Melodifestivalen 2001
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| Date: | 23 February 2001 |
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| Presenters: | Josefine Sundström and Henrik Olsson |
| Venue: | Malmö Musikteater Malmö Opera and Music Theatre Malmö Opera and Music Theatre is an opera house in Malmö, Sweden. An opera company of the same name presents seasons of opera in this house.... , Malmö Malmö Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County... |
| Viewing figures (approx): | 3,840,000 |
| Voting: | 50/50 Jury and telephone voting |
| Total number of televotes cast: | 357,408 |
| Winner: | Lyssna till ditt hjärta performed by Friends Friends (group) Friends were a Swedish dansband or pop group formed in 1999 and made up of Stefan Brunzell, Tony Haglund, Kristian Hermanson, Nina Inhammar, Kim Kärnfalk and Peter Strandberg. They were put together from auditions on the reality television show Friends på turne , made by Bert Karlsson for TV4... |
| Winner's result at Eurovision Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition... : |
5th |
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959...
2001 was the selection for the 41st song to represent Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
at the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1567 songs were submitted to 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...
for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT1
SVT1
SVT1 is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.-History:The channel began broadcasting in 1956 and was known as Radiotjänst TV, A year later, it was renamed Sveriges Radio TV. In 1969, the second television station TV2 was launched and...
and Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio AB – Swedish Radio Ltd – is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. The Swedish public-broadcasting system is in many respects modelled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Radio - like Sveriges Television - shares many characteristics with...
's P4 network.
The winners were Friends
Friends (group)
Friends were a Swedish dansband or pop group formed in 1999 and made up of Stefan Brunzell, Tony Haglund, Kristian Hermanson, Nina Inhammar, Kim Kärnfalk and Peter Strandberg. They were put together from auditions on the reality television show Friends på turne , made by Bert Karlsson for TV4...
who later that year ended up in 5th place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Eurovision Song Contest 2001
The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 was the 46th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 12 May 2001 in the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was the first time in 36 years that Denmark hosted the Eurovision Song Contest, thanks to the Olsen Brothers' win the previous year in Stockholm...
in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
.
Results
| # | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Votes | Place | ||
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| 1 | Teresia | "Kom ner på jorden" | Rune Gardell | 25 | — | 25 | 8th |
| 2 | Jan Johansen | "Ingemansland" | Ingela "Pling" Forsman Ingela Forsman Ingela Birgitta "Pling" Forsman is a Swedish lyricist in popular music. 1981–2009, 33 of her songs have competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen, three of them winners: Bra vibrationer , Se på mej and Kärleken är... , Bobby Ljunggren Bobby Ljunggren Bobby Ljunggren is a Swedish songwriter. He has entered the Eurovision Song Contest as a composer six times, five times for his native Sweden , and once for Lithuania, in 2005. He is a veteran of the Melodifestivalen competition, with 39 entries... |
63 | 44 | 107 | 4th |
| 3 | Date | "Om du förlåter mig" | Sofia Lagerström, Henrik Sethsson | 35 | 22 | 57 | 6th |
| 4 | Rosanna Jönis | "Om du var här hos mig" | Mattias Reimer, Lars Edvall | 2 | 11 | 13 | 10th |
| 5 | 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... |
"Allt som jag ser" | Marcos Ubeda, Ulf Georgsson, Lars "Dille" Diedricson Lars Diedricson Lars "Dille" Diedricson is a Swedish songwriter living in Skara. He was a member of the band Snowstorm when it was founded 1976.-References:... |
82 | 110 | 192 | 2nd |
| 6 | Sanna Nielsen Sanna Nielsen Sanna Viktoria Nielsen is a Swedish singer. She comes from Bromölla in Skåne, Southern Sweden.-Career:At the age of eleven she reached the number one spot on the Svensktoppen Charts with the song "Till en fågel". At that time, she sung with the dansband Mats Elmes. She participated in... |
"Igår, idag" | Bert Månson | 84 | 88 | 172 | 3rd |
| 7 | Annie Kratz-Gutå | "Vända om" | Tony Malm, Annie Kratz-Gutå, Farhad Zand | 29 | — | 29 | 7th |
| 8 | Friends Friends (group) Friends were a Swedish dansband or pop group formed in 1999 and made up of Stefan Brunzell, Tony Haglund, Kristian Hermanson, Nina Inhammar, Kim Kärnfalk and Peter Strandberg. They were put together from auditions on the reality television show Friends på turne , made by Bert Karlsson for TV4... |
"Lyssna till ditt hjärta" | Thomas G:son Thomas G:son Thomas Gustafsson is a Swedish composer and musician from Skövde, Västergötland, Sweden, north-east of Göteborg. However, he is much more known nationally and internationally simply as Thomas G:son, his artistic name. Since 1998, Thomas has worked full time as a songwriter for the company G:songs... , Henrik Sethson |
105 | 132 | 237 | 1st |
| 9 | Popson | "Jag känner dig" | Lars Benckert, Petter Gunnarsson | 23 | — | 23 | 9th |
