2007 was the 47th edition of the Swedish music competition , which was organised by (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 3 February and 10 March 2007. The winner of the competition was the band The Ark with the song "The Worrying Kind", who represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, where they came eighteenth with 51 points.

Format The heats for Melodifestivalen 2007 began on 3 February 2007. Ten songs from these heats qualified for the final on 10 March 2007.

+Competition Schedule Show Date City Venue Heat 1 3 February 2007 Jönköping Kinnarps Arena Heat 2 10 February 2007 Gothenburg Scandinavium Heat 3 17 February 2007 Örnsköldsvik Swedbank Arena Heat 4 24 February 2007 Gävle Läkerol Arena Second chance 3 March 2007 Nyköping Rosvalla Eventcenter Final 10 March 2007 Stockholm Stockholm Globe Arena

Second chance round changes On 15 August 2006, SVT announced that the second chance round, which had by then taken place on the Sunday after the last heat, would be turned into a full Saturday night show. That meant that Melodifestivalen 2007 would become a six-week competition, rather than the five-week event it had been the previous years.

As well as turning the second chance round into a main show in an arena, the voting for it was also changed. A knock-out system was introduced where each of the eight artists were split into four duels, and the voters voted for their favorite in each one. The four winners went through to a second round, where they were paired off again, and the winners of each duel went through to the final.

Wildcards Starting 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 in 2007 were the following: Artist Song Heat Uno & Irma "God morgon" Heat 1 The Ark "The Worrying Kind" Heat 2 Sebastian "When The Night Comes Falling" Heat 3 Magnus Uggla "" Heat 4

Competing entries Artist Song Songwriter(s)Addis Black Widow"Clubbin'"After Dark""Andersson & Gibson"Anything But You"Andreas Johnson"A Little Bit of Love"Andreas Lundstedt"Move"Anna Book"Samba Sambero"Thomas G:sonCaroline af Ugglas""Cosmo4"What's Your Name"Elin Lanto"Money"Emile Azar""Jessica Andersson"Kom"Jimmy Jansson"Amanda"Lustans Lakejer""Magnus Carlsson"Live Forever"Magnus Uggla""Måns Zelmerlöw"Cara Mia"Marie Lindberg"Trying to Recall"Marie LindbergMissMatch"Drop Dead"Nanne""Regina Lund"Rainbow Star"Sanna Nielsen""Sarah Dawn Finer"I Remember Love"Sebastian"When The Night Comes Falling"Sheida""Sofia"Hypnotized"Sonja Aldén""Svante Thuresson & Anne-Lie Rydé"" The Ark "The Worrying Kind" Ola SaloThe Attic feat. Therese"The Arrival"Tommy Nilsson""Uno & Irma"God morgon"Verona""

Contest overview Heat 1 The first heat took place on 3 February 2007 at the Kinnarps Arena in Jönköping. 2,989,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 379,212 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . Artist Song Votes Place Result 1 Elin Lanto "Money" 20,960 32,121 53,081 4 Second chance 2 Andersson & Gibson "Anything But You" 17,610 24,984 42,594 5 Out 3 Anna Book "Samba Sambero" 44,039 65,184 109,223 1 Final 4 Addis Black Widow "Clubbin'" 3,717 3,717 8 Out 5 Andreas Lundstedt "Move" 17,145 17,145 6 Out 6 Tommy Nilsson "" 34,098 42,442 76,540 2 Final 7 Sofia "Hypnotized" 16,695 16,695 7 Out 8 Uno & Irma "God morgon" 26,680 31,919 58,599 3 Second chance

Heat 2 The second heat took place on 10 February 2007 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg. 3,211,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 508,716 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . Artist Song Votes Place Result 1 Regina Lund "Rainbow Star" 7,188 7,188 8 Out 2 Marie Lindberg "Trying to Recall" 52,041 81,441 133,482 2 Final 3 Jimmy Jansson "Amanda" 34,291 38,447 72,738 3 Second chance 4 Cosmo4 "What's Your Name" 17,648 20,549 38,197 5 Out 5 Lustans Lakejer "" 8,808 8,808 7 Out 6 Jessica Andersson "Kom" 20,808 27,575 48,383 4 Second chance 7 Svante Thuresson & Anne-Lie Rydé "" 12,965 12,965 6 Out 8 The Ark "The Worrying Kind" 81,793 104,065 185,858 1 Final

