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Melodifestivalen 2014
Dates and venues
Heat 1	1 February 2014
Heat 2	8 February 2014
Heat 3	15 February 2014
Heat 4	22 February 2014
Second chance	1 March 2014
Final	8 March 2014 Friends Arena, Solna
Production
Broadcaster	Sveriges Television (SVT)
Director	Daniel Jelinek Robin Hofwander
Presenters	Nour El-Refai Anders Jansson
Participants
Number of entries	32: 8 in each heat; 10 in the final (2 from each heat, 2 from the Second Chance round)
Vote
Winning song	"Undo" bySanna Nielsen
2013 ← Melodifestivalen →2015 Event page at mellopedia.svt.se

Melodifestivalen 2014 was the Swedish music competition which selectedSweden's 54th entry for theEurovision Song Contest 2014.Sanna Nielsen won the competition with the song "Undo". This was one of the closest results in Melodifestivalen history, as Nielsen beat her nearest rival,Ace Wilder, by only two points.

For the thirteenth consecutive year, the competition consisted of four heats, a "Second Chance" round, and a final. A total of 32 entries were divided into four heats, with eight compositions in each. From each semifinal, the songs that won first and second place went directly to the final, while the songs that placed third and fourth proceeded to the Second Chance heat. The bottom four songs in each semifinal were eliminated from the competition. As in 2013, half of the competing entries were chosen by a selection panel from the received submissions, while the other half was selected through an invitation process by SVT. A new rule for the 2014 competition stipulated that at least 20% of the selected entries were to be written by female composers/lyricists in a full or partial capacity.^[1]

Melodifestivalen 2014 was the thirteenth consecutive year in which the competition took place in different cities across Sweden. The four semifinals were held inMalmö (1 February),Linköping (8 February),Gothenburg (15 February) andÖrnsköldsvik (22 February). The Second Chance round was held inLidköping on 1 March, while the final inSolna was held on 8 March.^[2] Starting order is set.^[3]

The Andra Chansen (Second Chance) round was held on 1 March inSparbanken Lidköping Arena,Lidköping.

The final of Melodifestivalen 2014 took place on 8 March 2014 at theFriends Arena inSolna. The 10 songs that qualified for the finals had either accomplished being the top two in their respective semifinal, or qualified from the Second Chance round.

Detailed International Jury Votes

R/O	Song	Denmark	Estonia	France	Germany	Israel	Italy	Malta	Netherlands	Russia	Spain	United Kingdom	Total
1	"Natural"					1		2			1		4
2	"Songbird"		4	1	4		6		10	2	2	2	31
3	"Blame It on the Disco"			12	8	8	10	6	6			12	62
4	"Yes We Can"	1			1		4	8		4	6	8	32
5	"Bröder"	2	12	6	12	2			1	10		1	46
6	"Survivor"	8	2	4	6	6	2	12	2	1	10	4	57
7	"To the End"	10	8	2		4	1	4		6	4		39
8	"Undo"	6	6	10	10	10	8	10	4	8	12	6	90
9	"Efter solsken"	4	1		2				8				15
10	"Busy Doin' Nothin'"	12	10	8		12	12	1	12	12	8	10	97

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