Melodifestivalen 2007 was the 47th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 3 February and 10 March 2007. The winner of the competition was the band The Ark with the song "The Worrying Kind", who represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, where they came eighteenth with 51 points.

Format

The heats for Melodifestivalen 2007 began on 3 February 2007. Ten songs from these heats qualified for the final on 10 March 2007.

Second chance round changes

On 15 August 2006, SVT announced that the second chance round, which had by then taken place on the Sunday after the last heat, would be turned into a full Saturday night show. That meant that Melodifestivalen 2007 would become a six-week competition, rather than the five-week event it had been the previous years. As well as turning the second chance round into a main show in an arena, the voting for it was also changed. A knock-out system was introduced where each of the eight artists were split into four duels, and the voters voted for their favorite in each one. The four winners went through to a second round, where they were paired off again, and the winners of each duel went through to the final.

Wildcards

Starting in 2004, four out of the 32 participants were selected directly by the contest's producers, in order to increase musical and artistic breadth. Each artist, called "wildcard", participated in a different heat. The wildcards in 2007 were the following:

Competing entries

Contest overview

Heat 1

The first heat took place on 3 February 2007 at the Kinnarps Arena in Jönköping. 2,989,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 379,212 votes were cast, with a total of SEK1,086,555 collected for Radiohjälpen.

Heat 2

The second heat took place on 10 February 2007 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg. 3,211,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 508,716 votes were cast, with a total of SEK1,336,344 collected for Radiohjälpen.

Heat 3

The third heat took place on 17 February 2007 at the Swedbank Arena in Örnsköldsvik. 3,177,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 623,321 votes were cast, with a total of SEK1,399,219 collected for Radiohjälpen.

Heat 4

The fourth heat took place on 24 February 2007 at the Läkerol Arena in Gävle. 3,146,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 648,319 votes were cast, with a total of SEK1,584,630 collected for Radiohjälpen.

Second chance

The second chance round took place on 3 March 2007 at the Rosvalla Eventcenter in Nyköping. 3,038,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 1,073,000 votes were cast.

Final

The final took place on 10 March 2007 at the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm. 3,976,000 viewers watched the heat live. A total of 2,072,918 votes were cast, with a total of SEK5,117,374 collected for Radiohjälpen.

Ratings