Semi-final 1 7 February 2015 Semi-final 3 21 February 2015 Second chance 7 March 2015 | Semi-final 2 14 February 2015 Semi-final 4 28 February 2015 Final 14 March 2015 | |
Melodifestivalen 2015 was the Swedish music competition that selected Sweden's 55th entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Måns Zelmerlöw won with the song "Heroes". The hosts for the show were Sanna Nielsen (winner of Melodifestivalen 2014) and comedian Robin Paulsson.
Contents
For the fourteenth consecutive year, the competition consisted four semi-finals, a "Second Chance" round, and a final. However, the total number of competing entries was reduced from 32 to 28. The 28 competing entries were divided into four semi-finals, with seven compositions in each. From each semifinal, the songs that earned first and second place went directly to the final, while the songs that placed third and fourth proceeded the Second Chance semi-final. The bottom three songs in each semifinal were eliminated from the competition.
A new rule for the 2015 edition of the competition stipulated that at least 50% of the selected entries were to be written by female composers/lyricists in a full or partial capacity.
Format
Melodifestivalen 2015 was the fourteenth consecutive year in which the competition will take place in different cities across Sweden. The four semifinals were held in Gothenburg (7 February), Malmö (14 February), Östersund (21 February) and Örebro (28 February). The Second Chance round took place in Helsingborg on 7 March while the final in Stockholm was held on 14 March.
Semi-final 1
The results of this semi-final were contest after the crash of the application.
Second Chance
The Second Chance (Andra chansen) round was held on 7 March 2015 in Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg. Unlike in the previous editions, four out of eight competing entries were sent to the final this year. The preliminary two-phase voting introduced in 2013 was eliminated, bringing a duel-only competition back. The duels are as follows:
It was announced that Malena Ernman, Melodifestivalen winner and Sweden's representative at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest would join Behrang Miri and Victor Crone on stage to do the opera vocals.
Final
The grand final of this year's Melodifestivalen was held on 14 March in the 28,000-seat Friends Arena in Stockholm. Unlike in the previous editions of Melodifestivalen, twelve songs competed in this year's final, two more than before. Eight finalists were selected during the four-week semi finals and four from the Second Chance round.
Results
The eleven international juries were revealed on 8 March 2015, and are shown in the voting table below in alphabetical order of the names of the respective countries. In particular, Austrian jury results was announced by Conchita Wurst, winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2014.