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| The Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 will be selected through ] contest, the 50th edition of the contest. SVT has announced new rules and changes to ] rules. | The Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 will be selected through ] contest, the 50th edition of the contest. SVT has announced new rules and changes to the ] rules. | ||
| The format for the contest will remain the same from last year's, the same format that was introduced in 2002. 32 songs will be presented over 4 semi-finals. A public televote will be held to select two songs to progress directly to the final, with the 3rd and 4th placed songs progressing to a Second Chance (''Andra Chansen'') round. The eight songs in the Second Chance round will battle in duels until two songs are left, wich also progress to the final. In the final, the votes of the public will consitute 50% of the total vote, with the remaining 50% coming from 11 juries - 6 international, and 5 Swedish.<ref name="Sweden1">{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/15994|title=Changes in Melodifestivalen 2011 announced|last=Yalcinkaya|first=Hakan|date=2010-07-09|publisher=''ESCToday''|accessdate=2010-07-10}}</ref><ref name="Sweden2">{{cite web|last=Juhas|first=Ervin|title=Sweden: Rules of Melodifestivalen 2011|url=http://escdaily.com/articles/2387|publisher=''ESCDaily''|accessdate=12 July 2010}}</ref> | The format for the contest will remain the same from last year's, the same format that was introduced in 2002. 32 songs will be presented over 4 semi-finals. A public televote will be held to select two songs to progress directly to the final, with the 3rd and 4th placed songs progressing to a Second Chance (''Andra Chansen'') round. The eight songs in the Second Chance round will battle in duels until two songs are left, wich also progress to the final. In the final, the votes of the public will consitute 50% of the total vote, with the remaining 50% coming from 11 juries - 6 international, and 5 Swedish.<ref name="Sweden1">{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/15994|title=Changes in Melodifestivalen 2011 announced|last=Yalcinkaya|first=Hakan|date=2010-07-09|publisher=''ESCToday''|accessdate=2010-07-10}}</ref><ref name="Sweden2">{{cite web|last=Juhas|first=Ervin|title=Sweden: Rules of Melodifestivalen 2011|url=http://escdaily.com/articles/2387|publisher=''ESCDaily''|accessdate=12 July 2010}}</ref> | ||
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Sweden will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 and will select their entry through the national final Melodifestivalen 2011, organised by Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT).
Melodifestivalen 2011
The Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 will be selected through Melodifestivalen contest, the 50th edition of the contest. SVT has announced new rules and changes to the Melodifestivalen 2010 rules.
The format for the contest will remain the same from last year's, the same format that was introduced in 2002. 32 songs will be presented over 4 semi-finals. A public televote will be held to select two songs to progress directly to the final, with the 3rd and 4th placed songs progressing to a Second Chance (Andra Chansen) round. The eight songs in the Second Chance round will battle in duels until two songs are left, wich also progress to the final. In the final, the votes of the public will consitute 50% of the total vote, with the remaining 50% coming from 11 juries - 6 international, and 5 Swedish.
There has been a large change in the way that the 32 songs will be selected. In 2010, 27 songs were selected by a selection panel. 4 songs were then selected by SVT in order to diversify the musical quality of the contest. One song was then selected through a "Web wildcard" competition, with members of the public allowed to submit songs onto the SVT website, with the public selecting one song through SMS voting.
For 2011, this will be changed. Only 15 songs will now be selected by the selection panel. 15 songs will then be selected by SVT, from remaining submissions made to the selection panel, or from specially invited artists and songs. The web wildcard competition will now be extended so that two songs will be selected by the public.
Other changes introduced to Melodifestivalen 2011 have been revealed by SVT. For the first time, non-Swedish songwriters will be able to enter songs into the contest, as long as there is at least one Swedish songwriter also contributing. Artists will now be able to perform instruments live during the TV broadcast.
At Eurovision
Sweden will compete in one of the two semi-finals of the contest, on 10 or 12 May.
See also
References
- ^ Yalcinkaya, Hakan (2010-07-09). "Changes in Melodifestivalen 2011 announced". ESCToday. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Juhas, Ervin. "Sweden: Rules of Melodifestivalen 2011". ESCDaily. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
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External links
- Template:Sv icon Melodifestivalen Official Site
- Template:Sv icon Melodifestivalen 2011 competition rules SVT
Template:2011 Eurovision Song Contest entries
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