Melodifestivalen 2009 was a Swedish song contest held between February and March 2009. It was the selection for the 49th song to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, and was the 48th Melodifestivalen. Five semi-finals were held in the Swedish cities of Gothenburg, Skellefteå, Leksand and Malmö, with Norrköping hosting the final Andra Chansen round. The final of the contest was contested in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, at the Globe Arena, where 11 songs competed to win the contest and represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. The 2009 edition of Melodifestivalen implemented a number of new rules which changed the dynamics of the contest, including more people, pre-recorded backing vocals and a new international jury who selected an 11th finalist.
Final
The final was held on 14 March at Globen in Stockholm. 11 songs competed, with the winner being decided by a mix of televoting/SMS voting and jury voting. The final winner was Malena Ernman with the pop/opera song "La voix", composed by Ernman and last year's winning composer Fredrik Kempe, and was sung in both English and French. Ernman received top marks from the televoting public, and only came 8th with the juries. Second place went to Caroline af Ugglas with "Snälla, snälla", while third place went to boyband E.M.D. with "Baby Goodbye".
Draw
Artist
Song
Jury
Televote
Total
Place
1
Måns Zelmerlöw
"Hope & Glory"
96
48
144
4
2
Caroline af Ugglas
"Snälla, snälla"
51
120
171
2
3
Agnes
"Love Love Love"
40
0
40
8
4
H.E.A.T.
"1000 Miles"
58
24
82
7
5
Emilia
"You're My World"
28
0
28
9
6
Alcazar
"Stay the Night"
67
72
139
5
7
Sarah Dawn Finer
"Moving On"
75
12
87
6
8
E.M.D.
"Baby Goodbye"
49
96
145
3
9
Sofia
"Alla"
12
0
12
10
10
Molly Sandén
"Så vill stjärnorna"
2
0
2
11
11
Malena Ernman
"La voix"
38
144
182
1
At Eurovision
Since Sweden is not one of the "Big Four" and was not the host of the 2009 contest, it had to compete in one of the two semi-finals. Following a draw in Moscow, the Swedish entrant took part in the first semi-final on 12 May 2009, performing 5th. At the semifinal, Sweden's entry qualified for the final, which took take place on May 16. while the draw for the running order was held on 16 March 2009. It finished 21st of 25 participants with just 33 points.
Split results
In the Final Sweden came 21st with 33 points: the public awarded Sweden 15th place with 59 points and the jury awarded 22nd place with 27 points.
Televoting results
Semi Final voting Sweden's televoting for the first semi final were as follows: The televotes were then converted into points, as shown in the points column.
Draw
Country
Televotes
Points
1
2,988
0
2
831
0
3
1,655
0
4
3,200
1
5
Sweden
N/A
N/A
6
7,397
5
7
2,676
0
8
4,251
2
9
13,685
7
10
8,621
6
11
725
0
12
35,994
12
13
2,986
0
14
2,594
0
15
31,988
10
16
4,394
3
17
4,820
4
18
30,688
8
Final voting Sweden's televoting for the grand final were as follows: The televotes were then converted into points, as shown in the televote points column. As the 50/50 rule had also been re-introduced a jury of 5 professionals in music from Sweden also voted. These votes were then combined and converted into the point system as shown in the final column.
Sweden