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Melodifestivalen 2002 was the selection for the 42nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 41st time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five heats had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Växjö, Norrköping, Sundsvall, Falun and a Second Chance round in Stockholm. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The introduction of the heats and the allowance of songs in English resulted in a marked increase in voters. The final was watched by 3,720,000 people, with 926,318 votes cast in the final.

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Melodifestivalen 2002
Dates
Heat 1	19 January 2002
Heat 2	26 January 2002
Heat 3	2 February 2002
Heat 4	9 February 2002
Second chance	22 February 2002
Final	1 March 2002
Host
Venue	Stockholm Globe Arena
Presenter(s)	Kristin Kaspersen, Claes Åkesson
Directed by	Marius Bratten
Vote
Voting system	50/50 Jury and telephone voting
Winning song	"Never Let It Go" by Afro-dite
Melodifestivalen → 2003

Schedule

Date	City	Venue	No. of televotes cast:	Heat
19 January	Växjö	Tipshallen	401,552	Heat 1
26 January	Norrköping	Himmelstalundshallen	310,727	Heat 2
2 February	Sundsvall	Nordichallen	219,111	Heat 3
9 February	Falun	Lugnet	331,731	Heat 4
22 February	Stockholm	SVT Broadcasting House	12,500	Winners' Choice (Second Chance)
1 March		Stockholm Globe Arena	926,318	Final

Heats

The heats for Melodifestivalen 2002 began on 19 January 2002. Ten songs from these heats qualified for the final on 1 March 2002. This was the first year that a heat format had been used for the competition. This was the first year that songs were permitted in languages other than Swedish, resulting in a significant number of English language songs, and two songs with lyrics in Spanish. "Ett vackert par", composed by Py Bäckman and Micke Wennborn was disqualified before the competition, when the dance band Grönwalls had performed it on the radio before the contest (not knowing it was supposed to enter). Nanne Grönvall and Nick Borgen was thought as possible performers. It was replaced by "Sista andetaget".

Heat 1

Draw	Artist	Song	Televotes		Total	Place
			Round 1	Round 2
1	Excellence	"Last to Know"	16,928	23,081	40,009	4th
2	Tom Nordahl	"Blue As Her Angel Eyes"	4,137	—	4,137	7th
3	Barbados	"Världen utanför"	44,899	52,309	97,208	3rd
4	Camilla Lindén	"Du har rört vid min själ"	15,549	—	15,549	5th
5	Brandsta City Släckers	"Kom och ta mig"	59,007	71,194	130,201	1st
6	Zoë	"Hollywood-do"	12,733	—	12,733	6th
7	Rickard Sköld	"En värld som alltid brinner"	3,352	—	3,352	8th
8	Méndez	"Adrenaline"	45,731	52,632	98,363	2nd

Heat 2

Draw	Artist	Song	Televotes		Total	Place
			Round 1	Round 2
1	The Poets	"What Difference Does It Make?"	22,232	28,560	50,792	3rd
2	Jennifer Newberry	"Ingenting ingenting"	2,360	—	2,360	8th
3	Javiera Muñoz	"No hay nada más"	25,023	31,915	56,938	2nd
4	Martin	"Du och jag (i hela världen)"	5,787	—	5,787	7th
5	Ann-Louise & Molle	"Sluta"	9,227	—	9,227	6th
6	Jakob Stadell & Voice Boys	"Ge mig mitt hjärta tillbaka"	13,604	—	13,604	5th
7	Afro-dite	"Never Let It Go"	56,029	89,487	145,516	1st
8	Annika Ljungberg	"Sail Away"	13,907	12,596	26,503	4th

Heat 3

Draw	Artist	Song	Televotes		Total	Place
			Round 1	Round 2
1	Towe Jaarnek	"Back Again"	9,053	—	9,053	7th
2	Date	"Det innersta rummet"	14,127	17,624	31,751	3rd
3	Linda Grip	"You're the Best Thing"	2,679	—	2,679	8th
4	Arvingarna	"Ingenting är större än vi"	10,186	—	10,186	6th
5	Östen med Resten	"Hon kommer med solsken"	33,570	46,553	80,123	1st
6	Rolf Carlsson	"Tidig är tiden"	11,000	19,104	30,104	4th
7	Sylvia Vrethammar	"Hon är en annan nu"	10,251	—	10,251	5th
8	Hanna & Lina Hedlund	"Big Time Party"	21,821	23,093	44,914	2nd

