2004 was the 44th edition of the Swedish music competition , which was organised by (SVT) and took place over a five-week period between 21 February and 20 March 2004. The winner of the competition was Lena Philipsson with the song "Det gör ont". She represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the English version of the song, "It hurts", where she came fifth with 170 points.

Format The heats of Melodifestivalen 2004 began on 21 February 2004. Ten songs from these heats qualified for the final on March 20, 2004. This was the third year that a heat format had been used for the competition.

+Competition Schedule Show Date City Venue Heat 1 21 February 2004 Karlstad Löfbergs Lila Arena Heat 2 28 February 2004 Gothenburg Scandinavium Heat 3 6 March 2004 Umeå Umeå Arena Heat 4 13 March 2004 Malmö Malmömässan Second chance 14 March 2004 Stockholm Hotel Rival Final 20 March 2004 Stockholm Globe Arena

The Viewers' Choice round was renamed to Second Chance, with the format remaining the same.

Wildcards Unlike past years, where all Melodifestivalen participants were chosen by a selection jury, in 2004, four out of the 32 participants were selected directly by the contest's producers, in order to increase musical and artistic breadth. Each artist, called "wildcard", participated in a different heat. The wildcards were the following: Artist Song Heat Niklas Andersson "" Heat 1 E-Type "Paradise" Heat 2 Hanson, Carson & Malmkvist "C'est la vie" Heat 3 Lena Philipsson "Det gör ont" Heat 4

Competing entries Artist Song Songwriter(s)After Dark"La dolce vita"Anders Borgius"Just Like Me"Anders Borgius""Anne-Lie Rydé""Autolove"Bulletproof Heart"Baccara""Bosson"Efharisto"Bubbles"Blow The Spot"E-Type"Paradise"""Fame""""Fredrik Kempe"Finally"Fredrik KempeGladys del Pilar"Baby I Can't Stop"Hanson, Carson & Malmkvist"C'est la vie"Thomas G:son"Super Mega Nova"Jennifer Escola"You Are The Sunshine Of My Life""Still Believe"Karl Martindahl"Love Turns Water Into Wine"LaGaylia Frazier"It's In The Stars""(Are U) Ready Or Not" Lena Philipsson "Det gör ont" Thomas "Orup" Eriksson & "Boom-bang-a-bang"""Lasse BerghagenNina & Kim""Pandora"Runaway""Trendy Discothèque"Petra Nielsen"Tango! Tango!"Thomas G:sonSandra Dahlberg""Sara Löfgren""Sarek""Dan Attlerud|Lars Diedricson|Shirley Clamp""

Contest overview Heat 1 The first heat took place on 21 February 2004 at the Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad. 3,293,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 590,453 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . Artist Song Votes Place Result 1 Nina & Kim "" 19,272 7 Out 2 Jocke Bergström "Still Believe" 14,737 8 Out 3 Sarek "" 35,660 48,368 4 Second Chance 4 Karl Martindahl "Love Turns Water Into Wine" 38,123 52,923 3 Second Chance 5 LaGaylia Frazier "It's In The Stars" 25,237 32,690 5 Out 6 Sara Löfgren "" 51,674 69,791 2 Final 7 Niklas Andersson "" 24,476 6 Out 8 Petra Nielsen "Tango! Tango!" 80,558 95,030 1 Final

Heat 2 The second heat took place on 28 February 2004 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg. 3,307,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 549,315 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . Artist Song Votes Place Result 1 Fredrik Kempe "Finally" 28,371 45,741 3 Second Chance 2 Baccara "" 10,609 7 Out 3 Fame "" 72,185 82,434 2 Final 4 Jennifer Escola "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" 3,828 8 Out 5 Pay TV "Trendy Discothèque" 17,657 6 Out 6 Anne-Lie Rydé "" 30,376 34,838 4 Second Chance 7 LaRoxx "(Are U) Ready Or Not" 19,075 24,392 5 Out 8 E-Type "Paradise" 86,022 92,957 1 Final

