Nielsen participated in Melodifestivalen 2008 , performing " Empty Room " , written and composed by Bobby Ljunggren and Aleena Gibson . She reached the final from the Västerås semifinal on 16 February 2008 . Although the song won the public televote in the final inside the Stockholm Globe Arena on 15 March , beating Charlotte Perrelli 's second-placed song " Hero " by more than 50,000 votes , it was denied the chance to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest after losing out to Perrelli in the overall points-based scoring system once the jury vote was factored into the results , thus finishing only second in the final official standings
Melodifestivalen 2008
Melodifestivalen 2008
Sanna Nielsen