| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) | |||
| Country |  Sweden | |||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 2014 | |||
| Selection date | 8 March 2014 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Undo" | |||
| Artist | Sanna Nielsen | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (2nd, 131 points) | |||
| Final result | 3rd, 218 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Sweden was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Undo", written byFredrik Kempe,David Kreuger, and Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah, and performed bySanna Nielsen. The Swedish participating broadcaster,Sveriges Television (SVT), organised the national finalMelodifestivalen 2014 in order to select its entry for the contest. After a six-week-long competition consisting of four heats, a Second Chance round and a final, "Undo" performed by Sanna Nielsen emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from eleven international jury groups and a public vote.
Sweden was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 6 May 2014. Performing during the show in position 4, "Undo" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 10 May. It was later revealed that Sweden placed second out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final with 131 points. In the final, Sweden performed in position 13 and placed third out of the 26 participating countries with 218 points.
Prior to the 2014 contest,Sveriges Radio (SR) until 1979, andSveriges Television (SVT) since 1980, had participated in theEurovision Song Contest representing Sweden fifty-three times since SR's first entry in1958.[1] Sweden had won the contest on five occasions: in1974 with the song "Waterloo" performed byABBA, in1984 with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" performed byHerreys, in1991 with the song "Fångad av en stormvind" performed byCarola, in1999 with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven" performed byCharlotte Nilsson, and in2012 with the song "Euphoria" performed byLoreen. Following theintroduction of semi-finals for the2004, Sweden's entries, to this point, have featured in every final except for2010 when the nation failed to qualify. In2013, Sweden placed fourteenth in the contest with the song "You" performed byRobin Stjernberg.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, SVT organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Since 1959, SR first and SVT later have organised the annual competitionMelodifestivalen in order to select their entries for the contest.
Melodifestivalen 2014 was the Swedish music competition that selected Sweden's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. 32 competed in a six-week-long process which consisted of four heats on 1, 8, 15 and 22 February 2014, a second chance round on 1 March 2014, and a final on 8 March 2014.[2] The six shows were hosted byNour El-Refai andAnders Jansson.[3] Eight songs competed in each heat—the top two qualified directly to the final, while the third and fourth placed songs qualified to the second chance round. The bottom four songs in each heat were eliminated from the competition. An additional two songs qualified to the final from the second chance round. The results in the heats and second chance round were determined exclusively by public televoting, while the overall winner of the competition was selected in the final through the combination of a public vote and the votes from eleven international jury groups. Among the competing artists were former Eurovision Song Contest contestantsHelena Paparizou who representedGreece in 2001 as part of the duoAntique as well as in2005 which she won,Martin Stenmarck who representedSweden in 2005,Andreas Lundstedt (participating as a member ofAlcazar) who representedSwitzerland in 2006 and Sylvester Schlegel who representedSweden in 2007 as part of the groupThe Ark.
