(; "Sweden's twelve [points]") was a one-off music competition in the Eurovision Song Contest format, organised and broadcast by the Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT). It served as a local alternative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, which was planned to be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The competition consisted of a pre-qualifying round on 9 May 2020, hosted by Christer Björkman and David Sundin, and a final on 14 May 2020, hosted by Christer Björkman and Sarah Dawn Finer. Both shows were broadcast live on SVT1, as well as on the streaming platform SVT Play.
Format During the pre-qualifying round on 9 May 2020, short clips of all forty-one entries that would have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 were shown, including the Swedish entry "Move" by the Mamas, despite not being a part of the programme's competitive element. From the remaining forty entries, televoting determined which twenty-five songs would be heard in full during the final on 14 May 2020. Only the Swedish public was able to vote and could do so via the Melodifestivalen app. In the final, it was determined which entry would have received Sweden's twelve points, had the Eurovision Song Contest not been cancelled.
Presenters
The pre-qualifying round was hosted by two presenters: comedian David Sundin, who also co-hosted Melodifestivalen 2020, and singer and television producer Christer Björkman, who represented . The final was hosted by Björkman and singer and television presenter Sarah Dawn Finer, who also co-hosted Melodifestivalen in 2012, 2016, and 2019.
Participants Pre-qualifying round The pre-qualifying round ("Ahead of the ESC") took place on 9 May 2020 at 21:00 CEST and featured short clips of the following competing entries: Country Artist Song Language(s) Result 1Arilena Ara"Fall from the Sky"EnglishNon-qualifier 2Athena Manoukian"Chains on You"EnglishNon-qualifier 3Montaigne"Don't Break Me"EnglishQualifier 4Efendi"Cleopatra"EnglishQualifier 5Hooverphonic"Release Me"EnglishQualifier 6Victoria"Tears Getting Sober"EnglishQualifier 7Sandro"Running"EnglishNon-qualifier 8Ben & Tan"Yes"EnglishQualifier 9Uku Suviste"What Love Is"EnglishQualifier 10Aksel"Looking Back"EnglishQualifier 11Tom Leeb"Mon alliée (The Best in Me)"English, FrenchQualifier 12Tornike Kipiani"Take Me as I Am"EnglishQualifier 13Stefania"Supergirl"EnglishQualifier 14Lesley Roy"Story of My Life"EnglishQualifier 15Daði og Gagnamagnið"Think About Things"EnglishQualifier 16Eden Alene"Feker libi" ()English, AmharicQualifier 17Diodato"Fai rumore"ItalianQualifier 18Damir Kedžo"Divlji vjetre"CroatianNon-qualifier 19Samanta Tīna"Still Breathing"EnglishNon-qualifier 20The Roop"On Fire"EnglishQualifier 21Destiny"All of My Love"EnglishQualifier 22Natalia Gordienko"Prison"EnglishNon-qualifier 23Jeangu Macrooy"Grow"EnglishQualifier 24Vasil"You"EnglishNon-qualifier 25Ulrikke"Attention"EnglishQualifier 26Alicja"Empires"EnglishQualifier 27Elisa"Medo de sentir"PortugueseNon-qualifier 28Roxen"Alcohol You"EnglishNon-qualifier 29Little Big"Uno"English, SpanishQualifier 30Senhit"Freaky!"EnglishNon-qualifier 31Gjon's Tears"Répondez-moi"FrenchQualifier 32Hurricane"Hasta la vista"SerbianNon-qualifier 33Ana Soklič"Voda"SloveneNon-qualifier 34Blas Cantó"Universo"SpanishQualifier 35James Newman"My Last Breath"EnglishQualifier 36Benny Cristo"Kemama"EnglishNon-qualifier 37Ben Dolic"Violent Thing"EnglishQualifier 38Go_A"Solovey" ()UkrainianNon-qualifier 39VAL"Da vidna" ()BelarusianNon-qualifier 40Vincent Bueno"Alive"EnglishQualifier
Final The final took place on 14 May 2020 at 21:00 CEST and featured the twenty-five songs that qualified from the pre-qualifying round. In addition to the competing entries, the show was opened by Dotter and co-host Sarah Dawn Finer performing "Arcade", the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, and "Bulletproof", Dotter's entry in Melodifestivalen 2020. The interval featured the Mamas performing their intended entry for Eurovision 2020, "Move". All aforementioned performers closed the show with "Let It Be", a new single by the Mamas.
CountryArtistSongPointsPlaceJuryTelevoteTotal 1Efendi"Cleopatra"00015 2James Newman"My Last Breath"6286 3Ben & Tan"Yes"0668 4Uku Suviste"What Love Is"00015 5Montaigne"Don't Break Me"30313 6The Roop"On Fire"1894 7Jeangu Macrooy"Grow"00015 8Blas Cantó"Universo"00015 9Alicja"Empires"00015 10Ben Dolic"Violent Thing"04411 11Hooverphonic"Release Me"40411 12Daði og Gagnamagnið"Think About Things"1212241 13Ulrikke"Attention"00015 14Lesley Roy"Story of My Life"01114 15Tom Leeb"Mon alliée (The Best in Me)"0559 16Destiny"All of My Love"1010202 17Aksel"Looking Back"00015 18Victoria"Tears Getting Sober"8086 19Tornike Kipiani"Take Me as I Am"00015 20Stefania"Supergirl"00015 21Gjon's Tears"Répondez-moi"73103 22Vincent Bueno"Alive"00015 23Eden Alene"Feker libi" ()00015 24Diodato"Fai rumore"5059 25Little Big"Uno"2794
See also Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light Der kleine Song Contest Die Grand Prix Hitliste Eurovision 2020 – das deutsche Finale Eurovision: Come Together Free European Song Contest
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References
External links Sveriges 12:a at SVT Play