Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

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Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Participating broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT)
CountryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1985
Selection date(s)2 March 1985
Selected artist(s) Kikki Danielsson
Selected song" Bra vibrationer "
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result3rd, 103 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song " Bra vibrationer ", composed by Lasse Holm, with lyrics by Ingela Forsman, and performed by Kikki Danielsson. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1985. In addition, SVT was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, after winning the previous edition with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" by Herreys.

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In order to save money for the staging of the Eurovision Song Contest itself, the Melodifestivalen 1985 was a reduced version of the competition. Of the ten entries, five went through to a second round, which was won by the song "Bra vibrationer", written by Lasse Holm and Ingela "Pling" Forsman and sung by Kikki Danielsson. Kikki had already represented Sweden three years earlier, as part of the pop group Chips. The other half, Elisabeth Andreassen, went to win for Norway, alongside the group Bobbysocks.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1985

Melodifestivalen 1985 was the selection for the 25th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 24th 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 at the SVT Studios in Malmö on 2 March 1985, and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. The presenter, Eva Andersson, was the 1980 Miss Sweden. Andersson's partner at the time, Jeffrey Epstein, was in the studio audience. [1] No orchestra was used, as all songs were performed to backing track. There have been claims that this was because SVT could not afford to hire the orchestra for two shows, as they were hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 1985.

Seventeen-year-old Pernilla Wahlgren, singing "Piccadilly Circus", was the favourite to win. [ citation needed ] However, she finished 4th and the following day Lasse Anrell from Swedish newspaper Expressen was "angry". 85% of the Expressen readers who phoned afterwards said that "the wrong song" won.

Kikki Danielsson won with the song "Bra vibrationer", which throughout the years has become something of a signature song. This was the fourth victory in a row for Bert Karlsson's label Mariann Grammofon AB. Five of the songs were, alone or not, written by Ingela 'Pling' Forsman and Monica Forsberg.

DrawArtistSongSongwritersPointsPlace
1 Kikki Danielsson "Bra vibrationer" Lasse Holm, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman 561st
2Suzanne Frölén"Vänner"Claes Buhre, Olle Bergman010th
3 Göran Folkestad "Eld och lågor" Göran Folkestad, Monica Forsberg 353rd
4Ritz"Nu har det hänt igen"Peter Wanngren, Monica Forsberg 107th
5 Per-Erik Hallin "Morgonluft"Per-Erik Hallin186th
6Bel Air"1 + 1 = 2"Christer Bjärehag, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman 88th
7Li Berg"Jag vet hur det känns"Dick Berglund, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman 205th
8 Dan Tillberg "Ta min hand" Dan Tillberg, Svante Persson, Cecilia von Melen492nd
9 Stefan Borsch "Sjung din sång"Martin Contra, Björn Frisén49th
10 Pernilla Wahlgren "Piccadilly Circus"Lars Andersson, Bruno Glenmark 294th

Voting

Song15–2020–2525–3030–3535–4040–4545–5050–5555–60Total
"Bra vibrationer"68686842856
"Ta min hand"46848288149
"Eld och lågor"21464664235
"Piccadilly Circus"82221116629
"Jag vet hur det känns"14112421420

At Eurovision

For the final Sweden performed in 16th position, or fourth from last. It did very well in the voting and came third with 103 points, 20 points behind the winner. [2]

Voting

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References

  1. ↑ Melodifestivalen. Sveriges Television AB. 2 March 1985.
  2. ↑ "Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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