Melodifestivalen 2002 semifinals
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The semifinals for Melodifestivalen 2002
began on 19 January 2002. Ten songs from these semifinals qualified for the final on March 1, 2002. This was the first year that a semifinal format had been used for the competition. This was the first year that 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. it was replaced n
Melodifestivalen 2002
Melodifestivalen 2002 was the selection for the 42nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 41st time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Växjö, Norrköping, Sundsvall, Falun and a...
began on 19 January 2002. Ten songs from these semifinals qualified for the final on March 1, 2002. This was the first year that a semifinal format had been used for the competition. This was the first year that songs were permitted in languages other than Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
, resulting in a significant number of English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
songs, and two songs with lyrics in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
. Ett vackert par, composed by Py Bäckman and Micke Wennborn was disqualified before the competition. it was replaced n
Semifinal 1
| Date: | 19 January 2002 |
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| Presenter: | Kristin Kaspersen Kristin Kaspersen Kristin Kaspersen is a Swedish-Norwegian television host who is currently working for the Swedish media company TV4 Group, which is the owner of the television channel TV4. She is the daughter of Lill-Babs and Kjell Kaspersen and was raised in Stockholm... , Claes Åkesson |
| Venue: | Tipshallen, Växjö Växjö Växjö is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 64 200 inhabitants in 2010. It is the administrative, cultural and industrial centre of Kronoberg County. Furthermore it is the episcopal see of the Diocese of Växjö. It has a population of about 64 200, out of a... |
| Voting: | Telephone voting |
| Total number of televotes cast: | 401,552 |
| Qualifiers: | Kom och ta mig performed by the Brandsta City Släckers Brandsta City Släckers Brandsta City Släckers is a Swedish band with some firefighters that became very popular in Sweden.The band sang "Kom och ta mig" in Melodifestivalen 2002 and they also performed in Melodifestivalen 2003 with "15 minuter".... , Adrenaline performed by Mendez |
| Winners' Choice: | Världen utanför performed by Barbados Barbados (band) Barbados is a Swedish dansband, formed in 1992, who have had several Swedish chart successes. The band, with lead singer Magnus Carlsson, became widely known after their second place in Melodifestivalen 2000. The band has replaced lead singer three times. First Magnus Carlsson left the group in... , Last to Know performed by Excellence |
| # | Artist | Song | Televotes | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||
| 1 | Excellence Excellence (pop group) Excellence were a Swedish pop group from 2001 created through the TV programme Popstars on Kanal 5. The group scored a number one album on the Swedish Charts, as well as five top 10 singles, and entered Melodifestivalen 2002... |
Last to Know | 16 928 | 23 081 | 4 |
| 2 | Tom Nordahl | Blue As Her Angel Eyes | 4 137 | — | 7 |
| 3 | Barbados Barbados (band) Barbados is a Swedish dansband, formed in 1992, who have had several Swedish chart successes. The band, with lead singer Magnus Carlsson, became widely known after their second place in Melodifestivalen 2000. The band has replaced lead singer three times. First Magnus Carlsson left the group in... |
Världen utanför | 44 899 | 52 309 | 3 |
| 4 | Camilla Lindén | Du har rört vid min själ | 15 549 | — | 5 |
| 5 | Brandsta City Släckers Brandsta City Släckers Brandsta City Släckers is a Swedish band with some firefighters that became very popular in Sweden.The band sang "Kom och ta mig" in Melodifestivalen 2002 and they also performed in Melodifestivalen 2003 with "15 minuter".... |
