Tomorrow night, Melodifestivalen 2020 will kick off with the first semi-final in Linköping. But we could already have a clue as to who the most successful acts will be. Melodifestivalklubben’s audience poll, conducted at tonight’s jury rehearsal, has Felix Sandman and The Mamas as the top two acts, suggesting they’ll be the ones heading direkt till final on Saturday night.

Melodifestivalklubben — the Swedish chapter of the OGAE fan network — polled 641 audience members at Saab Arena after tonight’s rehearsal. They were asked “What was your favourite tonight?”

At the top of the poll was Felix Sandman. The former FO&O singer had 215 votes for his song “Boys with Emotions”, giving him 33.5% of the overall vote.

Coming in second was Eurovision 2019 backing singers The Mamas. Now going solo with “Move”, they picked up 198 votes or 31%.

In third place — and possibly heading to andra chansen — was Malou Prytz. Her entry “Ballerina” (with choreography by Ace Wilder) had 86 votes or 13%. And maybe joining her in andra chansen is Sweden’s Eurovision 2017 star Robin Bengtsson. He earned 78 votes for “Take a Chance”, 12% of the overall vote.

But the poll does not bode well for the three remaining acts. Sonja Aldén picked up 42 votes for her song “Sluta aldrig gå” (6.5%), while Suzi P‘s “Moves” and OVÖ’s “Inga problem” each picked up 11 votes or just 2% of the overall vote.

Melodifestivalklubben audience poll results – Melodifestivalen 2020 semi-final 1 Linköping

  1. Felix Sandman – “Boys With Emotions” (215 votes – 33.5%)
  2. The Mamas – “Move” (198 votes – 31%)
  3. Malou Prytz – “Ballerina” (86 votes – 13%)
  4. Robin Bengtsson – “Take a Chance” (78 votes – 12%)
  5. Sonja Aldén – “Sluta aldrig gå” (42 votes – 6.5%)
  6. Suzi P – “Moves” (11 votes – 2%)
  7. OVÖ – “Inga problem” (11 votes – 2%)

Of course, with such a small sample size, there’s no way of telling if this audience poll will play out correctly.

While previous predictions have been accurate, the audience poll hasn’t always got it right. In 2018 the poll infamously placed Felix Sandman second-to-last in his heat. Of course, he went on to finish runner-up to Benjamin Ingrosso while also spending several weeks atop the Swedish charts.

Nonetheless — it’s a spot of fun and has proven generally correct in the past.

What do you think? Does the audience poll predict semi-final success for Felix and The Mamas? Tell us your thoughts below!

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Lolek
Lolek
4 years ago

Yeah there is no doubt he’s going through DtF.

Joe
Joe
4 years ago

Robin is the clear winner of this semi final for me. After that, I’d probably put The Mamas in the final with him. I appreciate the point of Felix’s song as it does touch on quite a serious subject that should be bought to light, and I really like the production (reminds me a little of Hands to Myself by Selena Gomez), but the lyrics for me a bit too cheesy and the performance, it seems seems he’s doing a little too much. But I think this’ll be a great show tonight!

Alex
Alex
4 years ago

There’s no 2.30 minutes this year?
I’m glad results won’t as predictable as we thought. Always a good thing

Roy Moreno
Roy Moreno
4 years ago

1. The Mamas
2. Doesn’t matter anymore
Sorry :/

Jamppa
Jamppa
4 years ago

1malou 2 mamas Andra 3 Robin 4 felix

Jørgen
Jørgen
4 years ago

Swedish music industry = Mcdonald’s of music

Polegend Godgarina
Polegend Godgarina
4 years ago
Reply to  Jørgen

not true at all. the music in their charts sounds nothing like melfest, this selection hardly represents their industry and their taste

Eric
Eric
4 years ago
Reply to  Jørgen

Comes from Jörgen.. I guess you are from Denmark the country that gave us Aqua… say no more

Denis
Denis
4 years ago
Reply to  Eric

Either he is from the country of Aqua,or the country that gave us Ylvis..
Yeah, says a lot!

Lolek
Lolek
4 years ago
Reply to  Denis

Aw common Aqua and Ylvis are awesome! But I disagree with him because Sweden produces some absolutely amazing music.

Milla
Milla
4 years ago

Felix > Benjamin

Briekimchi
Briekimchi
4 years ago

The audience polls are interesting in terms of their accuracy. In previous years, they were almost always on the money but last year, they didn’t do so well, right?
I think they’ve got the right four songs up there (they’re the four good entries in this SF) but I’ll be surprised if the Mamas go DTF ahead of Robin. But hey, First and Final songs in the running order getting through? 😉

BREXIT CAREER WOMAN
BREXIT CAREER WOMAN
4 years ago

happy brexit kids

Denis
Denis
4 years ago

career not going well, is it?

emeej
emeej
4 years ago

happy brexit to you too (:

emeej
emeej
4 years ago

I will vote for both of them but I think Malou might not be able to pull it off live.. so I fear that the mamas will take her place in the final and she will go to ac but hope im wrong

WannaEatMySpaghetti
WannaEatMySpaghetti
4 years ago

100% with you. Ballerina seems way more promising than Felix’s song. I love this guy but Boys with Emotions is quite disappointing (with the 1 minute snipet). I hope I’ll be surprised tomorrow.

