Melodifestivalen 2015

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Melodifestivalen 2015
Dates
Heat 17 February 2015
Heat 214 February 2015
Heat 321 February 2015
Heat 428 February 2015
Second chance7 March 2015
Final14 March 2015
Host
Venue
Solna, Sweden
Presenter(s)Robin Paulsson
Sanna Nielsen
Directed byRobin Hofwander
Fredrik Bäcklund
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Participants
Number of entries28: 7 in each heat; 12 in the final (2 from each heat, 4 from the Second Chance round)
Vote
Winning song"Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw
2014 ← Melodifestivalen → 2016

Melodifestivalen 2015 was the Swedish music competition that selected Sweden's 55th entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.[1] Måns Zelmerlöw won with the song "Heroes". The hosts for the show were Sanna Nielsen (winner of Melodifestivalen 2014) and comedian Robin Paulsson.[2][3]

For the fourteenth consecutive year, the competition consisted of four heats, a "Second Chance" round, and a final. However, the total number of competing entries was reduced from 32 to 28. The 28 competing entries were divided into four heats, with seven compositions in each. From each semifinal, the songs that earned first and second place went directly to the final, while the songs that placed third and fourth proceeded to the Second Chance round. The bottom three songs in each semifinal were eliminated from the competition.[4]

A new rule for the 2015 edition of the competition stipulated that at least 50% of the selected entries were to be written by female composers or lyricists in a full or partial capacity.[5][6]

Format

Melodifestivalen 2015 was the fourteenth consecutive year in which the competition will take place in different cities across Sweden. The four semifinals were held in

Solna was held on 14 March.[4]

Schedule and ratings

Show Date City Venue Viewers Votes
Heat 1 7 February Gothenburg Scandinavium 3,383,000 1,215,965[7]
Heat 2 14 February Malmö Malmö Arena 3,332,000 2,382,636[8]
Heat 3 21 February Östersund Östersund Arena 3,145,000 2,865,979[9]
Heat 4 28 February Örebro Conventum Arena 3,111,000 2,573,350[10]
Second Chance 7 March Helsingborg Helsingborg Arena 3,030,000 3,830,306[11]
Final 14 March
Solna
 Friends Arena 3,736,000 1,555,557[12]

Competing entries

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Andreas Johnson "Living to Die" Andreas Johnson, Bobby Ljunggren, Karl-Ola Kjellholm
Andreas Weise "Bring Out the Fire" Henrik Jansson,
Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad
Annika Herlitz "Ett andetag" Amir Aly, Maciel Numhauser, Robin Abrahamsson, Sharon Dyall, Sharon Vaughn
Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone "Det rår vi inte för" Behrang Miri, Albin Johnsén, Måns Zelmerlöw, Tony Nilsson
Caroline Wennergren "Black Swan" Nicklas Eklund, Joel DeLuna, Aimee Bobruk
Daniel Gildenlöw
 "Pappa" Daniel Gildenlöw
Dinah Nah "Make Me (La La La)" Dinah Nah, Dr. Alban (Alban Nwapa), Jakke Erixson, Karl-Ola Kjellholm
Dolly Style "Hello Hi" Emma Nors, Palle Hammarlund, Jimmy Jansson
Ellen Benediktson "Insomnia" Ellen Benediktson, Anderz Wrethov
Emelie Irewald "Där och då med dig" Emelie Irewald
Eric Saade "Sting" Arash Fahmi, Fredrik Kempe, Hamed "K-one" Pirouzpanah, David Kreuger
Hasse Andersson "Guld och gröna skogar" Anderz Wrethov, Elin Wrethov, Johan Bejerholm, Johan Deltinger
Isa "Don't Stop" Isa Tengblad, Johan Ramström, Gustaf Svenungsson, Magnus Wallin, Oscar Merner
Jessica Andersson "Can't Hurt Me Now" Aleena Gibson, Fredrik Thomander
Jon Henrik Fjällgren "Jag är fri (Manne Leam Frijje)" Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Erik Holmberg, Tony Malm, Josef Melin
JTR "Building It Up" John Andreasson, Tom Lundbäck, Robin Lundbäck, Erik Lewander, Iggy Strange Dahl
Kalle Johansson "För din skull" Martin Eriksson, Thomas G:son, Thomas Karlsson
Kristin Amparo "I See You" Kristin Amparo, Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger
Linus Svenning "Forever Starts Today" Aleena Gibson, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Fredrik Kempe
Magnus Carlsson "Möt mig i Gamla stan" Thomas G:son, Lina Eriksson
Marie Bergman & Sanne Salomonsen "Nonetheless" Andreas Stone Johansson, Allison Kaplan
Mariette "Don’t Stop Believing" Miss Li (Linda Karlsson), Sonny Gustafsson
Midnight Boy "Don't Say No" Johan Krafman, Kristofer Östergren, Olle Blomström
Molly Pettersson Hammar
 "I'll Be Fine" Molly Pettersson Hammar, Lisa Desmond, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren, Gavin Jones
Måns Zelmerlöw "Heroes" Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb
Neverstore "If I Was God For One Day" Thomas G:son, John Gordon, Jacob Widén
Rickard Söderberg & Elize Ryd "One By One" Elize Ryd, Jimmy Jansson, Karl-Ola Kjellholm, Sharon Vaughn
Samir & Viktor "Groupie" Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Maria Smith, Kevin Högdahl, Viktor Thell

