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Melodifestivalen was the 56th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen , which selected Sweden's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest For the 15th consecutive year, the format of the competition consisted of six shows: four heat rounds, a second chance round and a final. The 28 competing entries were divided into four heats, with seven compositions in each.
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From each heat, the songs that earned first and second place qualified directly to the final, while the songs that placed third and fourth proceeded to the Second Chance round. The bottom three songs in each heat were eliminated from the competition. An additional four entries qualified from the Second Chance round to the final, bringing the total number of competing entries in the final to All six shows were hosted by Gina Dirawi , who was joined by guest co-hosts during each show: Petra Mede heat 1 , Henrik Schyffert heat 3 , Sarah Dawn Finer heat 4 , Peter Jöback and Ola Salo Second Chance round and William Spetz final ; Charlotte Perrelli was originally announced as the guest co-host for the second heat, however, her role was changed to guest performer due to a conflict of interest stemming from her endorsement deal with Swedish mobile brand Comviq.
An initial 28 entries were selected for the competition through three methods: an open call for song submissions, direct invitations to specific artists and songwriters and a wildcard given to one of the artists that participated in the Svensktoppen nästa competition organised by Sveriges Radio P4. Twenty-seven entries ultimately competed as one of the selected songs, "Himmel för två" to have been performed by Anna Book , was disqualified prior to the start of heats as it had competed in the Moldovan Eurovision Song Contest national selection , thus violating the rules of the competition.
At the contest, Sweden placed fifth out of the 26 competing nations in the final, scoring points. Melodifestivalen , organised by Sveriges Television SVT , was the fifteenth consecutive edition of the contest in which the competition took place in different cities across Sweden. An initial twenty-eight entries were intended to compete in the heats, with seven entries taking part in each show.
The first heat only featured six entries after one of the competing songs was disqualified. The bottom three entries in each heat were eliminated. An additional four entries qualified to the final from the Second Chance round, bringing the total number of competing entries in the final to twelve. Christer Björkman was announced as the executive producer of the competition, while Annette Helenius was assigned as the project manager, replacing Maria Ilstedt and Christel Tholse Willers, respectively, from the previous year.
Entries for the competition were selected through three methods: [ 5 ] [ 6 ].
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SVT opened two submission contests that accepted entries between 1 and 16 September for interested artists and songwriters to submit their proposals for the competition. The Regular contest was open for entries that had at least one songwriter that already had a musical work published, while the Public contest accepted entries from songwriters without previously published musical work.
Following the conclusion of the submission periods, SVT received 2, entries—an increase of entries from the previous year. The selection panel consisted of seventeen members: ten men and seven women 18—64 years of age. At a press conference on 17 November , Gina Dirawi was presented as the main host for all six shows of Melodifestivalen During the six shows, viewers could cast their votes through telephone, SMS and mobile application voting.
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Up to 20 votes could be cast per phone number per voting line, allowing a single phone number to contribute a maximum of 80 votes in each round of voting. With the mobile application, each device could send up to 5 votes for free per entry. The twenty-eight competing entries were announced to the public during a press conference on 30 November Among the competing artists were former Melodifestivalen winners Tommy Nilsson and Martin Stenmarck Krista Siegfrids had also participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in where she represented Finland.
The disqualification came two days before the song was set to be performed in the first heat after it was discovered that the song had previously competed in the audition stage of the Moldovan Eurovision Song Contest national selection under the title "Taking Care of a Broken Heart" with lyrics in English. As in previous years, Melodifestivalen commenced with four heats, which determined the eight entries that advanced directly to the final and the eight entries that qualified to the Second Chance round.
The running order for each heat was announced on 12 January The heat results were based solely on viewer votes. Two rounds of voting took place in each heat to determine which entries would advance further and which entries would be eliminated. All seven competing entries in each heat six in the first heat participated in the first round of voting where the top five advanced to the second round, while the bottom two were eliminated.
In the second round of voting, the two entries that occupied the first and second places qualified directly to the final, while the third and fourth placed entries proceeded to the Second Chance round.