Melodifestivalen was also this year held on Saturdays, starting with the first of the four heats on 9 February and ending with a final on 15 March.

She did not finish among the ten best in the televoting, 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.

At the Andra Chansen, held on 8 March 2008, the eight songs paired off in two rounds with the two winners at the end of the night qualifying for the final.

The winner and selected entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest was then chosen by the 11 regional juries of Sweden, along with public televoting.

[3] They performed as song number 15 in the final, after Latvia and before Denmark, where they achieved 18th place and 47 points.

[4] The commentators for the event for SVT1 were Kristian Luuk and Josef Sterzenbach, with a brief appearance by Carl Bildt in the final.