Alla tiders Melodifestival (All-time Melodifestival) was a gala show organised by SVT to celebrate fifty years of the Eurovision Song Contest and the Swedish selection for it, Melodifestivalen. It was filmed at Cirkus in Stockholm on 21 March 2005 and was broadcast over SVT1 on 8 April the same year.[1] The ten songs performed were chosen by an online public vote to raise money for Världens barn.[2]
| Alla tiders Melodifestival | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 21 March 2005 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Presenter(s) | Kattis Ahlström Christer Björkman |
| Host broadcaster | SVT |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 10 from one country |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Online public vote |
| Winning song | "Waterloo" by ABBA |
| Place | Song | Year, result | Artist | Performer at gala |
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| 1st | Waterloo | 1974, 1st | ABBA | Carola Häggkvist & Marit Bergman |
| 2nd | Främling | 1983, 1st | Carola Häggkvist | Sophie Rimheden & Håkan Lidbo |
| 3rd | Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley | 1984, 1st | Herreys | Viktoria Tolstoy |
| 4th | När vindarna viskar mitt namn | 2000, 1st | Roger Pontare | Roger Pontare & HammerFall |
| 5th | Det gör ont | 2004, 1st | Lena Philipsson | Darin |
| 6th | Stad i ljus | 1988, 1st | Tommy Körberg | Cyndee Peters |
| 7th | Michelangelo | 1975, 5th | Björn Skifs | Wilmer X |
| 8th | Tusen och en natt | 1999, 1st | Charlotte Perrelli | Rikard Wolff |
| 9th | Fångad av en stormvind | 1991, 1st | Carola Häggkvist | Mendez |
| 10th | Symfonin | 1990, 10th | Loa Falkman | Lizette Pålsson, Annika Ljungberg, Sara Nordensson |
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