Out
6	Liverpool	"Love Is All"	23,105	19,615	4th	Second Chance
7	Shirley Clamp	"Mr. Memory"	11,962	—	6th	Out
8	Style	"Stay The Night"	37,145	19,708	3rd	Second Chance

Semi-final 4

Draw	Artist	Song (English translation)	Votes		Place	Results
			Round 1	Round 2
1	Sahlene	"We're Unbreakable"	20,817	—	5th	Out
2	Fernando Brito	"No dudes en llamarme" (Don't hesitate to call)	7,526	—	8th	Out
3	Bubbles	"TKO (Knock You Out)"	37,669	44,994	3rd	Second Chance
4	Maarja	"He Is Always On My Mind"	14,221	—	6th	Out
5	Östen med resten	"Maria"	69,716	86,354	1st	Final
6	Lina Hedlund	"Nothing Can Stop Me"	20,878	27,581	4th	Second Chance
7	Mikael Erlandsson	"Tills jag mötte dig" (Until I met you)	10,581	—	7th	Out
8	Afro-dite	"Aqua Playa"	51,974	51,378	2nd	Final

Second Chance

Draw	Artist	Song	Votes	Place	Result
1	Mendez	"Carnaval"	33,315	5th	Out
2	Markus Landgren	"Television"	21,763	7th	Out
3	Brandsta City Släckers	"15 minuter"	44,191	3rd	Out
4	Alcazar	"Not a Sinner Nor a Saint"	102,240	1st	Final
5	Liverpool	"Love Is All"	28,060	6th	Out
6	Style	"Stay The Night"	21,490	8th	Out
7	Bubbles	"TKO (Knock You Out)"	55,596	2nd	Final
8	Lina Hedlund	"Nothing Can Stop Me"	35,211	4th	Out

Final

Draw	Artist	Song (English translation)	Lyrics (l) / Music (m)	Votes			Place
				Juries	Viewers	Total
1	Fame	"Give Me Your Love"	Calle Kindbom, Carl Lösnitz	108	132	240	1st
2	Jill Johnson	"Crazy in Love"	Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg, Lennart Wastesson	100	22	122	4th
3	Östen med resten	"Maria"	Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg, Lennart Wastesson	10	11	21	8th
4	Afro-dite	"Aqua Playa"	Marcos Ubeda	48	—	48	7th
5	Sanna Nielsen	"Hela världen för mig"	Thomas G:son	27	66	93	5th
6	Barbados	"Bye Bye"	Lotta Ahlin, Tommy Lydell, Bobby Ljunggren	7	—	7	10th
7	Sarek	"Genom eld och vatten"	Mårten Eriksson, Stina Jadelius	11	44	55	6th
8	Pernilla Wahlgren & Jan Johansen	"Let Your Spirit Fly"	Anders Dannvik, Ola Höglund	90	88	178	2nd
9	Bubbles	"TKO (Knock You Out)"	Paul Rein, Lars Erlandsson, Fredrik Lenander	10	—	10	9th
10	Alcazar	"Not a Sinner Nor a Saint"	Tommy Lydell, Bobby Ljunggren, Lotta Ahlin	62	110	172	3rd

Voting

Juries

Song
"Give Me Your Love"	6	12	4	6	12	12	10	12	10	12	12	108
"Crazy In Love"	12	10	12	10	8	10	8	10	4	10	6	100
"Maria"	-	2	6	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	10
"Aqua Playa"	8	8	8	2	1	6	6	4	-	1	4	48
"Hela världen för mig"	-	-	2	1	4	-	4	8	8	-	-	27
"Bye Bye"	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	2	-	7
"Genom eld och vatten"	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	11
"Let Your Spirit Fly"	2	6	10	12	6	8	12	6	12	6	10	90
"TKO (Knock You Out)"	1	-	1	-	-	2	-	1	-	4	1	10
"Not A Sinner, Nor A Saint"	10	4	-	8	10	4	2	2	6	8	8	62

Televotes

Song	Jury	No. of televotes (%)	Points	Total
"Give Me Your Love"	108	229 753	132	240
"Crazy In Love"	100	116 440	22	122
"Maria"	10	92 722	11	21
"Aqua Playa"	48	59 520	—	48
"Hela världen för mig"	27	136 984	66	93
"Bye Bye"	7	37 132	—	7
"Genom eld och vatten"	11	127 143	44	55
"Let Your Spirit Fly"	90	156 702	88	178
"TKO (Knock You Out)"	10	91 979	—	10
"Not A Sinner, Nor A Saint"	62	182 736	110	172

Returning artists

Artist	Previous year(s)
Crosstalk	1999
Méndez	2002
Brandsta City Släckers
Östen med resten
Afro-dite
Jill Johnson	1998
Pernilla Wahlgren	1985, 1991
Jan Johansen	1995, 2001, 2002
Sanna Nielsen	2001
Magnus Carlsson	2000, 2001, and 2002 with Barbados
Andreas Lundstedt	1996
Barbados	2000, 2001, 2002
Nanne Grönvall	1986 and 1987 with Sound of Music, 1996 with One More Time, 1998
Sofia Källgren	1989 with Visitors, Melodifestivalen 1990
Robert Wells	1987
Lina Hedlund	2002 with Hanna Hedlund
Mikael Erlandsson	1990 with N'Gang

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2003
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003

External links

• Melodifestivalen at SVT's open archive