MELODIFESTIVALEN       2004



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FACTS / SEMI FINAL 1
Town Karlstad
Venue Löfbergs Lila Arena
Date Saturday 21st February
Hosts Charlotte Nilsson Perrelli, Ola Lindholm & Peter Settman
Producer Anders G Carlsson
Project leader Thomas Hall
Radio commentator Carolina Norén

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RESULTS / SEMI FINAL 1
TITLE ARTIST MUSIC / LYRICS VOTES ROUND 1 VOTES ROUND 2
1 Tango! Tango! Petra Nielsen Thomas G:son 80 558 95 030
2 Som stormen Sara Löfgren Lars "Dille" Diedricson / Carina Danielsson Bergsman & Eddie Jonsson 51 674 69 791
3 Love turns water into wine Karl Martindahl Peter Broman & Miqael Persson 38 123 53 923
4 Älvorna Sarek Lars "Dille" Diedricson & Marcus Ubeda / Dan Attlerud 35 660 48 368
5 It's in the stars LaGaylia Frazier Lars Andersson & Thomas Thörnholm 25 237 32 690
6 Tro på mig Niklas Andersson Lasse Berghagen 24 476 -
7 En gång för alla Nina&Kim Gustav Eurén, Karl Eurén & Niklas Arn 19 272 -
8 Still believe Joachim Bergström Johan Bejerholm, Jonas Sahlin & Emil Heiling 14 737 -
Total votes: 590.453 289.737 299.802

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FACTS / SEMI FINAL 2
Town Gothenburg
Venue Scandinavium
Date Saturday 28th February
Hosts Charlotte Nilsson Perrelli, Ola Lindholm & Peter Settman
Producer Anders G Carlsson
Project leader Thomas Hall
Radio commentator Carolina Norén

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RESULTS / SEMI FINAL 2
TITLE ARTIST MUSIC / LYRICS VOTES ROUND 1 VOTES ROUND 2
1 Paradise E-type E-type / E-type, Fredrik Ekdahl 86 022 92 957
2 Vindarna vänder oss Fame Henrik Sethsson & Pontus Assarsson / Dan Attlerud 72 185 82 434
3 Finally Fredrik Kempe Fredrik Kempe 28 371 45 741
4 Säg att du har ångrat dig Anne-Lie Rydé Tony Johansson / Thomas G:son & Tony Johansson 30 376 34 838
5 Are U) ready or not La Roxx Jon Hällgren, Koshiar Mehdipoor & Magnus Sagrén 19 075 24 392
6 Trendy Discoteque Pay TV Håkan Lidbo & Ulrika Lidbo 17 657 -
7 Soy tu Venus por esta noche Baccara Robert Habolin, Mats Jansson, Robert Olausson 10 609 -
8 You are the sunshine of my life Jennifer Eskola Ari Lethonen & Dick Cruslock 3 828 -
Total votes: 549.315 268.123 280.362

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FACTS / SEMI FINAL 3
Town Umeå
Venue Umeå Arena
Date Saturday 6th March
Hosts Charlotte Nilsson Perrelli, Ola Lindholm & Peter Settman
Producer Anders G Carlsson
Project leader Thomas Hall
Radio commentator Carolina Norén

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RESULTS / SEMI FINAL 3
TITLE ARTIST MUSIC / LYRICS VOTES ROUND 1 VOTES ROUND 2
1 Här stannar jag kvar Sandra Dahlberg Sandra Dahlberg & Johan Becker 55 307 79 410
2 C'est la vie Ann-Louise Hanson, Towa Carson & Siw Malmkvist Thomas G:son 45 140 52 267
3 Efharisto Bosson Bobby Ljunggren & Henrik Wikström / Ingela "Pling" Forsman 45 355 44 334
4 Blow the spot Bubbles Niclas Molinder, Joacim Persson & Pelle Ankarberg 32 852 35 265
5 Innan mörket faller Emil Sigfridsson Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson & Tobias Lundgren 23 106 26 861
6 Bulletproof heart Autolove Peder Ernerot & Gustave Lund 20 302 -
7 Super mega nova Itchycoo Mia Bergström, Håkan Glänte & Tobias Gustafsson 11 837 -
8 Baby I can't stop Gladys del Pilar Daniel Eklund & Mats Hedström 9 073 -
Total votes: 483.367 242.972 238.137

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FACTS / SEMI FINAL 4
Town Malmö
Venue Malmömässan
Date Saturday 13th March
Hosts Charlotte Nilsson Perrelli, Ola Lindholm & Peter Settman
Producer Anders G Carlsson
Project leader Thomas Hall
Radio commentator Carolina Norén

