This morning saw Heat 5 of Sweden’s Eurovision national selection show ‘Melodifestivalen’ take place at Husqvarna Garden, Jönköping.
Six acts competed but only three could remain in the competition by the end of the Heat.
Saga Ludvigsson and Scarlet finished in the top two positions and move directly through to the Grand Final.
Arwin finished in third place and won the chance to compete again in the final qualification that was held after tonight's show.
Vilhelm Buchaus, Arvingarna and Victoria Silvstedt were all eliminated from the competition.
Results wrap up
Direct to final
Saga Ludvigsson – Hate You So Much
Scarlet – Sweet n' Psycho
Final Qualification
Arwin – This Dream of Mine
Eliminated
Vilhelm Buchaus – I'm Yours
Arvingarna – Ring Baby Ring
Victoria Silvstedt – Love It!
Final Qualification
At the end of tonight's heat, a final qualification round took place consisting of the third placed songs from each of the five heats.
These songs were -
Meira Omar – Hush Hush
Kaliffa – Salute
Dolly Style – Yihaa
Ella Tiritiello – Bara du är där
Arwin – This Dream of Mine
Of the five songs that finished third in each heat, Dolly Style were revealed as the act with the highest number of votes and moved directly through to the final.
The voting lines then opened up for the remaining four songs, with the results from the heats contributing to the new round of voting.
Meira Omar was the artist that received the most votes from this process and she will take the last remaining place in next week's Grand Final.
Grand Finalists
We now have our 12 finalists for next week's Grand Final!
Our finalists are -
John Lundvik – Voice of the Silent
Maja Ivarsson – Kamikaze Life
Erik Segerstedt – Show Me What Love Is
Klara Hammarström – On and On and On
Greczula – Believe Me
Annika Wickihalder – Life Again
Måns Zelmerlöw – Revolution
KAJ – Bara bada bastu
Saga Ludvigsson – Hate You So Much
Scarlet – Sweet n' Psycho
Dolly Style – Yihaa
Meira Omar – Hush Hush
You can watch all performances on the Swedish broadcaster's SVT Play https://www.svtplay.se/
The Grand Final of Melodifestivalen takes place next Saturday 8th March.
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