Melodifestivalen 2002 [SEP] start time
increase in voters. The final was watched by 3,720,000 people, with 926,318 votes cast in the final.
Semi-finals.
The semi-finals for Melodifestivalen 2002 began on 19 January 2002. Ten songs from these semi-finals qualified for the final on 1 March 2002. This was the first year that a semi-final format had been used for the competition. This was the first year that songs were permitted in languages other than Swedish, resulting in a significant number of English language songs, and two
expanded Europe participating in the Eurovision Song Contest).
This year's contest was hosted by comedian Christine Meltzer, two-time Melodifestivalen participant Måns Zelmerlöw and actor Dolph Lundgren, who together presented each of the six shows.
Melodifestivalen 2010 Final.
The final of Melodifestivalen 2010 was held on 13 March 2010 at the Globe Arena in Stockholm. Darin opened the final with his song "You're Out of My Life", and Eric Saade closed the performances with "Manboy".
Before the start of rehearsals Anna