Melodifestivalen 2020 was the 60th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen. The competition was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 1 February and 7 March 2020.[1] The winner of the competition was The Mamas with the song "Move", who would have represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Mamas were the first band to win since 2007 and the first female act to win since 2014; this is the fourth time in the history of Melodifestivalen that Sweden was unable to send a song to the Eurovision Song Contest (and the first such occurrence since 1976), as the contest itself was cancelled on 18 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
The format of the competition consisted of 6 shows: 4 heat rounds, a second chance round and a final. An initial 28 entries were selected for the competition through three methods: an open call for song submissions, direct invitations to specific artists and songwriters, and a wildcard given to one of the artists that participated in the P4 Nästa competition organised by Sveriges Radio P4. The 28 competing entries were divided into four heats, with seven compositions in each. From each heat, the songs that earn first and second place qualify directly to the final, while the songs that place third and fourth proceed to the Second Chance round. The bottom three songs in each heat were eliminated from the competition. An additional four entries qualified from the Second Chance round to the final, bringing the total number of competing entries in the final to 12. All 6 shows were hosted by Lina Hedlund, Linnea Henriksson and David Sundin.
Melodifestivalen 2020, organised by Sveriges Television (SVT), was the nineteenth consecutive edition of the contest in which the competition took place in different cities across Sweden; this was the last time that the event was held in this format. The four heats were held in the Saab Arena in Linköping (1 February), the Scandinavium in Gothenburg (8 February), the Coop Norrbotten Arena in Luleå (15 February) and the Malmö Arena in Malmö (22 February). The Second Chance round took place in the Stiga Sports Arena in Eskilstuna on 29 February, while the final was held in the Friends Arena in Stockholm on 7 March. A total of 28 entries competed in the heats, with seven entries taking part in each show. The top two entries from each heat advanced directly to the final, while the third and fourth placed entries advanced to the Second Chance round. The bottom three entries in each heat were eliminated. An additional four entries qualified for the final from the Second Chance round, bringing the total number of competing entries in the final to 12.
The twenty-eight competing entries were announced to the public during a press conference on 26 November 2019. On 2 February 2020, it was announced that Thorsten Flinck would be disqualified from the competition due to the fact that criminal charges of unlawful threat and vandalism had been filed against him.[3] One day later, Jan Johansen was announced as his replacement.[4]
The Second Chance round (Swedish: Andra chansen) took place on 29 February 2020 in the Stiga Sports Arena in Eskilstuna.[1] This was the first time in the history of the competition that Eskilstuna hosted a Melodifestivalen round.
SVT issued a Q&A section on its official website to address concerns regarding the spread of COVID-19.[8] On 3 March, four days before the Melodifestivalen final, Swedish radio station Sveriges Radio (SR) reported over 200 confirmed cases within Sweden.[9]
The questions and answers are related to safety measures and the number of participants. 27,000 audience members, including international audience members, were anticipated.[10] This number did not include the audience for the two dress rehearsals or any personnel. SVT stated on the Q&A page that it did not plan to establish checkpoints or other containment measures.[11]
Galleryedit
Heat 1edit
The Mamas – "Move"
Suzi P – "Moves"
Robin Bengtsson – "Take a Chance"
Malou Prytz – "Ballerina"
OVÖ – "Inga problem"
Sonja Aldén – "Sluta aldrig gå"
Felix Sandman – "Boys with Emotions"
Heat 2edit
Klara Hammarström – "Nobody"
Jan Johansen – "Miraklernas tid"
Dotter – "Bulletproof"
Mendez ft. Alvaro Estrella – "Vamos Amigos"
Linda Bengtzing – "Alla mina sorger"
Paul Rey – "Talking in My Sleep"
Anna Bergendahl – "Kingdom Come"
Heat 3edit
Heat 4edit
Frida Öhrn – "We Are One"
William Stridh – "Molnljus"
Nanne Grönvall – "Carpool Karaoke"
Victor Crone – "Troubled Waters"
Ellen Benediktson and Simon Peyron – "Surface"
Jakob Karlberg – "Om du tror att jag saknar dig"
Hanna Ferm – "Brave"
Referencesedit
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^"Swedish Eurovision hopeful disqualified as he faces criminal charge". Metro. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^"🇸🇪 Jan Johansen will replace Thorsten Flinck in Melodifestivalen deltävling 2". 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^"The Mamas och Robin Bengtsson till final i Melodifestivalen 2020". Gustavs expertblogg (in Swedish). 1 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
^ abcdefghij"Slutresultat Melodifestivalen 2020" (PDF). svt.se. 11 March 2020.
