Melodifestivalen 2015 was the
Swedish
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music competition that selected
Sweden's 55th entry for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2015
The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was the 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Vienna, Austria, following the country's victory at the with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix" by Conchita Wurst. Organised by the European Broa ...
.
Måns Zelmerlöw
Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw (; born 13 June 1986) is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter and television presenter. He took part in '' Idol 2005'', eventually finishing fifth, won the first season of '' Let's Dance,'' and scored a hit w ...
won with the song "
Heroes
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* ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...
". The hosts for the show were
Sanna Nielsen
Sanna Viktoria Nielsen (born 27 November 1984) is a Swedish singer and television presenter. On her seventh attempt, she won Melodifestivalen in 2014 with the song " Undo" and so represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenha ...
(winner of
Melodifestivalen 2014
Melodifestivalen 2014 was the Swedish music competition which selected Sweden's 54th entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. Sanna Nielsen won the competition with the song "Undo". This was one of the closest results in Melodifestivalen histo ...
) and comedian
Robin Paulsson
Robin Paulsson (born 28 December 1983) is a Swedish stand-up comedian, screenwriter and television presenter.
Career
Paulsson made his debut as a stand-up comedian in 2001, and as a television presenter in 2006 with his own talk show ''Robins' ...
.
For the fourteenth consecutive year, the competition consisted of four heats, a "Second Chance" round, and a final. However, the total number of competing entries was reduced from 32 to 28. The 28 competing entries were divided into four heats, with seven compositions in each. From each semifinal, the songs that earned first and second place went directly to the final, while the songs that placed third and fourth proceeded to the Second Chance round. The bottom three songs in each semifinal were eliminated from the competition.
A new rule for the 2015 edition of the competition stipulated that at least 50% of the selected entries were to be written by female composers or lyricists in a full or partial capacity.
Format
Melodifestivalen 2015 was the fourteenth consecutive year in which the competition will take place in different cities across Sweden. The four semifinals were held in
Gothenburg
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(7 February),
Malmö
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(14 February),
Östersund
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(21 February) and
Örebro
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(28 February). The Second Chance round took place in
Helsingborg
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on 7 March while the final in
Solna
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was held on 14 March.
Schedule and ratings
Competing entries
Heats
Heat 1
The results of this heat were contest after the crash of the application.
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Second Chance
The Second Chance ''(Andra chansen)'' round was held on 7 March 2015 in
Helsingborg Arena
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History
Plans for the new arena began in ...
,
Helsingborg
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. Unlike in the previous editions, four out of eight competing entries were sent to the final this year. The preliminary two-phase voting introduced in 2013 was eliminated, bringing back a duel-only competition. The duels are as follows:
It was announced that
Malena Ernman
Sara Magdalena Ernman (born 4 November 1970) is a Swedish opera singer. Besides operas and operettas, she has also performed chansons, cabaret, jazz, and appeared in musicals. She is a member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Ernman repres ...
, Melodifestivalen
winner
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and
Sweden's representative at the
2009 Eurovision Song Contest
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would join
Behrang Miri
Seyed Behrang Miri ( fa, بهرنگ میری; born in Iran on 17 January 1984) is a Swedish rapper, songwriter and actor of Iranian origin.
Early life
He moved to Sweden with his parents in 1987 when he was just three. He grew up in Lund. In 2008 ...
and
Victor Crone
Victor Fritz-Crone (born 31 January 1992), also known as Victor Crone, is a Swedish singer, guitarist and songwriter. He represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv with the song "Storm".
Biography
Victor Crone was born ...
on stage to do the opera vocals.
Final
The grand final of this year's Melodifestivalen was held on 14 March in the 28,000-seat
Friends Arena in
Solna
Solna Municipality ( sv, Solna kommun or , ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden, located just north of Stockholm City Centre. Its seat is located in the town of Solna, which is a part of the Stockholm urban area. Solna is one of t ...
.
Unlike in the previous editions of Melodifestivalen, twelve songs competed in this year's final, two more than before. Eight finalists were selected during the four-week semi finals and four from the ''Second Chance'' round.
References
External links
Melodifestivalen Official SiteReports and pics of Melodifestivalen
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