Tonight the third semi final of this year's Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, Melodifestivalen, took place in Linkoping. Eric Saade and The Playtones have been qualified directly for the big final to be held in Globen arena in Stockholm. Shirley's Angels and Sara Varga advanced to the second chance round.

Results

To the final:

• Eric Saade –Popular(Fredrik Kempe)
• The Playtones –The king(Fredrik Kempe, Peter Kvint)

To the second chance round :

• Shirley's Angels (Shirley Clamp) –I thought it was forever(Robin Abrahamsson, Alexander Bard, Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström)
• Sara Varga –Spring för livet(Sara Varga, Fredrik Boström)

esctoday.com poll

Our readers managed to predict the winner of the third semi final of Melodifestivalen, Eric Saade with the song Popular.Also Shirley's Angels (Shirley Clamp) and Sara Varga are included in the list. Eventhough, The Playtones seem to be the outsider of the poll, yet to proceed directly to the final, as it ended last.