Melodifestivalen 2003
Melodifestivalen 2003 was the selection for the 43rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semi-finals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Jönköping, Gothenburg, Luleå, Sundsvall and a Second Chance round in Stockholm. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The show was watched by 1,230,751 people.
Schedule
Semi-finals
The semi-finals for Melodifestivalen 2003 began on 15 February 2003. Ten songs from these semi-finals qualified for the final on March 15, 2003. This was the second year that a semi-final format had been used for the competition. "När löven faller" composed by Carola Häggkvist and Ingemar Åberg was disqualified prior to the competition.Semi-final 1
Semi-final 2
Semi-final 3
Semi-final 4
Second Chance
Final
Voting
Juries
Televotes
Returning artists
| Artist | Previous year |
| Crosstalk | 1999 |
| Méndez | 2002 |
| Brandsta City Släckers | 2002 |
| Östen med resten | 2002 |
| Afro-dite | 2002 |
| Jill Johnson | 1998 |
| Pernilla Wahlgren | 1985, 1991 |
| Jan Johansen | 1995, 2001, 2002 |
| Sanna Nielsen | 2001 |
| Magnus Carlsson | 2000, 2001, and 2002 with Barbados |
| Andreas Lundstedt | 1996 |
| Barbados | 2000, 2001, 2002 |
| Nanne Grönvall | 1986 and 1987 with Sound of Music, 1996 with One More Time, 1998 |
| Sofia Källgren | 1989 with Visitors, Melodifestivalen 1990 |
| Robert Wells | 1987 |
| Lina Hedlund | 2002 with Hanna Hedlund |
| Mikael Erlandsson | 1990 with N'Gang |