Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Participating broadcaster	Sveriges Radio (SR)
Country	Sweden
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1975
Selection date	15 February 1975
Competing entry
Song	"Jennie, Jennie"
Artist	Lasse Berghagen
Songwriter	Lasse Berghagen
Placement
Final result	8th, 72 points
Participation chronology
◄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.

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.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Conductor	Points	Place
1	Landslaget	"Den gamla jukeboxen"	Lasse Lindbom	Bengt Palmers	47	7
2	Nils-Åke Runesson	"Oh, Juicy"	Nils-Åke Runesson	Lars Samuelson	25	10
3	Ann-Christine Bärnsten	"Ska vi plocka körsbär i min trädgård?"	Little Gerhard, Börje Carlsson	Alain Leroux	30	9
4	Hadar Kronberg with Glenmarks	"Lady Antoinette"	Hadar Kronberg	Bruno Glenmark	48	6
5	Lasse Berghagen	"Jennie, Jennie"	Lasse Berghagen	Lars Samuelson	117	1
6	Ted Gärdestad	"Rockin' 'n' Reelin'"	Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad	Sven-Olof Walldoff	47	7
7	Svenne and Lotta	"Bang en boomerang"	Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson		84	3
8	Björn Skifs	"Michelangelo"	Bengt Palmers, Björn Skifs	Bengt Palmers	55	5
9	Göran Fristorp	"Som min vän"	Göran Fristorp	Leif Strand	59	4
10	Gimmicks	"Sången lär ha vingar"	Bo Sylvén, Bo Carlgren	Lars Samuelson	93	2

Voting

Song	Luleå	Falun	Karlstad	Gothenburg	Umeå	Örebro	Norrköping	Malmö	Sundsvall	Växjö	Stockholm	Total
"Den gamla jukeboxen"	4		2	1	18	1	2		7	2	10	47
"Oh, Juicy"	2		1		5	5	1	6	3		2	25
"Ska vi plocka körsbär i min trädgård?"	1	1		3	4	4	5		3		9	30
"Lady Antoinette"	7	2	7		2	9	12	1	3	1	4	48
"Jennie, Jennie"	14	18	6	15	4	7	24	3	9	16	1	117
"Rockin' 'n' Reeling"	3	7	16	7	1		1	3	3	3	3	47
"Bang en boomerang"	7		8	5	8	16	5	14	1	15	5	84
"Michelangelo"	4	2	12	12	2	10		6	3	3	1	55
"Som min vän"	4	1	3	5	2		1	3	14	9	17	59
"Sången lär ha vingar"	9	24		7	9	3	4	19	9	6	3	93

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

Points awarded to Sweden [2] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points   Norway   Turkey 7 points   France   Luxembourg   United Kingdom 6 points   Finland   Monaco   Portugal   Yugoslavia 5 points   Spain 4 points 3 points   Israel 2 points   Malta 1 point    Switzerland

Points awarded by Sweden [2] Score Country 12 points   Netherlands 10 points   Ireland 8 points   France 7 points   Yugoslavia 6 points   Israel 5 points   United Kingdom 4 points   Luxembourg 3 points   Finland 2 points   Belgium 1 point   Italy

References

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

External links

• Melodifestivalen 1975 on Öppet arkiv  [ sv ]