Sweden: Voting figures revealed, drama in fourth semi-final

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While the national selection season may have drawn to a close, it seems that the drama never stops at Melodifestivalen! This year, I guess everyone agrees that SVT offered some great excitement, but what were the true results of the competition? We finally know how the semi-finals panned out, so read on for the big reveal!

The full results

Semi-Final 1

Draw	Artist	Song	Votes			Place	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	Round 1	Round 2	Total	Place	Result
1	Sigrid Bernson	“Patrick Swayze”	951,260	92,476	1,043,736	4	Second chance
2	John Lundvik	“My Turn”	1,048,501	103,632	1,152,153	2	Final
3	Renaida	“All the Feels”	1,037,549	89,358	1,126,907	3	Second chance
4	Edward Blom	“Livet på en pinne”	801,616	63,826	865,442	5	Out
5	Kikki Danielsson	“Osby Tennessee”	555,466	—	555,466	7	Out
6	Kamferdrops	“Solen lever kvar hos dig”	555,778	—	555,778	6	Out
7	Benjamin Ingrosso	“Dance You Off”	1,184,738	110,417	1,295,155	1	Final

Only a few hundred votes decided the last place, with the top four comfortably making it to the next rounds. Benjamin Ingrosso was unsurprisingly quite a clear winner in the first semi-final.

Semi-Final 2

Draw	Artist	Song	Votes			Place	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	Round 1	Round 2	Total	Place	Result
1	Samir & Viktor	“Shuffla”	1,166,434	70,629	1,237,063	1	Final
2	Ida Redig	“Allting som vi sa”	721,817	57,707	779,524	5	Out
3	Jonas Gardell	“Det finns en väg”	490,911	—	490,911	7	Out
4	Margaret	“In My Cabana”	805,016	60,198	865,214	3	Second chance
5	Stiko Per Larsson	“Titta vi flyger”	529,194	—	529,194	6	Out
6	Mimi Werner	“Songburning”	744,801	67,923	812,724	4	Second chance
7	LIAMOO	“Last Breath”	1,051,127	100,136	1,151,263	2	Final

Samir & Viktor won over the Swedish public once again and overwhelmingly finished top of the pack, making it straight to the Melfest final. Margaret finished third, with Mimi Werner advancing to andra chansen over Ida Redi by roughly 40,000 votes.

Semi-Final 3

Draw	Artist	Song	Votes			Place	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	Round 1	Round 2	Total	Place	Result
1	Martin Almgren	“A Bitter Lullaby”	850,684	93,848	944,532	1	Final
2	Barbi Escobar	“Stark”	426,768	—	426,768	7	Out
3	Moncho	“Cuba Libre”	569,210	46,859	616,069	4	Second chance
4	Jessica Andersson	“Party Voice”	788,787	102,041	890,828	2	Final
5	Kalle Moraeus & Orsa Spelmän	“Min dröm”	537,891	58,589	596,480	5	Out
6	Dotter	“Cry”	511,718	—	511,718	6	Out
7	Méndez	“Everyday”	701,557	91,553	793,110	3	Second chance

None of the songs achieved over 1 million votes for this semi-final, with Martin Almgren coming the closest. 20,000 votes separated Moncho in fourth and Kalle Moraeus & Orsa Spelmän in fifth.

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Semi-Final 4

Draw	Artist	Song	Votes			Place	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	Round 1	Round 2	Total	Place	Result
1	Emmi Christensson	“Icarus”	541,494	—	541,494	6	Out
2	Elias Abbas	“Mitt paradis”	605,644	39,845	645,489	5	Out
3	Felicia Olsson	“Break That Chain”	536,504	—	536,504	7	Out
4	Rolandz	“Fuldans”	737,996	80,005	818,001	2	Final
5	Olivia Eliasson	“Never Learn”	601,932	46,425	648,357	4	Second chance
6	Felix Sandman	“Every Single Day”	693,167	70,118	763,285	3	Second chance
7	Mariette	“For You”	816,976	84,609	901,585	1	Final

Mariette won this semi-final with Rolandz in second. The eventual runner-up of Melodifestivalen finished third in this semi-final by quite a distance ahead of Olivia Eliasson, who only just sneaked into the second chance round of Elias Abbas. Elias was in fact in fourth place after the first round of voting! Could this perhaps provoke a rule change in the competition?

Andra Chansen

Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	Votes	Result
1	1	Margaret	“In My Cabana”	877,351	Final
1	2	Moncho	“Cuba Libre”	602,941	Out
2	1	Renaida	“All the Feels”	884,188	Final
2	2	Olivia Eliasson	“Never Learn”	682,801	Out
3	1	Felix Sandman	“Every Single Day”	868,152	Final
3	2	Mimi Werner	“Songburning”	583,305	Out
4	1	Sigrid Bernson	“Patrick Swayze”	741,226	Out
4	2	Méndez	“Everyday”	767,551	Final

Three quite clear duels, with only the fourth duel having quite a close result. About 26,000 votes separated the eventual qualified Méndez from Sigrid Bernson.

Final

Draw	Artist	Song	Juries	Televote/SMS/App			Total	Place
Draw	Artist	Song	Juries	Votes	Percentage	Points	Total	Place
1	Méndez	“Everyday”	2	1,351,896	9.7%	62	64	12
2	Renaida	“All the Feels”	30	1,116,740	8.0%	51	81	9
3	Martin Almgren	“A Bitter Lullaby”	43	899,049	6.4%	41	84	8
4	John Lundvik	“My Turn”	66	1,349,766	9.6%	62	128	3
5	Jessica Andersson	“Party Voice”	33	809,292	5.8%	37	70	11
6	LIAMOO	“Last Breath”	52	1,171,247	8.4%	53	105	6
7	Samir & Viktor	“Shuffla”	54	1,314,016	9.4%	60	114	4
8	Mariette	“For You”	64	1,080,536	7.7%	49	113	5
9	Felix Sandman	“Every Single Day”	94	1,401,767	10.0%	64	158	2
10	Margaret	“In My Cabana”	62	904,893	6.5%	41	103	7
11	Benjamin Ingrosso	“Dance You Off”	114	1,469,808	10.5%	67	181	1
12	Rolandz	“Fuldans”	24	1,124,955	8.0%	51	75	10

Felix Sandman almost caused a second chance upset in the televote, not finishing too far behind the Swedish representative Benjamin Ingrosso (0.5% difference). Most surprising was the fact that Méndez finished last with 1.3 million televotes, the third highest in the competition’s final and only 0.3% behind Felix!

But of course, it was Benjamin Ingrosso who swept up the jury votes, as well as edging the televoting in the final. We shall see if the juries and televoters of Europe will agree in Lisbon!

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