| Fantasifestivalen 08 | |
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| (Official logo) | |
| Dates | |
| Semi-finals |
3 March 2014 7 March 2014 11 March 2014 15 March 2014 |
| Second chance | 19 March 2014 |
| Final | 23 March 2014 |
| Host | |
| Venue |
Friends Arena Stockholm, Sweden |
| Presenter(s) |
Marie Serneholt Rickard Olsson |
| Broadcaster | SVT |
| Voting | |
| Entries | 32 |
| System |
50% Jury, 50% SMS and telephone voting in the final. 100% SMS and telephone voting in the heats and Second Chance round. |
| Winner |
Ulrika "Animal" |
| Fantasifestivalen | |
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Fantasifestivalen 08 was the eighth edition of the Swedish music competition Fantasifestivalen, that selected Sweden's entry for the North Vision Song Contest 8. Ulrika has emerged as the winner with her song "Animal".
The format of the competition consisted of six shows: four semi-final rounds, a second chance round and a final. The 32 competing entries were divided into four semi-finals, with eight compositions in each. From each semifinal, the songs that earned first and second place qualified directly to the final, while the songs that place third and fourth proceeded to the Second Chance round. The bottom four songs in each semifinal were eliminated from the competition. An additional two entries qualified from the Second Chance round to the final, bringing the total number of competing entries in the final to 10. All six shows were hosted by Marie Serneholt and Rickard Olsson.
Format[]
Fantasifestivalen 08, organised by Sveriges Television (SVT), was the eighth edition of the contest in which the competition took place in different cities across Sweden. The four semi-finals were held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg (3 March 2014), the ABB Arena Nord in Västerås (7 March 2014), the Saab Arena in Linköping (11 March 2014) and the Telenor Arena in Karlskrona (15 March 2014). The Second Chance round took place at the Arena Arctica in Kiruna (19 March 2014) while the final was held at the Friends Arena in Stockholm (23 March 2014). Thirty-two entries competed in the semi-finals, with eight entries taking part in each show. The top two entries from each semi-final advanced directly to the final, while the third and fourth placed entries advanced to the Second Chance round. The bottom four entries in each semi-final were eliminated. An additional two entries qualified to the final through duels from the Second Chance round, bringing the total number of competing entries in the final to ten.
| Competition Schedule | |||||
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| Show | Date | City | Venue | Hosts | |
| Semi-final 1 | 3 March 2014 | Gothenburg | Scandinavium | Marie Serneholt & Rickard Olsson | |
| Semi-final 2 | 7 March 2014 | Västerås | ABB Arena Nord | ||
| Semi-final 3 | 11 March 2014 | Linköping | Saab Arena | ||
| Semi-final 4 | 15 March 2014 | Karlskrona | Telenor Arena | ||
| Second Chance Round | 19 March 2014 | Kiruna | Arena Arctica | ||
| Final | 23 March 2014 | Stockholm | Friends Arena | ||
Presenters[]
At a press conference, former entrant Marie Serneholt and Rickard Olsson were presented as the main hosts for all six shows of Fantasifestivalen 08.
