Invincible (Carola Häggkvist song)
song written and composed by Thomas Gustafsson, Carola Häggkvist, Bobby Ljunggren and Henrik Wikström, originally performed by Carola Häggkvist at Melodifestivalen 2006 and the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest
"Invincible" is a song recorded by Swedish singer Carola Häggkvist, with music composed by Thomas G:son, Bobby Ljunggren, and Henrik Wikström and lyrics written by G:son and Häggkvist. It represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, held in Athens, placing fifth.
The Swedish language version of the song, under the name "Evighet" ("Eternity") and performed by Carola, won the Melodifestivalen 2006. It scored second place by the judges, but was a runaway winner by public votes, therefore winning the festival.
Background
Conception
"Invincible"/"Evighet" was composed by Thomas G:son, Bobby Ljunggren, and Henrik Wikström with lyrics by G:son and Häggkvist.
National selection
"Evighet" performed by Carola competed in the fourth heat of the 46th edition of Melodifestivalen which was held on 11 March 2006 at the Scandinavium indoor arena in Gothenburg. The song was the last of the eight competing entries to perform and directly qualified to the festival final as one of the two songs which received the most telephone votes. On 18 March, during the final held at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Carola were the seventh of the ten competing acts to perform, and "Evighet" won the festival with 234 points, receiving the second highest number of votes from the regional juries and the highest number of public votes. As this Melodifestivalen was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) to select its song and performer for the 51st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, the song became the Swedish entrant, and Carola the performer, for Eurovision.
Eurovision
On 18 May 2006, the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final was held at the Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, hosted by the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), and broadcast live throughout the continent.
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