Melodifestivalen 2007 (semifinals)
| Melodifestivalen 2007 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Semi-final | 3 February 2007 10 February 2007 17 February 2007 24 February 2007 |
| Second chance | 3 March 2007 |
| Final | 10 March 2007 |
| Venue | Globe Arena, , Sweden |
| Presenter(s) | Kristian Luuk |
| Directed by | Sven Stojanovic |
| Interval act | Melodifestivalen musical |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 32: 8 in each semi-final; 10 in the final (2 from each semi-final, 2 from the Second Chance round.) |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | 50% Jury, 50% SMS and telephone voting 11 juries give 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points to their seven favourite songs. People can vote by televote or SMS. Televoting gives 11, 22, 44, 66, 88, 110 and 132 points to the seven most popular songs. |
| Winning song | "The Worrying Kind" by The Ark |
Melodifestivalen 2007 was the selection for the 47th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 46th time that this system of picking a song has been used. Five semifinals took place to select the ten songs for the final, in Jönköping, Gothenburg, Örnsköldsvik, Gävle and a Second Chance round in Nyköping. The final was broadcast on SVT1, SVT Europa, YLE FST5 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The pre-contest favourites were The Ark, with The Worrying Kind and they won, scoring the highest marks with both juries and televoters. The Ark also received the highest number of televotes a song had ever achieved in Melodifestivalen at the time, beating Carola's record from Melodifestivalen 2006. The record was later broken by Loreen at Melodifestivalen 2012.
The semifinals for Melodifestivalen 2007 began on 3 February 2007. There were five semifinals in Jönköping, Gothenburg, Örnsköldsvik, Gävle and Nyköping (second chance round) leading up to the final at the Globen on 10 March 2007.
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