Final 23 February 2001 | ||
Venue Malmö Musikteater, Malmö Presenter(s) Josefine Sundström and Henrik Olsson Voting system 50/50 Jury and telephone voting Winning song "Lyssna till ditt hjärta" by Friends | ||
Melodifestivalen 2001 was the selection for the 41st song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,567 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The winners were Friends who later that year ended up in 5th place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in Copenhagen with the English-language version of the song "Listen To Your Heartbeat". The show was watched by 3,840,000, with a total of 357,408 votes cast.
References
Melodifestivalen 2001 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA