Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 2002
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals 19 January 2002 26 January 2002 2 February 2002 9 February 2002 Second Chance 22 February 2002 Final 1 March 2002
Selected entrant	Afro-dite
Selected song	"Never Let It Go"
Finals performance
Final result	8th, 72 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2001 • 2002 • 2003►

Sweden's pre-selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2002, Melodifestivalen 2002 was held on March 1, 2002 at Globen in Stockholm. However, there had for the first time been four semifinals around the country in various ice hockey arenas. A second chance heat had also been held. In total, 32 songs competed this year, compared to 10 the previous years. For the first time, songs could be sung in a language other than Swedish. Hosted by Kristin Kaspersen and Claes Åkesson, the final was won by Afro-dite after the disco group won both the televoting and jury voting. The song they performed was written by Marcos Ubeda and called "Never let it go".

At the contest Afro-dite were drawn to sing in 12th position, just before the interval. They eventually finished in 8th position (out of 24) with 72 points, receiving a maximum 12 points from Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The representative for the home country, Estonia, Sahlene, was Swedish. She finished 3rd, and got 12 points from Sweden.

Melodifestivalen 2002 - Final

For the results of the semi-finals and second-chance round, see Melodifestivalen 2002.

At Eurovision

Points awarded by Sweden

12 points	Estonia
10 points	Finland
8 points	France
7 points	Spain
6 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
5 points	Latvia
4 points	Malta
3 points	Belgium
2 points	United Kingdom
1 point	Cyprus

Points awarded to Sweden

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Denmark  Lithuania	Estonia	Finland  Slovenia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Austria  Latvia  Turkey	Israel		Belgium  Greece  United Kingdom