Right at the right time? Cornelia Jakobs wins in Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Sweden has decided! Cornelia Jakobs has won ‘Melodifestivalen’ 2022 and will fly the Swedish flag at the Eurovision Song Contest in May with the song ‘Hold Me Closer’.
๐บ See: Cornelia Jakobs – Keep me closer
After a 6-week run of live shows, Sweden Melodifestivalen finally came to its glittering conclusion on Saturday night. A 12-song final was broadcast for 2 hours by SVT, with a tense voice that decided the winner.
The scoring was done through both a public vote and an international jury vote. Melodifestivalen has long used the influence of an international jury to help choose the right song to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest. In the final 2022, international juries from Spain, Israel, Ireland, the Netherlands, Italy, Finland, Australia and the Czech Republic were on hand to help Sweden do what they hope was the best choice. Both the public vote and the international jury’s vote accounted for 50% of the total result.
In the end, it was Cornelia Jakobs who triumphed, with the song Keep me closer.
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
Sweden debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958. The country is known for having the most successful Eurovision winners ever, ABBA, which was the first of Sweden’s victories in the competition. Sweden is one of the most successful countries in the Eurovision Song Contest with 6 victories so far and comes second after Ireland’s record with 7 victories.
Sweden participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1958, but it would take them until 1974 to win the competition when ABBA took the trophy with the song. Waterloowhich became a global hit and a classic Eurovision of all time.
Since the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest were introduced in 2004, Sweden has only once failed to qualify for the grand final. In 2010, Anna Bergendahl finished 11th in the semifinals and barely missed a place in the grand final with her song This is my life. Since then, Sweden has only twice finished outside the top 10 in the grand final, 2013 and 2021.
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