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Melodifestivalen 2002

Swedish music competition

Summary

Swedish music competition

Field	Value
name	Melodifestivalen
year	2002
heat1	19 January 2002
heat2	26 January 2002
heat3	2 February 2002
heat4	9 February 2002
second name	Winners' Choice
second	22 February 2002
final	1 March 2002
presenters	Kristin Kaspersen
Claes Åkesson
director	Marius Bratten
broadcaster	Sveriges Television (SVT)
entries	32
finalists	10
vote	Heats: 100% public vote
Winners' Choice: 100% jury vote
Final: 50% public vote, 50% jury vote
winner	"Never Let It Go" by Afro-dite

Claes Åkesson Winners' Choice: 100% jury vote Final: 50% public vote, 50% jury vote

Melodifestivalen 2002 was the 42nd edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a seven-week period between 19 January and 1 March 2002. The winner of the competition was Afro-dite with the song "Never Let It Go", who represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, where she came eight with 72 points. All shows were hosted by Kristin Kaspersen and Claes Åkesson.

Format

This was the first year that a heat format had been used for the competition; but also, the first where 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".

Show	Date	City	Venue
Heat 1	19 January 2002	Växjö	Tipshallen
Heat 2	26 January 2002	Norrköping	Himmelstalundshallen
Heat 3	2 February 2002	Sundsvall	Nordichallen
Heat 4	9 February 2002	Falun	Lugnet
Winners' Choice	22 February 2002	Stockholm	SVT Broadcasting House
Final	1 March 2002	Stockholm Globe Arena

The contest consisted of four heats of eight participants each. The songs that came in the first two placed qualified directly to the final while the ones that came third and fourth qualified to the Winners' Choice round. There, eight songs competed and they were judged by a jury of previous Melodifestivalen winners which individually ranked each song. Then the average was used to determine the final placement. The first two songs qualified for the final.

Competing entries

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Afro-dite	"Never Let It Go"	Marcos Ubeda
Ann-Louise &	"Sluta"
Annika Ljungberg	"Sail Away"
Arvingarna	"Ingenting är större än vi"	Thomas G:son
Barbados	"Världen utanför"
Brandsta City Släckers	"Kom och ta mig"
	"Du har rört vid min själ"
Date	"Det innersta rummet"
Excellence	"Last to Know"
	"Vackrare nu"	Fredrik Wännman
Friends	"The One That You Need"
Hanna & Lina Hedlund	"Big Time Party"
& Voice Boys	"Ge mig mitt hjärta tillbaka"
Jan Johansen	"Sista andetaget"
Javiera Muñoz	"No hay nada más"
	"Ingenting ingenting"
Kikki, Bettan & Lotta	"Vem é dé du vill ha"
Kina Jaarnek	"Son of a Liar"	Marcos Ubeda
	"You're the Best Thing"
Martin	"Du och jag (i hela världen)"	Martin Svensson
Méndez	"Adrenaline"
	"I Want You"
Östen med Resten	"Hon kommer med solsken"
	"What Difference Does It Make?"	Thomas G:son
	"En värld som alltid brinner"
	"Tidig är tiden"
Solo	"Ge mig himlen för en dag"
Sylvia Vrethammar	"Hon är en annan nu"
The Honeydrops	"It Takes 2"	Mats Hedström
	"Blue As Her Angel Eyes"
Towe Jaarnek	"Back Again"
Zoë	"Hollywood-do"

Contest overview

Heat 1

The first heat took place on 19 January 2002 at the Tipshallen in Växjö. 2,653,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 403,993 votes were cast, with a total of collected for Radiohjälpen.

R/O	Artist	Song	Votes	Total	Place	Result	Round 1
1	Excellence	"Last to Know"	16,928	23,081	40,009	4	Winners' Choice
2	Tom Nordahl	"Blue As Her Angel Eyes"	4,137		4,137	7	Out
3	Barbados	"Världen utanför"	44,899	52,309	97,208	3	Winners' Choice
4	Camilla Lindén	"Du har rört vid min själ"	15,549		15,549	5	Out
5	Brandsta City Släckers	"Kom och ta mig"	59,007	71,194	130,201	1	Final
6	Zoë	"Hollywood-do"	12,733		12,733	6	Out
7	Richard Sköld	"En värld som alltid brinner"	3,352		3,352	8	Out
8	Méndez	"Adrenaline"	45,731	52,632	98,363	2	Final

Heat 2

The second heat took place on 26 January 2002 at the Himmelstalundshallen in Norrköping. 2,318,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 311,381 votes were cast, with a total of collected for Radiohjälpen.

R/O	Artist	Song	Votes	Total	Place	Result	Round 1
1	Poets	"What Difference Does It Make?"	22,232	28,560	50,792	3	Winners' Choice
2	Jennifer Newberry	"Ingenting ingenting"	2,360		2,360	8	Out
3	Javiera Muñoz	"No hay nada más"	25,023	31,915	56,938	2	Final
4	Martin	"Du och jag (i hela världen)"	5,787		5,787	7	Out
5	Ann-Louise & Molle	"Sluta"	9,227		9,227	6	Out
6	Jakob Stadell & Voice Boys	"Ge mig mitt hjärta tillbaka"	13,604		13,604	5	Out
7	Afro-dite	"Never Let It Go"	56,029	89,487	145,516	1	Final
8	Annika Ljungberg	"Sail Away"	13,907	12,596	26,503	4	Winners' Choice

Heat 3

The third heat took place on 2 February 2002 at the Nordichallen in Sundsvall. 2,188,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 219,474 votes were cast, with a total of collected for Radiohjälpen.

