Melodifestivalen 2000

Melodifestivalen 2000

Date:	10 March 2000
Presenters:	Carola Häggkvist, Lotta Engberg, Lena Philipsson, Loa Falkman, Tommy Körberg, Elisabeth Andreassen, Arja Saijonmaa, Lasse Berghagen, Lasse Holm, Björn Skifs
Venue:	Gothenburg Opera, Gothenburg
Viewing figures (approx):	4,175,000
Voting:	50/50 Jury and telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast:	525,567
Winner:	När vindarna viskar mitt namn performed by Roger Pontare
Winner's result at Eurovision:	7th

Roger Pontare.

Melodifestivalen 2000 was the selection for the 40th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 39th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1394 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. Roger Pontare (1994 winner with Marie Bergman) won the MF again with the rock-inspired ballad "När vindarna viskar mitt namn", donning a folk-inspired costume and featuring Native American dancers during his performance. The winning song was performed later in English at the Eurovision Song Contest as "The Spirits Are Calling My Name", placing seventh among 24 entrants.

The 2000 Melodifestivalen was presented by no less than 10 past participants and winners, who performed a medley of selected Melodifestivalen entries from the past four decades as an interval act. Two of the presenters, Lena Philipsson and Carola Häggkvist, went on to win the Melodifestivalen in 2004 and 2006, respectively (Carola had also won in 1983 and 1991 before).

Results

#	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Votes			Place
				Jury	Public	Total
1	Guide	Vi lever här, vi lever nu	Mattias Reimer, Lars Edvall	53	44	97	5th
2	Balsam Boys	Bara du och jag	Gustaf Eurén, Stefan Deak, Karl Eurén	43	11	54	7th
3	Barbados	Se mig	Thomas Thörnholm, Danne Attlerud	58	88	146	2nd
4	Avengers	När filmen är slut	Suss von Ahn, Henrik Wikström	0	-	0	10th
5	Tom Nordahl	Alla änglar sjunger	Stefan Berg	32	-	32	9th
6	Roger Pontare	När vindarna viskar mitt namn	Thomas Holmstrand, Linda Jansson, Peter Dahl	95	132	227	1st
7	Javiera Muñoz	Varje timma, var minut	Johnny Thunqvist, Ulf Georgsson	73	66	139	4th
8	Midnight Band	Tillsammans	Mikael Wendt, Christer Lundh	58	-	58	6th
9	Hanna Hedlund	Anropar försvunnen	Bobby Ljunggren, Robert Uhlmann, Anna-Lena Högdahl	25	22	47	8th
10	Friends	När jag tänker på imorgon	Lasse Holm, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman	36	110	146	2nd

Voting

Juries

Song	Luleå	Umeå	Sundsvall	Falun	Stockholm	Karlstad	Örebro	Norrköping	Växjö	Malmö	Gothenburg	Total
Vi lever här, vi lever nu	-	8	10	2	12	10	2	4	-	4	1	53
Bara du och jag	2	-	6	10	8	4	6	1	-	-	6	43
Se mig	10	1	4	6	10	8	-	12	2	1	4	58
När filmen är slut	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Alla änglar sjunger	6	2	1	1	4	-	12	-	4	2	-	32
När vindarna viskar mitt namn	4	12	12	12	2	1	10	10	12	12	8	95
Varje timma, var minut	8	4	8	-	6	12	1	6	8	8	12	73
Tillsammans	12	10	2	8	-	-	8	8	10	-	-	58
Anropar försvunnen	-	6	-	-	-	2	4	-	1	10	2	25
När jag tänker på imorgon	1	-	-	4	1	6	-	2	6	6	10	36

Televotes

Song	Jury	No. of televotes	Points	Total
Vi lever här, vi lever nu	53	34 239	44	97
Bara du och jag	43	26 229	11	54
Se mig	58	43 289	88	146
När filmen är slut	0	2 934	-	0
Alla änglar sjunger	32	24 455	-	32
När vindarna viskar mitt namn	95	173 641	132	227
Varje timma, var minut	73	35 691	66	139
Tillsammans	58	25 727	-	58
Anropar försvunnen	25	31 921	22	47
När jag tänker på i morgon	36	127 441	110	146

Returning artists

Artist	Previous year(s)
Roger Pontare	1994, with Marie Bergman

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2000
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

External links

• "När vindarna viskar mitt namn" (the winning song) at the Diggiloo Thrush
• ESCSweden.com (in Swedish)
• Information site about Melodifestivalen
• Eurovision Song Contest National Finals