Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980

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Sweden in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Participating broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT)
CountryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Selection process Melodifestivalen 1980
Selection date8 March 1980
Competing entry
Song" Just nu! "
Artist Tomas Ledin
SongwriterTomas Ledin
Placement
Final result10th, 47 points
Participation chronology
◄197919801981►

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song " Just nu! ", written and performed by Tomas Ledin. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1980.

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Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1980

Melodifestivalen 1980 was the selection for the 20th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 19th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 120 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the SVT Studios in Stockholm on 8 March 1980, presented by Bengt Bedrup and broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)PointsPlace
1 Tomas Ledin "Just nu!" Tomas Ledin 1121
2 Paul Paljett "Tusen sekunder"Britta Johansson, Torgny Söderberg 329
3 Kenta "Utan att fråga" Kenta Gustafsson, Bo Rosendahl566
4 Eva Dahlgren "Jag ger mig inte" Eva Dahlgren 487
5 Ted Gärdestad and Annica Boller"Låt solen värma dig" Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad 575
6 Chips "Mycke' mycke' mer" Torgny Söderberg, Lasse Holm 754
7Liza Öhman"Hit men inte längre"Bengt Palmers943
8Lasse Lindbom"För dina bruna ögons skull"Per Gessle, Mats Persson2710
9 Janne Lucas "Växeln hallå" Lasse Holm, Gert Lengstrand962
10Tania"Å sjuttiotal" Torgny Söderberg 418
Voting
Song
Luleå
Falun
Karlstad
Gothenburg
Umeå
Örebro
Norrköping
Malmö
Sundsvall
Växjö
Stockholm
Total
"Just nu!"12810101012101212610112
"Tusen sekunder"2412312644332
"Utan att fråga"51266683233256
"Jag ger mig inte"4534268525448
"Låt solen värma dig"62127734762157
"Mycke' mycke' mer"865545128510775
"Hit men inte längre"71088876101081294
"För dina bruna ögons skull"1143541111527
"Växeln hallå"107712121074712896
"Å sjuttiotal"3321125387641

At Eurovision

At the final in The Hague, he came 10th (out of 19) with 47 points. He had the draw number #8. [1] As of 2021, this is the most recent occasion on which Sweden has failed to score any points from the other participating Nordic nations (and, in turn, it was the last contest final until 2024 to see the Swedish jury fail to award any points to another Nordic nation, save for 2016 when Sweden was the only Nordic nation in the final).[ citation needed ]

Voting

References

  1. "Final of The Hague 1980". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Results of the Final of The Hague 1980". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.