R/O	Artist	Song	Votes	Total	Place	Result	Round 1
1	Towe Jaarnek	"Back Again"	9,053		9,053	7	Out
2	Date	"Det innersta rummet"	14,127	17,624	31,751	3	Winners' Choice
3	Linda Grip	"You're the Best Thing"	2,679		2,679	8	Out
4	Arvingarna	"Ingenting är större än vi"	10,186		10,186	6	Out
5	Östen med Resten	"Hon kommer med solsken"	33,570	46,553	80,123	1	Final
6	Rolf Carlsson	"Tidig är tiden"	11,000	19,104	30,104	4	Winners' Choice
7	Sylvia Vrethammar	"Hon är en annan nu"	10,251		10,251	5	Out
8	Hanna & Lina Hedlund	"Big Time Party"	21,821	23,093	44,914	2	Final

Heat 4

The fourth heat took place on 9 February 2002 at the Lugnet in Falun. 2,971,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 332,500 votes were cast, with a total of collected for Radiohjälpen.

R/O	Artist	Song	Votes	Total	Place	Result	Round 1
1	Kina Jaarnek	"Son of a Liar"	14,186	25,578	39,764	4	Winners' Choice
2	Solo	"Ge mig himlen för en dag"	9,447		9,447	7	Out
3	Niklas Andersson	"I Want You"	8,354		8,354	8	Out
4	Friends	"The One That You Need"	24,584	40,188	65,042	2	Final
5	The Honeydrops	"It Takes 2"	10,277		10,227	6	Out
6	Kikki, Bettan & Lotta	"Vem é dé du vill ha"	69,514	66,048	135,562	1	Final
7	Jan Johansen	"Sista andetaget"	23,201	29,140	52,341	3	Winners' Choice
8	Fredrik Wännman	"Vackrare nu"	11,214		11,214	5	Out

Winners' Choice

The Winners' Choice round took place on 22 February 2002 at the SVT Broadcasting House in Stockholm. 2,037,000 viewers watched the show live.

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

Juror	Winning edition
Anders Berglund
Charlotte Nilsson	1999, 2008
Claes af Geijerstam	1973
Jill Johnson	1998
Lasse Holm	1986
Nanne Grönvall	1996
Roger Pontare	1994, 2000
Siw Malmkvist	1959, 1961
Svante Thuresson	1966
Tommy Nilsson	1989

Final

The final took place on 1 March 2002 at the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm. 3,720,000 viewers watched the show live. A total of 926,318 votes were cast, with a total of collected for Radiohjälpen.

R/O	Artist	Song	Juries	Televote	Total	Place	Votes
1	Afro-dite	"Never Let It Go"	116	162,612	132	248	1
2	Brandsta City Släckers	"Kom och ta mig"	0	147,700	88	88	5
3	Javiera Muñoz	"No hay nada más"	71	39,978	0	71	6
4	Barbados	"Världen utanför"	46	94,770	44	90	4
5	Hanna Hedlund & Lina Hedlund	"Big Time Party"	43	19,226	0	43	9
6	Östen med Resten	"Hon kommer med solsken"	11	59,149	22	33	10
7	Friends	"The One That You Need"	46	58,634	0	46	8
8	Kikki, Bettan & Lotta	"Vem é dé du vill ha"	34	136,175	66	100	3
9	Jan Johansen	"Sista andetaget"	54	58,668	11	65	7
10	Mendez	"Adrenaline"	52	149,406	110	162	2

R/O	Song	Total	Jury spokespersons
1	"Never Let It Go"	12	8
2	"Kom och ta mig"
3	"No hay nada más"	8
4	"Världen utanför"		12
5	"Big Time Party"	10	6
6	"Hon kommer med solsken"	4
7	"The One That You Need"	6	10
8	"Vem é dé du vill ha"		4
9	"Sista andetaget"	1	2
10	"Adrenaline"	2	1

Ratings

Show	Air date	Viewers
(millions)	Ref.	Heat 1	Heat 2	Heat 3	Heat 4	Winners' Choice	Final
	2.653
	2.318
	2.188
	2.971
	2.037
	3.720

References

"Final of Tallinn 2002 - Eurovision Song Contest".
"Melodifestivalen 2002 - Deltävling 1: Växjö". SVT.
"Melodifestivalen 2002 - Deltävling 2: Norrköping". SVT.
"Melodifestivalen 2002 - Deltävling 3: Sundsvall". SVT.
"Melodifestivalen 2002 - Deltävling 4: Falun". SVT.
"Melodifestivalen 2002 - Vinnarnas val: Stockholm". SVT.
"Melodifestivalen 2002 - Final: Stockholm". SVT.

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