^"International juries for Melodifestivalen revealed". ESCXTRA.com. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
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Melodifestivalen 2020 was the 60th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen The competition was organised by Sveriges Television SVT and took place over a six week period between 1 February and 7 March 2020 1 The winner of the competition was The Mamas with the song Move who would have represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam Netherlands The Mamas were the first band to win since 2007 and the first female act to win since 2014 this is the fourth time in the history of Melodifestivalen that Sweden was unable to send a song to the Eurovision Song Contest and the first such occurrence since 1976 as the contest itself was cancelled on 18 March 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic 2 Melodifestivalen 2020DatesHeat 11 February 2020Heat 28 February 2020Heat 315 February 2020Heat 422 February 2020Second chance29 February 2020Final7 March 2020HostPresenter s Lina HedlundLinnea HenrikssonDavid SundinDirected byRobin HofwanderFredrik BacklundHost broadcasterSVTParticipantsNumber of entries28Number of finalists12VoteWinning song Move by The Mamas2019 Melodifestivalen 2021 Linnea Henriksson David Sundin and Lina Hedlund presenters of the 60th Melodifestivalen The format of the competition consisted of 6 shows 4 heat rounds a second chance round and a final An initial 28 entries were selected for the competition through three methods an open call for song submissions direct invitations to specific artists and songwriters and a wildcard given to one of the artists that participated in the P4 Nasta competition organised by Sveriges Radio P4 The 28 competing entries were divided into four heats with seven compositions in each From each heat the songs that earn first and second place qualify directly to the final while the songs that place third and fourth proceed to the Second Chance round The bottom three songs in each heat were eliminated from the competition An additional four entries qualified from the Second Chance round to the final bringing the total number of competing entries in the final to 12 All 6 shows were hosted by Lina Hedlund Linnea Henriksson and David Sundin Contents 1 Format 1 1 Presenters 2 Competing entries 3 Heats 3 1 Heat 1 3 2 Heat 2 3 3 Heat 3 3 4 Heat 4 4 Second Chance 5 Final 6 COVID 19 considerations 7 Gallery 7 1 Heat 1 7 2 Heat 2 7 3 Heat 3 7 4 Heat 4 8 References 9 External linksFormat editMelodifestivalen 2020 organised by Sveriges Television SVT was the nineteenth consecutive edition of the contest in which the competition took place in different cities across Sweden this was the last time that the event was held in this format The four heats were held in the Saab Arena in Linkoping 1 February the Scandinavium in Gothenburg 8 February the Coop Norrbotten Arena in Lulea 15 February and the Malmo Arena in Malmo 22 February The Second Chance round took place in the Stiga Sports Arena in Eskilstuna on 29 February while the final was held in the Friends Arena in Stockholm on 7 March A total of 28 entries competed in the heats with seven entries taking part in each show The top two entries from each heat advanced directly to the final while the third and fourth placed entries advanced to the Second Chance round The bottom three entries in each heat were eliminated An additional four entries qualified for the final from the Second Chance round bringing the total number of competing entries in the final to 12 Competition Schedule Show Date City Venue Heat 1 1 February 2020 Linkoping Saab Arena Heat 2 8 February 2020 Gothenburg Scandinavium Heat 3 15 February 2020 Lulea Coop Norrbotten Arena Heat 4 22 February 2020 Malmo Malmo Arena Second Chance 29 February 2020 Eskilstuna Stiga Sports Arena Final 7 March 2020 Stockholm Friends