2002 was the 42nd edition of the Swedish music competition , which was organised by (SVT) and took place over a seven-week period between 19 January and 1 March 2002. The winner of the competition was Afro-dite with the song "Never Let It Go", who represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, where she came eight with 72 points. All shows were hosted by Kristin Kaspersen and Claes Åkesson.

Format This was the first year that a heat format had been used for the competition; but also, the first where songs were permitted in languages other than Swedish, resulting in a significant number of English language songs, and two songs with lyrics in Spanish. "Ett vackert par", composed by Py Bäckman and Micke Wennborn was disqualified before the competition, when the dance band Grönwalls had performed it on the radio before the contest (not knowing it was supposed to enter). Nanne Grönvall and Nick Borgen was thought as possible performers. It was replaced by "Sista andetaget".

+Competition Schedule Show Date City Venue Heat 1 19 January 2002 Växjö Tipshallen Heat 2 26 January 2002 Norrköping Himmelstalundshallen Heat 3 2 February 2002 Sundsvall Nordichallen Heat 4 9 February 2002 Falun Lugnet Winners' Choice 22 February 2002 Stockholm SVT Broadcasting House Final 1 March 2002 Stockholm Globe Arena

The contest consisted of four heats of eight participants each. The songs that came in the first two placed qualified directly to the final while the ones that came third and fourth qualified to the Winners' Choice round. There, eight songs competed and they were judged by a jury of previous Melodifestivalen winners which individually ranked each song. Then the average was used to determine the final placement. The first two songs qualified for the final.

Competing entries Artist Song Songwriter(s) Afro-dite "Never Let It Go" Marcos UbedaAnn-Louise & ""Annika Ljungberg"Sail Away"Arvingarna""Thomas G:sonBarbados"Världen utanför"Brandsta City Släckers""""Date""Excellence"Last to Know"""Fredrik WännmanFriends"The One That You Need"Hanna & Lina Hedlund"Big Time Party" & Voice Boys""Jan Johansen""Javiera Muñoz""""Kikki, Bettan & Lotta""Kina Jaarnek"Son of a Liar"Marcos Ubeda"You're the Best Thing"Martin""Martin SvenssonMéndez"Adrenaline""I Want You"Östen med Resten"""What Difference Does It Make?"Thomas G:son""""Solo""Sylvia Vrethammar""The Honeydrops"It Takes 2"Mats Hedström"Blue As Her Angel Eyes"Towe Jaarnek"Back Again"Zoë"Hollywood-do"

Contest overview Heat 1 The first heat took place on 19 January 2002 at the Tipshallen in Växjö. 2,653,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 403,993 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . Artist Song Votes Total Place Result 1 Excellence "Last to Know" 16,928 23,081 40,009 4 Winners' Choice 2 Tom Nordahl "Blue As Her Angel Eyes" 4,137 4,137 7 Out 3 Barbados "Världen utanför" 44,899 52,309 97,208 3 Winners' Choice 4 Camilla Lindén "" 15,549 15,549 5 Out 5 Brandsta City Släckers "" 59,007 71,194 130,201 1 Final 6 Zoë "Hollywood-do" 12,733 12,733 6 Out 7 Richard Sköld "" 3,352 3,352 8 Out 8 Méndez "Adrenaline" 45,731 52,632 98,363 2 Final

Heat 2 The second heat took place on 26 January 2002 at the Himmelstalundshallen in Norrköping. 2,318,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 311,381 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . Artist Song Votes Total Place Result 1 Poets "What Difference Does It Make?" 22,232 28,560 50,792 3 Winners' Choice 2 Jennifer Newberry "" 2,360 2,360 8 Out 3 Javiera Muñoz "" 25,023 31,915 56,938 2 Final 4 Martin "" 5,787 5,787 7 Out 5 Ann-Louise & Molle "" 9,227 9,227 6 Out 6 Jakob Stadell & Voice Boys "" 13,604 13,604 5 Out 7 Afro-dite "Never Let It Go" 56,029 89,487 145,516 1 Final 8 Annika Ljungberg "Sail Away" 13,907 12,596 26,503 4 Winners' Choice

