Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975

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Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Participating broadcaster Sveriges Radio (SR)
CountryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1975
Selection date(s)15 February 1975
Selected artist(s) Lasse Berghagen
Selected song"Jennie, Jennie"
Selected songwriter(s)Lasse Berghagen
Finals performance
Final result8th, 72 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1974 •1975• 1977►

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "Jennie, Jennie", written and performed by Lasse Berghagen. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1975. In addition, SR was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Sankt Eriks-Mässan in Stockholm, after winning the previous edition with the song "Waterloo" by ABBA.

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Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1975

Melodifestivalen 1975 was the selection for the 16th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 15th time that Sveriges Radio (SR) used this system of picking a song. 10 songwriters were selected by SR for the competition. The final was held in the SR television studios in Gothenburg on 15 February 1975, presented by Karin Falck and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)ConductorPointsPlace
1Landslaget"Den gamla jukeboxen"Lasse LindbomBengt Palmers477th
2Nils-Åke Runesson"Oh, Juicy"Nils-Åke Runesson Lars Samuelson 2510th
3 Ann-Christine Bärnsten "Ska vi plocka körsbär i min trädgård?" Little Gerhard, Börje CarlssonAlain Leroux309th
4Hadar Kronberg with Glenmarks"Lady Antoinette"Hadar Kronberg Bruno Glenmark 486th
5 Lasse Berghagen "Jennie, Jennie" Lasse Berghagen Lars Samuelson1171st
6 Ted Gärdestad "Rockin' 'n' Reelin'" Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad Sven-Olof Walldoff477th
7 Svenne and Lotta "Bang en boomerang" Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson 843rd
8 Björn Skifs "Michelangelo"Bengt Palmers, Björn Skifs Bengt Palmers555th
9Göran Fristorp"Som min vän"Göran FristorpLeif Strand594th
10Gimmicks"Sången lär ha vingar"Bo Sylvén, Bo CarlgrenLars Samuelson932nd

Voting

Song
Luleå
Falun
Karlstad
Gothenburg
Umeå
Örebro
Norrköping
Malmö
Sundsvall
Växjö
Stockholm
Total
"Den gamla jukeboxen"4-211812-721047
"Oh, Juicy"2-1-55163-225
"Ska vi plocka körsbär i min trädgård?"11-3445-3-930
"Lady Antoinette"727-2912131448
"Jennie, Jennie"1418615472439161117
"Rockin' 'n' Reeling"371671-1333347
"Bang en boomerang"7-85816514115584
"Michelangelo"421212210-633155
"Som min vän"41352-131491759
"Sången lär ha vingar"924-79341996393

At Eurovision

At the ESC final in Stockholm, Berghagen performed 18th, and sang the song in English. This year, the 12 points voting system was for the first time in use. He did not receive any 12s (Sweden's highest score was 8 points from Norway and Turkey), but finished 8th (out of 19) with 72 points. [1]

Voting

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References

  1. ↑ "Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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