Melodifestivalen 2006
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This article is about the final of Melodifestivalen 2006. For the semifinals, see Melodifestivalen 2006 (semifinals) |
Carola following her win. |
Melodifestivalen 2006 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 had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in
Leksand,
Karlstad,
Karlskrona,
Gothenburg and a Second Chance round in
Stockholm. The final was broadcast on
SVT1 and
Sveriges Radio's P4 network.
Carola Häggkvist was the clear favourite to win the final[
1], with bookmakers making her favourite and an
Aftonbladet web poll showing her to have a clear margin over the other participants. The rehearsals sold out for the fourth year running [
2], however Carola was unable to perform in the final rehearsal due to throat problems [
3]. This led to speculation that the final would be closer than expected.
Aftonbladet claimed in
April 2006 that the televote may have been tampered with [
4], as various sources reported unexplained voting (predominently for Carola) on their telephone bills. It is clear that this would not have affected the result. Various finalists and semifinalists entered the Swedish
Hitlistan chart after the competition [
5]. The second placed song,
Temple of Love finished fourth in the Eurovision Madrid National Finals Song Contest.
| # | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Votes | Place |
|---|
| Jury | Public | Total |
|---|
| 1 | Andreas Johnson | Sing for me | Andreas Johnson, Peter Kvint | 112 | 88 | 200 | 3rd |
| 2 | Björn Kjellman | Älskar du livet | Calle Kindbom, Dan Fernström | 6 | 0 | 6 | 9th |
| 3 | Linda Bengtzing | Jag ljuger så bra | Lars "Dille" Diedricson, Martin Hedström, Ingela "Pling" Forsman | 34 | 22 | 56 | 7th |
| 4 | The Poodles | Night of passion | Robert Olausson, Maiti Alfonzetti, Sonja Aldén, Johan Lyander | 32 | 66 | 98 | 4th |
| 5 | Magnus Carlsson | Lev livet! | Anders Glenmark, Niklas Strömstedt | 19 | 0 | 19 | 8th |
| 6 | Rednex | Mama take me home | Matthews Green, Michael Clauss | 17 | 44 | 61 | 6th |
| 7 | Carola | Evighet | Bobby Ljunggren, Thomas G:son, Henrik Wikström | 102 | 132 | 234 | 1st | - | 8 | Magnus Bäcklund | The name of love | Lina Eriksson, Mårten Eriksson | 57 | 11 | 68 | 5th |
| 9 | Kikki Danielsson | I dag & i morgon | Thomas G:son, Calle Kindbom | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10th |
| 10 | BWO | Temple of love | Alexander Bard, Anders Hansson | 92 | 110 | 202 | 2nd |
Juries
Televotes
| Song | Jury | No. of televotes (%) | Points | Total| | Sing For Me | 112 | 350 938 (18%) | 88 | | Älskar du livet | 6 | 83 917 (4%) | - | | Jag ljuger så bra | 34 | 138 249 (7%) | 22 | | Night of Passion | 32 | 180 784 (9%) | 66 | | Lev livet | 19 | 44 825 (2%) | - | | Mama Take Me Home | 17 | 154 115 (8%) | 44 | | Evighet | 102 | 437 876 (23%) | 132 | | The Name of Love | 57 | 101 799 (5%) | 11 | | Idag och imorgon | 2 | 51 742 (3%) | - | | Temple of Love | 92 | 368 907 (19%) | 110 | 202 |
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Eurovision Song Contest 2006*
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006*
Melodifestivalen 2006 official site (in Swedish)
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GylleneSkor.se: Melodifestivalen 2006 (in Swedish, extensive coverage)
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ESCSweden.com (in Swedish)
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Information site about Melodifestivalen*
Eurovision Song Contest National Finals*
View the final online (Windows Media Player)