Heat 3 The third heat took place on 2 February 2002 at the Nordichallen in Sundsvall. 2,188,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 219,474 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . Artist Song Votes Total Place Result 1 Towe Jaarnek "Back Again" 9,053 9,053 7 Out 2 Date "" 14,127 17,624 31,751 3 Winners' Choice 3 Linda Grip "You're the Best Thing" 2,679 2,679 8 Out 4 Arvingarna "" 10,186 10,186 6 Out 5 Östen med Resten "" 33,570 46,553 80,123 1 Final 6 Rolf Carlsson "" 11,000 19,104 30,104 4 Winners' Choice 7 Sylvia Vrethammar "" 10,251 10,251 5 Out 8 Hanna & Lina Hedlund "Big Time Party" 21,821 23,093 44,914 2 Final

Heat 4 The fourth heat took place on 9 February 2002 at the Lugnet in Falun. 2,971,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 332,500 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . Artist Song Votes Total Place Result 1 Kina Jaarnek "Son of a Liar" 14,186 25,578 39,764 4 Winners' Choice 2 Solo "" 9,447 9,447 7 Out 3 Niklas Andersson "I Want You" 8,354 8,354 8 Out 4 Friends "The One That You Need" 24,584 40,188 65,042 2 Final 5 The Honeydrops "It Takes 2" 10,277 10,227 6 Out 6 Kikki, Bettan & Lotta "" 69,514 66,048 135,562 1 Final 7 Jan Johansen "" 23,201 29,140 52,341 3 Winners' Choice 8 Fredrik Wännman "" 11,214 11,214 5 Out

Winners' Choice The Winners' Choice round took place on 22 February 2002 at the SVT Broadcasting House in Stockholm. 2,037,000 viewers watched the show live. Artist Song Place Result 1 Excellence "Last to Know" 7 Out 2 Barbados "Världen utanför" 1 / 2 Final 3 The Poets "What Difference Does It Make?" 5 Out 4 Annika Ljungberg "Sail Away" 3 Out 5 Date "" 6 Out 6 Rolf Carlsson "" 8 Out 7 Kina Jaarnek "Son of a Liar" 4 Out 8 Jan Johansen "" 1 / 2 Final

+ Winners' Jury members Juror Winning edition Anders Berglund Charlotte Nilsson 1999, 2008 Claes af Geijerstam 1973 Jill Johnson 1998 Lasse Holm 1986 Nanne Grönvall 1996 Roger Pontare 1994, 2000 Siw Malmkvist 1959, 1961 Svante Thuresson 1966 Tommy Nilsson 1989

Final The final took place on 1 March 2002 at the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm. 3,720,000 viewers watched the show live. A total of 926,318 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . Artist Song Juries Televote Total Place 1 Afro-dite "Never Let It Go" 116 162,612 132 248 1 2 Brandsta City Släckers "" 0 147,700 88 88 5 3 Javiera Muñoz "" 71 39,978 0 71 6 4 Barbados "Världen utanför" 46 94,770 44 90 4 5 Hanna Hedlund & Lina Hedlund "Big Time Party" 43 19,226 0 43 9 6 Östen med Resten "" 11 59,149 22 33 10 7 Friends "The One That You Need" 46 58,634 0 46 8 8 Kikki, Bettan & Lotta "" 34 136,175 66 100 3 9 Jan Johansen "" 54 58,668 11 65 7 10 Mendez "Adrenaline" 52 149,406 110 162 2

+ Detailed jury votes Song Total 1 "Never Let It Go" 12 8 6 12 12 12 12 12 8 10 12 116 2 "Kom och ta mig" 0 3 "No hay nada más" 8 2 1 4 10 10 10 10 12 4 71 4 "Världen utanför" 12 8 6 8 6 6 46 5 "Big Time Party" 10 6 10 2 2 1 6 2 4 43 6 "Hon kommer med solsken" 4 4 1 1 1 11 7 "The One That You Need" 6 10 1 6 8 4 8 1 2 46 8 "Vem é dé du vill ha" 4 10 2 4 6 8 34 9 "Sista andetaget" 1 2 8 8 6 2 2 1 12 2 10 54 10 "Adrenaline" 2 1 12 4 10 4 6 4 1 8 52 Jury spokespersons LuleåBobbo Nordenskiöld UmeåMicke Leijnegard SundsvallLinda Olofsson FalunMia Norin Karlstad Örebro NorrköpingJoachim Vogel Gothenburg VäxjöJosefine Sundström Malmö StockholmAnders Lundin

Ratings +Viewing figures by showShowAir dateViewers(millions)Heat 12.653Heat 22.318Heat 32.188Heat 42.971Winners' Choice2.037Final3.720

See also Eurovision Song Contest 2002 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

References

External links Melodifestivalen at SVT's open archive