Melodifestivalen 2007 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 has been used. Five heats took place to select the ten songs for the final, in Jönköping, Gothenburg, Örnsköldsvik, Gävle and a Second Chance round in Nyköping. The final was broadcast on SVT1, SVT Europa, YLE FST5 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The pre-contest favourites were The Ark, with The Worrying Kind^[1] and they won, scoring the highest marks with both juries and televoters. The Ark also received the highest number of televotes a song had ever achieved in Melodifestivalen at the time, beating Carola's record from Melodifestivalen 2006. The record was later broken by Loreen at Melodifestivalen 2012.

Heats

The heats for Melodifestivalen 2007 began on 3 February 2007. There were five heats in Jönköping, Gothenburg, Örnsköldsvik, Gävle and Nyköping (second chance round) leading up to the final at the Globen on 10 March 2007.

Preselection

The deadline for the submission of songs was 19 September 2006, and 3,234 songs were submitted , falling short of the 2006 record. The titles and composers of the 28 heatists (the exceptions being the wildcards) were announced on October 10, 2006. "More Than A Girl", composed by Ulf Lindström, Agnes Carlsson and Johan Ekhé was disqualified on October 13, 2006, as Carlsson had publicly stated that she had composed the song, which could have affected the impartiality of the jury . "Alla kan bli stjärnor" was disqualified on October 16, 2006, as one of the composers, Sebastian Fronda, refused to sing the song in the competition . The two disqualified songs were replaced by "Allt vi en gång trodde på" and "Cara mia". On 1 November 2006, Kristian Luuk was confirmed as host for all six rounds of the competition. The performers of the first 28 selected songs were announced on 28 November 2006. The wildcards were announced on 26 December 2006 – they were Uno & Irma, The Ark, Sebastian Karlsson and Magnus Uggla.

Heat 1 – Jönköping

The first heat of Melodifestivalen 2007 took place in Kinnarps Arena in Jönköping on 3 February 2007.

Heat 2 – Gothenburg

The second heat of Melodifestivalen 2007 took place in Scandinavium in Gothenburg on 10 February 2007.

Heat 3 – Örnsköldsvik

The third heat of Melodifestivalen 2007 took place in Swedbank Arena in Örnsköldsvik on 17 February 2007.

Heat 4 – Gävle

The fourth heat of Melodifestivalen 2007 took place in Läkerol Arena in Gävle on 24 February 2007.

Second Chance – Nyköping

The second chance round of Melodifestivalen 2007 took place in Rosvalla Eventcenter in Nyköping on 3 March 2007.

Final – Stockholm

The final of Melodifestivalen 2007 took place in Globen in Stockholm on 10 March 2007.

Results

#	Song												Jury points	Televoting			Total	Place
														Votes	%	Points
1	"A Little Bit of Love"	1	8	10	12	10	12	12	8	10	8	10	101	371,222	17,9%	88	189	2nd
2	"För att du finns"	4	2	1	1	1	6	10	6	2	1	6	40	128,806	6,2%	22	62	6th
3	"Samba Sambero"		1										1	42,205	2,0%	0	1	9th
4	"When The Night Comes Falling"	6		6	4	6	2	6	1	6		2	39	86,861	4,2%	0	39	8th
5	"Trying to Recall"										4		4	228,422	11,0%	66	70	5th
6	"Cara Mia"	12	6	4	2	8	1	2	4	8	10	4	61	402,133	19,4%	110	171	3rd
7	"Jag tror på människan"												0	50,850	2,5%	0	0	10th
8	"Vågar du, vågar jag"	2	4	2	10	4	4	1	2	1	2	1	33	113,012	5,5%	11	44	7th
9	"I Remember Love"	8	10	8	8	2	10	4	10	4	6	8	78	157,227	7,6%	44	122	4th
10	"The Worrying Kind"	10	12	12	6	12	8	8	12	12	12	12	116	492,180	23,7%	132	248	1st

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2007

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melodifestivalen 2007.

• (in Swedish) Melodifestivalen official site
• (in Swedish) Gylleneskor.se: Melodifestivalen 2007
• (in Swedish) ESCSweden.com
• (in English) esc.info.se
• (in English) Eurovision Song Contest National Finals