Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2017 full voting breakdown revealed

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As the Swedish selection is now over, the local broadcaster SVT has revealed the full voting figures of the six Melodifestivalen 2017 shows. 

The breakdown reveals the votes given during the semifinals, the second chance round and the grand final.

During the semifinals, the top 5 advanced to a second round of voting. After the final results were known, the top two qualified directly to the final while places 3 and 4 went on to the second chance round.

SEMIFINAL 1

No significant changes were made between the first and second rounds of voting. Nano got the highest amount of votes in the semifinal stage.

Round 1 Round 2 Total %
1 NanoHold on 1056413 122263 1178676 20.71
2 Ace WilderWild child 981435 84811 1066246 18.74
3 Boris RenéHer kiss 895618 89512 985130 17.31
4 De Vet DuRoad trip 870399 48384 918783 16.15
5 Dinah NahOne more night 693220 42010 735230 12.92
6 AdrijanaAmare 407097 407097 7.15
7 Charlotte PerrelliMitt liv 399536 399536 7.02

SEMIFINAL 2

After the first round of voting, it would’ve been Mariette and Lisa Ajax to go to the final with Benjamin Ingrosso and Roger Pontare to the andra chansen.

Round 1 Round 2 Total %
1 MarietteA million years 997489 93211 1090700 20.25
2 Benjamin IngrossoGood lovin’ 966140 93588 1059728 19.68
3 Lisa AjaxI don’t give a 969355 67178 1036533 19.25
4 DismissedHearts align 668878 76880 745758 13.85
5 Roger PontareHimmel och hav 681661 61404 743065 13.80
6 EtziaUp 363025 363025 6.74
7 AllyawanVart har du vart 346299 346299 6.43

SEMIFINAL 3

After the first round of voting, it would’ve been Robin Bengtsson and FO&O to go to the final with Owe Thörnqvist and Anton Hagman to the andra chansen. A record of 158,074 votes for Owe in the second round has secured his place in the grand final, in favour of FO&O.

Round 1 Round 2 Total %
1 Robin BengtssonI can’t go on 945977 85502 1031479 17.99
2 Owe ThörnqvistBoogieman blues 803452 158074 961526 16.77
3 FO&OGotta thing about you 825454 87576 913030 15.92
4 Anton HagmanKiss you goodbye 811844 68796 880640 15.36
5 Bella & FilippaCrucified 783759 83582 867341 15.13
6 Jasmine KaraGravity 672565 672565 11.73
7 Krista SiegfridsSnurra min jord 407769 407769 7.11

SEMIFINAL 4

After the first round of voting, it would’ve been Alice to go to the Andra Chansen round instead of Axel Schylström. Wiktoria got the biggest percentage of votes in a semifinal.

Round 1 Round 2 Total %
1 WiktoriaAs I lay me down 987935 84445 1072380 21.73
2 Jon Henrik Fjällgren & AniniaEn värld full av strider 815030 101324 916354 18.57
3 LoreenStatements 768421 104230 872651 17.68
4 Axel SchylströmNär ingen ser 671044 59683 730727 14.81
5 AliceRunning with lions 673153 49243 722396 14.64
6 Les GordonsBound to fall 400845 400845 8.12
7 Sara Varga & Juha MulariDu får inte ändra på mig 219558 219558 4.45

ANDRA CHANSEN (SECOND CHANCE)

The songs placed 3rd and 4th in each semifinal have qualified to this round, and were allocated in duels. The winner of each duel went on to the final. It is notable that Lisa Ajax has qualified to the final by a difference of 0.3%.

Votes %
D1 FO&OGotta thing about you 970831 53.02
D1 De Vet DuRoad trip 860182 46.98
D2 Axel SchylströmNär ingen ser 926610 49.85
D2 Lisa AjaxI don’t give a 932362 50.15
D3 Boris RenéHer kiss 1061289 63.61
D3 DismissedHearts align 607015 36.39
D4 Anton HagmanKiss you goodbye 975547 52.30
D4 LoreenStatements 889873 47.70

FINAL

Half of the votes in the final were given by 11 international juries (473 points in total), and the other half was provided by tele-, SMS- and app-voting (additional 473 points in total).

Televotes Points Jury Total
1 Robin BengtssonI can’t go on 1435963 50 96 146
2 NanoHold on 1627843 57 76 133
3 Jon Henrik Fjällgren & AniniaEn värld full av strider 1395012 49 56 105
4 MarietteA million years 1068531 37 62 99
5 Benjamin IngrossoGood lovin’ 961104 33 54 87
6 WiktoriaAs I lay me down 1474526 51 29 80
7 Ace WilderWild child 920421 32 35 67
8 Boris RenéHer kiss 904646 31 35 66
9 Lisa AjaxI don’t give a 847353 30 16 46
10 Anton HagmanKiss you goodbye 1058232 37 6 43
11 FO&OGotta thing about you 962987 34 7 41
12 Owe ThörnqvistBoogieman blues 910160 32 1 33

It is the first time that a song being placed 3rd at the televoting wins the final, thanks to a margin of 20 points between Robin and Nano in the jury vote.

It is notable that using the application, which allows one to give a maximum of 5 votes for each of the participating entries, has caused the final televoting results to be insignificant, with eight songs receiving around 30 points with four receiving around 50. The voting system is expected to slightly change next year in order to prevent such a thing to happen again.

Robin Bengtsson, who won the final of Melodifestivalen 2017, will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.