SWEDEN – After a 6-week run of live shows, Sweden’s Melodifestivalen finally came to its glittering conclusion on Saturday night. A 12-song final was aired over 2 hours by Swedish broadcaster SVT, with a tense vote determining the winner.

Scoring was done via both a public vote and an international jury vote. Melodifestivalen has long used the influence of an international jury to help choose the right song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest.

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In the 2022 final, international juries from Spain, Israel, Ireland, the Netherlands, Italy, Finland, Australia and the Czech Republic were on hand to assist Sweden in making what they will be hoping was the best choice. Both the public vote and the international jury vote accounted for 50% of the total score.

In the end, it was Cornelia Jakobs who triumphed, with the song Hold Me Closer.

RESULTS

• Cornelia Jacobs – Hold Me Closer – 146 points (76 + 70)
• Anders Bagge – Bigger Than The Universe – 121 points (31 + 90)
• Medina – In I Dimman (Into The Fog) – 109 points (53 + 56)
• Liamoo – Bluffin’ – 91 points (65 + 26)
• Tone Sekelius – My Way – 84 points (31 + 53)
• Klara Hammarström – Run To The Hills – 83 points (27 + 56)
• Theoz – Som Du Vill (As You Wish) – 65 points (39 + 26)
• John Lundvik – Änglavakt (Guardian Angel) – 60 points (43 + 17)
• Cazzi Opeia – I Can’t Get Enough – 55 points (26 + 29)
• Faith Kakembo – Freedom – 51 points (33 + 18)
• Robin Bengtsson – Innocent Love – 34 points (29+ 5)
• Anna Bergendahl – Higher Power – 29 points (11 + 18)

ABOUT CORNELIA

Anna Cornelia Jakobsdotter Samuelsson (born 9 March 1992), best known as Cornelia Jakobs, is a Swedish singer and songwriter.

The daughter of The Poodles’ singer Jakob Samuel, she started her career as a member of the girl group Love Generation, who participated in Melodifestivalen 2011 and 2012.

Love Generation’s 2011 entry “Dance Alone” peaked at place 26 on Sverigetopplistan.

In 2022, Jakobs went solo and participated in Melodifestivalen 2022, with the song “Hold Me Closer” which qualified for the final.

She also auditioned for Idol 2008 and received some press after being mocked by the judges.

She participated in Melodifestivalen 2021 as a songwriter for the song ”Best of Me” performed by Efraim Leo.

In 2020, Jakobs composed and performed the song “Weight of the World” which became the soundtrack for the HBO Nordic series Björnstad.

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