Kom och ta mig | 59 007 | 71 194 | 1 |
| 6 | Zoë | Hollywood-do | 12 733 | — | 6 |
| 7 | Rickard Sköld | En värld som alltid brinner | 3 352 | — | 8 |
| 8 | Méndez DJ Méndez Leopoldo Méndez Alcayaga is a Chilean-Swedish DJ, singer and producer, known by his stage name Méndez, formerly DJ Méndez. He won the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica Awards for Best Southwest New Artist.-Early life:... |
Adrenaline | 45 731 | 52 632 | 2 |
Semifinal 2
| Date: | 26 January 2002 |
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| Presenter: | Kristin Kaspersen Kristin Kaspersen Kristin Kaspersen is a Swedish-Norwegian television host who is currently working for the Swedish media company TV4 Group, which is the owner of the television channel TV4. She is the daughter of Lill-Babs and Kjell Kaspersen and was raised in Stockholm... , Claes Åkesson |
| Venue: | Himmelstalundshallen Himmelstalundshallen Himmelstalundshallen is an Indoor arena in Norrköping, Sweden. It is home arena for the ice hockey team HC Vita Hästen. It opened in 1977 and holds 4,280 people.The arena hosted the preliminary games of group B at the 2003 EuroBasket.... , Norrköping Norrköping Norrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County. The city has a population of 87,247 inhabitants in 2010, out of a municipal total of 130,050, making it Sweden's tenth largest city and eighth largest... |
| Voting: | Telephone voting |
| Total number of televotes cast: | 310,727 |
| Qualifiers: | No hay nada más performed by Javiera Muñoz Javiera Muñoz Javiera Margarita Odija Ubal Muñoz, born May 28, 1980, is a Swedish singer with Chilean-Spanish roots who has participated in Melodifestivalen twice, in 2000 with Varje timma, var minut, and in 2002 with No hay nada más.... , Never Let It Go performed by Afro-Dite Afro-dite Afro-dite is a Swedish pop group made up of three pop singers. The group consists of Blossom Tainton-Lindquist, Gladys del Pilar and Kayo Shekoni. The name is a play on words implying they are beautiful as Greek goddess Aphrodite and being... |
| Winners' Choice: | What Difference Does It Make? performed by The Poets The Poets The Poets were a Scottish blues, freakbeat and psychedelic pop band, who were managed and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Some of their singles were released on his Immediate Records label... , Sail Away performed by Annika Ljungberg Annika Ljungberg Annika Ljungberg, born 1969, is a Swedish female vocalist. She is a former member of Rednex which she left in 2009.... |
| # | Artist | Song | Televotes | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||
| 1 | The Poets The Poets The Poets were a Scottish blues, freakbeat and psychedelic pop band, who were managed and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Some of their singles were released on his Immediate Records label... |
What Difference Does It Make? | 22 232 | 28 560 | 3 |
| 2 | Jennifer Newberry | Ingenting ingenting | 2 360 | — | 8 |
| 3 | Javiera Muñoz Javiera Muñoz Javiera Margarita Odija Ubal Muñoz, born May 28, 1980, is a Swedish singer with Chilean-Spanish roots who has participated in Melodifestivalen twice, in 2000 with Varje timma, var minut, and in 2002 with No hay nada más.... |
No hay nada más | 25 023 | 31 915 | 2 |
| 4 | Martin | Du och jag (i hela världen) | 5 787 | — | 7 |
| 5 | Ann-Louise Ann-Louise Hanson Ann-Louise Hanson is a Swedish singer and has been involved in the music industry for over 40 years.Many of her solo recordings from the 1960s feature Bruno Glenmarks Orkester and, following their marriage, Ann-Louise and Bruno Glenmark formed the group Glenmarks with Bruno's niece Karin and... & Molle Molle Holmberg Johan ”Molle” Holmberg is a Swedish celebrity, reality show participant and musician, born 1978 and settled in Drottningholm, Stockholm, Sweden.... |