Competing entries[]
| Artist | Song (English Translation) | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Adiam Dymott | "Pizza" | Adiam Dymott, Daniel Alexander, Thomas Rusiak |
| Alex Saidac | "Number Painting" | Alex Saidac, Karl-Ola S. Kjellholm, Oscar Holter |
| Amanda Mair | "Sense" | Johan Angergård |
| Anna Sahlene | "Jamie" | Emanuel Olsson, Anna Sahlene |
| Beldina | "Here We Go" | Beldina Malaika, Ali Payami |
| Cameron Cartio | "Leyli" | Alex Papaconstantinou, Cameron Cartio, Marcus Englof |
| Crash feat. Pixy J | "I'm Alive" | Ari LeTennen, Jordan Brawner, Maureen Doucette, Sandro Cajander |
| Da Buzz | "Got this Feeling" | Annika Thörnquist, Per Lidén |
| Dada Life | "Feed the Dada" | Anton Hård af Segerstad, Niclas Lundin, Olle Cornéer, Stefan Engblom |
| Darin | "That Love" | Carlos Battey, Darin Zanyar, Luke Madden, Niklas Bergwall, Steven Battey, Victoria Horn |
| Edda Magnason | "Jona" | Edda Magnason |
| Erik Linder & Hanne Sørvaag | "Så länge hjärtat slår" (As long as the heart beats) | Dan Sundquist, Hanne Sørvaag, Måns Zelmerlöw, Nicklas Eklund |
| Günther | "I'm Not Justin Bieber Bitch" | Mats Söderlund, Petter Tillberg |
| If You Say So | "Paint Me" | Linnea Södahl, Patrik Lorentzon |
| Jack Moy & Glöden | "Hold Your Head Up" | Jack Moy, Sebastian Söderström, Zebastian Mattsson |
| Jasmine Kara | "Fire" | Jasmine Kara, Johan "Jones" Wetterberg, Michel Zitron |
| Jay-Jay Johanson | "Mr Fredrikson" | Jay-Jay Johanson |
| Johan Palm | "Danger Danger" | Ashley Hicklin, Johan Palm, Lina Eriksson, Mårten Eriksson |
| Joni | "Chain You" | Jerry Sillah, Johanna Toth |
| Kristoffer Rahbek | "Junkie for Love" | Anders Lystell, Christian Holmström, Jörgen Elofsson, Marcus Lidén |
| Majestee of Sweden | "Supergirl" | Mattias Larsson, Robin Fredriksson |
| Marlene | "Bon Voyage" (Have a nice trip!) | Josefina Nilsson, Marlene Strand, Quentin Lepoutre, Tanguy Destables |
| Ms Trez | "Sweet Liar" | Adam Robinson, Thomas Karlsson |
| Name The Pet | "Get on the Bus" | David Ekenbäck, Hanna Brandén |
| Nanne Grönvall | "Otacksamhet" (Ingratitude) | Marie Rein, Paul Rein, Peter Grönvall |
| Nicole Sabouné | "Win this Life" | Nicklas Stenemo, Nicole Sabouné |
| Niki & The Dove | "The Fox" | Elof Loelv, Gustaf Karlöf, Malin Dahlström |
| Orup & Lena Philipsson | "Bara en polis" (Just a cop) | Peter Mansson, Thomas Eriksson |
| Panetoz | "Vissla med mig" (Whistle with me) | Anders Lundström, Johan Hirvi, Nebeyu Baheru, Njol Ismail Badjie, Pa Moudou Badjie, Patrik Norman |
| Sahara Hotnights | "Cheek to Cheek" | Björn Yttling, Jennie Asplund, Johanna Asplund, Josephine Forsman, Maria Andersson |
| Tove Lo | "Out of Mind" | Alx Reuterskiöld, Ebba Nilsson |
| Ulrika | "Animal" | Ulrika Lindström Chahwala, Nick Chahwala |
Foreigner Final[]
On 24 February 2014, it was announced, that a foreigner final would not be held. Instead, SVT picked the foreign act internally from 368 received foreign submissions.