| 10 | Ellinor Franzén | "Om du stannar här" | Tony Malm, Ellinor Franzén | 25 | 66 | 91 | 5th |
Juries
| Song | Luleå Luleå - Transportation :Local buses are run by .A passenger train service is available from Luleå Centralstation on Sweden's national SJ railway service northbound to Narvik on the Norwegian coast, or southbound to Stockholm. See Rail transport in Sweden.... |
Umeå Umeå - Transport :The road infrastructure in Umeå is well-developed, with two European highways passing through the city. About 4 km from the city centre is the Umeå City Airport... |
Sundsvall Sundsvall -External links:* - Official site from Nordisk Familjebok - Sundsvalls tourist information bureau. - The alternative guide to Sundsvall. - Blog with photos from Sundsvall.... |
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... |
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... |
Karlstad Karlstad Karlstad is a city, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city had 61,685 inhabitants in 2010 out of a municipal total that during the first quarter 2010 was 84,885 inhabitants... |
Örebro Örebro -Sites of interest:Örebro's old town Wadköping is located on the banks of Svartån . It contains many 18th and 19th century wooden houses, along with museums and exhibitions.... |
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... |
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... |
Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area... |
Malmö Malmö Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County... |
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| Kom ner på jorden | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | — | 2 | 25 |
| Ingemansland | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 63 |
| Om du förlåter mig | 2 | — | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 6 | 35 |
| Om du var här hos mig | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Allt som jag ser | 10 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 82 |
| Igår, idag | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | — | 12 | 8 | 84 |
| Vända om | — | 2 | — | — | 8 | 1 | 2 | — | 12 | — | 4 | 29 |
| Lyssna till ditt hjärta | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 105 |
| Jag känner dig | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | 10 | — | 23 |
| Om du stannar här | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | 10 | 4 | — | — | 25 |
Televotes
| Song | Jury | No. of televotes | Points | Total |
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| Kom ner på jorden | 25 | 14 631 | — | 25 |
| Ingemansland | 63 | 20 244 | 44 | 107 |
| Om du förlåter mig | 35 | 17 870 | 22 | 57 |
| Om du var här hos mig | 2 | 17 107 | 11 | 13 |
| Allt som jag ser | 82 | 82 799 | 110 | 192 |
| Igår, idag | 84 | 64 903 | 88 | 172 |
| Vända om | 29 | 11 499 | — | 29 |
| Lyssna till ditt hjärta | 105 | 96 380 | 132 | 237 |
| Jag känner dig | 23 | 7 559 | — | 23 |
| Om du stannar här | 25 | 24 416 | 66 | 91 |
Returning artists
| Artist | Previous year(s) |
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| Jan Johansen | 1995 Melodifestivalen 1995 Melodifestivalen 1995 was the selection for the 35th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 34th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 986 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition... |
| 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... |
2000 Melodifestivalen 2000 Melodifestivalen 2000 was the selection for the 40th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 39th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1394 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network... |
| Friends Friends (group) Friends were a Swedish dansband or pop group formed in 1999 and made up of Stefan Brunzell, Tony Haglund, Kristian Hermanson, Nina Inhammar, Kim Kärnfalk and Peter Strandberg. They were put together from auditions on the reality television show Friends på turne , made by Bert Karlsson for TV4... |
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| Ellinor Franzén | 1996 Melodifestivalen 1996 Melodifestivalen 1996 was the selection for the 36th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 35th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1323 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition... |
See also
- Eurovision Song Contest 2001Eurovision Song Contest 2001The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 was the 46th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 12 May 2001 in the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was the first time in 36 years that Denmark hosted the Eurovision Song Contest, thanks to the Olsen Brothers' win the previous year in Stockholm...
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song ContestSweden in the Eurovision Song ContestSweden has participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 51 times since their debut in 1958. Since 1959, the Swedish representative has been chosen through an annual televised competition, known since 1967 as Melodifestivalen. Three times – 1964, 1970, and 1976 – Sweden didn't participate...
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001In order to select an entry for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, Sweden organised a national preselection called Melodifestivalen 2001. SVT received 1,567 songs, of which 10 were chosen to compete in the show. Winner was last year's runner-up, the group Friends with the typical schlager song...