Melodifestivalen 2003

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Melodifestivalen 2003
Dates
Semi-final15 February 2003
22 February 2003
1 March 2003
8 March 2003
Second chance9 March 2003
Final15 March 2003
Host
VenueGloben
Presenter(s)Mark Levengood, Jonas Gardell
Directed bySven Stojanovic
Vote
Voting system50/50 Jury and telephone voting
Winning song"Give Me Your Love" by Fame
2002 ← Melodifestivalen → 2004
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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

External links

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