Almost 1.2 million viewers tuned in on Saturday night to watch the Swedish Melodifestivalen final.
The results were hardly surprising - in fact, the four most likely to win songs ended up in the four top places. Sanna Nielsen won (after six successful entries in the past) with "Undo", while the more contemporary "Busy Doin' Nothin'" by Ace Wilder finished in second place (that song scored the most 12 points by the juries). Alcazar finished in third place, were very happy with the result and promised fans some new music and a European tour in the near future. Both the UK and French juries awarded Alcazar 12 points. And finishing in a very respectable fourth place was "Survivor" by Helena Paparizou - which did not qualify for the final right away, but was selected from the second change show.
The rather awful song by Anton Edwald, which had been tipped as a very potential winner (that is, before it debuted in the semifinal) thankfully finished in last place.
I personally would have loved it if Alcazar had won, but I didn't really expect them to. All in, fair results and I'm sure Sanna is thrilled to have finally won after so many successful attempts in the past.
Here are the full results from the final:
| Draw | Song |  Denmark |  Estonia |  France |  Germany |  Israel |  Italy |  Malta |  Netherlands |  Russia |  Spain |  UK | Jury points | Televote/SMS | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Points | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | "Natural" | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 3.0% | 14 | 18 | 10 | |
| 2 | "Songbird" | — | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | 6 | — | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 6.4% | 30 | 61 | 7 | |
| 3 | "Blame It on the Disco" | — | — | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 6 | — | — | 12 | 62 | 10.1% | 48 | 110 | 3 | |
| 4 | "Yes We Can" | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 8 | — | 4 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 4.3% | 21 | 53 | 8 | |
| 5 | "Bröder" | 2 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 10 | — | 1 | 46 | 7.9% | 37 | 83 | 5 | |
| 6 | "Survivor" | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 57 | 5.6% | 27 | 84 | 4 | |
| 7 | "To the End" | 10 | 8 | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | 6 | 4 | — | 39 | 9.3% | 43 | 82 | 6 | |
| 8 | "Undo" | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 90 | 25.8% | 122 | 212 | 1 | |
| 9 | "Efter solsken" | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | 15 | 3.8% | 18 | 31 | 9 | |
| 10 | "Busy Doin' Nothin'" | 12 | 10 | 8 | — | 12 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 97 | 23.8% | 113 | 210 | 2 | |
4 comments:
I didn't even realise there were "UK and French juries" (or any other than Swedish) in the Melodifestivalen! If that is the case, I am very surprised that none of the UK channels (and there are dozens of them on cable!) show it... Jx
PS Still don't like the winning song, however.
International juries were introduced a few years ago - and it's a really good idea too. People may tend to vote for a certain, very popular (just out of X-Factor type) singer, just because of who he/she is. By introducing international juries, that most of the time are not too familiar with the artists, that element in the voting is somewhat downgraded. And also, a song that people in Sweden like may not go over that well in Malta - so it does make it more likely that the song that wins might actually do well in Eurovision.
The winning song is not bad, IMO - but it just isn't FUN! I have now heard three winning songs (Iceland, UK and Sweden) and out of these I prefer the one by Sanna.
I am going to petition some obscure channel like GINX or Pick to show it in future!
BTW, just listened to Pollapönk, and yes. It is shit.
Jx
To say the very, very least...
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