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RESULTS / SEMI FINAL 4
TITLE ARTIST MUSIC / LYRICS VOTES ROUND 1 VOTES ROUND 2
1 Det gör ont Lena Philipsson Thomas "Orup" Eriksson 56 414 77 775
2 La dolce vita After Dark Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg & Lennart Wastesson 57 364 59 860
3 Olé Olé Andrés Esteche Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson & Tobias Lundgren 52 867 57 207
4 Min kärlek Shirley Clamp Bobby Ljunggren & Henrik Wikström / Ingela "Pling" Forsman 40 066 42 580
5 Runaway Pandora Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson & Tobias Lundgren 18 155 26 628
6 Boom bang-a-bang Lotta Nilsson & Glenn Borgkvist Lars Erlandsson, Fredrik Lenander, David Clewett / Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg, Lennart Wastesson 17 670 -
7 Just like me Anders Borgius Anders Borgius 16 923 -
8 Äntligen Fre Henok Fre, Jonatan Fre, Roberto Martorell & Putte Nelsson 15 712 -
Total votes: 540.180 275.171 264.050

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FACTS / SEMI FINAL 5
Town Stockholm
Venue Hotel Rival
Date Sunday 14th March
Hosts Liza Marklund, Elin "Grynet" Ek, Henrik Johnsson
Producer Madeleine Stenberg
Project leader Thomas Hall

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RESULTS / SEMI FINAL 5
TITLE ARTIST VOTES
1 Olé Olé Andrés Esteche 72 372
2 Min kärlek Shirley Clamp 57 343
3 Love turns water into wine Karl Martindahl 56 818
4 Blow the spot Bubbles 41 249
5 Älvorna Sarek 40 497
6 Efharisto Bosson 35 855
7 Säg att du har ångrat dig Anne-Lie Rydé 27 678
8 Finally Fredrik Kempe 26 438
Total votes: 358 250

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FACTS / FINAL
Town Stockholm
Venue Globe Arena
Date Saturday 20th March
Hosts Charlotte Nilsson Perrelli, Ola Lindholm & Peter Settman
Producer Anders G Carlsson
Project leader Thomas Hall
Radio commentator Carolina Norén & Björn Kjellman

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RESULTAT / FINAL
TITLE ARTIST MUSIC / LYRICS POINTS
1 Det gör ont Lena Philipsson Thomas "Orup" Eriksson 232
2 Min kärlek Shirley Clamp Bobby Ljunggren & Henrik Wikström / Ingela "Pling" Forsman 174
3 La dolce vita After Dark Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg & Lennart Wastesson 156
4 Tango! Tango! Petra Nielsen Thomas G:son 151
5 Paradise E-type E-type / E-type, Fredrik Ekdahl 75
6 Vindarna vänder oss Fame Henrik Sethsson & Pontus Assarsson / Dan Attlerud 66
7 Som stormen Sara Löfgren Lars "Dille" Diedricson / Carina Danielsson Bergsman & Eddie Jonsson 52
8 Här stannar jag kvar Sandra Dahlberg Sandra Dahlberg & Johan Becker 19
9 Olé Olé Andrés Esteche Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson & Tobias Lundgren 14
10 C'est la vie Ann-Louise Hanson, Towa Carson & Siw Malmkvist Thomas G:son 7



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1 Min kärlek / Shirley Clamp 6 8 6 6 12 2 10 6 10 8 12 86 88 174 2
2 Här stannar jag kvar / Sandra Dahlberg - 4 - - - 1 - - 1 2 - 8 11 19 8
3 Olé Olé / Andrés Esteche - - - - 2 10 1 - - - 1 14 - 14 9
4 C'est la vie / Hanson, Carson & Malmkvist 2 - - - 4 - - 1 - - - 7 - 7 10
5 Paradise / E-type 1 1 10 1 - - 2 10 - 4 2 31 44 75 5
6 Det gör ont / Lena Philipsson 8 6 12 12 8 6 8 12 12 10 6 100 132 232 1
7 Vindarna vänder oss / Fame 10 10 4 2 6 4 6 4 4 6 10 66 - 66 6
8 La dolce vita / After Dark - 2 1 4 1 8 12 - 2 12 4 46 110 156 3
9 Som stormen / Sara Löfgren 4 - 2 10 - - - 8 6 - - 30 22 52 7
10 Tango! Tango! / Petra Nielsen 12 12 8 8 10 12 4 2 8 1 8 85 66 151 4



SPOKESMEN OF THE JURIES (4 jury members + chairman)
Luleå Martin Sourra
Umeå Kent Larsen
Sundsvall Åsa Vilbäck
Falun Nemah Hansson
Karlstad Roger Ohlson
Örebro Roxana Sundström
Norrköping Zübeyde Simsek
Göteborg Alexandra Zazzi
Växjö Torbjörn Ambré
Malmö Emma Andersson
Stockholm Martin Melin



