2005 was the 45th edition of the Swedish music competition , which was organised by (SVT) and took place over a five-week period between 12 February and 12 March 2005. The winner of the competition was Martin Stenmarck with the song "Las Vegas", who represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, where he came nineteenth with 30 points.

Nanne Grönvall's defeat was met with consternation by many people, who felt that a gap of over 150,000 votes should be enough for victory. There were even calls for SVT to scrap the jury system altogether and simply let the televotes decide the winner. For a comparison, it was noted that Grönvall had received more votes than Lena Philipsson, the popular 2004 winner. However, SVT said that there was nothing they could do about the result. Four finalists topped the Swedish charts. Alcazar and Alcastar got to number one the week before the final, Jimmy Jansson got to the number one some weeks after that with Vi kan gunga, Martin Stenmarck's winner Las Vegas hit the top spot the week after that, while Nanne Grönvall and Håll om mig topped the charts the week after that.

Format The heats for Melodifestivalen 2005 began on 12 February 2005. Ten songs from these heats qualified for the final on March 12, 2005. This was the fourth year that a heat format had been used for the competition.

+Competition Schedule Show Date City Venue Presenters Heat 1 12 February 2005 Gothenburg Scandinavium Heat 2 19 February 2005 Linköping Cloetta Center Heat 3 26 February 2005 Skellefteå Skellefteå Kraft Arena Heat 4 5 March 2005 Växjö Tipshallen Second chance 6 March 2005 Stockholm Berns Annika Jankell Final 12 March 2005 Stockholm Globe Arena

Wildcards Unlike past years, where all Melodifestivalen participants were chosen by a selection jury, 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 2005 were the following: Artist Song Heat Alcazar "Alcastar" Heat 1 Sanne Salomonsen "Higher Ground" Heat 2 K2 feat. Alannah Myles "We Got It All" Heat 3 Nanne Grönvall "" Heat 4

Heat Jury In the first two heats, a jury was used to select two of the five songs that would proceed to the second round of voting, with the intent of giving some entries that could be slow in accumulating votes a chance. However, after heat 2, SVT dissolved the jury as it had chosen entries that were already voted by the viewers together with criticism that this reduced the people's influence in the result. The jury consisted of: Cia Axelsson Janne Schaffer Joakim Vogel

Josefine Sundström

Competing entries Artist Song Songwriter(s)Alcazar"Alcastar"Anne-Lie Rydé""Arja Saijonmaa""B-Boys feat. "One Step Closer"Bodies Without Organs"Gone"Cameron Cartio"Roma"Camilla Brinck"Jenny"Caroline Wennergren"A Different Kind of Love"Cecilia Vennersten""Date""Fredrik & Sanna""Group Avalon"Big Up"Jessica Folcker""Jimmy Jansson"""Rain"Josefin Nilsson""K2 feat. Alannah Myles"We Got It All"Katrina and the Nameless"As If Tomorrow Will Never Come"Thomas G:sonKwanzaa"Lovin' Your Feen"LaGaylia"Nothing At All"Linda Bengtzing"" Martin Stenmarck "Las Vegas" ""NaNa"Wherever You Go"Nanne Grönvall""Nordman""Papa Dee"My No. 1""Refrain, Refrain"Rickard Engfors and Katarina"Ready For Me"Sanne Salomonsen"Higher Ground"Shirley Clamp""The Wallstones"Invisible People"

Contest overview Heat 1 The first heat took place on 12 February 2005 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg. 3,172,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 497,356 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . The heat was hosted by Shan Atci and Alexandra Pascalidou. Artist Song Votes Place Result 1 Alcazar "Alcastar" 35,976 43,010 78,986 3 Second Chance 2 Cecilia Vennersten "" 5,069 5,069 8 Out 3 Papa Dee "My No. 1" 25,446 25,446 6 Out 4 Linda Bengtzing "" 33,338 44,503 77,841 4 Second Chance 5 The Wallstones "Invisible People" 32,355 40,205 72,560 5 Out 6 Pay TV "Refrain, Refrain" 10,792 10,792 7 Out 7 Nordman "" 36,103 49,381 85,484 2 Final 8 Shirley Clamp "" 69,785 77,713 147,498 1 Final

Heat 2 The second heat took place on 19 February 2005 at the Cloetta Center in Linköping. 3,150,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 369,946 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . The heat was hosted by Erik Haag and Henrik Schyffert. Artist Song Votes Place Result 1 Fredrik & Sanna "" 38,642 65,313 103,955 1 Final 2 Camilla Brinck "Jenny" 15,031 15,031 7 Out 3 Group Avalon "Big Up" 15,032 15,032 6 Out 4 Arja Saijonmaa "" 14,118 14,118 8 Out 5 Josefin Nilsson "" 18,354 28,316 46,670 3 Second Chance 6 Cameron Cartio "Roma" 16,232 27,293 43,525 4 Second Chance 7 Bodies Without Organs "Gone" 16,508 25,796 42,304 5 Out 8 Sanne Salomonsen "Higher Ground" 36,118 53,193 89,311 2 Final

