SVT have released the full results of Melodifestivalen 2022. They show the full voting breakdown with all voting numbers revealed. Due to the system used this year, the winner of each semi-final was already known, with the full results showing the scale of their victory.
Semifinal 1
Song | Total votes | Round 1 | # | Round 2 (points) | # |
Malou Prytz – Bananas | 16 073 | 11 666 | 7. | 1 | 6. |
THEOZ – Som Du Vill | 25 712 | 18 593 | 4. | 8 | 3. |
Shirley Clamp – Let There Be Angels | 16 896 | 12 290 | 6. | 3 | 5. |
Omar Rudberg – Moving Like That | 21 177 | 15 034 | 5. | 5 | 4. |
Danne Stråhed – Hallabaloo | 30 438 | 22 611 | 3. | 10 | 2. |
Cornelia Jakobs – Hold Me Closer | 57 790 | 57 790 | 1. | ||
Robin Bengtsson – Innocent Love | 39 910 | 27 167 | 2. | 12 | 1. |
Semifinal 1’s app voting failed and demographic results are not available. The full intended voting system was not put in place for this round and only telephone votes were counted.
Cornelia Jakobs was the clear winner of this semifinal regardless, over 30 000 votes ahead of her nearest rival Robin Bengtsson in round 1. The order of Robin > Danne > THEOZ held from round 1 into round 2 and these were the qualifiers from this heat.
Semifinal 2
Song | Total votes | Round 1 | # | Round 2 (points) | # |
LIAMOO – Bluffin’ | 1 251 962 | 1 251 962 | 1. | ||
Niello & Lisa Ajax – Tror Du Att Jag Bryr Mig | 1 123 776 | 729 173 | 7. | 21 | 6. |
Samira Manners – I Want To Be Loved | 1 402 217 | 918 801 | 6. | 35 | 4. |
Alvaro Estrella – Suave | 1 733 428 | 1 101 316 | 3. | 69 | 2. |
Browsing Collection – Face In The Crowd | 1 422 860 | 934 656 | 5. | 33 | 5. |
John Lundvik – Änglavakt | 1 982 635 | 1 203 899 | 2. | 92 | 1. |
Tone Sekelius – My Way | 1 617 926 | 946 861 | 4. | 62 | 3. |
LIAMOO and John Lundvik advanced to the final from this semifinal. As the app voting now worked, a full demographic lineup was applied to the results of this semifinal. The vote totals are of course a lot higher to account for the majority of votes coming from the app. LIAMOO went through and avoided the second round.
The second round was kind to Tone Sekelius, who was only 12 000 votes ahead of Browsing Collection after round 1, but finished nearly 200 000 votes and 29 points ahead of them. Due to Round 2 being ordered on demographic points, Browsing Collection also finished behind Samira Manners.
John Lundvik was the favourite of every demographic age group aside from 3-9, who preferred Alvaro Estrella.
Semifinal 3
Song | Total votes | Round 1 | # | Round 2 (points) | # |
Cazzi Opeia – I Can’t Get Enough | 1 311 332 | 814 904 | 4. | 67 | 3. |
Lancelot – Lyckligt Slut | 1 089 664 | 701 151 | 6. | 35 | 5. |
Lisa Miskovsky – Best To Come | 1 436 672 | 885 647 | 3. | 75 | 2. |
Tribe Friday – Shut Me Up | 1 034 037 | 665 176 | 7. | 19 | 6. |
Faith Kakembo – Freedom | 1 761 725 | 1 076 213 | 2. | 79 | 1. |
Linda Bengtzing – Fyrfaldigt hurra! | 1 134 550 | 729 974 | 5. | 37 | 4. |
Anders Bagge – Bigger Than The Universe | 1 717 664 | 1 717 664 | 1. |
Anders Bagge and Faith Kakembo advanced to the final from this semifinal. 650 000 votes clear, this was a clear victory for Anders Bagge, who showed off incredible skill at getting the televotes of Swedes during this competition. The other competing songs continued their round 1 placings with vote numbers, with Tribe Friday and Lancelot bringing up the rear.
Lisa Miskovsky was over 300 000 votes short of Faith Kakembo overall, but due to performing well on the demographic vote, she came within 4 votes of the final in the second round of this semifinal. Lisa Miskovsky was the favourite of all demographic groups 45+, while groupings from 10-44 preferred Faith Kakembo, and the 3-9 group preferred Cazzi Opeia.
