Sweden in the North Vision Song Contest 8

North Vision Song Contest 8
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Fantasifestivalen 08
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals:; 3 April 2014; 7 April 2014; 12 April 2014; 16 April 2014; Second Chance:; 20 April 2014; Final:; 24 April 2014
Selected entrant	Ulrika
Selected song	"Animal"
Selected songwriter(s)	Bravo Ocean; Ulrika
Finals performance
Semi-final result	5th, 88 points
Final result	3rd, 163 points
Sweden in the North Vision Song Contest
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Sweden participated in the North Vision Song Contest 8 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Swedish entry was selected through Fantasifestivalen 08, a national final format that consisted of four semi-finals, a second chance round and a final, organised by Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT). Ulrika represented Sweden with the song "Animal", which came third in the final and scored 163 points.

Fantasifestivalen 08[]

Main article: Fantasifestivalen 08

Fantasifestivalen 08 was the Swedish music competition that selected Sweden's entry for the North Vision Song Contest 8. Hosted by Marie Serneholt and Rickard Olsson, 32 songs competed in a one-month-long process that consisted of four semifinals on 3, 7, 12 and 16 April 2014, a second chance round on 20 April 2014, and a final on 24 April 2014. Eight songs competed in each semifinal - the top two qualified directly to the final, while the third and fourth placed songs qualified to the second chance round. An additional two songs qualified to the final from the second chance round.

Semi-finals, Second chance[]

The first semi-final took place on 3 April 2014 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg. "Got This Feeling" performed by Da Buzz and "Out Of Mind" performed by Tove Lo qualified directly to the final, while "Vissla Med Mig" performed by Panetoz and "Jamie" performed by Anna Sahlene qualified to the second chance round.

The second semi-final took place on 7 April 2014 at the ABB Arena Nord in Västerås. "Animal" performed by Ulrika and "Leyli" performed by Cameron Cartio qualified directly to the final, while "Bara En Polis" performed by Orup featuring Lena Philipsson and "That Love" performed by Darin qualified to the second chance round.

The third semi-final took place on 12 April 2014 at the Cloetta Center in Linköping. "Sweet Liar" performed by Ms Trez and "Otacksamhet" performed by Nanne Grönvall qualified directly to the final, while "Feed The Dada" performed by Dada Life and "Paint Me" performed by If You Say So qualified to the second chance round.

The fourth semi-final took place on 16 April 2014 at the Telenor Arena in Karlskrona. "Number Painting" performed by Alex Saidac and "Sense" performed by Amanda Mair qualified directly to the final, while "Junkie For Love" performed by Kristoffer Rahbek and "Bon Voyage" performed by Marlene qualified to the second chance round.

The second chance round took place on 20 April 2014 at the Arena Arctica in Kiruna. "Junkie for Love" performed by Kristoffer Rahbek and "Vissla Med Mig" performed by Panetoz were the two qualifiers for the final.

Final[]

The final of Fantasifestivalen 08 was held on 24 April 2014 at the Globen in Stockholm. The two winners from each of the four semi-finals and the two second chance winners, creating a ten song lineup. A mix of televoting/SMS voting and international jury voting selected "Animal" performed by Ulrika as the winner.

Draw	Artist	Song (English Translation)	Composer(s)	Juries	Viewers	Total	Place
1	Nanne Grönvall	"Otacksamhet" (Ingratitude)	Marie Rein, Paul Rein	15	40	55	10
2	Amanda Mair	"Sense"	Johan Angergård	34	56	90	6
3	Panetoz	"Vissla Med Mig" (Whistle with me)	Anders Lundström	44	41	85	8
4	Alex Saidac	"Number Painting"	Karl-Ola S. Kjellholm, Alex Saidac	60	49	109	3
5	Da Buzz	"Got This Feeling"	Per Lidén, Annika Thörnquist	26	44	70	9
6	Tove Lo	"Out Of Mind"	Tove Lo, The Struts, Alx Reuterskiöld	60	30	90	7
7	Cameron Cartio	"Leyli"	Marcus Englof, Cameron Cartio	63	30	93	5
8	Kristoffer Rahbek	"Junkie For Love"	Jörgen Elofsson, Christian Holmstrom, Marcus Liden, Anders Lystell	60	33	93	4
9	Ms Trez	"Sweet Liar"	Adam Robinson, Thomas Karlsson	40	90	130	2
10	Ulrika	"Animal"	Bravo Ocean, Ulrika	71	60	131	1

At Northvision[]

In the allocation draw, Sweden was drawn to compete 12th in the second semi-final, following Lebanon and preceding Moldova. It finished 5th with 88 points and thus qualified to the final. During the running order draw, Sweden was drawn to compete seventh in the grand final, following Luxembourg and preceding Malta. Sweden came 3rd in the final, scoring 163 points.