Semi-finals[]
Semi-final 1[]
The first semi-final took place on 3 March 2014 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, hosted by Marie Serneholt and Rickard Olsson.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Votes | Place | Result | ||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | |||||
| 1 | Beldina | "Here We Go" | 117,271 | — | 117,271 | 6 | Out |
| 2 | Name The Pet | "Get on the Bus" | 96,653 | — | 96,653 | 7 | Out |
| 3 | Jay-Jay Johanson | "Mr Fredrikson" | 93,770 | — | 93,770 | 8 | Out |
| 4 | Panetoz | "Vissla med mig" | 166,834 | 147,201 | 314,035 | 3 | Second Chance |
| 5 | Anna Sahlene | "Jamie" | 134,488 | 108,237 | 242,725 | 4 | Second Chance |
| 6 | Adiam Dymott | "Pizza" | 129,915 | 75,520 | 205,435 | 5 | Out |
| 7 | Da Buzz | "Got this Feeling" | 174,423 | 142,787 | 317,210 | 2 | Final |
| 8 | Tove Lo | "Out of Mind" | 191,654 | 166,399 | 358,053 | 1 | Final |
Semi-final 2[]
The first semi-final took place on 7 March 2014 at the ABB Arena Nord in Västerås, hosted by Marie Serneholt and Rickard Olsson.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Votes | Place | Result | ||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | |||||
| 1 | Ulrika | "Animal" | 136,711 | 116,416 | 253,127 | 1 | Final |
| 2 | Jack Moy & Glöden | "Hold Your Head Up" | 88,342 | — | 88,342 | 8 | Out |
| 3 | Crash feat. Pixy J | "I'm Alive" | 91,752 | — | 91,752 | 6 | Out |
| 4 | Joni | "Chain You" | 94,667 | 45,059 | 139,726 | 5 | Out |
| 5 | Cameron Cartio | "Leyli" | 124,468 | 87,422 | 211,890 | 2 | Final |
| 6 | Niki & The Dove | "The Fox" | 89,987 | — | 89,987 | 7 | Out |
| 7 | Orup & Lena Philipsson | "Bara en polis" | 107,532 | 53,582 | 161,114 | 4 | Second Chance |
| 8 | Darin | "That Love" | 96,224 | 76,804 | 173,028 | 3 | Second Chance |
Semi-final 3[]
The first semi-final took place on 11 March 2014 at the Saab Arena in Linköping, hosted by Marie Serneholt and Rickard Olsson.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Votes | Place | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | |||||
| 1 | Dada Life | "Feed the Dada" | 132,705 | 98,632 | 231,337 | 3 | Second Chance |
| 2 | Jasmine Kara | "Fire" | 121,647 | — | 121,647 | 6 | Out |
| 3 | Edda Magnason | "Jona" | 97,003 | — | 97,003 | 8 | Out |
| 4 | Johan Palm | "Danger Danger" | 110,158 | — | 110,158 | 7 | Out |
| 5 | Ms Trez | "Sweet Liar" | 152,469 | 112,440 | 264,909 | 1 | Final |
| 6 | Majestee of Sweden | "Supergirl" | 127,744 | 68,361 | 196,105 | 5 | Out |
| 7 | If You Say So | "Paint Me" | 123,253 | 81,445 | 204,698 | 4 | Second Chance |
| 8 | Nanne Grönvall | "Otacksamhet" | 128,861 | 105,323 | 234,184 | 2 | Final |
Semi-final 4[]
The first semi-final took place on 15 March 2014 at the Telenor Arena in Karlskrona, hosted by Marie Serneholt and Rickard Olsson.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Votes | Place | Result | ||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | |||||
| 1 | Alex Saidac | "Number Painting" | 124,796 | 96,783 | 221,579 | 1 | Final |
| 2 | Sahara Hotnights | "Cheek to Cheek" | 88,218 | — | 88,218 | 8 | Out |
| 3 | Nicole Sabouné | "Win this Life" | 96,473 | 64,701 | 161,174 | 5 | Out |
| 4 | Amanda Mair | "Sense" | 117,886 | 98,216 | 216,102 | 2 | Final |
| 5 | Kristoffer Rahbek | "Junkie for Love" | 106,760 | 84,211 | 190,971 | 4 | Second Chance |
| 6 | Erik Linder & Hanne Sørvaag | "Så länge hjärtat slår" | 92,503 | — | 92,503 | 7 | Out |
| 7 | Marlene | "Bon Voyage" | 116,923 | 93,513 | 210,436 | 3 | Second Chance |
| 8 | Günther | "I'm Not Justin Bieber Bitch" | 95,337 | — | 95,337 | 6 | Out |
Second Chance Round[]
