Hero
Place: 18
(Total Score: 47)
Lyrics:
Everything has a beginning\\nEverything comes to an end\\nTake it or leave it, you'd better believe it\\nBe my love or be my friend\\n\nTry to deny what you're feeling\\nAnd you'll know that your heart will say no\\nLove will last longer, growing stronger and stronger\\nIf you stay and don't let go\\n\nOh... out of the light, like a star, like a hero\\nLove will survive\\nOh... taking the fight is the life of a hero\\nStaying alive\\n\nThis is a story of love and compassion\\nOnly heroes can tell\\nOh... out of the light, like a star, like a hero\\nLove will survive\\n\nHeaven and earth keep colliding\\nBut with love on a world of its own\\nOh... there you can't fake it, just make it or break it\\nOnly you can find the one\\n\nOh... out of the light, like a star, like a hero\\nLove will survive\\nOh... taking the fight is the life of a hero\\nStaying alive\\n\nThis is a story of love and compassion\\nOnly heroes can tell\\nOh... out of the light, like a star, like a hero\\nLove will survive (Will survive)\\nOh... survive (Will survive)\\n\nHeroes can live on their own\\nBut heroes never die alone\\n\nOh... out of the light, like a star, like a hero\\nLove will survive\\nOh... taking the fight is the life of a hero\\nStaying alive\\n(This is a story of love and compassion)\\nHeroes can tell\\nOh, out of the light, like a star, like a hero\\nLove will survive
Sweden selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 by holding an extending national selection, namely Melodifestivalen 2008. A record of 3 489 entries were submitted to the broadcaster SVT, and 28 were chosen to compete. They were completed with 4 wildcards in the end of December. Melodifestivalen was also this year held on Saturdays, starting with the first of the four semi-finals on 9 February and ending with a final on 15 March. It was the last of the year's national selections, as the official ESC draw was held on 17 March. Four songs progressed from each semi, two to the final and two to the second chance round, where the songs were competing in a knock-out round to gain the last two places in the final. The final was won by Charlotte Perrelli with the song "Hero", which was written and composed by Fredrik Kempe and Bobby Ljunggren. Sanna Nielsen, who was the favourite of televoters, came second, as she did not receive enough points from the 11 juries. Charlotte Perrelli competed in the second semi-final on 22 May. She did not actually finish among the ten best, but thanks to the new rule that the last finalist will be chosen by the back-up juries, she took the final ticket at the expense of Macedonia. The actual placement was 12th, 7 points after Macedonia and 2 points after Bulgaria. She was drawn into the 15th spot in the final. Although being one of the heavy favorites before the final, Sweden did not finish higher than 18th, receiving only 47 points.
Overall Final Postion: 18
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