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Melodifestivalen 2003

Melodifestivalen 2003 was the 43rd edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a five-week period between 15 February and 15 March 2003. The winner of the competition was Fame with the song "Give Me Your Love", who represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, where they came fifth with 107 points.[1]

Melodifestivalen 2003
Dates
Heat 115 February 2003
Heat 222 February 2003
Heat 31 March 2003
Heat 48 March 2003
Viewers' Choice9 March 2003
Final15 March 2003
Host
Presenter(s)Heats, Final:
Mark Levengood
Heat 1:
Charlotte Nilsson
Lena Philipsson
Heat 2:
Carola Häggkvist
Heat 3:
Barbro Svensson
Heat 4:
Roger Pontare
Viewers' Choice:
Marianne Rundström [sv]
Rickard Olsson
Final:
Jonas Gardell
Directed bySven Stojanovic
Host broadcasterSVT
Participants
Number of entries32
Number of finalists10
Vote
Voting systemHeats and Viewers' Choice: 100% public vote
Final: 50% public vote, 50% jury vote
Winning song"Give Me Your Love" by Fame
2002 ← Melodifestivalen → 2004

Format edit

The heats for Melodifestivalen 2003 began on 15 February 2003. Ten songs from these heats qualified for the final on March 15, 2003. This was the second year that a heat format had been used for the competition. "När löven faller" composed by Carola Häggkvist and Ingemar Åberg was disqualified prior to the competition due to Carola's refusal to participate as an artist with no replacement singer found,[2][3] while "Someone, Somewhere, Someday" composed by Peter Ågrenwill and Mattias Holmlund to be performed by Nathalie Family was disqualified due to the singer being under the required age of 16 years old at the time the Eurovision Song Contest would be held.[4][5]

Competition Schedule
Show Date City Venue
Heat 1 15 February 2003 Jönköping Tipshallen
Heat 2 22 February 2003 Gothenburg Scandinavium
Heat 3 1 March 2003 Luleå Arcushallen
Heat 4 8 March 2003 Sundsvall Nordichallen
Viewers' Choice 9 March 2003 Stockholm SVT Broadcasting House
Final 15 March 2003 Stockholm Globe Arena

The Winners' Choice round was replaced by the Viewers' Choice round where the public could now vote for the top two songs among the third- and fourth- placed ones from the heats.

Competing entries edit

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Afro-dite "Aqua Playa" Marcos Ubeda [sv]
Alcazar "Not a Sinner nor a Saint"
Aleena "Better Believe It"
  • Aleena Gibson
  • Bobby Ljunggren
  • Tommy Lydell
Alive [sv] feat. Jesse Martin "Ingen annan"
  • Lars Edvall
  • Mattias Reimer
Andrés Esteche [sv] "Just Like a Boomerang"
Barbados "Bye, Bye"
  • Lotta Ahlin
  • Bobby Ljunggren
  • Tommy Lydell
Brandsta City Släckers "15 minuter"
Bubbles "TKO (Knock You Out)"
Crosstalk [sv] "Stronger"
  • Lars Edvall
  • Mattias Reimer
Da Buzz "Stop! Look! Listen!"
DeDe "Someone, Somewhere, Someday"
  • Mattias Holmlund
  • Peter Ågren
Fame "Give Me Your Love"
Fernando Brito "No dudes en llamarme"
  • Fernando Brito
  • Johan Larsson
Jill Johnson "Crazy in Love"
Kerli & Locatellis "Let's Go"
  • Johan Ekman
  • Jonas Liberg
Lina Hedlund "Nothing Can Stop Me"
  • Aleena Gibson
  • Torbjörn Petersson
Liverpool [sv] "Love Is All"
  • Larry Forsberg
  • Lennart Wastesson
  • Sven-Inge Sjöberg
Maarja "He Is Always on My Mind"
  • Lars Edvall
  • Mattias Reimer
Markus Landgren [sv] "Television"
Méndez "Carnaval"
  • Gustav Jonsson
  • Leopoldo Méndez
  • Marcus Sepehrmanesh
  • Patrik Henzel
  • Tommy Tysper
Mikael Erlandsson [sv] "Tills jag mötte dig"
Nanne Grönvall "Evig kärlek"
Östen med resten "Maria"
  • Larry Forsberg
  • Lennart Wastesson
  • Sven-Inge Sjöberg
Pandora "You"
  • Jan Johansen
  • Shirley Clamp
  • Tania Clamp
Pernilla Wahlgren & Jan Johansen "Let Your Spirit Fly"
Sanna Nielsen "Hela världen för mig" Thomas G:son
Sahlene "We're Unbreakable"
  • Aleena Gibson
  • Bobby Ljunggren
  • Robert Olausson
Sarek "Genom eld och vatten"
Shanna Smith "Tonight's the Night" Richard Evenlind [sv]
Shirley Clamp "Mr. Memory"
  • Lotta Ahlin
  • Bobby Ljunggren
  • Tommy Lydell
Sofia Källgren & Robert Wells "My Love" Marcos Ubeda
Style "Stay the Night"