The Second Chance Round took place on 19 March 2014 at the Arena Arctica in Kiruna, hosted by Marie Serneholt and Rickard Olsson.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Votes | Place | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darin | "That Love" | 96,385 | 7 | Out |
| 2 | If You Say So | "Paint Me" | 121,372 | 4 | Duels Out |
| 3 | Kristoffer Rahbek | "Junkie for Love" | 123,411 | 2 | Duels Final |
| 4 | Anna Sahlene | "Jamie" | 89,604 | 8 | Out |
| 5 | Marlene | "Bon Voyage" | 119,943 | 6 | Out |
| 6 | Panetoz | "Vissla med mig" | 145,712 | 1 | Duels Final |
| 7 | Orup & Lena Philipsson | "Bara en polis" | 120,084 | 5 | Out |
| 8 | Dada Life | "Feed the Dada" | 122,545 | 3 | Duels Out |
Duels[]
| Duel | Draw | Artist | Song | Votes | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1 | Panetoz | "Vissla med mig" | 84,172 | Final |
| 2 | If You Say So | "Paint Me" | 66,743 | Out | |
| II | 1 | Dada Life | "Feed the Dada" | 66,362 | Out |
| 2 | Kristoffer Rahbek | "Junkie for Love" | 84,434 | Final |
Final[]
The Final of Fantasifestivalen 08 took place on 23 March 2014 at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, hosted by Marie Serneholt and Rickard Olsson. Ten songs competed — two qualifiers from each of the four preceding semi-finals and two qualifiers from the Second Chance round. A mix of televoting/SMS voting and international jury voting selected the winner.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Juries | Televote/App | Total | Place | ||
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| Votes | Percentage | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Nanne Grönvall | "Otacksamhet" | 15 | 93,287 | 8.48% | 40 | 55 | 10 |
| 2 | Amanda Mair | "Sense" | 34 | 129,179 | 11.74% | 56 | 90 | 6 |
| 3 | Panetoz | "Vissla med mig" | 44 | 95,488 | 8.68% | 41 | 85 | 8 |
| 4 | Alex Saidac | "Number Painting" | 60 | 113,305 | 10.30% | 49 | 109 | 3 |
| 5 | Da Buzz | "Got this Feeling" | 26 | 101,946 | 9.27% | 44 | 70 | 9 |
| 6 | Tove Lo | "Out of Mind" | 60 | 70,148 | 6.38% | 30 | 90 | 7 |
| 7 | Cameron Cartio | "Leyli" | 63 | 70,228 | 6.38% | 30 | 93 | 5 |
| 8 | Kristoffer Rahbek | "Junkie for Love" | 60 | 76,065 | 6.92% | 33 | 93 | 4 |
| 9 | Ms Trez | "Sweet Liar" | 40 | 210,335 | 19.12% | 90 | 130 | 2 |
| 10 | Ulrika | "Animal" | 71 | 140,019 | 12.73% | 60 | 131 | 1 |
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| 1 | "Otacksamhet" | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 15 | ||||||
| 2 | "Sense" | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 34 | |||
| 3 | "Vissla med mig" | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 44 | |||||
| 4 | "Number Painting" | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 60 | |||
| 5 | "Got this Feeling" | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | ||
| 6 | "Out of Mind" | 4 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 60 | ||
| 7 | "Leyli" | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 63 | ||
| 8 | "Junkie for Love" | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 60 | |||||
| 9 | "Sweet Liar" | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 40 | |||
| 10 | "Animal" | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 71 | ||
Jury Spokespersons[]
The spokespersons that read the jury votes were:
Poland: Odeta Moro-Figurska- Tunisia: Zaher Zorgati
- Iceland: Robbie Rotten
- Portugal: Catarina Pereira
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Maja Marković
- Malta: Daniel Testa
- Liechtenstein: Claudia Schanza
- Norway: Erik Solbakken
- France: Lorent Idir
- Azerbaijan: Safura
- Sweden: Malena Ernman
Poland: Odeta Moro-Figurska
Tunisia: 
Iceland: 
Portugal: 
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 
Malta: 
Liechtenstein: Claudia Schanza
Norway: 
France: 
Azerbaijan: 
Sweden: