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We almost came second! Wow! Had it not been for that last point from Latvia to Italy, we would have been the runner-up. Still, third place is awesome!
PashonFrut
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I told you from the moment Eric got picked that this would do very very well 
congrats Sweden!
congrats Sweden!
Pedram
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congratz Sweden. Well done!!
escandesc
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yeah!!! some Swede people couldn't understand they had a great song and a cute boy was singing this song I really loved the Swede entry this year. I am sooo happy with this result. I voted for Sweden but just 4 points from Turkey. I wish we had given 8 or 10 points to Sweden. :? anyway, Congratulations Sweden! Well done! this song is my winner!! 
I really loved the Swede entry this year. I am sooo happy with this result. I voted for Sweden but just 4 points from Turkey. I wish we had given 8 or 10 points to Sweden. :? anyway, Congratulations Sweden! Well done! this song is my winner!! 
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Agree 101 %.
ESCfan
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Fortunately this didn't come first!I love Swedish songs every year,but this year it was not my cup of tea!Congrats though...
Narmina
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3rd! Eric I was sure about Top 3 Congratulations Sweden!
Congratulations Sweden!FallenAngelII
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The presentation was great. The song and voice weren't. Too bad that was enough for 3rd place this year. Bu you know what? It as not a very convincing third place. Eric got points mainly in these three ways:
* Middling points from most counrties (1-5)
* A few 10:ers, mostly from neighbours (every single Nordic country besides Finland gave Sweden 10 points, if I recall correctly)
* Two 12-pointers, whereof one came from Estonia, a country known to historically award us high points (Sweden is the country Estonia has awarded the most points to during their participaing in the ESC, 2nd only to Russia)
It was not an entry that swept through Europe and was a great favourite among many countries. And this year, the block voting as blatant among the Western countries. It was actually less prevalent among the Eastern countries (they still awarded their neighbours high points, but they didn't mostly ignore the Western countries). Unfortunatly, Saade managed to get 3rd (in weak year), which means Sweden will keep sending in crap in the future.
* Middling points from most counrties (1-5)
* A few 10:ers, mostly from neighbours (every single Nordic country besides Finland gave Sweden 10 points, if I recall correctly)
* Two 12-pointers, whereof one came from Estonia, a country known to historically award us high points (Sweden is the country Estonia has awarded the most points to during their participaing in the ESC, 2nd only to Russia)
It was not an entry that swept through Europe and was a great favourite among many countries. And this year, the block voting as blatant among the Western countries. It was actually less prevalent among the Eastern countries (they still awarded their neighbours high points, but they didn't mostly ignore the Western countries). Unfortunatly, Saade managed to get 3rd (in weak year), which means Sweden will keep sending in crap in the future.
eerik
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And Estonia is also your (oversea) neighbour with historic connections, etc.
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Actually, none of the entries truly swept through Europe since 8, 10 and 12 pointers were given left and right to almost every single entry whether they ended up in the bottom ten or the top ten. Most nations that ranked high, received mainly points 1-7 from a lot of countries, including Azerbaijan if I remember correctly. None of the top five were great favorites among many countries. They were however, liked by most of the voting nations since they received points from so many.
FallenAngelII
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Azerbaijan received at least some high marks (10, 8) from non-neighbours and Western European countries.
How many did Sweden get from non-neighbours and Eastern European contries? And I still think most of those points came from the televotes.
BTW:
(Done in 5 minutes in Paint)
Three years in a row Azerbaijan has entered Eurovision with Swedish song-writers, Swedish artists or both. All three of those times, Azerbaijan finished higher than Sweden (also, none of the songwriters who have entered Eurovision for Azerbaijan has ever written songs for Melodifestivalen, as far as I know. There's lesson to be learned here!).
alca
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I am happy for this third place coz finally Sweden did a great job since 2006 BUT this means Kempe will keep coming back (F**K!) and people will vote for his songs because they'll think "oh Eric finished 3rd with a Kempe song! Let's send another one!". Plus next year's ESC will be full of Saades! Pff :/
FallenAngelII
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This is exactly why I didn't want us to do well. The overall package was good and entertaining and I can see why it did well, but everything the entry stood for goes against everything I believe in.
From the shoddy lyrics to the gimmicky staging to the mediocre vocals to the focus on the fact that Saade is an attractive young man.