Sluta | 9 227 | — | 6 |
| 6 | Jakob Stadell & Voice Boys | Ge mig mitt hjärta tillbaka | 13 604 | — | 5 |
| 7 | Afro-Dite Afro-dite Afro-dite is a Swedish pop group made up of three pop singers. The group consists of Blossom Tainton-Lindquist, Gladys del Pilar and Kayo Shekoni. The name is a play on words implying they are beautiful as Greek goddess Aphrodite and being... |
Never Let It Go Never Let It Go "Never Let It Go" was the Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. The song was a cheery number about a woman dancing the night away with the man she loves. Afro-Dite were a female trio, who bore some resemblance to the popular female R "n" B group, Destiny's Child... |
56 029 | 89 487 | 1 |
| 8 | Annika Ljungberg Annika Ljungberg Annika Ljungberg, born 1969, is a Swedish female vocalist. She is a former member of Rednex which she left in 2009.... |
Sail Away | 13 907 | 12 596 | 4 |
Semifinal 3
| Date: | 2 February 2002 |
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| Presenter: | Kristin Kaspersen Kristin Kaspersen Kristin Kaspersen is a Swedish-Norwegian television host who is currently working for the Swedish media company TV4 Group, which is the owner of the television channel TV4. She is the daughter of Lill-Babs and Kjell Kaspersen and was raised in Stockholm... , Claes Åkesson |
| Venue: | Nordichallen Nordichallen Nordichallen is a stadium located in Sundsvall. Its dimensions are 105x65 meters, area10,500 square meters, seating capacity 9,300, ceiling height 21 meters. Football matches and music concerts are played there.... , Sundsvall Sundsvall -External links:* - Official site from Nordisk Familjebok - Sundsvalls tourist information bureau. - The alternative guide to Sundsvall. - Blog with photos from Sundsvall.... |
| Voting: | Telephone voting |
| Total number of televotes cast: | 219,111 |
| Qualifiers: | Hon kommer med solsken performed by Östen med Resten, Big Time Party performed by Hanna Hanna Hedlund Hanna Hedlund is a Swedish singer. Her sister, Lina Hedlund, is also a singer. She lives with Martin Stenmarck who sang the Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. They have two children together, Ida and Love.Hanna competed in Melodifestivalen 2000 with the song "Anropar försvunnen"... & Lina Hedlund Lina Hedlund Lina Maria Hedlund is a Swedish singer and current member of the popgroup Alcazar. Lina has participated in Melodifestivalen a number of times, in Melodifestivalen 2002 along with her sister, singer Hanna Hedlund, in Melodifestivalen 2003 as a solo singer, and in Melodifestivalen 2009 and 2010 as... |
| Winners' Choice: | Det innersta rummet performed by Date, Tidig är tiden performed by Rolf Carlsson |
| # | Artist | Song | Televotes | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||
| 1 | Towe Jaarnek Towe Jaarnek Towe Jaarnek, born 13 June 1965, is a Swedish singer. At the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1991, she sang the song Ett liv med dig, which finished 2nd. In 1992 she sang a duet with the Swedish singer Peter Jöback. The song was More Than a Game, which was the official song for the 1992 European Football... |
Back Again | 9 053 | — | 7 |
| 2 | Date | Det innersta rummet | 14 127 | 17 624 | 4 |
| 3 | Linda Grip | You're the Best Thing | 2 679 | — | 8 |
| 4 | Arvingarna Arvingarna Arvingarna is a Swedish dansband, which was formed in 1989 and which competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen in 1993, 1995, 1999 and 2002. In 1993 they won with the song '"Eloise" and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, where the song finished 7th.The band's name refers to... |
Ingenting är större än vi | 10 186 | — | 6 |
| 5 | Östen med Resten | Hon kommer med solsken | 33 570 | 46 553 | 1 |
| 6 | Rolf Carlsson | Tidig är tiden | 11 000 | 19 104 | 3 |