Arena Presenters edit On 3 September 2019 Lina Hedlund Linnea Henriksson and David Sundin were announced as the presenters of the 60th edition of Melodifestivalen 2 Competing entries editThe twenty eight competing entries were announced to the public during a press conference on 26 November 2019 On 2 February 2020 it was announced that Thorsten Flinck would be disqualified from the competition due to the fact that criminal charges of unlawful threat and vandalism had been filed against him 3 One day later Jan Johansen was announced as his replacement 4 Artist Song Songwriter s Albin Johnsen Livet borjar nu Robin Stjernberg Albin Johnsen Gino Yonan Amanda Aasa Late Amanda Aasa Siri Jansson Erik Grahn Alex Shield Anis don Demina Vem e som oss Anderz Wrethov Loui Maleoko Johanna Elkesdotter Wrethov Anis Don Demina Robin Svensk Anna Bergendahl Kingdom Come Bobby Ljunggren Thomas G son Erik Bernholm Anna Bergendahl Dotter Bulletproof Dino Medanhodzic Johanna Jansson Erik Dahlqvist Drangarna Piga och drang Anders Wigelius Robert Norberg Jimmy Jansson Ellen Benediktson amp Simon Peyron Surface Paul Rey Laurell Barker Anderz Wrethov Sebastian von Koenigsegg Ellen Benediktson Faith Kakembo Crying Rivers Jorgen Elofsson Liz Rodrigues Felix Sandman Boys with Emotions Tony Ferrari Parker James Peter Thomas Philip Bentley Nicki Adamsson Felix Sandman Frida Ohrn We Are One Frida Ohrn Hampus Eurenius Nicklas Eklund Hanna Ferm Brave David Kjellstrand Jimmy Jansson Laurell Barker Jakob Karlberg Om du tror att jag saknar dig Nanne Gronvall Isak Hallen Henrik Moreborg Jakob Karlberg Klara Hammarstrom Nobody Erik Smaaland Palle Hammarlund Klara Hammarstrom Linda Bengtzing Alla mina sorger Yvonne Dahlbom Jesper Welander Adam Jonsson Linda Bengtzing Malou Prytz Ballerina Thomas G son Peter Bostrom Jimmy Jansson Mariette Shout It Out Thomas G son Cassandra Stroberg Alex Shield Mariette Hansson Mendez feat Alvaro Estrella Vamos Amigos Palle Hammarlund Jimmy Jansson Jakke Erixson Leo Mendez Mohombi Winners Jimmy Jansson Mohombi Moupondo Palle Hammarlund Nanne Gronvall Carpool Karaoke Nanne Gronvall Peter Gronvall OVO Inga problem Nicholas Frandsen Lukas Nathanson Jean Willy Akofely Nickie Osenius Kouakou Paul Rey Talking in My Sleep Paul Rey Lukas Hallgren Alexander Standal Pavelich Robin Bengtsson Take a Chance Jimmy Jansson Karl Frederik Reichhardt Marcus Winther John Sonja Alden Sluta aldrig ga Bobby Ljunggren David Lindgren Zacharias Sonja Alden Suzi P Moves Joy Deb Suzi Pancekov Aniela Eklund Malou Ruotsalainen Chanel Tukia Kenny Silverdique The Mamas Move Melanie Wehbe Patrik Jean Herman Gardarfve Thorsten Flinck Miraklernas tid Thomas G son Jan Johansen Victor Crone Troubled Waters Dino Medanhodzic Benjamin Jennebo Victor Crone William Stridh Molnljus Markus Liden Christian Holmstrom David Kreuger William StridhHeats editHeat 1 edit The first heat took place on 1 February 2020 in the Saab Arena in Linkoping 1 More than 454 000 SEK was collected for Radiohjalpen 5 6 R O Artist Song Votes Place Result Votes Points 1 The Mamas Move 1 370 798 86 1 Final 2 Suzi P Moves 582 520 13 7 Out 3 Robin Bengtsson Take a Chance 1 267 149 84 2 Final 4 Malou Prytz Ballerina 1 146 797 58 3 Second Chance 5 Ovo Inga problem 633 485 19 6 Out 6 Sonja Alden Sluta aldrig ga 661 376 32 5 Out 7 Felix Sandman Boys with Emotions 1 080 040 52 4 Second Chance Detailed televoting results 6 Place Song Age groups Tel 3 9 10 15 16 29 30 44 45 59 60 74 75 1 Move 6 12 12 12 12 10 10 12 2 Take a Chance 12 10 8 10 10 12 12 10 3 Ballerina 10 8 6 8 8 4 8 6 4 Boys with Emotions 8 6 10 6 6 6 6 4 5 Sluta aldrig ga 1 1 2 4 4 8 4 8 6 Inga problem 2 4 4 2 2 1 2 2 7 Moves 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 Heat 2 edit The second heat took place on 8 February 2020 in the Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg 1 6 R O Artist Song Votes Place Result Votes Points 1 Klara Hammarstrom Nobody 951 815 