Heats

Heat 1

The results of this heat were contested after the crash of the application.[13]

Draw Artist Song Votes[14] Place Results
Round 1 Round 2 Total
1
Molly Pettersson Hammar
 "I'll Be Fine" 82,807 — 82,807 6 Out
2
Daniel Gildenlöw
 "Pappa" 44,483 44,483 7 Out
3 Rickard Söderberg & Elize Ryd "One By One" 101,433 27,928 129,361 5 Out
4 Dolly Style "Hello Hi" 138,255 16,961 155,216 3 Second chance
5 Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone "Det rår vi inte för" 140,374 8,606 148,980 4 Second chance
6 Jessica Andersson "Can't Hurt Me Now" 187,686 25,279 212,965 2 Final
7 Eric Saade "Sting" 413,556 35,324 448,880 1 Final

Heat 2

Draw Artist Song Votes[14] Place Results
Round 1 Round 2 Total
1 Linus Svenning "Forever Starts Today" 357,113 36,156 393,269 4 Second chance
2 Emelie Irewald "Där och då med dig" 134,638 — 134,638 6 Out
3 Samir & Viktor "Groupie" 455,225 19,958 475,183 3 Second chance
4 Neverstore "If I Was God For One Day" 253,725 12,227 265,952 5 Out
5 Marie Bergman & Sanne Salomonsen "Nonetheless" 134,427 — 134,427 7 Out
6 Magnus Carlsson "Möt mig i Gamla stan" 441,477 34,140 475,617 2 Final
7 Mariette "Don’t Stop Believing" 472,908 28,219 501,127 1 Final

Heat 3

Draw Artist Song Votes[14] Place Results
Round 1 Round 2 Total
1 Ellen Benediktson "Insomnia" 288,995 9,768 298,763 5 Out
2 Kalle Johansson "För din skull" 261,572 — 261,572 6 Out
3 Andreas Weise "Bring Out the Fire" 419,346 31,577 450,923 3 Second chance
4 Andreas Johnson "Living to Die" 252,280 — 252,280 7 Out
5 Isa "Don't Stop" 499,426 18,978 518,404 2 Final
6 Kristin Amparo "I See You" 395,936 19,074 415,010 4 Second chance
7 Jon Henrik Fjällgren "Jag är fri (Manne Leam Frijje)" 593,601 72,716 666,317 1 Final

