SWEDEN

The Swedish Semi-Finals were hosted by Kristin Kaspersen & Claes Åkeson. The first four semi-finals had two rounds of voting. In the first round, the 8 songs were performed and there was a televote. Then in the second round, the top 4 songs were performed again, followed by another televote. The top 2 songs went forward to the final, while the 3rd/4th placed songs went forward to the 5th semi-final, where a jury of former Swedish Final winners selected 2 of the songs to go forward to the final. The jury consisted of: Siw Malmkvist, Lasse Holm, Jill Johnson, Tommy Nilsson, Charlotte Nilsson, Svante Thuresson, Roger Pontare and Nanne Grönvall.

Semi-Final 1 - 19th January - Tipshallen, Växjö

1 Last to know Last to know Excellence 16928 23081

4th

2 Blue as her angel eyes Blue as her angel eyes Tom Nordahl

4137

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7th

3 Världen utanför The world outside Barbados 44899 52309

3rd

4 Du har rört vid min själ You have touched my soul Camilla Lindén 15549

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5th

5 Kom och ta mig Come and get me Brandsta City Släckers 59007 71194

1st

6 Hollywood-do Hollywood-do Zoë 12733

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6th

7 En värld som alltid brinner A world always on fire Richard Sköld

3352

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8th

8 Adrenaline Adrenaline Mendez 45731 52632

2nd

Semi-Final 2 - 26th January - Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping

1 What difference does it make What difference does it make Poets 22232 28560

3rd

2 Ingenting, ingenting Nothing, nothing Jennifer Newberry

2360

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8th

3 No hay nada más There is nothing more Javiera 25023 31915

2nd

4 Du och jag (i hela världen) You and I (in the whole world) Martin

5787

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7th

5 Sluta Stop Ann-Louise & Molle

9227

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6th

6 Ge mig mitt hjärta tillbaka Give me my heart back Jakob Stadell & Voice Boys 13604

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5th

7 Never let it go Never let it go Afro-Dite 56029 89487

1st

8 Sail away Sail away Annika Ljungberg 13907 12596

4th

Semi-Final 3 - 2nd February - Nordichallen, Sundsvall

1 Back again Back again Tove Jaarnek

9053

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7th

2 Det innersta rummet The inner self Date 14127 17674

4th

3 You're the best thing You're the best thing Linda Grip

2679

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8th

4 Ingenting är större än vi Nothing is greater than us Arvingarna 10186

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6th

5 Hon kommer med solsken She comes with the sunshine Östen med Resten 33570 46553

1st

6 Tidig är tiden Time is limited Rolf Carlsson 11000 19104

3rd

7 Hon är en annan nu She is another one now Sylvia Vrethammar 10251

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5th

8 Big time party Big time party Hanna & Lina 21821 23093

2nd

Semi-Final 4 - 8th February - Lugnet, Falun

1 Son of a liar Son of a liar Kina Jaarnek 14186 25578

4th

2 Ge mig himlen för en dag Give me heaven for one day Solo

9447

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7th

3 I want you I want you Niklas Andersson

8354

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8th

4 The one that you need The one that you need Friends 24584 40188

2nd

5 It takes 2 It takes 2 The Honeydrops 10277

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6th

6 Vem é dé du vill ha Who is it that you want Kikki, Bettan & Lotta 69514 66048

1st

7 Sista andetaget The last breath Jan Johansen 23201 29140

3rd

8 Vackrare nu More beautiful now Fredrik Wännman 11214

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5th

Semi-Final 5 - 22nd February

1 Last to know Last to know Excellence

7th

2 Världen utanför The world outside Barbados

1st

3 Sail away Sail away Annika Ljungberg

3rd

4 What difference does it make What difference does it make Poets

5th

5 Tidig är tiden Time is limited Rolf Carlsson

8th

6 Det innersta rummet The inner self Date

6th

7 Son of a liar Son of a liar Kina Jaarnek

4th

8 Sista andetaget The last breath Jan Johansen

1st

Arvingarna represented Sweden in ESC 1993.

SWEDISH NATIONAL FINAL 2002

2002 NATIONAL FINALS