Contest overview edit

Heat 1 edit

The first heat took place on 15 February 2003 at the Tipshallen in Jönköping. 2,977,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 429,810 votes were cast, with a total of 3,653,385 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen. The heat was hosted by Mark Levengood, Charlotte Nilsson, and Lena Philipsson.[6]

R/O Artist Song Votes Place Result
Round 1 Round 2
1 Crosstalk "Stronger" 14,651 — 6 Out
2 DeDe Lopez "Someone, Somewhere, Someday" 5,386 — 7 Out
3 Méndez "Carnaval" 26,836 34,576 3 Viewers' Choice
4 Alive feat. Jesse Martin "Ingen annan" 5,341 — 8 Out
5 Jill Johnson "Crazy in Love" 42,697 48,786 2 Final
6 Da Buzz "Stop! Look! Listen!" 16,817 — 5 Out
7 Markus Landgren "Television" 19,997 25,998 4 Viewers' Choice
8 Pernilla Wahlgren & Jan Johansen "Let Your Spirit Fly" 95,703 90,302 1 Final

Heat 2 edit

The second heat took place on 22 February 2003 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg. 3,180,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 632,206 votes were cast, with a total of 5,373,751 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen. The heat was hosted by Mark Levengood and Carola Häggkvist.[7]

R/O Artist Song Votes Place Result
Round 1 Round 2
1 Andrés Esteche "Just Like a Boomerang" 29,223 — 5 Out
2 Sanna Nielsen "Hela världen för mig" 46,841 79,015 2 Final
3 Kerli & Locatellis "Let's Go" 15,334 — 7 Out
4 Pandora "You" 10,496 — 8 Out
5 Brandsta City Släckers "15 minuter" 42,354 52,459 4 Viewers' Choice
6 Fame "Give Me Your Love" 69,283 125,975 1 Final
7 Aleena "Better Believe It" 26,285 — 6 Out
8 Alcazar "Not a Sinner nor a Saint" 63,702 69,859 3 Viewers' Choice

Heat 3 edit

The third heat took place on 1 March 2003 at the Arcushallen in Luleå. 2,914,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 340,882 votes were cast, with a total of 2,897,497 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen. The heat was hosted by Mark Levengood and Barbro Svensson.[8]

R/O Artist Song Votes Place Result
Round 1 Round 2
1 Barbados "Bye, Bye" 36,287 38,144 2 Final
2 Shanna Smith "Tonight's the Night" 5,861 — 8 Out
3 Nanne Grönvall "Evig kärlek" 11,771 — 7 Out
4 Sarek "Genom eld och vatten" 55,934 58,138 1 Final
5 Sofia Källgren & Robert Wells "My Love" 22,381 — 5 Out
6 Liverpool "Love Is All" 23,105 19,615 4 Viewers' Choice
7 Shirley Clamp "Mr. Memory" 11,962 — 6 Out
8 Style "Stay the Night" 37,145 19,708 3 Viewers' Choice

Heat 4 edit

The fourth heat took place on 8 March 2003 at the Nordichallen in Sundsvall. 3,047,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 444,972 votes were cast, with a total of 3,782,262 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen. The heat was hosted by Mark Levengood and Roger Pontare.[9]

R/O Artist Song Votes Place Result
Round 1 Round 2
1 Sahlene "We're Unbreakable" 20,817 — 5 Out
2 Fernando Brito "No dudes en llamarme" 7,526 — 8 Out
3 Bubbles "TKO (Knock You Out)" 37,669 44,994 3 Viewers' Choice
4 Maarja "He Is Always on My Mind" 14,221 — 6 Out
5 Östen med resten "Maria" 69,716 86,354 1 Final
6 Lina Hedlund "Nothing Can Stop Me" 20,878 27,581 4 Viewers' Choice
7 Mikael Erlandsson "Tills jag mötte dig" 10,581 — 7 Out
8 Afro-dite "Aqua Playa" 51,974 51,378 2 Final

