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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 | Nano – Hold on | 1056413 | 122263 | 1178676 | 20.71 |
| 2 | Ace Wilder – Wild child | 981435 | 84811 | 1066246 | 18.74 |
| 3 | Boris René – Her kiss | 895618 | 89512 | 985130 | 17.31 |
| 4 | De Vet Du – Road trip | 870399 | 48384 | 918783 | 16.15 |
| 5 | Dinah Nah – One more night | 693220 | 42010 | 735230 | 12.92 |
| 6 | Adrijana – Amare | 407097 | 407097 | 7.15 | |
| 7 | Charlotte Perrelli – Mitt 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 | Mariette – A million years | 997489 | 93211 | 1090700 | 20.25 |
| 2 | Benjamin Ingrosso – Good lovin’ | 966140 | 93588 | 1059728 | 19.68 |
| 3 | Lisa Ajax – I don’t give a | 969355 | 67178 | 1036533 | 19.25 |
| 4 | Dismissed – Hearts align | 668878 | 76880 | 745758 | 13.85 |
| 5 | Roger Pontare – Himmel och hav | 681661 | 61404 | 743065 | 13.80 |
| 6 | Etzia – Up | 363025 | 363025 | 6.74 | |
| 7 | Allyawan – Vart 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 Bengtsson – I can’t go on | 945977 | 85502 | 1031479 | 17.99 |
| 2 | Owe Thörnqvist – Boogieman blues | 803452 | 158074 | 961526 | 16.77 |
| 3 | FO&O – Gotta thing about you | 825454 | 87576 | 913030 | 15.92 |
| 4 | Anton Hagman – Kiss you goodbye | 811844 | 68796 | 880640 | 15.36 |
| 5 | Bella & Filippa – Crucified | 783759 | 83582 | 867341 | 15.13 |
| 6 | Jasmine Kara – Gravity | 672565 | 672565 | 11.73 | |
| 7 | Krista Siegfrids – Snurra 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 | Wiktoria – As I lay me down | 987935 | 84445 | 1072380 | 21.73 |
| 2 | Jon Henrik Fjällgren & Aninia – En värld full av strider | 815030 | 101324 | 916354 | 18.57 |
| 3 | Loreen – Statements | 768421 | 104230 | 872651 | 17.68 |
| 4 | Axel Schylström – När ingen ser | 671044 | 59683 | 730727 | 14.81 |
| 5 | Alice – Running with lions | 673153 | 49243 | 722396 | 14.64 |
| 6 | Les Gordons – Bound to fall | 400845 | 400845 | 8.12 | |
| 7 | Sara Varga & Juha Mulari – Du 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&O – Gotta thing about you | 970831 | 53.02 |
| D1 | De Vet Du – Road trip | 860182 | 46.98 |
| D2 | Axel Schylström – När ingen ser | 926610 | 49.85 |
| D2 | Lisa Ajax – I don’t give a | 932362 | 50.15 |
| D3 | Boris René – Her kiss | 1061289 | 63.61 |
| D3 | Dismissed – Hearts align | 607015 | 36.39 |
| D4 | Anton Hagman – Kiss you goodbye | 975547 | 52.30 |
| D4 | Loreen – Statements | 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 Bengtsson – I can’t go on | 1435963 | 50 | 96 | 146 |
| 2 | Nano – Hold on | 1627843 | 57 | 76 | 133 |
| 3 | Jon Henrik Fjällgren & Aninia – En värld full av strider | 1395012 | 49 | 56 | 105 |
| 4 | Mariette – A million years | 1068531 | 37 | 62 | 99 |
| 5 | Benjamin Ingrosso – Good lovin’ | 961104 | 33 | 54 | 87 |
| 6 | Wiktoria – As I lay me down | 1474526 | 51 | 29 | 80 |
| 7 | Ace Wilder – Wild child | 920421 | 32 | 35 | 67 |
| 8 | Boris René – Her kiss | 904646 | 31 | 35 | 66 |
| 9 | Lisa Ajax – I don’t give a | 847353 | 30 | 16 | 46 |
| 10 | Anton Hagman – Kiss you goodbye | 1058232 | 37 | 6 | 43 |
| 11 | FO&O – Gotta thing about you | 962987 | 34 | 7 | 41 |
| 12 | Owe Thörnqvist – Boogieman 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.
