"This Is My Life"
Single cover
Single by Anna Bergendahl
from the album Yours Sincerely
ReleasedFebruary 2010
Recorded2010
GenrePop
Length3:01
LabelLionheart International
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dan Sundquist
Anna Bergendahl singles chronology
"Over the Rainbow"
(2008) 		"This Is My Life"
(2010) 		"The Army"
(2010)
Eurovision Song Contest 2010 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
English
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Kristian Lagerström
Finals performance
Semi-final result
11th
Semi-final points
62
Entry chronology
◄ "La voix" (2009)
"Popular" (2011) ►

"This Is My Life" is an English language song by Swedish singer Anna Bergendahl, written by Kristian Lagerström and Bobby Ljunggren. The song won the Melodifestivalen 2010 on March 13 and Bergendahl represented Sweden in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest.[1] It is the first single released from her debut studio album Yours Sincerely.

"This Is My Life" was her first number-one single on the Swedish Singles Chart. It debuted at #1 on the Swedish chart for the week ending 5 March 2010 and stayed on top for four consecutive weeks.[2]

This is My Life was the first ballad to win Melodifestivalen since 1998 when Kärleken är won and was Sweden's 50th entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. The song did not make it to the final coming 11th with 62 points missing out by just 5 points. This was the first and only time Sweden has not qualified for the Eurovision finals and the first time it has not appeared in them since 1976.

Melodifestivalen and Eurovision

See also: Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

"This Is My Life" participated in the fourth heat of the 2010 Melodifestivalen which was held on 27 February 2010 at the Malmö Arena in Malmö. The song was the fifth of the eight competing entries to perform and directly qualified to the contest final as one of the two songs song which received the most telephone votes.[3][4][5] On 13 March, during the final held at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Bergendahl were the ninth of the ten competing acts to perform, and "This Is My Life" won the contest with 214 points, receiving the highest number of votes from the viewing public via telephone voting and placing second with the regional and international juries.[6]

Sweden participated in the first semi-final of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, Norway on 27 May 2010. Bergendahl was the sixth competing artist to perform and at the end of the broadcast Sweden was not among the ten countries to have qualified for the final on 29 May.[7] It was the first time that Sweden had failed to qualify for the final since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, and the first time that Sweden did not appear in a contest final since 1976. It was later revealed that Sweden had placed eleventh in the semi-final, receiving a total of 62 points, including the maximum 12 points from Denmark and Norway, and missing the final by just 5 points.[8][9] Following the announcement of the split jury and televoting results in June 2010, it was revealed that "This Is My Life" had been ranked ninth by the public and eleventh by the juries.[10]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."This Is My Life"3:00

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 93
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[12] 40
Norway (VG-lista)[13] 6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 62

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Sweden 28 February 2010[16] Digital download Lionheart International

References

  1. ^ Holmberg, Kalle (13 March 2010). "Anna Bergendahl vann med "This is my life"" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Anna Bergendahl - This Is My Life". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  3. ^ Klier, Marcus (27 February 2010). "Tonight: Fourth semi final in Sweden - ESCToday.com". ESCToday. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Results: Two acts qualified in Sweden - ESCToday.com". ESCToday. 6 March 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Melodifestivalen: final line-up almost complete". European Broadcasting Union. 27 February 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Sweden: Anna Bergendahl to Oslo". European Broadcasting Union. 13 March 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Second Semi-Final: The qualifiers are..." European Broadcasting Union. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Second Semi-Final of Oslo 2010". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Results of the Second Semi-Final of Oslo 2010". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  10. ^ Bakker, Sietse (28 June 2010). "EBU reveals split voting outcome, surprising results". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Anna Bergendahl – This is my Life" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  12. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  13. ^ "Anna Bergendahl – This is my Life". VG-lista.
  14. ^ "Anna Bergendahl – This is my Life". Singles Top 100.
  15. ^ "Anna Bergendahl – This is my Life". Swiss Singles Chart.
  16. ^ This Is My Life - Single by Anna Bergendahl itunes.apple.com/se/

External links

Anna Bergendahl
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2010
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