- Melodifestivalen 2007 semifinals
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The semifinals for Melodifestivalen 2007 began on 3 February 2007. There were five semifinals in Jönköping, Gothenburg, Örnsköldsvik, Gävle and Nyköping (second chance round) leading up to the final at the Globen on 10 March, 2007.
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Preselection
The deadline for the submission of songs was 19 September, 2006, and 3,234 songs were submitted [1], falling short of the 2006 record. The titles and composers of the 28 semifinalists (the exceptions being the wildcards) were announced on October 10, 2006. "More Than A Girl", composed by Ulf Lindström, Agnes Carlsson and Johan Ekhé was disqualified on October 13, 2006, as Carlsson had publicly stated that she had composed the song, which could have affected the impartiality of the jury [2]. "Alla kan bli stjärnor" was disqualified on October 16 2006, as one of the composers, Sebastian Fronda, refused to sing the song in the competition[3]. The two disqualified songs were replaced by "Allt vi en gång trodde på" and "Cara mia". On 1 November 2006, Kristian Luuk was confirmed as host for all six rounds of the competition. The performers of the first 28 selected songs were announced on 28 November 2006. The wildcards were announced on 26 December 2006 – they were Uno & Irma, The Ark, Sebastian Karlsson and Magnus Uggla.
Changes to Second Chance round
On 15 August 2006 SVT announced that the Second Chance round, which had traditionally taken place on the Sunday after the last semifinal, would be turned into a full Saturday night show [4]. This means that Melodifestivalen 2007 will be a six-week competition, rather than the five-week event it has been in recent years.
As well as turning the Second Chance round into a main show in an arena, the voting for it has also been changed. A knock-out system will be introduced whereby each of the eight artists are split into four groups of two, and the voters can vote for their favourite in each pair. The four winners go through to a second round, where they will be paired off again, with the winners of each pairing going through to the final.
Semi-final 1
Semi-final 1 Date: 3 February 2007 Presenter: Kristian Luuk Venue: Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Voting: Telephone voting Interval Act: Melodifestivalen musical Total number of televotes cast: 379,212 Viewing figures (approx): 2,990,000 # Artist Song Lyrics (l) / Music (m) Votes Position Results Round 1 Round 2 1 Elin Lanto "Money" Lasse Andersson (m & l) 20,960 32,121 3rd Andra Chansen 2 Andersson & Gibson "Anything But You" Aleena Gibson (m & l), Stefan Andersson (m & l) 17,610 24,984 5th Out 3 Anna Book "Samba sambero" Thomas G:son (m & l) 44,039 65,184 1st Final 4 Addis Black Widow "Clubbin'" Armias Mamo, Dianne Wiston 3,717 — 8th Out 5 Andreas Lundstedt "Move" Andreas Lundstedt (m & l), Johan Röhr (m & l) 17,145 — 6th Out 6 Tommy Nilsson "Jag tror på människan" Johan Stentorp (m), Lasse Andersson (m), Tommy Nilsson (l) 34,098 42,442 2nd Final 7 Sofia Hypnotised Sofia Berntson (m & l), Dimitrios Stassos (m & l), Jason Gill (m & l) 16,695 — 7th Out 8 Uno & Irma "God morgon" Uno Svenningsson, Staffan Hellstrand 26,680 31,919 4th Wildcard
Andra ChansenArtists' official websites
Semifinal 2
