"Invincible"
Single by Carola Häggkvist
from the album Från nu till evighet
Released23 March 2006 (Europe)
Recorded2005
GenreEuropop
Length3:01
LabelUniversal Music
Songwriter(s)
Carola singles chronology
"Genom allt"
(2005)		 "Invincible"
(2006)		 "Stanna eller gå"
(2006)
Alternative cover
Eurovision Song Contest 2006 entry
Country
Artist(s)
As
Carola
Language
English
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • Thomas G:son
  • Carola Häggkvist
Finals performance
Semi-final result
4th
Semi-final points
214
Final result
5th
Final points
170
Entry chronology
◄ "Las Vegas" (2005)
"The Worrying Kind" (2007) ►

"Invincible" is the name of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest entry for Sweden, sung by Carola Häggkvist. Being one of the favourites to win, it ended up finishing 5th out of 24.

Carola performed the song in the Swedish national final in the Swedish language, under the name "Evighet" ("Eternity"). It scored 2nd place by the judges, but was a runaway winner by public votes, therefore booking Carola a place in Athens, where Eurovision was to be held.

In the singles chart, the Swedish-language version peaked at #1 in Sweden and #8 in Norway, and the English-language version peaked at #29 in Sweden.

The Swedish-language version also entered Svensktoppen on 30 April 2006 and reached 5th place, where it stayed for the two following weeks. After that it fell, being at Svensktoppen for five weeks in total. Nonetheless, the song became a huge hit in Scandinavia, and was performed at many of the Swedish top shows that year.

A cover version by Tomas Andersson Wij in 2007 was in the Swedish Trackslistan. It has also been covered in afrikaans, as 'n Ewigheid by both Juanita du Plessis and Hi-5.

The BBC used an instrumental version of the song for their coverage of the 2006 European Athletics Championships, held in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest

"Evighet" participated in the fourth heat of the 2006 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 contest final as one of the two songs song 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 contest with 234 points, receiving the second highest number of votes from the regional juries and the highest number of public votes.[1]

Due to Sweden placing 19th in the previous year's contest, Sweden were required to compete in the semi-final of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, Greece, the first time Sweden had not automatically qualified. In the semi-final on 18 May, with Carola performing the song in English as "Invincible", Sweden was the twentieth country to perform out of the twenty-three participants and were subsequently announced at the end of the broadcast as one of the ten countries to have qualified for the final.[2] Carola performed again in the final on 20 May, drawn to perform as the twenty-second artist on stage, and subsequently finished in fifth place, receiving 170 points in total.[3] The full breakdown of results published after the final revealed that in the semi-final Sweden had finished in 4th place with 214 points, including receiving the maximum 12 points from Denmark, Malta and Portugal.[4]

Track listing and formats

International download edition
  1. Invincible — 3:02
  2. Invincible (SoundFactory Supreme Anthem)
  3. Invincible (SoundFactory One Love Dub)
  4. Invincible (SoundFactory Radio Edit)
International CD single
  1. Invincible — 3:02
  2. Invincible (Instrumental Version) — 2:59
Swedish CD single
  1. Evighet — 3:01
  2. Evighet (instrumental version) — 2:59

Charts

Invincible version

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[5] 56
Faroe Islands Airplay Chart[6] 19
Swedish Singles Chart[7] 29
Turkish Singles Chart 33

Evighet version

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Danish Singles Chart 8
Swedish Singles Chart 1
Norwegian Singles Chart 8
Svensktoppen 5

References

  1. ↑ Thorsson, Leif; Verhage, Martin (2006). Melodifestivalen genom tiderna : de svenska uttagningarna och internationella finalerna (New and revised ed.). Stockholm: Premium Publishing. pp. 338–346. ISBN 91-89136-29-2.
  2. ↑ Bakker, Sietse (18 May 2006). "Athens 2006: 10 qualified for the final!". ESCToday. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Results of the Grand Final of Athens 2006". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Results of the Semi-Final of Athens 2006". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Belgian Flanders Singles Chart
  6. ↑ Faroe Islands Airplay Chart
  7. ↑ Swedish Singles Chart
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