XTRA Decides continues this Eurovision 2022 season. In this feature the team here at ESCXTRA rank the national final songs, giving our choice of the winner. We are ranking the songs using the Eurovision style 12-1 scoring system. We’ve now chosen Cornelia Jakobs with “Hold Me Closer” as our winner of Melodifestivalen 2022.
Our Scores
| 1 | Cornelia Jakobs – Hold Me Closer | 113 | 6 |
| 2 | LIAMOO – Bluffin | 95 | 0 |
| 3 | Klara Hammarström – Run to the Hills | 90 | 2 |
| 4 | Medina – In i dimman | 87 | 0 |
| 5 | Robin Bengtsson - Innocent Love | 64 | 2 |
| 6 | THEOZ – Som du vill | 63 | 1 |
| 7 | Cazzi Opeia – I Can’t Get Enough | 55 | 1 |
| 8 | Tone Sekelius – My Way | 54 | 0 |
| 9 | Anna Bergendahl – Higher Power | 46 | 0 |
| 10 | Anders Bagge – Bigger Than The Universe | 42 | 0 |
| 11 | Faith Kakembo – Freedom | 27 | 0 |
| 12 | John Lundvik – Änglavakt | 18 | 0 |
Reviews
Costa (12pts)
Not to be dramatic or anything but I’ll cry if this doesn’t win. Although this has been a good week of releases, there is a LOT riding on this winning Melodifestivalen. If this win, we have a very real chance of seeing Sweden secure a 7th win. I understand why people may not ‘get’ this, but what is more important is that those who get it, REALLY get the rawness, the emotion, the longing and the urgency with which Cornelia performs. I have very little faith in the Swedish public and the international juries to make a good decision, but there is an ember that remains. Don’t screw this up, Sweden.
Xtra Decides so far…
Previously on Xtra Decides:
- 🇨🇿 We Are Domi – “Lights Off”
- 🇦🇱 Ronela Hajati – “Sekret”
- 🇪🇸 Tanxugueiras – Terra
- 🇮🇱 Inbal Bibi – Marionette
- 🇲🇰 Andrea – Circles
- 🇮🇪 Brooke – That’s Rich
- 🇮🇹 La Rappresentante di Lista – Ciao Ciao
- 🇱🇻 Aminata – I’m Letting You Go
- 🇱🇹 Rūta Loop – Call Me from the Cold
- 🇪🇪 ELYSA – Fire
- 🇺🇦 Alina Pash – Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
- 🇲🇹 Nicole Azzopardi – Into the Fire
- 🇳🇴 Elsie Bay – Death Of Us
- 🇵🇱 Daria – Paranoia
- 🇸🇮 July Jones – Girls Can Do Anything
- 🇭🇷 Mia Negovetić – “Forgive Me (Oprosti)”
- 🇦🇺 Voyager – Dreamer
- 🇫🇮 BESS – Ram pam pam
- 🇷🇸 Angellina – Origami
- 🇩🇪 Felicia Lu – Anxiety
- 🇩🇰 CONF3SSIONS – Hallelujah
- 🇫🇷 SOA – Seule
- 🇷🇴 VANU – Never give up
- 🇮🇸 Katla – Þaðan af (Then Again)
- 🇵🇹 MARO – saudade, saudade
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