Heat 4

Draw	Artist	Song	Televotes		Total	Place
			Round 1	Round 2
1	Kina Jaarnek	"Son of a Liar"	14,186	25,578	39,764	4th
2	Solo	"Ge mig himlen för en dag"	9,447	—	9,447	7th
3	Niklas Andersson	"I Want You"	8,354	—	8,354	8th
4	Friends	"The One That You Need"	24,584	40,188	65,042	2nd
5	The Honeydrops	"It Takes 2"	10,277	—	10,227	6th
6	Kikki, Bettan & Lotta	"Vem é dé du vill ha"	69,514	66,048	135,562	1st
7	Jan Johansen	"Sista andetaget"	23,201	29,140	52,341	3rd
8	Fredrik Wännman	"Vackrare nu"	11,214	—	11,214	5th

Winners' Choice

Draw	Artist	Song	Place
1	Excellence	"Last to Know"	7
2	Barbados	"Världen utanför"	1
3	The Poets	"What Difference Does It Make?"	5
4	Annika Ljungberg	"Sail Away"	3
5	Date	"Det innersta rummet"	6
6	Rolf Carlsson	"Tidig är tiden"	8
7	Kina Jaarnek	"Son of a Liar"	4
8	Jan Johansen	"Sista andetaget"	1

Final

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Votes			Place
				Jury	Public	Total
1	Afro-dite	"Never Let It Go"	Marcos Ubeda	116	132	248	1
2	Brandsta City Släckers	"Kom och ta mig"	Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg, Lennart Wastesson	0	88	88	5
3	Javiera Muñoz	"No hay nada más"	Lars "Dille" Diedricson, Javiera Muñoz, Marcos Ubeda	71	-	71	6
4	Barbados	"Världen utanför"	Thomas G:son, Calle Kindbom	46	44	90	4
5	Hanna Hedlund & Lina Hedlund	"Big Time Party"	Lotta Ahlin, Tommy Lydell	43	-	43	9
6	Östen med Resten	"Hon kommer med solsken"	Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg, Lennart Wastesson	11	22	33	10
7	Friends	"The One That You Need"	Pontus Assarson, Henrik Sethsson	46	-	46	8
8	Kikki, Bettan & Lotta	"Vem é dé du vill ha"	Thomas G:son	34	66	100	3
9	Jan Johansen	"Sista andetaget"	Thomas Thörnholm, Dan Attlerud	54	11	65	7
10	Mendez	"Adrenaline"	Robert Wåtz, Rasmus Lindwall, Leopoldo Mendez, Patrik Henzel, Pablo Cepada	52	110	162	2

Voting

Juries

Song
"Never Let It Go"	12	8	6	12	12	12	12	12	8	10	12	116
"Kom och ta mig"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
"No hay nada más"	8	-	2	1	4	10	10	10	10	12	4	71
"Världen utanför"	-	12	-	-	8	6	8	-	6	-	6	46
"Big Time Party"	10	6	10	2	2	-	1	6	2	4	-	43
"Hon kommer med solsken"	4	-	4	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	11
"The One That You Need"	6	10	1	6	-	8	4	8	-	1	2	46
"Vem é dé du vill ha"	-	4	-	10	-	-	-	2	4	6	8	34
"Sista andetaget"	1	2	8	8	6	2	2	1	12	2	10	54
"Adrenaline"	2	1	12	4	10	4	6	4	1	8	-	52

Televotes

Song	Jury	No. of televotes	Points	Total
"Never Let It Go"	116	162,612 (17.5%)	132	248
"Kom och ta mig"	0	147,700 (15.9%)	88	88
"No hay nada más"	71	39,978 (4.3%)	-	71
"Världen utanför"	46	94,770 (10.2%)	44	90
"Big Time Party"	43	19,226 (2.1%)	-	43
"Hon kommer med solsken"	11	59,149 (6.4%)	22	33
"The One That You Need"	46	58,634 (6.3%)	-	46
"Vem é dé du vill ha"	34	136,175 (14.7%)	66	100
"Sista andetaget"	54	58,668 (6.3%)	11	65
"Adrenaline"	52	149,406 (16.1%)	110	162

Returning artists

Artist	Previous year(s)
Martin	1999
Tom Nordahl	2000
Javiera Muñoz
Hanna Hedlund
Barbados	2000, 2001
Friends
Ann-Louise Hanson	1963, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1973 and 1974 with Glenmarks, 1975 with Glemarks and Hadar Kronberg, 1982, 1983 with John Ballard
Towe Jaarnek	1991
Date	2001
Arvingarna	1993, 1995, 1999
Sylvia Vrethammar	1971 with Family Four, 1972, 1974 with Göran Fristorp
Kikki Danielsson	1978 with Wizex, 1980, 1981, 1982 with Chips, 1983, 1985, 1992
Elisabeth Andreassen	1981, 1982 with Chips, 1984, 1990
Lotta Engberg	1984 with Göran Folkestad, 1987, 1988 with Triple & Touch, 1990, 1996
Jan Johansen	1995, 2001

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2002
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

External links

• Melodifestivalen at SVT's open archive

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