| 7 | Sylvia Vrethammar Sylvia Vrethammar Sylvia Vrethammar , is a Swedish singer of popular music, standards and jazz. She is the daughter of Harald Vrethammar, an education official, and Britta Vrethammar, a musical education teacher, specializing in the piano... |
Hon är en annan nu | 10 251 | — | 5 |
| 8 | Hanna Hanna Hedlund Hanna Hedlund is a Swedish singer. Her sister, Lina Hedlund, is also a singer. She lives with Martin Stenmarck who sang the Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. They have two children together, Ida and Love.Hanna competed in Melodifestivalen 2000 with the song "Anropar försvunnen"... & Lina Hedlund Lina Hedlund Lina Maria Hedlund is a Swedish singer and current member of the popgroup Alcazar. Lina has participated in Melodifestivalen a number of times, in Melodifestivalen 2002 along with her sister, singer Hanna Hedlund, in Melodifestivalen 2003 as a solo singer, and in Melodifestivalen 2009 and 2010 as... |
Big Time Party | 21 821 | 23 093 | 2 |
Semifinal 4
| Date: | 9 February 2002 |
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| Presenter: | Kristin Kaspersen Kristin Kaspersen Kristin Kaspersen is a Swedish-Norwegian television host who is currently working for the Swedish media company TV4 Group, which is the owner of the television channel TV4. She is the daughter of Lill-Babs and Kjell Kaspersen and was raised in Stockholm... , Claes Åkesson |
| Venue: | Lugnet Lugnet, Falun Lugnet is a large sport complex located in Falun, Sweden.58 of the Swedish Sports Confederation's 67 special sports can be practiced there. There are 6 full sized indoor pitches in the area where everything from dance to association football can be played or performed. There are also an ice arena... , Falun Falun Falun is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 36,447 inhabitants in 2005. It is also the capital of Dalarna County... |
| Voting: | Telephone voting |
| Total number of televotes cast: | 331,731 |
| Qualifiers: | The One That You Need performed by Friends, Vem é dé du vill ha performed by Kikki, Bettan & Lotta Kikki, Bettan & Lotta Kikki, Bettan & Lotta was a Swedish-Norwegian super trio, active 2001-2004 and consisting Kikki Danielsson, Elisabeth "Bettan" Andreassen and Lotta Engberg.-Carrier together:... |
| Winners' Choice: | Son of a Liar performed by Carina Jaarnek, Sista andetaget performed by Jan Johansen |
| # | Artist | Song | Televotes | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||
| 1 | Kina Jaarnek | Son of a Liar | 14 186 | 25 578 | 4 |
| 2 | Solo | Ge mig himlen för en dag | 9 447 | — | 7 |
| 3 | Niklas Andersson | I Want You | 8 354 | — | 8 |
| 4 | Friends | The One That You Need | 24 854 | 40 188 | 2 |
| 5 | The Honeydrops | It Takes 2 | 10 227 | — | 6 |
| 6 | Kikki, Bettan & Lotta Kikki, Bettan & Lotta Kikki, Bettan & Lotta was a Swedish-Norwegian super trio, active 2001-2004 and consisting Kikki Danielsson, Elisabeth "Bettan" Andreassen and Lotta Engberg.-Carrier together:... |
Vem é dé du vill ha Vem é dé du vill ha Vem é dé du vill ha is a pop song in Swedish, written by Thomas G:son and Calle Kindbom. With the song, Kikki, Bettan & Lotta competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2002, where the song finished 3rd... |
69 514 | 66 048 | 1 |
| 7 | Jan Johansen | Sista andetaget | 23 201 | 29 140 | 3 |
| 8 | Fredrik Wännman | Vackare nu | 11 214 | — | 5 |
Winners' Choice
| Date: | 22 February 2002 |
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| Presenters: | Kristin Kaspersen Kristin Kaspersen Kristin Kaspersen is a Swedish-Norwegian television host who is currently working for the Swedish media company TV4 Group, which is the owner of the television channel TV4. She is the daughter of Lill-Babs and Kjell Kaspersen and was raised in Stockholm... , Claes Åkeson |
| Venue: | SVT Sveriges Television Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners... Broadcasting House, Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... |
