# Melodifestivalen 2014

Melodifestivalen 2014 was the Swedish music competition which selected Sweden's 54th entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. Sanna Nielsen won the competition with the song "Undo". This was one of the closest results in Melodifestivalen history, as Nielsen beat her nearest rival, Ace Wilder, by only two points.
For the thirteenth consecutive year, the competition consisted of four heats, a "Second Chance" round, and a final. A total of 32 entries were divided into four heats, with eight compositions in each. From each semifinal, the songs that won first and second place went directly to the final, while the songs that placed third and fourth proceeded to the Second Chance heat. The bottom four songs in each semifinal were eliminated from the competition. As in 2013, half of the competing entries were chosen by a selection panel from the received submissions, while the other half was selected through an invitation process by SVT. A new rule for the 2014 competition stipulated that at least 20% of the selected entries were to be written by female composers/lyricists in a full or partial capacity.

## Format

Melodifestivalen 2014 was the thirteenth consecutive year in which the competition took place in different cities across Sweden. The four semifinals were held in Malmö (1 February), Linköping (8 February), Gothenburg (15 February) and Örnsköldsvik (22 February). The Second Chance round was held in Lidköping on 1 March, while the final in Solna was held on 8 March. Starting order is set.

### Schedule

| Date | City | Venue | Tickets | Heat |
| 1 February | Malmö | Malmö Arena | 15,500 | Heat 1 |
| 8 February | Linköping | Cloetta Center | 11,500 | Heat 2 |
| 15 February | Gothenburg | Scandinavium | 14,000 | Heat 3 |
| 22 February | Örnsköldsvik | Fjällräven Center | 10,000 | Heat 4 |
| 1 March | Lidköping | Sparbanken Lidköping Arena | 12,500 | Second chance (Andra chansen) |
| 8 March | Solna | Friends Arena | 27,000 | Final |

## Heats
### Heat 1

| Draw | Artist | Song (English translation) | Songwriter(s) | Votes | Votes | Votes | Place | Result |
| Draw | Artist | Song (English translation) | Songwriter(s) | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | Place | Result |
| 1 | Yohio | "To the End" | Andreas Johnson, Johan Lyander, Peter Kvint, Yohio | 55,826 | 61,393 | 117,219 | 1 | Final |
| 2 | Mahan Moin | "Aleo" | Mahan Moin, Anderz Wrethov | 6,943 | — | 6,943 | 7 | Out |
| 3 | Linus Svenning | "Bröder" (Brother) | Fredrik Kempe | 29,464 | 31,268 | 60,732 | 4 | Second Chance |
| 4 | Elisa Lindström | "Casanova" | Ingela "Pling" Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren, Jimmy Jansson | 18,143 | 19,171 | 37,314 | 5 | Out |
| 5 | Alvaro Estrella | "Bedroom" | Jakke Erixson, Jon Bordon, Loren Francis, Kristofer Östergren | 14,386 | — | 14,386 | 6 | Out |
| 6 | Ellen Benediktson | "Songbird" | Sharon Vaughn, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren | 43,619 | 55,825 | 99,444 | 2 | Final |
| 7 | Sylvester Schlegel | "Bygdens son" (The district's son) | Sylvester Schlegel | 5,934 | — | 5,934 | 8 | Out |
| 8 | Helena Paparizou | "Survivor" | Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström, Karl-Ola Kjellholm, Sharon Vaughn | 32,141 | 38,297 | 70,438 | 3 | Second Chance |

### Heat 2

| Draw | Artist | Song (English translation) | Songwriter(s) | Votes | Votes | Votes | Place | Result |
| Draw | Artist | Song (English translation) | Songwriter(s) | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | Place | Result |
| 1 | J.E.M | "Love Trigger" | Thomas G:son, Peter Boström, Julimar "J-Son" Santos | 18,790 | 26,872 | 45,662 | 4 | Second Chance |
| 2 | The Refreshments | "Hallelujah" | Joakim Arnell | 18,417 | 19,234 | 37,651 | 5 | Out |
| 3 | Manda | "Glow" | Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Melanie Wehbe, Charlie Mason | 10,964 | — | 10,964 | 8 | Out |
| 4 | Panetoz | "Efter solsken" (After sunshine) | Johan Hirvi, Mats Lie Skåre, Nebeyu Baheru, Njol Badjie, Pa Modou Badjie | 25,986 | 31,415 | 57,401 | 2 | Final |
| 5 | Pink Pistols | "I Am Somebody" | Joakim Törnqvist, Nestor Geli, Per Ivar Hed, Susie Päivärinta, Tord Bäckström | 11,435 | — | 11,435 | 7 | Out |
| 6 | Sanna Nielsen | "Undo" | Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah | 52,542 | 57,050 | 109,592 | 1 | Final |
| 7 | Little Great Things | "Set Yourself Free" | Charlie Grönvall, Cristoffer Wernqvist, Felix Grönvall, Adam Dahlström | 15,183 | — | 15,183 | 6 | Out |
| 8 | Martin Stenmarck | "När änglarna går hem" (When the angels go home) | Andreas Öhrn, Alexander Bard, Martin Stenmarck, Peter Boström | 20,981 | 30,916 | 51,897 | 3 | Second Chance |