Semifinal 4
Song | Total votes | Round 1 | # | Round 2 (points) | # |
Anna Bergendahl – Higher Power | 1 397 767 | 878 089 | 4. | 73 | 2. |
Lillayster – Till Our Days Are Over | 1 482 040 | 921 658 | 3. | 65 | 3. |
Malin Christin – Synd Om Dig | 737 416 | 520 201 | 6. | 16 | 6. |
Tenori – La Stella | 767 423 | 508 062 | 7. | 37 | 5. |
Medina – In I Dimman | 1 807 788 | 1 071 508 | 2. | 84 | 1. |
Angelino – The End | 1 047 227 | 679 799 | 5. | 37 | 4. |
Klara Hammarström – Run To The Hills | 1 184 182 | 1 184 182 | 1. |
Klara Hammarström and Medina advanced to the final from this semifinal. Klara scored a convincing victory with over 100 000 votes between her and Medina.
On the other end, Malin Christin and Tenori were, discounting semifinal 1, the two lowest-voted songs of the competition, with the former ahead in round 1, but with Tenori ending up ahead on total votes and scoring much better with demographics.
In the second round, Medina, Anna Bergendahl and Lillayster were well clear of their rivals in advancing to further rounds. Anna Bergendahl was the favourite of the oldest age groups, the 60+ range, while Lillayster was the favourite of the 45-59 group. Medina was the favourite of all other age groups.
Semifinal 5
Song (Group 1) | Total votes | Points | # |
Tone Sekelius – My Way | 1 185 407 | 86 | 1. |
Alvaro Estrella – Suave | 1 045 540 | 71 | 3. |
Danne Stråhed – Hallabaloo | 640 928 | 46 | 4. |
Anna Bergendahl – Higher Power | 863 838 | 77 | 2. |
Song (Group 2) | Total votes | Points | # |
THEOZ – Som Du Vill | 968 353 | 71 | 2. |
Lisa Miskovsky – Best To Come | 898 141 | 68 | 3. |
Lillayster – Till Our Days Are Over | 813 402 | 65 | 4. |
Cazzi Opeia – I Can’t Get Enough | 844 189 | 76 | 1. |
The finalists from this semi were Tone Sekelius, Anna Bergendahl, THEOZ and Cazzi Opeia. In this semifinal, every song in each of the two groups received 12, 10, 8 and 5 points from each demographic group.
Anna Bergendahl and Cazzi Opeia were favoured from the demographic voting system, as they received less votes overall than Alvaro Estrella and Lisa Miskovsky in their respective groups.
In Cazzi Opeia’s case, she got the third-most votes in her group but finished first, even ahead of THEOZ. She got 10 or 8 points from every single demographic group, while all three of her rivals scored a mix of 12s and 5s, which allowed her to win this group by appealing to all demographics.
Final (public vote only)
Song | Total votes | Total points (jury and televote) | # |
Klara Hammarström – Run To The Hills | 2 409 631 | 83 | 6. |
THEOZ – Som Du Vill | 1 594 285 | 65 | 7. |
Anna Bergendahl – Higher Power | 1 056 035 | 29 | 12. |
John Lundvik – Änglavakt | 1 324 091 | 60 | 8. |
Tone Sekelius – My Way | 2 113 374 | 84 | 5. |
Anders Bagge – Bigger Than The Universe | 3 464 137 | 121 | 2. |
Robin Bengtsson – Innocent Love | 1 157 117 | 34 | 11. |
Faith Kakembo – Freedom | 1 268 069 | 51 | 10. |
LIAMOO – Bluffin’ | 1 506 098 | 91 | 4. |
Cornelia Jakobs – Hold Me Closer | 2 937 401 | 146 | 1. |
Cazzi Opeia – I Can’t Get Enough | 1 488 320 | 55 | 9. |
Medina – In I Dimman | 2 129 113 | 109 | 3. |
Anders Bagge won the Swedish televote. As Cornelia Jakobs outperformed him on the jury and was a strong second on the televote, she scored enough to win the competition overall. She will represent Sweden in Eurovision 2022 with ‘Hold Me Closer’.
Anders was the favourite of most demographic groups in the final, which contributed to his score of 90 televote points to Cornelia’s 70. Cornelia was the favourite of the 16-29 group, while the 3-9 group preferred THEOZ.
You can see the full results of the final, including the televote/jury split, here.
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