| Voting: | A jury made up of Siw Malmkvist Siw Malmkvist Siw "Siwan" Gunnel Margareta Malmkvist is a Swedish singer who is popular in Scandinavia and Germany... , Svante Thuresson Svante Thuresson Svante Thuresson is a Swedish jazz music musician and singer. He started his career as a drummer, before joining the band Gals and Pals in 1963... , Charlotte Perrelli Charlotte Perrelli Charlotte Perrelli is a Swedish singer and occasional television host, perhaps most famous for winning the 1999 Melodifestivalen and subsequently that year's Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven."Since then she has released six singles and five albums... , Roger Pontare Roger Pontare Fred Roger Pontare is a Swedish musician. He currently lives in Vingåker, Södermanland County.... , Jill Johnson Jill Johnson Jill Anna Maria Johnson, , is a Swedish country- and pop-singer and songwriter. She performed the Melodifestivalen 1998 winning song Kärleken är, and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with that song, which finished 10th with 53 points. In 2003 she again entered Melodifestivalen... , Lasse Holm Lasse Holm Lars-Eric Gustav "Lasse" Holm, born 9 December 1943 in Stockholm, Sweden, is known as a composer, lyricist and singer.Since childhood, he was interested in music and was a member of a lot of pop music and rock music groups in the 1960s: Doug and the Millsmen, The Spacemen and The Moonlighters... , Claes af Geijerstam Claes af Geijerstam Claes af Geijerstam , nicknamed Clabbe , is a Swedish musician, radio personality and DJ who is mostly famous for his talent of rapid speech and his many years as a radio DJ.... , Nanne Grönvall Nanne Grönvall Marianne Elisabeth Nordqvist more popularly known as Nanne Grönvall is a Swedish singer-songwriter.-Biography:Grönvall's musical career started in the 1980s group Sound of Music... , Tommy Nilsson Tommy Nilsson Erik Tommy Nilsson is a Swedish rock singer and composer. Swedish critics state that he has one of the best voices of Sweden.... , Anders Berglund Anders Berglund Anders Berglund is a Swedish organizer, composer, conductor, pianist and musician.-Career:Berglund is known as the Melodifestivalen conductor 16 times.... |
| Qualifiers: | Sista andetaget performed by Jan Johansen, Världen utanför performed by Barbados Barbados (band) Barbados is a Swedish dansband, formed in 1992, who have had several Swedish chart successes. The band, with lead singer Magnus Carlsson, became widely known after their second place in Melodifestivalen 2000. The band has replaced lead singer three times. First Magnus Carlsson left the group in... |
| # | Artist | Song | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Excellence Excellence (pop group) Excellence were a Swedish pop group from 2001 created through the TV programme Popstars on Kanal 5. The group scored a number one album on the Swedish Charts, as well as five top 10 singles, and entered Melodifestivalen 2002... |
Last to Know | 7 |
| 2 | Barbados Barbados (band) Barbados is a Swedish dansband, formed in 1992, who have had several Swedish chart successes. The band, with lead singer Magnus Carlsson, became widely known after their second place in Melodifestivalen 2000. The band has replaced lead singer three times. First Magnus Carlsson left the group in... |
Världen utanför | 1 |
| 3 | The Poets The Poets The Poets were a Scottish blues, freakbeat and psychedelic pop band, who were managed and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Some of their singles were released on his Immediate Records label... |
What Difference Does It Make? | 5 |
| 4 | Annika Ljungberg Annika Ljungberg Annika Ljungberg, born 1969, is a Swedish female vocalist. She is a former member of Rednex which she left in 2009.... |
Sail Away | 4 |
| 5 | Date | Det innersta rummet | 6 |
| 6 | Rolf Carlsson | Tidig är tiden | 8 |
| 7 | Kina Jaarnek | Son of a Liar | 3 |
| 8 | Jan Johansen | Sista andetaget | 1 |