Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Lilla Melodifestivalen 2005
Selection date(s)	7 October 2005
Selected entrant	M+
Selected song	"Gränslös kärlek"
Finals performance
Final result	15th, 22 points
Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Hasselt, Belgium by M+ with "Gränslös kärlek". The duo of Maria Chabo and Maria Josefson were the winner of Lilla Melodifestivalen 2005, used to select the Swedish entry for the contest.

Lilla Melodifestivalen 2005

Organised by Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), Lilla Melodifestivalen 2005 was the national selection used to select the Swedish entry to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005. After much deliberation by SVT on what date to host the show, it was finally decided to host it on Friday 7 October.^[1]

The show was hosted by singer Nanne Grönvall and comedian Shan Atci. The votes of five jury regions and televoting selected the winner from the ten competing songs selected from the 1400 songs submitted to SVT to compete.^[2]

Draw	Artist	Song	Translation	Jury	Televote	Points	Place
1	LaLi	"Du får ta mitt hjärta"	You may take my heart	28	10	38	7
2	Ana	"Dansa är OK"	Dancing is OK	16	60	76	2
3	Alex and Wiliam	"Vill du bli min tjej?"	Do you want to be my girlfriend?	12	10	22	9
4	Julia	"Jag vill inte förklara"	I don't want to explain	46	30	76	3
5	My	"Mamma förlåt"	I'm sorry, mum	20	20	40	5
6	Lu.Ke	"Hela världen snurrar"	The whole world is spinning	24	40	64	4
7	Nathalie	"Utan dig"	Without you	28	10	38	7
8	Ida and Jessie	"Coola brudar"	Cool chicks	16	10	26	8
9	Ludde	"Håkan kråkan"	Håkan the crow	12	10	22	9
10	M+	"Gränslös kärlek"	Love without limitations	48	50	98	1

At Junior Eurovision

On the night of the contest, held in Hasselt in Belgium, M+ performed 6th in the running order of the contest, following United Kingdom and preceding Russia. At the close of the voting "Gränslös kärlek" received 22 points, placing 15th of the 16 competing entries.

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
		Denmark
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
			Norway

Points awarded by Sweden

12 points	Norway
10 points	Denmark
8 points	Spain
7 points	Netherlands
6 points	Belarus
5 points	Greece
4 points	Romania
3 points	Croatia
2 points	Latvia
1 point	Macedonia

External links

Lilla Melodifestivalen 2005 Sveriges Television

References

↑ Borodin, Alexander (2005-08-22). "Sweden: Junior selection on 7th October". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
↑ Medinika, Aija (2005-10-07). "Sweden: Group M+ to Hasselt". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-10.

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[1] Borodin, Alexander (2005-08-22). "Sweden: Junior selection on 7th October". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-10.

[2] Medinika, Aija (2005-10-07). "Sweden: Group M+ to Hasselt". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-10.