It is difficult to predict the result of the second Melodifestivalen semifinal in Göteborg. There are several well-known artists that participate and the quality of the songs has increased from Jönköping. esctoday.com decided to ask the audience after today�s rehearsal in order to find out their opinion about the songs. Our exclusive poll gives The Ark a landslide victory. Surprisingly debutant Marie Lindberg received enough votes to follow the Ark on to the final in Globen. Marie also got a great reception in the hall.

Tonight,the second of thefour Melodifestivalen semifinals will take place in the Scandinavium arena in Göteborg. In order to find out which songs that stand the biggest chance of reaching the final in Stockholm, esctoday.com asked the audience about their favourite song directly after the first dress rehearsal tonight.

The clear favourite in the poll was The Ark with 53% of the votes. Their song The Worrying Kind made the crowd go wild in the arena. In second place came Marie Lindberg with 19%. If the result from our poll agrees with the voting tomorrow night Jimmy Jansson and Cosmo4 will get a new chance to qualify through “Andra chanson” (The Second Chance round) in Nyköping.

Here is the full result of the exclusive esctoday.com poll which included 170 people:

1. The Ark “The Worrying Kind”, 53%
2. Marie Lindberg “Trying To Recall”, 19%
3. Jimmy Jansson “Amanda”, 10%
4. Cosmo4 ”What´s Your Name”, 7%
5. Regina Lund “Rainbow Child”, 7%
6. Jessica Andersson “Kom”, 2%
7. Svante Thuresson & Anne-Lie Rydé “Första gången”, 1%
8. Lustans Lakejer ”Allt vi en gång trodde på”, 0%