Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982

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Eurovision Song Contest 1982
Participating broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT)
CountryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1982
Selection date(s)27 February 1982
Selected artist(s) Chips
Selected song" Dag efter dag "
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result8th, 67 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song " Dag efter dag ", composed by Lasse Holm, with lyrics by Monica Forsberg, and performed by the band Chips. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1982.

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Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1982

Melodifestivalen 1982 was the selection for the 22nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 21st time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg on 27 February 1982, presented by Fredrik Belfrage and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

The 10 songs were reduced to 5 finalists, which were then voted on by 9 juries split according to age ranges. Chips formed by Elisabeth Andreasson and Kikki Danielsson had both previously come 2nd in the Melodifestivalen 1981 in a group called 'Sweet 'n' Chips'. Kikki Danielsson had previously came joint 1st in the Melodifestivalen 1978 but lost out on a tie-break and previously came 4th in the group Chips in 1980.

DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)PointsPlace
1 Little Gerhard and Yvonne Olsson"Hand i hand med dig" Little Gerhard, Börje Carlsson--
2Lena Ericsson"Någonting har hänt"Staffan Ehrling, Britt Lindeborg 392
3 Chattanooga "Hallå hela pressen"Strix Q, Mia Kempff284
4Charlie Hillson"Då kommer min ängel"Charlie Hillson--
5 Ann-Louise Hanson "Kärleken lever" Anders Glenmark 255
6Annika Rydell and Lars Westman"Här har du din morgondag"Lasse Westman, Kjell Isaksson, Inger Isaksson--
7Liza Öhman"Hey-hi-ho"Martin Contra, Björn Frisén333
8 Shanes "Fender 62"Kit Sundqvist, Håkan Thanger--
9Maria Wickman"Dags att börjar om igen"Hasse Olsson--
10 Chips "Dag efter dag" Lasse Holm, Monica Forsberg 641

Voting

Song15–2020–2525–3030–3535–4040–4545–5050–5555–60Total
"Någonting har hänt"28416464439
"Hallå hela pressen"81662211128
"Kärleken lever"12121646225
"Hey-hi-ho"44284122633
"Dag efter dag"66848888864

At Eurovision

Sweden performed 9th on the evening of the contest, following Cyprus and preceding Austria. They finished 8th with 67 points. [1]

Voting

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References

  1. ↑ "Final of Harrogate 1982". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Harrogate 1982". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
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