Viewers' Choice edit

The Viewers' Choice round took place on 9 March 2003 at the SVT Broadcasting House in Stockholm. 2,282,000 viewers watched the show live. A total of 341,866 votes were cast, with a total of 2,905,861 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen. The show was hosted by Marianne Rundström and Rickard Olsson.[10]

R/O Artist Song Votes Place Result
1 Méndez "Carnaval" 33,315 5 Out
2 Markus Landgren "Television" 21,763 7 Out
3 Brandsta City Släckers "15 minuter" 44,191 3 Out
4 Alcazar "Not a Sinner nor a Saint" 102,240 1 Final
5 Liverpool "Love Is All" 28,060 6 Out
6 Style "Stay the Night" 21,490 8 Out
7 Bubbles "TKO (Knock You Out)" 55,596 2 Final
8 Lina Hedlund "Nothing Can Stop Me" 35,211 4 Out

Final edit

The final took place on 15 March 2003 at the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm. 3,813,000 viewers watched the show live. A total of 1,230,751 votes were cast, with a total of 10,461,384 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen. The show was hosted by Mark Levengood and Jonas Gardell.[11]

R/O Artist Song Juries Televote Total Place
Votes Points
1 Fame "Give Me Your Love" 108 229,753 132 240 1
2 Jill Johnson "Crazy in Love" 100 116,440 22 122 4
3 Östen med resten "Maria" 10 92,722 11 21 8
4 Afro-dite "Aqua Playa" 48 59,520 0 48 7
5 Sanna Nielsen "Hela världen för mig" 27 136,984 66 93 5
6 Barbados "Bye Bye" 7 37,132 0 7 10
7 Sarek "Genom eld och vatten" 11 127,143 44 55 6
8 Pernilla Wahlgren & Jan Johansen "Let Your Spirit Fly" 90 156,702 88 178 2
9 Bubbles "TKO (Knock You Out)" 10 91,979 0 10 9
10 Alcazar "Not a Sinner nor a Saint" 62 182,376 110 172 3
Detailed jury votes
R/O Song Total
1 "Give Me Your Love" 6 12 4 6 12 12 10 12 10 12 12 108
2 "Crazy in Love" 12 10 12 10 8 10 8 10 4 10 6 100
3 "Maria" 2 6 1 1 10
4 "Aqua Playa" 8 8 8 2 1 6 6 4 1 4 48
5 "Hela världen för mig" 2 1 4 4 8 8 27
6 "Bye Bye" 1 2 2 2 7
7 "Genom eld och vatten" 4 4 1 2 11
8 "Let Your Spirit Fly" 2 6 10 12 6 8 12 6 12 6 10 90
9 "TKO (Knock You Out)" 1 1 2 1 4 1 10
10 "Not a Sinner nor a Saint" 10 4 8 10 4 2 2 6 8 8 62
Jury spokespersons[11]

Ratings edit

Viewing figures by show
Show Air date Viewers
(millions) 		Ref.
Heat 1 15 February 2003 2.977 [6]
Heat 2 22 February 2003 3.180 [7]
Heat 3 1 March 2003 2.914 [8]
Heat 4 8 March 2003 3.047 [9]
Viewers' Choice 9 March 2003 2.282 [10]
Final 15 March 2003 3.813 [11]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Final of Riga 2003 - Eurovision Song Contest". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  2. ^ Bakker, Sietse (2002-11-10). "Carola faces possible disqualification". Eurovision News, Polls and Information by ESCToday. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  3. ^ Opheim, Bjørn Erik (2002-11-28). "MF 2003: "Carola refuses to participate"". Eurovision News, Polls and Information by ESCToday. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  4. ^ Bakker, Sietse (2003-02-04). "Nathalie Family disqualified". Eurovision News, Polls and Information by ESCToday. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  5. ^ "Melodifestivalen 2003". mellopedia.svt.se. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  6. ^ a b "Melodifestivalen 2003 - Deltävling 1: Jönköping". Mellopedia (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  7. ^ a b "Melodifestivalen 2003 - Deltävling 2: Göteborg". Mellopedia (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  8. ^ a b "Melodifestivalen 2003 - Deltävling 3: Luleå". Mellopedia (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  9. ^ a b "Melodifestivalen 2003 - Deltävling 4: Sundsvall". Mellopedia (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  10. ^ a b "Melodifestivalen 2003 - Tittarnas val: Stockholm". Mellopedia (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  11. ^ a b c "Melodifestivalen 2003 - Final: Stockholm". Mellopedia (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved 2024-02-12.

External links edit

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