### Heat 3

| Draw | Artist | Song (English translation) | Songwriter(s) | Votes | Votes | Votes | Place | Result |
| Draw | Artist | Song (English translation) | Songwriter(s) | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | Place | Result |
| 1 | Outtrigger | "Echo" | Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Outtrigger | 18,713 | 19,873 | 38,586 | 4 | Second Chance |
| 2 | Eko | "Red" | Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Anna Lidman, Hannes Lundberg, Michael Ottosson | 9,053 | — | 9,053 | 8 | Out |
| 3 | Oscar Zia | "Yes We Can" | Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah | 29,790 | 30,945 | 60,735 | 1 | Final |
| 4 | Shirley Clamp | "Burning Alive" | Bobby Ljunggren, Marcos Ubeda, Sharon Vaughn, Henrik Wikström | 12,617 | — | 12,617 | 6 | Out |
| 5 | State of Drama | "All We Are" | Göran Werner, Sanken Sandqvist, Emil Gullhamn, Sebastian Hallifax | 24,262 | 18,581 | 42,843 | 3 | Second Chance |
| 6 | CajsaStina Åkerström | "En enkel sång" (A simple song) | CajsaStina Åkerström | 10,789 | — | 10,789 | 7 | Out |
| 7 | Ace Wilder | "Busy Doin' Nothin'" | Ace Wilder, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb | 19,105 | 24,599 | 43,704 | 2 | Final |
| 8 | Dr. Alban & Jessica Folcker | "Around the World" | Dr. Alban, Jakke Erixson, Karl-Ola Kjellholm | 18,041 | 19,689 | 37,730 | 5 | Out |

### Heat 4

| Draw | Artist | Song (English translation) | Songwriter(s) | Votes | Votes | Votes | Place | Result |
| Draw | Artist | Song (English translation) | Songwriter(s) | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | Place | Result |
| 1 | Alcazar | "Blame It on the Disco" | Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah | 42,061 | 55,392 | 97,453 | 1 | Final |
| 2 | I.D.A | "Fight Me If You Dare" | Albin Nicklasson, Nicklas Laine, Louise Frick Sveen | 10,578 | — | 10,578 | 6 | Out |
| 3 | Janet Leon | "Hollow" | Karl-Ola Kjellholm, Jimmy Jansson, Louise Winter | 8,307 | — | 8,307 | 8 | Out |
| 4 | Ammotrack | "Raise Your Hands" | Jari Kujansuu, Thomas Johansson, Calle Kindbom, Mikael de Bruin | 20,425 | 21,202 | 41,627 | 4 | Second Chance |
| 5 | Josef Johansson | "Hela natten" (All night) | Peter Boström, Thomas G:son, Josef Johansson, Peo Thyrén | 9,953 | — | 9,953 | 7 | Out |
| 6 | Linda Bengtzing | "Ta mig" (Take me) | Nicke Borg, Jojo Borg Larsson | 15,239 | 15,861 | 31,100 | 5 | Out |
| 7 | Ellinore Holmer | "En himmelsk sång" (A heavenly song) | Ellinore Holmer, Vanna Rosenberg, Åsa Schmalenbach, Josefina Sanner, Henrik Wikström, Amir Aly | 21,411 | 24,465 | 45,876 | 3 | Second Chance |
| 8 | Anton Ewald | "Natural" | John Lundvik | 39,105 | 32,570 | 71,675 | 2 | Final |

## Second Chance

The Andra Chansen (Second Chance) round was held on 1 March in Sparbanken Lidköping Arena, Lidköping.

