Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Finals performanceFinal result17th, 8 pointsSweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Sweden selected their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in a show called Melodifestivalen 1979. The winner was the popular pop singer Ted Gärdestad with the song "Satellit", which he composed, while the lyrics were by his brother, Kenneth Gärdestad.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1979

Melodifestivalen 1979 was the selection for the 19th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 18th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 452 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 17 February 1979, presented by Ulf Elfving and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 Ola+3 "Det känns som jag vandrar fram" Ulf Wahlberg 85 3rd
2 Tomas and Anders "Tillsammans" Tomas Adolphson, Anders Falk 58 6th
3 Eva Dahlgren "Om jag skriver en sång" Eva Dahlgren 85 3rd
4 Tomas Ledin "Det ligger i luften" Tomas Ledin 96 2nd
5 Kjell Hansson "Mer än bara över natten" Kjell Hansson 59 5th
6 Timjan "En egen fela" Bengt "Charlie" Hillson, PeterOlsson 39 9th
7 Pontus Platin "Nattens sång" Patrice Hellberg, Pontus Platin, Susanne Wigforss 44 8th
8 Py Bäckman and Py Gang "Var det här bara början?" Py Bäckman 45 7th
9 Ted Gärdestad "Satellit" Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad 105 1st
10 Magnus Uggla Band "Johnny the Rocker" Johan Langer, Magnus Uggla 22 10th

Voting

Song
Falun
Gothenburg
Karlstad
Luleå
Malmö
Norrköping
Sundsvall
Umeå
Växjö
Örebro
Stockholm
Total score
"Det känns som jag vandrar fram" 10 6 6 7 6 4 7 12 7 8 12 85
"Tillsammans" 6 3 5 6 10 6 4 8 3 5 2 58
"Om jag skriver en sång" 8 12 10 2 4 7 6 10 8 12 6 85
"Det ligger i luften" 12 10 12 10 8 10 10 3 6 7 8 96
"Mer än bara över natten" 7 5 2 1 3 8 8 7 10 3 5 59
"En egen fela" 3 4 3 3 7 2 5 2 1 2 7 39
"Nattens sång" 1 8 4 4 5 5 2 4 4 6 1 44
"Var det här bara början?" 4 2 8 8 2 3 3 5 2 4 4 45
"Satellit" 5 7 7 12 12 12 12 6 12 10 10 105
"Johnny the Rocker" 2 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 5 1 3 22

At Eurovision

The contest was held in Jerusalem, and Sweden performed 15th. Gärdestad finished only 17th out of 19, with 8 points.[1]

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden[2]
Score Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points  Ireland
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point
Points awarded by Sweden[2]
Score Country
12 points  Israel
10 points  Norway
8 points  Ireland
7 points  Spain
6 points  Germany
5 points  France
4 points  Netherlands
3 points  Portugal
2 points  Greece
1 point  Denmark

References

  1. ^ "Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

External links

  • TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive
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Songs
Final
  • "Colorado"
  • "Disco Tango"
  • "Dschinghis Khan"
  • "Hallelujah"
  • "Happy Man"
  • "Heute in Jerusalem"
  • "Hey Nana"
  • "J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux"
  • "Je suis l'enfant soleil"
  • "Katson sineen taivaan"
  • "Mary Ann"
  • "Notre vie c'est la musique"
  • "Oliver"
  • "Raggio di luna"
  • "Satellit"
  • "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe"
  • "Sokrati"
  • "Su canción"
  • "Trödler und Co"
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  • "Seviyorum"