Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 2012
Selection date(s)	Heats:; 4 February 2012; 11 February 2012; 18 February 2012; 25 February 2012; Second Chance:; 3 March 2012; Final:; 10 March 2012
Selected entrant	Loreen
Selected song	"Euphoria"
Selected songwriter(s)	Thomas G:son; Peter Boström;
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (1st, 181 points)
Final result	1st, 372 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Euphoria" written by Thomas G:son and Peter Boström. The song was performed by Loreen. The Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) organised the national final Melodifestivalen 2012 in order to select the Swedish entry for the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. After a six-week-long competition consisting of four heats, a Second Chance round and a final, "Euphoria" performed by Loreen emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from eleven international jury groups and a public vote.

Sweden was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 24 May 2012. Performing during the show in position 11, "Euphoria" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 26 May. It was later revealed that Sweden placed first out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 181 points. In the final, Sweden performed in position 17 and placed first out of the 26 participating countries, winning the contest with 372 points. This was Sweden's fifth win in the Eurovision Song Contest, having previously won in 1974, 1984, 1991 and 1999.