Heat 3 The third heat took place on 6 March 2004 at the Umeå Arena in Umeå. 3,138,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 487,367 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . Artist Song Votes Place Result 1 Bubbles "Blow The Spot" 32,852 35,265 4 Second Chance 2 Emil Sigfridsson "" 23,106 26,861 5 Out 3 Gladys del Pilar "Baby I Can't Stop" 9,073 8 Out 4 Sandra Dahlberg "" 55,307 79,410 1 Final 5 Itchycoo "Super Mega Nova" 11,837 7 Out 6 Hanson, Carson & Malmkvist "C'est la vie" 45,140 52,267 2 Final 7 Autolove "Bulletproof Heart" 20,302 6 Out 8 Bosson "Efharisto" 45,355 44,334 3 Second Chance

Heat 4 The fourth heat took place on 13 March 2004 at the Malmömässan in Malmö. 3,277,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 512,593 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . Artist Song Votes Place Result 1 Lena Philipsson "Det gör ont" 56,414 77,775 1 Final 2 Anders Borgius "Just Like Me" 16,923 7 Out 3 Lotta Nilsson & Glenn Borgkvist "Boom-bang-a-bang" 17,670 6 Out 4 After Dark "La dolce vita" 57,364 59,860 2 Final 5 Pandora "Runaway" 18,155 26,628 5 Out 6 Fre "" 15,712 8 Out 7 Shirley Clamp "" 40,066 42,580 4 Second Chance 8 Andrés Esteche "" 52,867 57,207 3 Second Chance

Second chance The second chance round took place on 14 March 2004 at the Hotel Rival in Stockholm. 2,293,000 viewers watched the show live. A total of 358,250 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . Artist Song Votes Place Result 1 Sarek "" 40,497 5 Out 2 Karl Martindahl "Love Turns Water Into Wine" 56,818 3 Out 3 Fredrik Kempe "Finally" 26,438 8 Out 4 Anne-Lie Rydé "" 27,678 7 Out 5 Bubbles "Blow The Spot" 41,249 4 Out 6 Bosson "Efharisto" 35,855 6 Out 7 Shirley Clamp "" 57,343 2 Final 8 Andrés Esteche "" 72,372 1 Final

Final The final took place on 20 March 2004 at the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm. 4,105,000 viewers watched the show live. A total of 1,401,430 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . Artist Song Juries Televote Total Place 1 Shirley Clamp "" 86 176,343 88 174 2 2 Sandra Dahlberg "" 8 82,492 11 19 8 3 Andrés Esteche "" 14 79,723 0 14 9 4 Hanson, Carson & Malmkvist "C'est la vie" 7 61,190 0 7 10 5 E-Type "Paradise" 31 159,157 44 75 5 6 Lena Philipsson "Det gör ont" 100 298,722 132 232 1 7 Fame "" 66 76,003 0 66 6 8 After Dark "La dolce vita" 46 209,795 110 156 3 9 Sara Löfgren "" 30 85,132 22 52 7 10 Petra Nielsen "Tango! Tango!" 85 172,873 66 151 4

+ Detailed jury votes Song Total 1 "" 6 8 6 6 12 12 2 10 6 10 8 86 2 "" 4 1 1 2 8 3 "" 2 1 10 1 14 4 "C'est la vie" 2 4 1 7 5 "Paradise" 1 1 10 1 2 2 10 4 31 6 "Det gör ont" 8 6 12 12 8 6 6 8 12 12 10 100 7 "" 10 10 4 2 6 10 4 6 4 4 6 66 8 "La dolce vita" 2 1 4 1 4 8 12 2 12 46 9 "" 4 2 10 8 6 30 10 "Tango! Tango!" 12 12 8 8 10 8 12 4 2 8 1 85 Jury spokespersons LuleåMartin Sourra UmeåKent Larsen Sundsvall FalunNemah Hansson KarlstadRoger Ohlsson StockholmMartin Melin ÖrebroRoxana Sundström NorrköpingZübeyde Simsek GothenburgAlexandra Zazzi VäxjöTorbjörn Ambré MalmöEmma Andersson

Ratings +Viewing figures by showShowAir dateViewers(millions)Heat 13.293Heat 23.307Heat 33.138Heat 43.277Second chance2.293Final4.105

References

See also Eurovision Song Contest 2004 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

External links Melodifestivalen at SVT's open archive