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| Venue | TV-huset Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) |
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| Number of entries | 40 |
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| Voting system | Semi-final: 100% televote Final: 50% jury, 50% televote |
| Winning song |  Iceland"Think About Things" |
Sveriges 12:a (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈsvæ̌rjɛsˈtɔ̂lːva]; "Sweden's twelve [points]") was a one-offmusic competition in theEurovision Song Contest format, organised and broadcast by the Swedish broadcasterSveriges Television (SVT). It served as a local alternative for theEurovision Song Contest 2020, which was planned to be held inRotterdam, Netherlands, but was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.
The competition consisted of a pre-qualifying round on 9 May 2020, hosted byChrister Björkman andDavid Sundin, and a final on 14 May 2020, hosted by Christer Björkman andSarah Dawn Finer. Both shows were broadcast live onSVT1, as well as on the streaming platformSVT Play.[1]
During the pre-qualifying round on 9 May 2020, short clips of all forty-one entries that would have participated in theEurovision Song Contest 2020 were shown, including the Swedish entry "Move" bythe Mamas, despite not being a part of the programme's competitive element.[2] From the remaining forty entries, televoting determined which twenty-five songs would be heard in full during the final on 14 May 2020.[2] Only the Swedish public was able to vote and could do so via theMelodifestivalen app.[1] In the final, which also featured a live performance of "Move" and a new song, "Let It Be", by the Mamas, it was determined which entry would have received Sweden'stwelve points, had the Eurovision Song Contest not been cancelled.[1][2]
The pre-qualifying round was hosted by two presenters: comedianDavid Sundin, who also co-hostedMelodifestivalen 2020, and singer and television producerChrister Björkman, who representedSweden in 1992. The final was hosted by Björkman and singer and television presenterSarah Dawn Finer, who also co-hostedMelodifestivalen in 2012, 2016, and 2019.[3]
The pre-qualifying roundInför ESC ("Ahead of the ESC") took place on 9 May 2020 at 21:00CEST and featured short clips of the following competing entries:
The final took place on 14 May 2020 at 21:00CEST and featured the twenty-five songs that qualified from the pre-qualifying round.
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