SVT releases full results of Melodifestivalen 2018

Last Saturday, Benjamin Ingrosso won the Melodifestivalen 2018 final. Today, SVT have given us all the details of this year’s Mello results!
The full results always reveal interesting and unexpected details about how each of the entries did. Below, we will analyse each of the semifinals, the Andra Chansen round, and the final. Let’s get started!

Semifinal 1 – Karlstad

6,617,451 votes were cast throughout the show.

Interesting…

• Benjamin Ingrosso won the first semifinal, but John Lundvik wasn’t that far behind
• Renaida received the highest amount of votes from the acts that finished third in their semifinals
• Four acts received over one million votes in total
• Only 312 votes saved Kamferdrops from finishing last

Semifinal 2 – Gothenburg

5,880,237 votes were cast throughout the show.

Interesting…

• Samir & Viktor got the highest percentage from the votes all the semifinals, they recieved over 21 percent of the votes casted in the second semifinal
• Jonas Gardell received the lowest percentage of votes from all the semifinals with 8.37% of the votes

Semifinal 3 – Malmö

4,800,971 votes were cast throughout the show.

Interesting…

• Barbi Escobar received the lowest amount of votes from all the semifinals
• The difference between Kalle Moraeus & Orsa Spelmän and Dotter was the smallest between any of the acts who finished fifth and second on the first round

Semifinal 4 – Örnsköldsvik

4,866,749 votes were cast throughout the show.

Interesting…

• Felicia Olsson recieved the highest percentage of votes from the acts that finished last in their semifinals
• Elias Abbas got more votes on the first round than Olivia Eliasson, who managed to go through to Andra Chansen after receiving more votes on the second round
• Rolandz received the lowest amount of votes from the acts that qualified to the final from the four semifinals

Andra Chansen – Kristianstad

6,007,515 votes were cast throughout the show.

Interesting…

• Renaida received the highest amount of votes from all the four duels
• Felix Sandman won his duel against Mimi Werner with the biggest margin
• The duel between Sigrid Bernson and Méndez was the closest, with Sigrid receiving 49,13% of the votes and Méndez 50,875 of the votes.

Final – Stockholm

13,993,975 votes were cast throughout the show, which smashed the previous record of 13,566,778 votes in 2017.

Detailed Jury Points

Song												Total
Everyday						1				1		2
All the Feels	3				2	6			8	8	3	30
A Bitter Lullaby	2	8	3	2		7	6	6	1	6	2	43
My Turn	7	3	8	6	4	8	10	10	5	4	1	66
Party Voice	1	5	1	7	3	3	4	3			6	33
Last Breath	8	4	4	1	5	2	2	5	7	7	7	52
Shuffla	5	6	5	10	6		1	12	4		5	54
For You	4	7	6	5	8	5	7	2	10	2	8	64
Every Single Day	6	1	12	8	10	10	12	7	6	12	10	94
In My Cabana	12	10	7	3	7		5	8	3	3	4	62
Dance You Off	10	12	10	12	12	12	8	4	12	10	12	114
Fuldans		2	2	4	1	4	3	1	2	5		24

 
Below, you can listen to the winning song, “Dance You Off” by Benjamin Ingrosso, once more:

Sweden will compete in the second half of the second semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, on the 12th May. We wish Benjamin good luck!
Are you surprised by the full results of this year’s Melodifestivalen? How well did your favourite do? Let us know in the comments below and on social media @ESCXTRA!