Heat 3 The third heat took place on 17 February 2007 at the Swedbank Arena in Örnsköldsvik. 3,177,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 623,321 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . Artist Song Votes Place Result 1 Måns Zelmerlöw "Cara Mia" 52,975 85,623 138,598 1 Final 2 MissMatch "Drop Dead" 7,062 7,062 8 Out 3 Magnus Carlsson "Live Forever" 44,193 56,692 100,885 5 Out 4 Sheida "" 15,839 15,839 6 Out 5 The Attic feat. Therese "The Arrival" 10,960 10,960 7 Out 6 Sebastian "When The Night Comes Falling" 50,136 70,760 120,896 2 Final 7 Sonja Aldén "" 38,530 58,529 97,059 4 Second chance 8 Nanne "" 61,051 65,791 126,842 3 Second chance

Heat 4 The fourth heat took place on 24 February 2007 at the Läkerol Arena in Gävle. 3,146,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 648,319 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . ArtistSongVotesPlaceResult 1 Magnus Uggla "" 39,159 46,239 85,398 3 Second chance 2 Emile Azar "" 17,388 17,388 7 Out 3 Sanna Nielsen "" 32,092 43,882 75,974 4 Second chance 4 Caroline af Ugglas "" 26,926 26,926 6 Out 5 After Dark "" 35,877 40,651 76,528 5 Out 6 Sarah Dawn Finer "I Remember Love" 54,395 85,587 139,982 2 Final 7 Verona "" 16,516 16,516 8 Out 8 Andreas Johnson "A Little Bit of Love" 95,969 111,662 207,631 1 Final

Second chance The second chance round took place on 3 March 2007 at the Rosvalla Eventcenter in Nyköping. 3,038,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 1,073,000 votes were cast.

+ Round 1 Duel Artist Song Votes Result I 1 Elin Lanto "Money" 31,924 Out 2 Jessica Andersson "Kom" 39,683 Round 2 II 1 Jimmy Jansson "Amanda" 81,699 Out 2 Sanna Nielsen "" 100,358 Round 2 III 1 Uno & Irma "God morgon" 44,527 Out 2 Sonja Aldén "" 70,863 Round 2 IV 1 Nanne "" 118,217 Out 2 Magnus Uggla "" 149,331 Round 2

+ Round 2 Duel Artist Song Votes Result I 1 Jessica Andersson "Kom" 45,046 Out 2 Sanna Nielsen "" 105,980 Final II 1 Sonja Aldén "" 143,980 Final 2 Magnus Uggla "" 142,540 Out

Final The final took place on 10 March 2007 at the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm. 3,976,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 2,072,918 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . Artist Song Juries Televote Total Place 1 Andreas Johnson "A Little Bit of Love" 101 371,222 88 189 2 2 Sonja Aldén "" 40 128,806 22 62 6 3 Anna Book "Samba Sambero" 1 42,205 0 1 9 4 Sebastian "When The Night Comes Falling" 39 86,861 0 39 8 5 Marie Lindberg "Trying to Recall" 4 228,422 66 70 5 6 Måns Zelmerlöw "Cara Mia" 61 402,133 110 171 3 7 Tommy Nilsson "" 0 50,850 0 0 10 8 Sanna Nielsen "Vågar du, vågar jag" 33 113,012 11 44 7 9 Sarah Dawn Finer "I Remember Love" 78 157,227 44 122 4 10 The Ark "The Worrying Kind" 116 492,180 132 248 1 + Detailed jury votes Song Total 1 "A Little Bit of Love" 1 8 10 12 10 12 12 8 10 8 10 101 2 "" 4 2 1 1 1 6 10 6 2 1 6 40 3 "Samba Sambero" 1 1 4 "When The Night Comes Falling" 6 6 4 6 2 6 1 6 2 39 5 "Trying to Recall" 4 4 6 "Cara Mia" 12 6 4 2 8 1 2 4 8 10 4 61 7 "" 0 8 "Vågar du, vågar jag" 2 4 2 10 4 4 1 2 1 2 1 33 9 "I Remember Love" 8 10 8 8 2 10 4 10 4 6 8 78 10 "The Worrying Kind" 10 12 12 6 12 8 8 12 12 12 12 116 Jury spokespersons ÖrebroAnn-Christine Bärnsten Luleå and Jakob Samuel FalunKikki Danielsson KarlstadMagnus Bäcklund Umeå NorrköpingMagnus Carlsson GothenburgJessica Andersson SundsvallGöran Fristorp VäxjöJosefine Sundström MalmöBjörn Kjellman StockholmCarola Häggkvist

Ratings + Viewing figures by show Show Air date Viewers(millions) Heat 1 2.989 Heat 2 3.211 Heat 3 3.177 Heat 4 3.146 Second chance 3.038 Final 3.976

See also Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

References

External links Melodifestivalen official site