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participated in the

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, Italy, with " Hold Me Closer" performed by

Cornelia Jakobs Anna Cornelia Jakobsdotter Samuelsson (born 9 March 1992), known professionally as Cornelia Jakobs, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She is best known for representing Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song " Hold Me Closer ...

. The Swedish broadcaster (SVT) organised in order to select its entry for the contest.

Background

Prior to the 2022 contest, Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty times since its first entry in . Sweden had won the contest on six occasions: in with the song " Waterloo" performed by

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, in with the song "

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" performed by

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, in with the song "" performed by

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, in with the song "

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" performed by

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, in with the song "

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" performed by

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, and in with the song "

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" performed by

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 ...

. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the , Sweden's entries, to this point, have featured in every final, except for . This includes its entry, "

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", performed by

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, which ended 14th with 109 points in the final. The Swedish national broadcaster, (SVT), broadcasts the event within Sweden and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Since 1959, SVT has organised the annual competition in order to select the Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 2022

The 2022 edition of featured four heats, a semi-finals show (replacing the previously-held Second Chance round) and a final, and saw 28 acts compete. It was held between 5 February and 12 March 2022 in

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, with the first three heats held at the

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, and the remaining heat, the semi-finals and the final at the

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Heats

* The first heat took place on 5 February 2022. " Hold Me Closer" performed by

and "

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" performed by

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qualified directly to the final, while "Hallabaloo" performed by Danne Stråhed and "" performed by Theoz advanced to the semi-final. "Moving Like That" performed by

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, "Let There Be Angels" performed by

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, and "Bananas" performed by

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were eliminated from the contest. * The second heat took place on 12 February 2022. "

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" performed by

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and "" performed by

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qualified directly to the final, while "" performed by

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and "

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" performed by

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advanced to the semi-final. "I Want to Be Loved" performed by Samira Manners, "Face in the Crowd" performed by Browsing Collection, and "" performed by

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and

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were eliminated from the contest. * The third heat took place on 19 February 2022. " Bigger Than the Universe" performed by

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and "

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" performed by

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qualified directly to the final, while "Best to Come" performed by

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and "

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" performed by

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advanced to the semi-final. "" performed by

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, "" performed by

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, and "Shut Me Up" performed by Tribe Friday were eliminated from the contest. * The fourth heat took place on 26 February 2022. "

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" performed by

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and "" performed by

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qualified directly to the final, while "

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" performed by

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and "Till Our Days Are Over" performed by

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advanced to the semi-final. "The End" performed by Angelino, "" performed by Tenori, and "" performed by Malin Christin were eliminated from the contest. * The semi-finals took place as part of one show on 5 March 2022. From the first semi-final, "Higher Power" performed by Anna Bergendahl, and "My Way" performed by Tone Sekelius qualified to the final, while "" performed by Alvaro Estrella, and "Hallabaloo" performed by Danne Stråhed were eliminated from the contest. From the second semi-final, "" performed by Theoz, and "I Can't Get Enough" performed by Cazzi Opeia qualified to the final, while "Till Our Days Are Over" performed by Lillasyster, and "Best to Come" performed by Lisa Miskovsky were eliminated from the contest.

Final

The final took place on 12 March 2022.

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the " Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The

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(EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 25 January 2022, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Sweden was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 12 May 2022, and scheduled to perform in the second half of the show. Once all the competing songs for the 2022 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Sweden was set to perform in position 17, following the entry from and before the entry from the .

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden

Points awarded by Sweden

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Swedish jury: * Josefin Glenmark * Michael Cederberg * Miriam Annika Ehi Aigbogun * Tara *

References

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