Semifinal 2 Date: 10 February 2007 Presenter: Kristian Luuk Venue: Scandinavium, Gothenburg Voting: Telephone voting Interval Act: Melodifestivalen musical Total number of televotes cast: 508,716 Viewing figures (approx): 3,210,000 Qualifiers: The Worrying Kind performed by The Ark, Trying To Recall performed by Marie Lindberg Second Chance: Amanda performed by Jimmy Jansson, Kom performed by Jessica Andersson Artist Song Translation Televotes Place Round 1 Round 2 Regina Lund Rainbow Star 7,188 N/A 8th Marie Lindberg Trying To Recall 52,041 81,441 2nd Jimmy Jansson Amanda 34,291 38,447 3rd Cosmo4 What's Your Name 17,648 20,549 5th Lustans Lakejer Allt vi en gång trodde på Everything We Once Believed In 8,808 N/A 7th Jessica Andersson Kom Come 20,808 27,575 4th Svante Thuresson & Anne-Lie Rydé Första gången The First Time 12,965 N/A 6th The Ark The Worrying Kind 81,793 104,065 1st Artists' official websites
Semifinal 3
Semifinal 3 Date: 17 February 2007 Presenter: Kristian Luuk Venue: Swedbank Arena, Örnsköldsvik Voting: Telephone voting Interval Act: Melodifestivalen musical Total number of televotes cast: 623,321 Viewing figures (approx): 3,175,000 Qualifiers: When The Night Comes Falling performed by Sebastian Karlsson, Cara mia performed by Måns Zelmerlöw Second Chance: Jag måste kyssa dig performed by Nanne, För att du finns performed by Sonja Aldén Artist Song Translation Televotes Place Round 1 Round 2 Måns Zelmerlöw Cara mia My Dear 52,975 89,623 1st MissMatch Drop Dead 7,062 N/A 8th Magnus Carlsson Live Forever 44,193 56,692 5th Sheida I mina drömmar In My Dreams 15,839 N/A 6th The Attic featuring Therese The Arrival 10,960 N/A 7th Sebastian Karlsson When The Night Comes Falling 50,136 70,760 2nd Sonja Aldén För att du finns Because You Exist 38,530 58,529 4th Nanne Jag måste kyssa dig I Must Kiss You 61,051 65,791 3rd Artists' official websites
Semifinal 4
Semifinal 4 Date: 24 February 2007 Presenter: Kristian Luuk Venue: Läkerol Arena, Gävle Voting: Telephone voting Interval Act: Melodifestivalen musical Total number of televotes cast: 648,319 Viewing figures (approx): 3,145,000 Qualifiers: I Remember Love performed by Sarah Dawn Finer, A Little Bit Of Love performed by Andreas Johnson Second Chance: För kung och fosterland performed by Magnus Uggla, Vågar du, vågar jag performed by Sanna Nielsen Artist Song Translation Televotes Place Round 1 Round 2 Magnus Uggla För kung och fosterland For King And Fatherland 39,159 46,293 3rd Emile Azar Vi hade nåt We Had Something 17,388 N/A 7th Sanna Nielsen Vågar du, vågar jag If You Dare, I Dare 32,092 43,882 4th Caroline af Ugglas Tror på dig Believe In You 26,926 N/A 6th After Dark (Åh) När ni tar saken i egna händer (Oh) When You Take It Into Your Own Hands 35,877 40,651 5th Sarah Dawn Finer I Remember Love 54,395 85,587 2nd Verona La musica The Music 16,516 N/A 8th Andreas Johnson A Little Bit Of Love 95,969 111,662 1st Artists' official websites
Second Chance Round
Second Chance Round Date: 3 March 2007 Presenter: Kristian Luuk Venue: Rosvalla Eventcenter, Nyköping Voting: Telephone voting Total number of televotes cast: 1 073 496 Viewing figures (approx): To be determined Qualifiers: Vågar du, vågar jag performed by Sanna Nielsen, För att du finns performed by Sonja Aldén Round 1 Round 2 Qualifiers Money 31,924 Kom 39,683 Kom 45,046 Vågar du, vågar... 105,328 Amanda 81,699 Vågar du, vågar... 100,358 Vågar du, vågar... För att du finns God morgon 44,527 För att du finns 70,863 För att du finns 143,980 For kung och... 142,540 Jag måste... 118,217 For kung och... 149,331 Melodifestivalen 1959 · 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980
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