On stage, Ulrika was joined by three backing vocalists. She performed mainly on the catwalk and the front of the stage.

In Sweden, both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast on SVT1 with commentary by the Head of Delegation Jan Simonis. The shows were also broadcast via radio on Sveriges Radio P4 with commentary by Carolina Norén and Ronnie Ritterland. The Swedish spokesperson revealing the result of the Swedish vote in the final was Kristoffer Rahbek.

Points awarded to Sweden[]

Semi-final
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	France Slovakia	Iceland Lebanon	Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Netherlands
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Ukraine	Andorra Croatia	Bulgaria Germany Italy		Moldova Russia

Final
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Portugal Slovakia	Denmark France Kazakhstan	Bosnia & Herzegovina Greece Italy Morocco Türkiye	Belgium Iceland Poland	Algeria Norway
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Germany Luxembourg Netherlands	Lebanon Ukraine	Georgia Ireland	Finland Latvia Malta	Andorra

Points awarded by Sweden[]

Semi-final 2 votes
12 points	Luxembourg
10 points	Bulgaria
8 points	Lebanon
7 points	Liechtenstein
6 points	Russia
5 points	Moldova
4 points	Iceland
3 points	Italy
2 points	Andorra
1 point	Finland

Final votes
12 points	Ukraine
10 points	Luxembourg
8 points	Greece
7 points	Norway
6 points	Russia
5 points	Denmark
4 points	Moldova
3 points	Italy
2 points	United Kingdom
1 point	Liechtenstein

Split voting results[]

The following five members comprised the Swedish jury:

Sarah Dawn Finer – singer, songwriter, actress
Gina Dirawi – television presenter, radio personality, blogger, comedian, singer
Joachim Dyfvermark – journalist
Ted Ström – musician, composer
Yohio – singer, songwriter

Split voting results from Sweden (Semi-final 2)
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
Draw	Country	S. Dawn Finer	G. Dirawi	J. Dyfvermark	T. Ström	Yohio	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Andorra	3	7	9	7	4	4	7	15
02	Luxembourg	5	4	2	8	2	2	10	3	8
03	Israel	19	18	18	17	17	19		9	2
04	Slovakia	14	8	12	14	9	12		16
05	Croatia	16	13	15	1	8	10	1	18
06	Germany	13	15	13	3	14	13		14
07	Spain	10	14	11	5	19	14		7	4
08	Algeria	12	17	17	9	18	16		19
09	Liechtenstein	2	1	1	2	1	1	12	10	1
10	Italy	1	2	5	6	10	3	8	11
11	Lebanon	7	10	7	4	6	7	4	2	10
12	Sweden
13	Moldova	11	9	4	13	7	8	3	5	6
14	Russia	8	3	6	10	5	5	6	8	3
15	Montenegro	15	12	16	16	12	15		13
16	Bulgaria	6	5	8	11	3	6	5	1	12
17	Iceland	4	6	10	19	11	9	2	4	7
18	Finland	9	11	3	18	15	11		6	5
19	Lithuania	17	16	14	15	16	17		12
20	Morocco	18	19	19	12	13	18		17

Split voting results from Sweden (Final)
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
Draw	Country	S. Dawn Finer	G. Dirawi	J. Dyfvermark	T. Ström	Yohio	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Tunisia	6	14	16	3	16	12		22
02	Moldova	13	10	4	4	7	6	5	8	3
03	Portugal	15	21	15	7	23	17		14
04	Italy	2	3	8	9	8	3	8	13
05	Ireland	17	18	19	20	12	18		20
06	Luxembourg	12	9	3	13	10	8	3	1	12
07	Sweden
08	Malta	7	15	12	17	18	14		21
09	Finland	18	17	11	24	19	19		9	2
10	Spain	22	20	22	10	24	21		19
11	Andorra	10	16	17	6	9	13		23
12	Denmark	14	7	9	19	1	9	2	5	6
13	United Kingdom	5	5	2	5	14	4	7	18
14	Netherlands	20	24	23	8	20	20		24
15	Hungary	16	12	18	21	11	15		11
16	Switzerland	24	23	20	11	21	22		16
17	Ukraine	3	2	1	1	2	1	12	2	10
18	Liechtenstein	11	11	5	14	13	11		7	4
19	Norway	4	1	7	15	5	5	6	3	8
20	Bosnia & Herzegovina	21	22	24	23	15	24		17
21	Iceland	8	8	13	18	6	10	1	10	1
22	France	23	19	21	22	17	23		12
23	Russia	9	6	10	16	4	7	4	4	7
24	Greece	1	4	6	2	3	2	10	6	5
25	Latvia	19	13	14	12	22	16		15