Melodifestivalen 2003
Date: 15 March 2003
Presenters: Mark Levengood, Jonas Gardell
Venue: Globen
Director: Sven Stojanovic
Viewing figures (approx): 3,815,000
Voting: 50/50 Jury and telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast: 1,230,751
Winner: Give Me Your Love performed by Fame
Winner's result at Eurovision: 5th
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Fame.

Melodifestivalen 2003 was the selection for the 43rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd 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 Jönköping, Gothenburg, Luleå, Sundsvall and a Second Chance round in Stockholm. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network.

Semifinals

The semifinals for Melodifestivalen 2003 began on 15 February 2003. Ten songs from these semifinals qualified for the final on March 15, 2003. This was the second year that a semifinal format had been used for the competition. Nar löven faller composed by Carola Häggkvist and Ingemar Åberg was disqualified prior to the competition.

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 1
Date: 15 February 2003
Presenter: Charlotte Nilsson, Lena Philipsson, Mark Levengood
Venue: Tipshallen, Jönköping
Voting: Telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast: 427,090
Qualifiers: Crazy In Love performed by Jill Johnson, Let Your Spirit Fly performed by Pernilla Wahlgren & Jan Johansen
Viewers' Choice: Carnaval performed by Méndez, Television performed by Markus Landgren
# Artist Song Televotes Place
Round 1 Round 2
1 Crosstalk Stronger 14 651 N/A 6
2 DeDe Lopez Someone, Somewhere, Someday 5 386 N/A 7
3 Méndez Carnaval 26 836 34 576 3
4 Alive featuring Jesse Martin Ingen annan 5 341 N/A 8
5 Jill Johnson Crazy In Love 42 697 48 786 2
6 Da Buzz Stop! Look! Listen! 16 817 N/A 5
7 Markus Landgren Television 19 997 25 998 4
8 Pernilla Wahlgren & Jan Johansen Let Your Spirit Fly 95 703 90 302 1

Artists' official websites

Semifinal 2

Semifinal 2
Date: 22 February 2003
Presenter: Carola Häggkvist, Mark Levengood
Venue: Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Voting: Telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast: 630,826
Qualifiers: Hela världen för mig performed by Sanna Nielsen, Give Me Your Love performed by Fame
Viewers' Choice: Not A Sinner, Nor A Saint performed by Alcazar, 15 minuter performed by the Brandsta City Släckers
# Artist Song Televotes Place
Round 1 Round 2
1 Andrés Esteche Just Like A Boomerang 29 223 N/A 5
2 Sanna Nielsen Hela världen för mig 46 841 79 015 2
3 Kerli featuring Locatellies Let's Go 15 334 N/A 7
4 Pandora You 10 496 N/A 8
5 Brandsta City Släckers 15 minuter 42 354 52 459 4
6 Fame Give Me Your Love 69 283 125 975 1
7 Aleena Better Believe It 26 285 N/A 6
8 Alcazar Not a Sinner Nor a Saint 63 702 69 859 3

Artists' official websites

Semifinal 3

Semifinal 3
Date: 1 March 2003
Presenter: Lill-Babs, Mark Levengood
Venue: Arcushallen, Luleå
Voting: Telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast: 340,051
Qualifiers: Bye, Bye performed by Barbados, Genom eld och vatten performed by Sarek
Viewers' Choice: Love Is All performed by Liverpool, Stay The Night performed by Style
# Artist Song Televotes Place
Round 1 Round 2
1 Barbados Bye, Bye 36 287 38 144 2
2 Shanna Smith Tonight's The Night 5 861 N/A 8
3 Nanne Grönvall Evig kärlek 11 771 N/A 7
4 Sarek Genom eld och vatten 55 934 58 138 1
5 Sofia Källgren & Robert Wells My Love 22 381 N/A 5
6 Liverpool Love Is All 23 105 19 615 4
7 Shirley Clamp Mr. Memory 11 962 N/A 6
8 Style Stay The Night 37 145 19 708 3

Artists' official websites

Semifinal 4

Semifinal 4
Date: 8 March 2003
Presenter: Roger Pontare, Mark Levengood
Venue: Nordichallen, Sundsvall
Voting: Telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast: 443,689
Qualifiers: Maria performed by Östen med resten, Aqua Playa performed by Afro-dite
Viewers' Choice: T.K.O. (Knock You Out) performed by Bubbles, Nothing Can Stop Me performed by Lina Hedlund
# Artist Song Televotes Place
Round 1 Round 2
1 Sahlene We're Unbreakable 20 817 N/A 5
2 Fernando Brito No dudes en llamarme 7 526 N/A 8
3 Bubbles T.K.O. (Knock You Out) 37 669 44 994 3
4 Maarja He Is Always On My Mind 14 221 N/A 6
5 Östen med resten Maria 69 716 86 354 1
6 Lina Hedlund Nothing Can Stop Me 20 878 27 581 4
7 Mikael Erlandsson Tills jag mötte dig 10 581 N/A 7
8 Afro-Dite Aqua Playa 51 974 51 378 2

Artists' official websites


Viewers' Choice

Viewers' Choice (Second Chance)
Date: 9 March 2003
Presenters: Marianne Rundström, Rickard Olsson
Venue: SVT Broadcasting House, Stockholm
Voting: Telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast: 341,866
Qualifiers: Not a Sinner, Nor a Saint performed by Alcazar, T.K.O (Knock You Out) performed by Bubbles
# Artist Song Televotes Place
1 Mendez Carnaval 33 315 5
2 Markus Landgren Television 21 763 7
3 Brandsta City Släckers 15 minuter 44 191 3
4 Alcazar Not a Sinner Nor a Saint 102 240 1
5 Liverpool Love Is All 28 060 6
6 Style Stay The Night 21 490 8
7 Bubbles T.K.O. (Knock You Out) 55 596 2
8 Lina Hedlund Nothing Can Stop Me 35 211 4

Results

# Artist Song Songwriters Votes Place
Jury Public Total
1 Fame Give Me Your Love Calle Kindbom, Carl Lösnitz 108 132 240 1st
2 Jill Johnson Crazy in Love Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg, Lennart Wastesson 100 22 122 4th
3 Östen med resten Maria Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg, Lennart Wastesson 10 11 21 8th
4 Afro-Dite Aqua Playa Marcos Ubeda 48 - 48 7th
5 Sanna Nielsen Hela världen för mig Thomas G:son 27 66 93 5th
6 Barbados Bye Bye Lotta Ahlin, Tommy Lydell, Bobby Ljunggren 7 - 7 10th
7 Sarek Genom eld och vatten Mårten Eriksson, Stina Jadelius 11 44 55 6th
8 Pernilla Wahlgren & Jan Johansen Let Your Spirit Fly Anders Dannvik, Ola Höglund 90 88 178 2nd
9 Bubbles T.K.O. (Knock You Out) Paul Rein, Lars Erlandsson, Fredrik Lenander 10 - 10 9th
10 Alcazar Not a Sinner Nor a Saint Tommy Lydell, Bobby Ljunggren, Lotta Ahlin 62 110 172 3rd

Voting

Juries

Song Luleå Umeå Sundsvall Falun Karlstad Örebro Norrköping Gothenburg Växjö Malmö Stockholm Total
Give Me Your Love 6 12 4 6 12 12 10 12 10 12 12 108
Crazy In Love 12 10 12 10 8 10 8 10 4 10 6 100
Maria - 2 6 - - 1 1 - - - - 10
Aqua Playa 8 8 8 2 1 6 6 4 - 1 4 48
Hela världen för mig - - 2 1 4 - 4 8 8 - - 27
Bye Bye - 1 - - 2 - - - 2 2 - 7
Genom eld och vatten 4 - - 4 - - - - 1 - 2 11
Let Your Spirit Fly 2 6 10 12 6 8 12 6 12 6 10 90
T.K.O. (Knock You Out) 1 - 1 - - 2 - 1 - 4 1 10
Not A Sinner, Nor A Saint 10 4 - 8 10 4 2 2 6 8 8 62

Televotes

Song Jury No. of televotes Points Total
Give Me Your Love 108 229 753 132 240
Crazy In Love 100 116 440 22 122
Maria 10 92 722 11 21
Aqua Playa 48 59 520 - 48
Hela världen för mig 27 136 984 66 93
Bye Bye 7 37 132 - 7
Genom eld och vatten 11 127 143 44 55
Let Your Spirit Fly 90 156 702 88 178
T.K.O. (Knock You Out) 10 91 979 - 10
Not A Sinner, Nor A Saint 62 182 736 110 172

Returning artists

Artist Previous year(s)
Crosstalk 1999
Méndez 2002
Brandsta City Släckers
Östen med resten
Afro-dite
Jill Johnson 1998
Pernilla Wahlgren 1985, 1991
Jan Johansen 1995, 2001, 2002
Sanna Nielsen 2001
Magnus Carlsson 2000, 2001, and 2002 with Barbados
Andreas Lundstedt 1996
Barbados 2000, 2001, 2002
Nanne Grönvall 1986 and 1987 with Sound of Music, 1996 with One More Time, 1998
Sofia Källgren 1989 with Visitors, Melodifestivalen 1990
Robert Wells 1987
Lina Hedlund 2002 with Hanna Hedlund
Mikael Erlandsson 1990 with N'Gang

See also

External links

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