The final was held on 8 March 2014 at theFriends Arena inStockholm. Ten songs competed—two qualifiers from each of the four preceding heats and two qualifiers from the Second Chance round. The combination of points from a viewer vote and eleven international jury groups determined the winner. The viewers and the juries each had a total of 473 points to award. The nations that comprised the international jury were Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain and The United Kingdom. "Undo" performed bySanna Nielsen was selected as the winner with 212 points.[9]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Juries | Televote | Total | Place |
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| 1 | Anton Ewald | "Natural" | 4 | 14 | 18 | 10 |
| 2 | Ellen Benediktson | "Songbird" | 31 | 30 | 61 | 7 |
| 3 | Alcazar | "Blame It on the Disco" | 62 | 48 | 110 | 3 |
| 4 | Oscar Zia | "Yes We Can" | 32 | 21 | 53 | 8 |
| 5 | Linus Svenning | "Bröder" | 46 | 37 | 83 | 5 |
| 6 | Helena Paparizou | "Survivor" | 57 | 27 | 84 | 4 |
| 7 | Yohio | "To the End" | 39 | 43 | 82 | 6 |
| 8 | Sanna Nielsen | "Undo" | 90 | 122 | 212 | 1 |
| 9 | Panetoz | "Efter solsken" | 15 | 18 | 33 | 9 |
| 10 | Ace Wilder | "Busy Doin' Nothin'" | 97 | 113 | 210 | 2 |
To ensure fair ticket distribution in the Nordic region for the semi-finals, the Eurovision Reference Group, at the request by the host broadcaster for the 2014 contestDR, held a draw at theEuropean Broadcasting Union headquarters inGeneva in November 2013 where Sweden was drawn to compete in the first semi-final on 6 May 2014.[10] During the semi-final allocation draw on 20 January 2014 at theCopenhagen City Hall, Sweden was drawn to compete in the first half of the first semi-final.[11] In the first semi-final, the producers of the show decided that Sweden would perform 4th, followingEstonia and precedingIceland.[12] Sweden qualified from first semi-final and competed in the final on 10 May 2014.[13] During the winner's press conference for the first semi-final qualifiers, Sweden was allocated to compete in the first half of the final.[14] In the final, the producers of the show decided that Sweden would perform 13th, followingGermany and precedingFrance.[15] Sweden placed 3rd in the final, scoring 218 points.[16]
On stage, Sanna Nielsen was joined by five backing vocalists: Britta Bergström, Jeanette Ohlsson, Thérèse Löf Amberg, Dea Norberg and Jessica Marberger.[17][better source needed] The Swedish performance focused on Sanna alone on stage surrounded by lights which eventually shone on a large glitter ball on the ceiling.[18]
In Sweden, both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast onSVT1 with commentary byMalin Olsson andEdward af Sillén.[19] The shows were also broadcast via radio onSveriges Radio P4 with commentary by Carolina Norén and Ronnie Ritterland.[20] The Swedish spokespersons revealing the result of the Swedish vote in the final wasAlcazar.[21]
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The following members comprised the Swedish jury:[24]
| Draw | Country | M. Cederberg | R. Sehlberg | O. Zia | S. Jean-Baptiste | E. Flemström | Jury Rank | Televote Rank | Combined Rank | Points |
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| 01 |  Armenia | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 02 |  Latvia | 12 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| 03 |  Estonia | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| 04 | Sweden | |||||||||
| 05 |  Iceland | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 06 |  Albania | 13 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 13 | |
| 07 |  Russia | 8 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 |
| 08 |  Azerbaijan | 15 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | |
| 09 |  Ukraine | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 |  Belgium | 3 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 14 | |
| 11 |  Moldova | 7 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 15 | |
| 12 |  San Marino | 14 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 12 | |
| 13 |  Portugal | 10 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| 14 |  Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 15 |  Montenegro | 9 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 16 |  Hungary | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| Draw | Country | M. Cederberg | R. Sehlberg | O. Zia | S. Jean-Baptiste | E. Flemström | Jury Rank | Televote Rank | Combined Rank | Points |
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| 01 | Ukraine | 11 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 12 | |
| 02 |  Belarus | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 23 | |
| 03 | Azerbaijan | 24 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 25 | 24 | |
| 04 | Iceland | 6 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 05 |  Norway | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| 06 |  Romania | 18 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 14 | |
| 07 | Armenia | 20 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 08 | Montenegro | 14 | 13 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | |
| 09 |  Poland | 4 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| 10 |  Greece | 9 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | |
| 11 |  Austria | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 |  Germany | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 16 | |
| 13 | Sweden | |||||||||
| 14 |  France | 7 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| 15 | Russia | 13 | 7 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 17 | |
| 16 |  Italy | 15 | 24 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 21 | |
| 17 |  Slovenia | 10 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 25 | |
| 18 |  Finland | 12 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 19 |  Spain | 19 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 18 | |
| 20 |  Switzerland | 21 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 19 | |
| 21 | Hungary | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| 22 |  Malta | 25 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 11 | |
| 23 |  Denmark | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 24 | Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 25 | San Marino | 23 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 22 | |
| 26 |  United Kingdom | 22 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 15 |
