Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013
As the host country, Sweden qualified to compete directly in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.Since 1959, SR first and SVT later have organised the annual competition Melodifestivalen in order to select their entries for the contest.The nations that comprised the international jury were Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Malta, Spain, The United Kingdom and Ukraine.[9] As the host nation, Sweden's running order position in the final was determined by draw, rather than being assigned by the producers of the show.[16] The national jury that provided 50% of the Swedish vote in the first semi-final and the final consisted of: Ralf Gyllenhammar (singer), Erik Rapp (singer), Daniel Breitholtz (A&R-manager at Sony BMG), Karin Gunnarsson (Sveriges Radio P3 editor) and Monika Starck (backing vocalist).
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