40 5 Out 2 Jan Johansen Miraklernas tid 501 335 8 7 Out 3 Dotter Bulletproof 1 160 616 74 2 Final 4 Mendez feat Alvaro Estrella Vamos Amigos 1 070 755 66 3 Second Chance 5 Linda Bengtzing Alla mina sorger 717 043 18 6 Out 6 Paul Rey Talking in My Sleep 1 029 652 62 4 Second Chance 7 Anna Bergendahl Kingdom Come 1 140 812 76 1 Final Detailed televoting results 6 Place Song Age groups Tel 3 9 10 15 16 29 30 44 45 59 60 74 75 1 Kingdom Come 6 4 6 12 12 12 12 12 2 Bulletproof 8 12 10 10 10 6 8 10 3 Vamos Amigos 12 10 8 8 8 8 6 6 4 Talking in My Sleep 4 6 12 6 6 10 10 8 5 Nobody 10 8 4 4 4 2 4 4 6 Alla mina sorger 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 7 Miraklernas tid 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Heat 3 edit The third heat took place on 15 February 2020 in the Coop Norrbotten Arena in Lulea 1 6 R O Artist Song Votes Place Result Votes Points 1 Mariette Shout It Out 1 215 521 88 1 Final 2 Albin Johnsen Livet borjar nu 470 431 9 7 Out 3 Drangarna Piga och drang 921 811 56 4 Second Chance 4 Amanda Aasa Late 534 652 18 6 Out 5 Anis don Demina Vem e som oss 1 107 528 60 3 Second Chance 6 Faith Kakembo Crying Rivers 733 502 51 5 Out 7 Mohombi Winners 1 031 906 62 2 Final Detailed televoting results 6 Place Song Age groups Tel 3 9 10 15 16 29 30 44 45 59 60 74 75 1 Shout It Out 12 10 10 12 12 12 12 8 2 Winners 10 8 6 8 10 8 8 4 3 Vem e som oss 8 12 12 10 4 4 4 6 4 Piga och drang 6 6 8 6 6 6 6 12 5 Crying Rivers 1 4 4 4 8 10 10 10 6 Late 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 Livet borjar nu 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Heat 4 edit The fourth heat took place on 22 February 2020 in the Malmo Arena in Malmo 1 6 R O Artist Song Votes Place Result Votes Points 1 Frida Ohrn We Are One 685 633 51 3 Second Chance 2 William Stridh Molnljus 700 582 36 5 Out 3 Nanne Gronvall Carpool Karaoke 548 116 21 7 Out 4 Victor Crone Troubled Waters 1 072 105 82 2 Final 5 Ellen Benediktson amp Simon Peyron Surface 698 364 38 4 Second Chance 6 Jakob Karlberg Om du tror att jag saknar dig 619 888 22 6 Out 7 Hanna Ferm Brave 1 174 481 94 1 Final Detailed televoting results 6 Place Song Age groups Tel 3 9 10 15 16 29 30 44 45 59 60 74 75 1 Brave 12 12 10 12 12 12 12 12 2 Troubled Waters 10 10 12 10 10 10 10 10 3 We Are One 6 4 1 8 8 8 8 8 4 Surface 4 6 4 6 6 4 4 4 5 Molnljus 8 8 6 4 1 1 2 6 6 Om du tror att jag saknar dig 2 2 8 2 4 2 1 1 7 Carpool Karaoke 1 1 2 1 2 6 6 2Second Chance editThe Second Chance round Swedish Andra chansen took place on 29 February 2020 in the Stiga Sports Arena in Eskilstuna 1 This was the first time in the history of the competition that Eskilstuna hosted a Melodifestivalen round Duel R O Artist Song Votes Points Result I 1 Anis don Demina Vem e som oss 937 009 7 Final 2 Ellen Benediktson amp Simon Peyron Surface 566 544 1 Out II 1 Malou Prytz Ballerina 833 780 3 Out 2 Paul Rey Talking in My Sleep 810 439 5 Final III 1 Felix Sandman Boys with Emotions 793 582 4 Final 2 Frida Ohrn We Are One 550 632 4 Out IV 1 Mendez feat Alvaro Estrella Vamos Amigos 805 286 4 Final 2 Drangarna Piga och drang 685 762 4 Out Detailed televoting results 6 Duel Place Song Age groups Tel 3 9 10 15 16 29 30 44 45 59 60 74 75 I 1 Vem e som oss 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 Surface 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 II 1 Ballerina 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Talking in My Sleep 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 III 1 Boys with Emotions 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 We Are One 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 IV 1 Vamos Amigos 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 Piga och drang 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1Final editThe final took place on 7 March 2020 in the Friends Arena in Stockholm 1 R O Artist Song Juries Televote App Total Place Votes Points 