Heat 4

Draw Artist Song Votes[14] Place Results
Round 1 Round 2 Total
1 Midnight Boy "Don't Say No" 157,793 — 157,793 7 Out
2 Caroline Wennergren "Black Swan" 252,405 31,787 284,192 5 Out
3 JTR "Building It Up" 378,312 7,590 385,902 2 Final
4 Hasse Andersson "Guld och gröna skogar" 339,263 40,042 379,305 3 Second chance
5 Dinah Nah "Make Me (La La La)" 356,640 9,438 366,078 4 Second chance
6 Annika Herlitz "Ett andetag" 226,388 — 226,388 6 Out
7 Måns Zelmerlöw "Heroes" 712,652 58,771 771,423 1 Final

Second Chance

The Second Chance (Andra chansen) round was held on 7 March 2015 in Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg. Unlike in the previous editions, four out of eight competing entries were sent to the final this year. The preliminary two-phase voting introduced in 2013 was eliminated, bringing back a duel-only competition. The duels are as follows:

It was announced that Malena Ernman, Melodifestivalen winner and Sweden's representative at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest would join Behrang Miri and Victor Crone on stage to do the opera vocals.[15]

Duel Draw Artist Song Votes[16] Result
I 1 Andreas Weise "Bring Out the Fire" 402,521 Out
2 Linus Svenning "Forever Starts Today" 531,109 Final
II 1 Hasse Andersson "Guld och gröna skogar" 599,724 Final
2 Kristin Amparo "I See You" 441,015 Out
III 1 Dolly Style "Hello Hi" 404,960 Out
2 Dinah Nah "Make Me (La La La)" 524,887 Final
IV 1 Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone "Det rår vi inte för" 297,739 Out
2 Samir & Viktor "Groupie" 628,022 Final

Final

The grand final of this year's Melodifestivalen was held on 14 March in the 28,000-seat

Solna.[17]
Unlike in the previous editions of Melodifestivalen, twelve songs competed in this year's final, two more than before. Eight finalists were selected during the four-week semi finals and four from the Second Chance round.[18]

Draw[19] Artist[19] Song Juries Televote/SMS[14] Total Place
Votes % Points
1 Samir & Viktor "Groupie" 29 65,927 4.2% 20 49 8
2 JTR "
Building It Up
" 		21 14,236 0.9% 4 25 10
3 Dinah Nah "Make Me (La La La)" 14 28,094 1.8% 8 22 12
4 Jon Henrik Fjällgren "Jag är fri (Manne Leam Frijje)" 51 288,964 18.6% 88 139 2
5 Jessica Andersson "Can't Hurt Me Now" 15 25,721 1.7% 8 23 11
6 Måns Zelmerlöw "Heroes" 122 545,601 35.1% 166 288 1
7 Linus Svenning "Forever Starts Today" 41 57,838 3.8% 18 59 6
8 Isa "Don't Stop" 38 60,213 3.9% 18 56 7
9 Magnus Carlsson "Möt mig i Gamla stan" 10 59,811 3.8% 18 28 9
10 Eric Saade "Sting" 48 96,237 6.2% 29 77 5
11 Mariette "Don't Stop Believing" 74 90,749 5.8% 28 102 3
12 Hasse Andersson "Guld och gröna skogar" 10 222,166 14.3% 68 78 4
Detailed international jury votes[20]
Draw Song Armenia Austria Belgium Cyprus Estonia France Israel Malta Netherlands Slovenia United Kingdom Total
1 "Groupie" 10 4 8 6 1 29
2 "Building It Up" 8 6 6 1 21
3 "Make Me (La La La)" 1 2 10 1 14
4 "Jag är fri (Manne leam frijje)" 8 8 4 2 8 8 1 12 51
5 "Can't Hurt Me Now" 4 1 6 4 15
6 "Heroes" 12 12 12 12 12 12 6 12 12 12 8 122
7 "Forever Starts Today" 2 10 1 6 4 2 4 6 6 41
8 "Don't Stop" 4 10 2 4 8 10 38
9 "Möt mig i Gamla stan" 1 1 8 10
10 "Sting" 10 2 6 2 1 4 10 1 10 2 48
11 "Don't Stop Believing" 6 6 2 10 8 10 12 4 2 10 4 74
12 "Guld och gröna skogar" 8 2 10

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