Heat 3 The third heat took place on 26 February 2005 at the Skellefteå Kraft Arena in Skellefteå. 2,942,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 456,883 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . The heat was hosted by Marko Lehtosalo and Johanna Westman. Artist Song Votes Place Result 1 NaNa "Wherever You Go" 25,053 38,891 63,944 3 Second Chance 2 Kwanzaa "Lovin' Your Feen" 3,179 3,179 8 Out 3 Jimmy Jansson "" 52,485 62,845 115,330 2 Final 4 LaGaylia "Nothing At All" 20,706 24,753 45,459 4 Second Chance 5 Josef "Rain" 23,410 24,597 48,007 5 Out 6 K2 feat. Alannah Myles "We Got It All" 11,712 11,712 7 Out 7 Jessica Folcker "" 19,306 19,306 6 Out 8 Martin Stenmarck "Las Vegas" 76,508 73,538 150,046 1 Final

Heat 4 The fourth heat took place on 5 March 2005 at the Tipshallen in Växjö. 3,102,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 411,920 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . The heat was hosted by Micke Leijnegard and Kayo Shekoni. Artist Song Votes Place Result 1 Anne-Lie Rydé "" 19,043 25,124 44,167 5 Out 2 B-Boys feat. Paul M "One Step Closer" 16,820 16,820 6 Out 3 Mathias Holmgren "" 21,337 28,775 50,112 4 Second Chance 4 Rickard Engfors and Katarina "Ready For Me" 9,774 9,774 8 Out 5 Date "" 14,930 14,930 7 Out 6 Nanne Grönvall "" 53,726 67,876 121,602 1 Final 7 Caroline Wennergren "A Different Kind of Love" 29,456 63,664 93,120 2 Final 8 Katrina and the Nameless "As If Tomorrow Will Never Come" 30,632 30,763 61,125 3 Second Chance

Second chance The second chance round took place on 6 March 2005 at the Berns in Stockholm. 1,497,000 viewers watched the show live. A total of 440,156 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . The show was hosted by Annika Jankell. Artist Song Votes Place Result 1 Alcazar "Alcastar" 47,762 63,533 111,925 1 Final 2 Linda Bengtzing "" 38,861 54,253 93,114 2 Final 3 Josefin Nilsson "" 20,537 20,537 7 Out 4 Cameron Cartio "Roma" 18,945 18,945 8 Out 5 NaNa "Wherever You Go" 28,510 38,254 66,764 4 Out 6 LaGaylia "Nothing At All" 27,547 53,126 80,673 3 Out 7 Mathias Holmgren "" 25,472 25,472 5 Out 8 Katrina and the Nameless "As If Tomorrow Will Never Come" 24,489 24,489 6 Out

Final The final took place on 12 March 2005 at the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm. 4,054,000 viewers watched the show live. A total of 1,519,997 votes were cast, with a total of collected for . The show was hosted by Jill Johnson and Mark Levengood. Artist Song Juries Televote Total Place 1 Martin Stenmarck "Las Vegas" 102 208,716 110 212 1 2 Linda Bengtzing "" 1595,532 0 15 10 3 Nordman "" 4111,684 11 15 9 4 Shirley Clamp "" 86153,923 44 130 4 5 Sanne Salomonsen "Higher Ground" 3536,219 0 35 7 6 Caroline Wennergren "A Different Kind of Love" 28204,040 88 116 5 7 Alcazar "Alcastar" 69165,497 66 135 3 8 Jimmy Jansson "" 27130,021 22 49 6 9 Fredrik Kempe & Sanna Nielsen "" 3040,437 0 30 8 10 Nanne Grönvall "" 77373,928 132 209 2

+ Detailed jury votes Song Total 1 "Las Vegas" 12 12 6 4 12 12 12 8 10 8 6 102 2 "" 10 2 2 1 15 3 "" 1 1 1 1 4 4 "" 10 4 10 4 10 10 10 6 10 12 86 5 "Higher Ground" 1 1 1 2 6 4 6 4 6 4 35 6 "A Different Kind of Love" 4 4 8 2 8 2 28 7 "Alcastar" 8 8 2 6 10 2 8 1 12 2 10 69 8 "" 10 8 8 1 27 9 "" 2 6 6 6 4 4 2 30 10 "Håll om mig" 6 2 12 12 4 1 12 8 12 8 77 Jury spokespersons LuleåRoger Pontare UmeåMicke Leijnegard SundsvallKayo Shekoni FalunAnnika Jankell KarlstadMarkoolio ÖrebroAlexandra Pascalidou NorrköpingShan Atci GothenburgLasse Kronér VäxjöJohanna Westman MalmöKattis Ahlström StockholmUlf Elfving

Ratings + Viewing figures by show Show Air date Viewers(millions) Heat 1 3.172 Heat 2 3.150 Heat 3 2.942 Heat 4 3.105 Second chance 1.497 Final 4.054

See also Eurovision Song Contest 2005 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

References

External links Melodifestivalen at SVT's open archive