Melodifestivalen 2005
| Date: | 12 March 2005 |
| Presenter: | Jill Johnson, Mark Levengood |
| Venue: | Globen |
| Director: | Sven Stojanovic |
| Viewing figures : | 4,055,000 |
| Voting: | 50/50 Jury, SMS and telephone voting |
| Total number of televotes cast: | 1,519,997 |
| Interval Acts: | Carola Häggkvist, After Dark, Jill Johnson, Henrik Schyffert, Erik Haag, Lena Philipsson |
| Winner: | Las Vegas performed by Martin Stenmarck |
| Winner's result at Eurovision: | 19th |
Melodifestivalen 2005 was the selection for the 45th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 44th time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Gothenburg, Linköping, Skellefteå, Växjö and a Second Chance round in Stockholm. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. 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.
Semifinals
The semifinals for Melodifestivalen 2005 began on 12 February 2005. Ten songs from these semifinals qualified for the final on March 12, 2005. This was the fourth year that a semifinal format had been used for the competition.Preselection
Artists that submitted songs
, Sara Löfgren, Arvingarna, Sandra Dahlberg, Roger Pontare, Tommy Nilsson, Jessica Folcker, Grymlings, Freddie Wadling, Mikael Rickfors, Mats Ronander, Hasse Andersson & Kvinnaböske Band, Niclas Wahlgren, Pernilla Wahlgren, Linus Wahlgren, Lotta Engberg, Mathias Holmgren, Alex Falk, Johan Thorsell, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Lars 'Dille' Diedricsson, Peter Grönvall, Nanne Grönvall.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
| Date: | 19 February 2005 |
| Presenter: | Henrik Schyffert, Erik Haag |
| Venue: | Cloetta Center, Linköping |
| Voting: | Telephone voting |
| Interval Act: | Svenne & Lotta |
| Viewing figures : | 3,150,000 |
| Total number of televotes cast: | 370,821 |
| Qualifiers: | Du och jag mot världen performed by Fredrik Kempe & Sanna Nielsen, Higher Ground performed by Sanne Salomonsen |
| Second Chance: | Med hjärtats egna ord performed by Josefin Nilsson, "Roma" performed by Cameron Cartio |
Semifinal 3
| Date: | 26 February 2005 |
| Presenter: | Johanna Westman, Markoolio |
| Venue: | Isstadion, Skellefteå |
| Voting: | Telephone voting |
| Interval Act: | Nina Inhammar, Kim Kärnfalk, Sofia Källgren, Roger Pontare, Brolle |
| Viewing figures : | 2,940,000 |
| Total number of televotes cast: | 458,201 |
| Qualifiers: | Las Vegas performed by Martin Stenmarck, Vi kan gunga performed by Jimmy Jansson |
| Second Chance: | Nothing At All performed by LaGaylia, Wherever You Go performed by NaNa |
Semifinal 4
| Date: | 5 March 2005 |
| Presenter: | Kayo & Micke Leijnegard |
| Venue: | Tipshallen, Växjö |
| Voting: | Telephone voting |
| Interval Act: | Afro-dite, Britta Bergström, Jenny Pettersson, Dea Norberg, Johan Röhr, Martin Kagemark |
| Viewing figures : | 3,100,000 |
| Total number of televotes cast: | 413,082 |
| Qualifiers: | Håll om mig performed by Nanne Grönvall, A Different Kind of Love performed by Caroline Wennergren |
| Second Chance: | Långt bortom tid och rum performed by Mathias Holmgren, As If Tomorrow Will Never Come performed by Katrina and the Nameless |
Second Chance Round
Results
Juries
Televotes
| Song | Jury | No. of televotes | Points | Total |
| Las Vegas | 102 | 110 | 212 | |
| Alla flickor | 15 | - | 15 | |
| Ödet var min väg | 4 | 11 | 15 | |
| Att älska dig | 86 | 44 | 130 | |
| Higher Ground | 35 | - | 35 | |
| A Different Kind of Love | 28 | 88 | 116 | |
| Alcastar | 69 | 66 | 135 | |
| Vi kan gunga | 27 | 22 | 49 | |
| Du och jag mot världen | 30 | - | 30 | |
| Håll om mig | 77 | 132 | 209 |
Returning artists
| Artist | Previous year |
| Magnus Carlsson | 2000, 2001, and 2002 with Barbados, 2003 with Alcazar |
| Andreas Lundstedt | 1996, 1997, 2003 with Alcazar |
| Cecilia Vennersten | 1995 |
| Pay TV | 2004 |
| Fredrik Kempe | 2004 |
| LaGaylia | 2004 |
| Anne-Lie Rydé | 2004 |
| Shirley Clamp | 2003, 2004 |
| Sanna Nielsen | 2001, 2003 |
| Arja Saijonmaa | 1987 |
| NaNa | 2004 with E-Type |
| Mathias Holmgren | 2003 with Barbados |
| Nanne Grönvall | 1986 and 1987 with Sound of Music, 1996 with One More Time, 1998, 2003 |
| Jimmy Jansson | 2002 with Poets |