Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984

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Eurovision Song Contest 1984
CountryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1984
Selection date(s)25 February 1984
Selected entrant Herreys
Selected song"Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result1st, 145 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄198319841985►

Sweden held a national preselction named Melodifestivalen 1984 to choose the entry for the Eurovision Song Contest the same year. The winner was the three brothers Herrey, consisting of Richard, Louis and Per. Their song was called "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley", and was written by Britt Lindeborg and Torgny Söderberg.

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Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1984

Melodifestivalen 1984 was the selection for the 24th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 23rd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg on 25 February 1984, presented by Fredrik Belfrage and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. Herreys went on to win that year's Eurovision Song Contest in Luxembourg; Sweden's second Eurovision win.

DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)PointsPlace
1Janne Önnerud"Nu är jag tillbaks igen" Monica Forsberg, Örjan Fahlström--
2 Göran Folkestad and Lotta Pedersen "Sankta Cecilia" Göran Folkestad, Vicki Benckert 412nd
3Rosa Körberg"Schack och matt" Monica Forsberg, Örjan Fahlström--
4 John Ballard "Rendez-vous"Paula af Malmborg, Bjarne Nyqvist393rd
5 Herreys "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" Britt Lindeborg, Torgny Söderberg 491st
6 Per-Erik Hallin "Labyrint" Per-Erik Hallin --
7 Elisabeth Andreasson "Kärleksmagi"Peter Wiberg, Vicki Benckert --
8 Karin and Anders Glenmark "Kall som is" Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Anders Glenmark 334th
9Thomas Lewing"Tjuvarnas natt" Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Bruno Glenmark --
10 Vicki Benckert "Livet är som ett träd" Vicki Benckert 275th

Voting

Song15-2020-2525-3030-3535-4040-4545-5050-5555-60Total
"Sankta Cecilia"12644684641
"Rendez-vous"88281226239
"Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"64126868849
"Kall som is"21868412133
"Livet är som ett träd"46412141427

At Eurovision

Sweden was the first country to perform at ESC that year. In the voting, they received not less than 5 "douze points" from the other 18 countries. Finally the brothers were victorious, with a total of 145 points - 8 points ahead of Ireland. [1] Sweden had won exactly 10 years earlier, then represented by ABBA.

Voting

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1984". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.