Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | ||||
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Country | Sweden | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Melodifestivalen 2014 | |||
Selection date(s) |
Semi-finals: 1 February 2014 8 February 2014 15 February 2014 22 February 2014 Second Chance: 1 March 2014 Final: 8 March 2014 |
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Selected entrant | Sanna Nielsen | |||
Selected song | "Undo" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (2nd, 131 points) | |||
Final result | 3rd, 218 points | |||
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Sweden participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Swedish entry was selected through Melodifestivalen 2014, a national final format that consisted of four semi-finals, a second chance round and a final, organised by Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT). Sanna Nielsen represented Sweden with the song "Undo", which qualified from the first semi-final and placed 3rd in the final, scoring 218 points.
Melodifestivalen 2014 was the Swedish music competition that selected Sweden's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. Hosted by Nour El-Refai and Anders Jansson, 32 songs competed in a six-week-long process that consisted of four semifinals on 1, 8, 15 and 22 February 2014, a second chance round on 1 March 2014, and a final on 8 March 2014. Eight songs competed in each semifinal – the top two qualified directly to the final, while the third and fourth placed songs qualified to the second chance round. An additional two songs qualified to the final from the second chance round. Among the competing artists were Helena Paparizou who represented Greece in 2001 as part of the duo Antique and won the Eurovision Song Contest for Greece in 2005, Martin Stenmarck who represented Sweden in 2005, Andreas Lundstedt (participating as a member of Alcazar) who represented Switzerland in 2006 as part of the group six4one and Sylvester Schlegel who represented Sweden in 2007 as part of the group The Ark.