Milla
Milla
4 years ago

Ballerina sounds like a song you’ve heard a hundred times before 5 years ago.

PiMM van Hest
PiMM van Hest
4 years ago

Does anyone agree with MMe that The Mamas resembles too much the whole atmosphere and genre of last year’s “Is it too late for love”. I’m not particularly keen on seeing 2 songs in the same genre twice – let’s be somewhat more original (even though it’s not a bad song)….. Any thoughts?

Denis
Denis
4 years ago

It’s just an audience poll, that’s it. It¨s not even reflective of average Swede. It is only what 200 people think.As we know these audience polls can deceit. last year they got more wrong than right.
However I do believe these four songs will go through, in one way or another. And can I just say it is a super strong field, strongest first semi in years! Promising for next one..

Idksmth
Idksmth
4 years ago

I agree with the top 4 but not necessarily with the placement of them. The Mamas and Malou should go DTF imo. Felix and Robin should go to AC. It wouldn’t hurt either of them because all of them are acts who are quality and would be deserving finalists. I’m certain that I will disagree with the results but this semi has the 4 frontrunners and have 3 pretty sure non-qualifiers. My prediction Direct till final 1. Felix 2. Malou Andra Chansen 1. The Mamas 2. Robin. I hope to be suprised but Sweden is pretty predictable most of the… Read more »

Jo.
Jo.
4 years ago

My prediction is that Felix has this in the bag, unless he gets sabotaged by the juries.

Van
Van
4 years ago
Reply to  Jo.

No juries during the deltävlingar (semis)

Jo.
Jo.
4 years ago
Reply to  Van

I meant Mello, not just the sfs

Rasmus
Rasmus
4 years ago
Reply to  Jo.

So you mean in Mello we can be sabotaged by the juries? but in ESC they love us to much haha? That does not make much sense. The fans think the juries love us but its hard to make 41 jurys love you.

Trollcommentor
Trollcommentor
4 years ago
Reply to  Rasmus

Are you plain dumb , how can a jury sabotage all Swedes in a Swedish NF !! Here the person talked about sabotaging an individual not the entire country

Rasmus
Rasmus
4 years ago
Reply to  Trollcommentor

i know

Robinito
Robinito
4 years ago

It is the Mamas and Robin for me in this semi, however I don’t think I have heard the winner of Melodifestivalen just yet.

diana
diana
4 years ago

Felix and the mamas as top 2? I stan and we finally have taste

Mr Vanilla Bean
Mr Vanilla Bean
4 years ago

I’m thrilled that Sonja is in the top 5.

Christian Perry
Christian Perry
4 years ago

I hope not. Felix song is absolute rubbish. Cringe is the word! Can’t sing, wouldn’t qualify to the final. The Mama’s and Robin are the best.

Mr Vanilla Bean
Mr Vanilla Bean
4 years ago

Better brace yourself. He’ll probably win or come close to winning the jury vote of Eurovision 2020. And unlike 2018 and 2019, I can see why.

Rasmus
Rasmus
4 years ago

Cant sing. he probably makes more money then you ever will in your life. So i think he can sing.

Milla
Milla
4 years ago

Well, he’s a great actor to. So if his singing career doesn’t work he will have his acting instead.

Polegend Godgarina
Polegend Godgarina
4 years ago

not you dragging felix’s vocals and then rooting for robin…. like…..

ESC Ukraine
ESC Ukraine
4 years ago

Do people actually like Robin his song?

diana
diana
4 years ago
Reply to  ESC Ukraine

no

Polegend Godgarina
Polegend Godgarina
4 years ago
Reply to  ESC Ukraine

locals will eat it up

Hector
Hector
4 years ago

That poll could be damn right, but also damn wrong. Let’s not forget that Dolly Style’s Habibi topped their semifinal’s audience poll and they ended up out of the competition.

diana
diana
4 years ago
Reply to  Hector

well tbh it’s mostly kids watching the friday show of melfest and dolly style only has kids as fans

Lina
Lina
4 years ago

I agree with this and I’m sure the rest of Sweden does. Let’s just hope we vote smart tomorrow

Rijad
Rijad
4 years ago

Robin is performing the same as Loreen when she came back, but Loreen’s song was miles better! Which means that he might not make it to the final whatsoever

Campbell Grace
Campbell Grace
4 years ago
Reply to  Rijad

What do you mean the same as Loreen?

Paul
Paul
4 years ago
Reply to  Rijad

I think comparing Loreen to Robin is a bit harsh!!

Rijad
Rijad
4 years ago
Reply to  Paul

Thats why I said she is better, and to clarify Loreen went to andra chancen with Statements and then failed to qualify after winning Melodifestivalen, so I said that Robin who also won Melodifestivalen is struggling to qualify to the final. Thats all I said

Campbell Grace
Campbell Grace
4 years ago
Reply to  Rijad

Meh it’s a bit of a random comparison I think b/c Loreen actually won Eurovision and Melfest with both the televote and jury. Robin on the other hand came 3rd with the televote at Melfest, even the Swedes didn’t want him there lmao

Lolek
Lolek
4 years ago

The mama’s have fantastic voices so it’s no surprise they were voted so high. Felix also seems to have brought his A game with the staging. I’m still thinking the other DtF with Felix will likely be Malou but who knows. Robin and the Mamas could be just as worthy of going DtF.