Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022

The 2022 edition of Melodifestivalen featured four heats, a semi-finals show (replacing the previously-held Second Chance round) and a final, and saw 28 acts compete. It was held between 5 February and 12 March 2022 in Stockholm, with the first three heats held at the Avicii Arena, and the remaining heat, the semi-finals and the final at the Friends Arena.^[3]

• The first heat took place on 5 February 2022. "Hold Me Closer" performed by Cornelia Jakobs and "Innocent Love" performed by Robin Bengtsson qualified directly to the final, while "Hallabaloo" performed by Danne Stråhed and "Som du vill" performed by Theoz advanced to the semi-final. "Moving Like That" performed by Omar Rudberg, "Let There Be Angels" performed by Shirley Clamp, and "Bananas" performed by Malou Prytz were eliminated from the contest.
• The second heat took place on 12 February 2022. "Bluffin" performed by Liamoo and "Änglavakt" performed by John Lundvik qualified directly to the final, while "Suave" performed by Alvaro Estrella and "My Way" performed by Tone Sekelius advanced to the semi-final. "I Want to Be Loved" performed by Samira Manners, "Face in the Crowd" performed by Browsing Collection, and "Tror du att jag bryr mig" performed by Niello and Lisa Ajax were eliminated from the contest.
• The third heat took place on 19 February 2022. "Bigger Than the Universe" performed by Anders Bagge and "Freedom" performed by Faith Kakembo qualified directly to the final, while "Best to Come" performed by Lisa Miskovsky and "I Can't Get Enough" performed by Cazzi Opeia advanced to the semi-final. "Fyrfaldigt hurra!" performed by Linda Bengtzing, "Lyckligt slut" performed by Lancelot, and "Shut Me Up" performed by Tribe Friday were eliminated from the contest.
• The fourth heat took place on 26 February 2022. "Run to the Hills" performed by Klara Hammarström and "In i dimman" performed by Medina qualified directly to the final, while "Higher Power" performed by Anna Bergendahl and "Till Our Days Are Over" performed by Lillasyster advanced to the semi-final. "The End" performed by Angelino, "La stella" performed by Tenori, and "Synd om dig" performed by Malin Christin were eliminated from the contest.
• The semi-finals took place as part of one show on 5 March 2022. From the first semi-final, "Higher Power" performed by Anna Bergendahl, and "My Way" performed by Tone Sekelius qualified to the final, while "Suave" performed by Alvaro Estrella, and "Hallabaloo" performed by Danne Stråhed were eliminated from the contest. From the second semi-final, "Som du vill" performed by Theoz, and "I Can't Get Enough" performed by Cazzi Opeia qualified to the final, while "Till Our Days Are Over" performed by Lillasyster, and "Best to Come" performed by Lisa Miskovsky were eliminated from the contest.

The final took place on 12 March 2022.

R/O	Artist	Song	Juries	Televote	Total	Place
1	Klara Hammarström	"Run to the Hills"	27	56	83	6
2	Theoz	"Som du vill"	39	26	65	7
3	Anna Bergendahl	"Higher Power"	11	18	29	12
4	John Lundvik	"Änglavakt"	43	17	60	8
5	Tone Sekelius	"My Way"	31	53	84	5
6	Anders Bagge	"Bigger than the Universe"	31	90	121	2
7	Robin Bengtsson	"Innocent Love"	29	5	34	11
8	Faith Kakembo	"Freedom"	33	18	51	10
9	Liamoo	"Bluffin"	65	26	91	4
10	Cornelia Jakobs	"Hold Me Closer"	76	70	146	1
11	Cazzi Opeia	"I Can't Get Enough"	26	29	55	9
12	Medina	"In i dimman"	53	56	109	3

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 25 January 2022, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Sweden was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 12 May 2022, and scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.^[4]

Once all the competing songs for the 2022 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Sweden was set to perform in position 17, following the entry from Belgium and before the entry from the Czech Republic.^[5]

The following members comprised the Swedish jury:^[8]

• Josefin Glenmark
• Michael Cederberg
• Miriam Annika Ehi Aigbogun
• Tara
• Tusse

Detailed voting results from Sweden (Semi-final 2)^[6]

R/O	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Finland	14	5	7	3	6	7	4	1	12
02	Israel	5	7	12	2	12	8	3	14
03	Serbia	13	8	15	10	11	15		2	10
04	Azerbaijan	7	3	3	9	13	6	5	16
05	Georgia	11	17	17	17	17	17		13
06	Malta	2	2	10	16	9	4	7	9	2
07	San Marino	16	6	16	12	7	13		12
08	Australia	3	1	1	1	14	1	12	7	4
09	Cyprus	4	15	6	11	4	9	2	10	1
10	Ireland	9	16	9	14	8	14		11
11	North Macedonia	15	10	14	7	5	12		15
12	Estonia	1	9	4	4	10	2	10	3	8
13	Romania	8	12	11	13	3	11		8	3
14	Poland	10	11	2	6	16	10	1	4	7
15	Montenegro	17	14	13	15	15	16		17
16	Belgium	12	4	8	5	1	3	8	6	5
17	Sweden
18	Czech Republic	6	13	5	8	2	5	6	5	6

Detailed voting results from Sweden (Final)^[7]

R/O	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Czech Republic	16	5	7	3	21	6	5	20
02	Romania	12	11	16	7	18	16		14
03	Portugal	9	17	3	18	22	14		19
04	Finland	6	18	15	11	6	13		4	7
05	Switzerland	15	20	19	24	9	22		22
06	France	21	23	20	19	23	24		21
07	Norway	20	1	9	12	19	8	3	2	10
08	Armenia	23	21	10	4	4	9	2	12
09	Italy	22	22	2	13	11	12		16
10	Spain	1	24	5	1	5	1	12	9	2
11	Netherlands	14	19	14	9	10	19		10	1
12	Ukraine	8	12	11	10	12	15		1	12
13	Germany	11	13	17	17	8	17		17
14	Lithuania	10	9	22	14	13	18		8	3
15	Azerbaijan	5	6	4	20	3	4	7	24
16	Belgium	7	14	21	2	15	10	1	13
17	Greece	19	3	8	21	7	11		23
18	Iceland	17	8	18	23	14	21		18
19	Moldova	24	16	23	6	24	20		11
20	Sweden
21	Australia	2	4	13	16	1	2	10	15
22	United Kingdom	13	10	1	8	2	3	8	5	6
23	Poland	18	15	12	22	16	23		6	5
24	Serbia	3	7	24	5	17	7	4	3	8
25	Estonia	4	2	6	15	20	5	6	7	4