TELEVOTES / FINAL
Det gör ont 298 722
La dolce vita 209 795
Min kärlek 176 343
Tango! Tango! 172 873
Paradise 159 157
Som stormen 85 132
Här stannar jag kvar 82 492
Olé Olé 79 723
Vindarna vänder oss 76 003
C'est la vie 61 190
Total votes: 1 401 430

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FACTS / SELECTION
Deadline September 30th
Entries 3228 + 4 wild cards
SVT:s jury Jovan Radomir, SVT and chairman; Åsa Wahlbom Paues, pressinformant SVT; Micke Nystedt, promotiondirector Eva Records; Annika Jankell, presenter radio show Svensktoppen; Kayo Shekoni, singer (Afro-dite); Jonas Sahlberg, steward; Micke Cederberg, music editor P3; William Russmark, music editor; Andrea Dea Norberg, singer; Jane Knutsson, SVT; Jimmy Vainionpää, music student, Isabel Guzman, singer; Edward af Sillén, schlager-DJ; Lone Bakken-Pilnäs, student; Rodrigo Perez-Flores, music producer; Ulrica Örn, music editor SVT.
Songs presented October 23rd
Artists presented December 9th
Wild cards presented January
Hosts presented January 22nd

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NOTES
Songs and artists that did not qualify:
• "High" written by Lars Andersson, Thomas Thörnholm & Dan Attlerud. The rejected song was sent to Norway; and won!!!
• "Can't stop the rain" with Martina Edoff, written by Lars "Dille" Diedricson.
• "Good old stonecake" written and performed by Karl Martindahl & Johan Becker (also sent to the Norwegian final).
• "Små små korn av sand" by Odd Arverud.
• "Noël Sneesturm", "Für einen bessere Welt" and "Tale" by William Johansson (plus another song).
• Sara Forslund - "Wild love"
• Countryneers - "Angel in my bed"
• Tito Beltran sent in a song.
• Another song by Fre, except "Äntligen".
• Andrés Esteche recorded four demos for Melodifestivalen 2004, and two of them were selected; "Olé Olé" and "Tango! Tango!".
• Anders Johansson, winner of Fame Factory spring 2003.
• Karl Martindahl, from "Fame Factory" 2003/04, wrote an entry together with Calle Kindbom and Dille Diedricsson. He also got a song from team Ola Håkansson/Tim Norell.
• Jimmy Jansson, from "Fame Factory" 2003/04, composed together with Thomas G:son.
• Lena Philipsson and composer Torgny Söderberg.
• Vincent Hamilton, from the doku-soap "Robinson" in 2003.
• Carola Häggkvist wrote a song to a new female artist but missed the deadline.
• Fredrik Wännman, who sang "Vackrare nu" in 2002, submitted 6 songs.

• The jury chose 28 of the 32 songs. Then SVT invited four wild cards (artist or composers) to complete the startlist. They were: E-type, Lena Philipsson, Lasse Berghagen and Ann-Louise Hanson/Towa Carson/Siw Malmkvist. The press mentioned other names SVT had contacted but declined; Max Martin, Per Gessle, Magnus Uggla, Carola and Europe.

Artists mentioned to perform the different songs before the startlist was complete:
• "(Are U) Ready Or Not": A-teens
• "Baby I Cant Stop": Sahlene, Emilia
• "Blow The Spot": Alcazar and A-teens declined.
• "Bulletproof Heart": Josefina Sanner
• "Efcharisto": Elena (from Antique)
• "En gång för alla": Brandsta City Släckers, Anders Lundin
• "It´s In The Stars": Alcazar
• "Love Turns Water Into Wine": Jan Johansen
• "Still Believe": Peter Jöback
• "Tango! Tango!": Andrés Esteche recorded the demo, but chose to sing "Olé Olé". Then Christer Björkman contacted Alcazar, but they could not match the song with their sound. Then Lena Philipsson recorded a demo, but was promised a wild card so she declined. Then Petra Nielsen accepted to perform the tango.
• "Bang boom-a-bang" (formerly known as "You Take Me Up"): Bubbles, A-teens
• "Älvorna": Helen Sjöholm and Thomas Di Leva declined.

• At first "Det gör ont" had the title "Stopp! Nej! Gå härifrån", but the composer changed. Later he wrote a new song named "Stopp! Nej! Gå härifrån" for Lena's album.

• One More Time submitted one song, and Nanne Grönvall two solo songs.

• According to Charlotte Perrelli, Fredrik Kempe was in contact with her about "Finally" which was written for her.

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