### First Round

| Draw | Artist | Song | Votes | Votes | Votes | Place | Result |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | Place | Result |
| 1 | Ammotrack | "Raise Your Hands" | 16,998 | — | 16,998 | 8 | Out |
| 2 | Linus Svenning | "Bröder" | 45,657 | 49,295 | 94,952 | 1 | Second Round |
| 3 | J.E.M | "Love Trigger" | 28,626 | — | 28,626 | 6 | Out |
| 4 | State of Drama | "All We Are" | 29,352 | 22,150 | 51,502 | 5 | Out |
| 5 | Ellinore Holmer | "En himmelsk sång" | 17,685 | — | 17,685 | 7 | Out |
| 6 | Martin Stenmarck | "När änglarna går hem" | 30,681 | 26,366 | 57,047 | 4 | Second Round |
| 7 | Helena Paparizou | "Survivor" | 47,161 | 44,411 | 91,572 | 2 | Second Round |
| 8 | Outtrigger | "Echo" | 33,876 | 27,083 | 60,959 | 3 | Second Round |

### Second Round

| Duel | Draw | Artist | Song | Votes | Result |
| I | 1 | Outtrigger | "Echo" | 51,627 | Out |
| I | 2 | Helena Paparizou | "Survivor" | 123,859 | Final |
| II | 1 | Linus Svenning | "Bröder" | 77,706 | Final |
| II | 2 | Martin Stenmarck | "När änglarna går hem" | 71,844 | Out |

## Final

The final of Melodifestivalen 2014 took place on 8 March 2014 at the Friends Arena in Solna. The 10 songs that qualified for the finals had either accomplished being the top two in their respective semifinal, or qualified from the Second Chance round.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Juries | Televote/SMS/App | Televote/SMS/App | Televote/SMS/App | Total | Place |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Juries | Votes | Percentage | Points | Total | Place |
| 1 | Anton Ewald | "Natural" | 4 | 35,208 | 3.0% | 14 | 18 | 10 |
| 2 | Ellen Benediktson | "Songbird" | 31 | 75,748 | 6.4% | 30 | 61 | 7 |
| 3 | Alcazar | "Blame It on the Disco" | 62 | 120,654 | 10.1% | 48 | 110 | 3 |
| 4 | Oscar Zia | "Yes We Can" | 32 | 52,844 | 4.3% | 21 | 53 | 8 |
| 5 | Linus Svenning | "Bröder" | 46 | 93,974 | 7.9% | 37 | 83 | 5 |
| 6 | Helena Paparizou | "Survivor" | 57 | 67,366 | 5.6% | 27 | 84 | 4 |
| 7 | Yohio | "To the End" | 39 | 109,363 | 9.3% | 43 | 82 | 6 |
| 8 | Sanna Nielsen | "Undo" | 90 | 307,788 | 25.8% | 122 | 212 | 1 |
| 9 | Panetoz | "Efter solsken" | 15 | 45,614 | 3.8% | 18 | 33 | 9 |
| 10 | Ace Wilder | "Busy Doin' Nothin'" | 97 | 283,831 | 23.8% | 113 | 210 | 2 |
Detailed International Jury Votes :
| Draw | Song | | | | | | | | | | | | Total |
| 1 | "Natural" | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | | 1 | | 4 |
| 2 | "Songbird" | | 4 | 1 | 4 | | 6 | | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 31 |
| 3 | "Blame It on the Disco" | | | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 6 | | | 12 | 62 |
| 4 | "Yes We Can" | 1 | | | 1 | | 4 | 8 | | 4 | 6 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | "Bröder" | 2 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 2 | | | 1 | 10 | | 1 | 46 |
| 6 | "Survivor" | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 57 |
| 7 | "To the End" | 10 | 8 | 2 | | 4 | 1 | 4 | | 6 | 4 | | 39 |
| 8 | "Undo" | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 90 |
| 9 | "Efter solsken" | 4 | 1 | | 2 | | | | 8 | | | | 15 |
| 10 | "Busy Doin' Nothin'" | 12 | 10 | 8 | | 12 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 97 |

## Ratings

| Show | Date | Viewers | Votes |
| Semifinal 1 | 1 February 2014 | 3,405,000 | 415,421 |
| Semifinal 2 | 8 February 2014 | 3,070,000 | 342,567 |
| Semifinal 3 | 15 February 2014 | 3,050,000 | 258,030 |
| Semifinal 4 | 22 February 2014 | 3,165,000 | 318,155 |
| Second Chance | 1 March 2014 | 2,740,000 | 746,752 |
| Final | 8 March 2014 | 3,302,000 | 1,192,390 |