1 Victor Crone Troubled Waters 19 1 058 691 38 57 9 2 Paul Rey Talking in My Sleep 35 1 086 230 33 68 6 3 The Mamas Move 65 1 610 446 72 137 1 4 Mohombi Winners 20 787 224 6 26 12 5 Hanna Ferm Brave 25 1 335 870 69 94 4 6 Mendez feat Alvaro Estrella Vamos Amigos 19 882 046 21 40 11 7 Dotter Bulletproof 65 1 489 636 71 136 2 8 Robin Bengtsson Take a Chance 35 891 620 28 63 8 9 Mariette Shout It Out 42 719 420 9 51 10 10 Felix Sandman Boys with Emotions 53 827 809 14 67 7 11 Anna Bergendahl Kingdom Come 46 1 244 146 61 107 3 12 Anis don Demina Vem e som oss 40 1 168 875 42 82 5 Detailed international jury votes 7 R O Song nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Total 1 Troubled Waters 1 4 5 1 1 2 5 19 2 Talking in My Sleep 6 7 4 4 10 4 35 3 Move 4 6 12 10 12 8 6 7 65 4 Winners 5 5 3 4 3 20 5 Brave 7 3 2 7 3 2 1 25 6 Vamos Amigos 1 2 7 3 1 5 19 7 Bulletproof 10 2 6 12 10 12 7 6 65 8 Take a Chance 3 8 10 6 5 1 2 35 9 Shout It Out 10 1 5 6 12 8 42 10 Boys with Emotions 8 7 8 8 2 8 12 53 11 Kingdom Come 12 3 4 6 8 10 3 46 12 Vem e som oss 2 12 5 7 4 10 40 International jury spokespersons nbsp Tali Eshkoli nbsp Marvin Dietmann nbsp Anush Ter Ghukasyan nbsp Paul Clarke nbsp Clas Romander nbsp Selma Bjornsdottir nbsp Bruno Berberes nbsp Getty Kaspers Detailed televoting results 6 R O Song Age groups Tel Total 3 9 10 15 16 29 30 44 45 59 60 74 75 1 Troubled Waters 7 5 4 4 6 5 4 3 38 2 Talking in My Sleep 4 7 7 5 2 3 3 2 33 3 Move 5 12 12 10 10 7 8 8 72 4 Winners 3 2 1 6 5 Brave 12 10 6 7 7 10 10 7 69 6 Vamos Amigos 10 4 2 3 1 1 21 7 Bulletproof 8 8 10 12 8 8 7 10 71 8 Take a Chance 2 3 1 2 5 6 5 4 28 9 Shout It Out 3 4 1 1 9 10 Boys with Emotions 1 1 3 2 2 5 14 11 Kingdom Come 5 8 12 12 12 12 61 12 Vem e som oss 6 6 8 6 4 6 6 42COVID 19 considerations editFurther information COVID 19 pandemic in Sweden SVT issued a Q amp A section on its official website to address concerns regarding the spread of COVID 19 8 On 3 March four days before the Melodifestivalen final Swedish radio station Sveriges Radio SR reported over 200 confirmed cases within Sweden 9 The questions and answers are related to safety measures and the number of participants 27 000 audience members including international audience members were anticipated 10 This number did not include the audience for the two dress rehearsals or any personnel SVT stated on the Q amp A page that it did not plan to establish checkpoints or other containment measures 11 Gallery editHeat 1 edit nbsp The Mamas Move nbsp Suzi P Moves nbsp Robin Bengtsson Take a Chance nbsp Malou Prytz Ballerina nbsp OVO Inga problem nbsp Sonja Alden Sluta aldrig ga nbsp Felix Sandman Boys with Emotions Heat 2 edit nbsp Klara Hammarstrom Nobody nbsp Jan Johansen Miraklernas tid nbsp Dotter Bulletproof nbsp Mendez ft Alvaro Estrella Vamos Amigos nbsp Linda Bengtzing Alla mina sorger nbsp Paul Rey Talking in My Sleep nbsp Anna Bergendahl Kingdom Come Heat 3 edit Heat 4 edit nbsp Frida Ohrn We Are One nbsp William Stridh Molnljus nbsp Nanne Gronvall Carpool Karaoke nbsp Victor Crone Troubled Waters nbsp Ellen Benediktson and Simon Peyron Surface nbsp Jakob Karlberg Om du tror att jag saknar dig nbsp Hanna Ferm Brave References edit a b c d e f g Hit kommer Melodifestivalen 2020 Aftonbladet Archived from the original on 2019 09 03 Retrieved 2019 09 03 Retrieved 3 September 2019 a b Lina Hedlund Linnea Henriksson David Sundin to host Melodifestivalen wiwibloggs September 3 2019 Archived from the original on December 7 2019 Retrieved September 3 2019 Swedish Eurovision hopeful disqualified as he faces criminal charge Metro 3 February 2020 Retrieved 5 February 2020 Jan Johansen will replace Thorsten Flinck in Melodifestivalen deltavling 2 3 February 2020 Retrieved 3 February 2020 The Mamas och Robin Bengtsson till final i Melodifestivalen 2020 Gustavs expertblogg in Swedish 1 February 2020 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