Melodifestivalen_2004
Melodifestivalen 2004
Swedish music competition
Melodifestivalen 2004 was the 44th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which was organised by Sveriges Television (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 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the English version of the song, "It hurts", where she came fifth with 170 points.[1]
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| Melodifestivalen 2004 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Heat 1 | 21 February 2004 |
| Heat 2 | 28 February 2004 |
| Heat 3 | 6 March 2004 |
| Heat 4 | 13 March 2004 |
| Second chance | 14 March 2004 |
| Final | 20 March 2004 |
| Host | |
| Presenter(s) | Charlotte Perrelli Ola Lindholm Peter Settman |
| Directed by | Sven Stojanovic |
| Host broadcaster | SVT |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 32 |
| Number of finalists | 10 |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Heats and Second chance: 100% public vote Final: 50% public vote, 50% jury vote |
| Winning song | "Det gör ont" by Lena Philipsson |
| 2003 ← Melodifestivalen → 2005 | |
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.
| 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:[2]
| Artist | Song | Heat |
|---|---|---|
| Niklas Andersson | "Tro på mig" | Heat 1 |
| E-Type | "Paradise" | Heat 2 |
| Hanson, Carson & Malmkvist | "C'est la vie" | Heat 3 |
| Lena Philipsson | "Det gör ont" | Heat 4 |
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| After Dark | "La dolce vita" |
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| Anders Borgius | "Just Like Me" | Anders Borgius |
| Andrés Esteche [sv] | "Olé Olé" | |
| Anne-Lie Rydé | "Säg att du har ångrat dig" |
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| Autolove | "Bulletproof Heart" | |
| Baccara | "Soy tu Venus" |
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| Bosson | "Efharisto" | |
| Bubbles | "Blow The Spot" |
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| E-Type | "Paradise" |
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| Emil Sigfridsson [sv] | "Innan mörkret faller" |
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| Fame | "Vindarna vänder oss" | |
| Fre [sv] | "Äntligen" |
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| Fredrik Kempe | "Finally" | Fredrik Kempe |
| Gladys del Pilar | "Baby I Can't Stop" |
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| Hanson, Carson & Malmkvist | "C'est la vie" | Thomas G:son |
| Itchycoo [sv] | "Super Mega Nova" |
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| Jennifer Escola | "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" |
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| Jocke Bergström [sv] | "Still Believe" |
|
| Karl Martindahl | "Love Turns Water Into Wine" |
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| LaGaylia Frazier | "It's In The Stars" | Thomas Thörnholm [sv] |
| LaRoxx [sv] | "(Are U) Ready Or Not" |
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| Lena Philipsson | "Det gör ont" | Thomas "Orup" Eriksson |
| Lotta Nilsson [sv] & Glenn Borgkvist [sv] | "Boom-bang-a-bang" |
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| Niklas Andersson [sv] | "Tro på mig" | Lasse Berghagen |
| Nina & Kim | "En gång för alla" | |
| Pandora | "Runaway" |
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| Pay TV [sv] | "Trendy Discothèque" |
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| Petra Nielsen | "Tango! Tango!" | Thomas G:son |
| Sandra Dahlberg | "Här stannar jag kvar" |
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| Sara Löfgren | "Som stormen" |
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| Sarek | "Älvorna" | Dan Attlerud|Lars Diedricson|Marcos Ubeda [sv] |
| Shirley Clamp | "Min kärlek" |
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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 832,539 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen.[3]
| R/O | Artist | Song | Votes | Place | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 1 | Nina & Kim | "En gång för alla" | 19,272 | — | 7 | Out |
| 2 | Jocke Bergström | "Still Believe" | 14,737 | — | 8 | Out |
| 3 | Sarek | "Älvorna" | 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 | "Som stormen" | 51,674 | 69,791 | 2 | Final |
| 7 | Niklas Andersson | "Tro på mig" | 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 774,534 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen.[4]
| R/O | Artist | Song | Votes | Place | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 1 | Fredrik Kempe | "Finally" | 28,371 | 45,741 | 3 | Second Chance |
| 2 | Baccara | "Soy tu Venus" | 10,609 | — | 7 | Out |
| 3 | Fame | "Vindarna vänder oss" | 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 | "Säg att du har ångrat dig" | 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 687,187 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen.[5]
| R/O | Artist | Song | Votes | Place | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 1 | Bubbles | "Blow The Spot" | 32,852 | 35,265 | 4 | Second Chance |
| 2 | Emil Sigfridsson | "Innan mörkret faller" | 23,106 | 26,861 | 5 | Out |
| 3 | Gladys del Pilar | "Baby I Can't Stop" | 9,073 | — | 8 | Out |
| 4 | Sandra Dahlberg | "Här stannar jag kvar" | 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 722,756 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen.[6]
| R/O | Artist | Song | Votes | Place | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 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 | "Äntligen" | 15,712 | — | 8 | Out |
| 7 | Shirley Clamp | "Min kärlek" | 40,066 | 42,580 | 4 | Second Chance |
| 8 | Andrés Esteche | "Olé Olé" | 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 505,132 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen.[7]
| R/O | Artist | Song | Votes | Place | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarek | "Älvorna" | 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 | "Säg att du har ångrat dig" | 27,678 | 7 | Out |
| 5 | Bubbles | "Blow The Spot" | 41,249 | 4 | Out |
| 6 | Bosson | "Efharisto" | 35,855 | 6 | Out |
| 7 | Shirley Clamp | "Min kärlek" | 57,343 | 2 | Final |
| 8 | Andrés Esteche | "Olé Olé" | 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 1,975,992 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen.[8]
| R/O | Artist | Song | Juries | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Shirley Clamp | "Min kärlek" | 86 | 176,343 | 88 | 174 | 2 |
| 2 | Sandra Dahlberg | "Här stannar jag kvar" | 8 | 82,492 | 11 | 19 | 8 |
| 3 | Andrés Esteche | "Olé Olé" | 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 | "Vindarna vänder oss" | 66 | 76,003 | 0 | 66 | 6 |
| 8 | After Dark | "La dolce vita" | 46 | 209,795 | 110 | 156 | 3 |
| 9 | Sara Löfgren | "Som stormen" | 30 | 85,132 | 22 | 52 | 7 |
| 10 | Petra Nielsen | "Tango! Tango!" | 85 | 172,873 | 66 | 151 | 4 |
| R/O | Song | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Min kärlek" | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 86 |
| 2 | "Här stannar jag kvar" | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| 3 | "Olé Olé" | 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 | "Vindarna vänder oss" | 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 | "Som stormen" | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 30 | ||||||
| 10 | "Tango! Tango!" | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 85 |
| Jury spokespersons[8] | |||||||||||||
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