Melodifestivalen 2009
| Melodifestivalen 2009 | |
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| Dates | |
| Semi-final | 7 February 2009 14 February 2009 21 February 2009 28 February 2009 |
| Second chance | 7 March 2009 |
| Final | 14 March 2009 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Globe Arena, , Sweden |
| Presenter(s) | Petra Mede |
| Interval act | Pihlman & Pål |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 32: 8 in each semi-final; 11 in the final (2 from each semi-final, 2 from the Second Chance round, and 1 selected by the international jury) |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | 50% Jury, 50% SMS and telephone voting 12 juries (11 regional juries and one international jury) give 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points to their seven favourite songs. People can vote by televote or SMS. Televoting gives 12, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120 and 144 points to the seven most popular songs. |
| Winning song | "La voix" by Malena Ernman |
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 edition of Melodifestivalen. Five semi-finals were held in the Swedish cities of Gothenburg, Skellefteå, Leksand and Malmö, with Norrköping hosting the final Andra Chansen (Second Chance) round.
After the five semi-finals 11 songs had qualified to the final of the contest, contested in the Swedish capital of , at the Globe Arena. After the voting of 12 juries and a public televote had been revealed, the final winner was opera singer Malena Ernman with pop/opera song "La voix", which received top marks from the public televote, despite only placing 8th after the votes of the 12 juries.
The 2009 edition of Melodifestivalen implemented a number of new rules which changed the dynamics of the contest, including an increase to the number of people allowed on stage, the allowance of pre-recorded backing vocals, and a new international jury who selected an 11th finalist, and voted in the final.
The current rules for Melodifestivalen were first implemented in 2002 – the format consists of five semi-finals held every year: the first four semi-finals each consist of eight songs, in which the top two songs directly qualify to the final of the contest, while the third and fourth-placed songs qualify to the final semi-final, the Andra Chansen (Second Chance) round. Eight songs compete in the Second Chance round, competing in a knock-out format until two songs are left, which qualify to the final. These songs are chosen by a public televote held on the night of the contest. The final consisted of 10 songs, who are awarded marks by 11 regional juries of Sweden, alongside televoting, with each constituting 50% of the total result.
28 songs are selected from a public call for songs by SVT. These are chosen from a large number of entries, with over 3000 entries being received by SVT in past contests. These songs are reduced by the Swedish Music Publishers Association (Svenska musikförläggareföreningen; SMFF), who reduce this large number to around 1200 entries. A sixteen-person jury reduce this number once again to the final 28 competing songs. These 28 songs are then joined by compositions by four songwriters invited by SVT, who each submit a song into the competition.
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