| Melodifestivalen 2011 | |
|---|---|
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| Dates | |
| Heat 1 | 5 February 2011 |
| Heat 2 | 12 February 2011 |
| Heat 3 | 19 February 2011 |
| Heat 4 | 26 February 2011 |
| Second chance | 5 March 2011 |
| Final | 12 March 2011 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Presenter(s) | Marie Serneholt and Rickard Olsson |
| Directed by | Daniel Jelinek Janne Jansson |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 32: 8 in each heat; 10 in the final (2 from each heat, 2 from the Second Chance round) |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | 50% Jury, 50% SMS and telephone voting 11 international juries give 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points to their seven favourite songs. People can vote by televote or SMS. Televoting points are based on percentages, totalling 473 points. If an entry gets 10% of the tele-votes it will be equivalent to 10% of 473 points. |
| Winning song | "Popular" by Eric Saade |
Melodifestivalen 2011 was a Swedish song contest held between February and March 2011. It selected Sweden's 51st song to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, and was the 50th edition of Melodifestivalen. Eric Saade, with the song "Popular", won the contest and thus was selected to represent Sweden in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.