Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

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Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Participating broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT)
CountryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1988
Selection date(s)27 February 1988
Selected artist(s) Tommy Körberg
Selected song"Stad i ljus"
Selected songwriter(s) Py Bäckman
Finals performance
Final result12th, 52 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with the song "Stad i ljus", written by Py Bäckman, and performed by Tommy Körberg. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1988. Körberg had already represented Sweden in 1969. This was the first Swedish entry in the eighties that was a ballad.

Contents

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1988

Melodifestivalen 1988 was the selection for the 28th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 27th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,100 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the Malmö Stadsteater in Malmö on 27 February 1988, presented by Bengt Grafström and was broadcast on TV2 and was not broadcast on radio. The show was watched by 4,464,000 people.

DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)PointsPlace
1Karin Ljung and Michael Nannini"Säg är det sant?"Karin Ljung, Michael Nannini--
2Uffe Persson"Nästa weekend" Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Lasse Holm --
3All of a Sudden"Dansa med vindarna"Paul Kvanta, Fredrik Möller265th
4Billy Gezon"Måndag i mitt liv" Ulf Nordquist  [ sv ]--
5Haakon Pedersen"Bang, en explosion" Monica Forsberg, Bertil Engh334th
6Annica Burman"I en ding ding värld" Bruno Glenmark, Lars Andersson196th
7Sten Nilsson and Nilsonettes"Kärlek är..." Monica Forsberg, Ebbe Nilsson, Sten Nilsson, Vidar Alsterberg--
8 Lena Philipsson "Om igen" Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist552nd
9 Siw Malmkvist "Det är kärlek"Susanne Wigforss, Jonas Warnerbring--
10 Paul Rein "Bara du och jag" Paul Rein --
11 Tommy Körberg "Stad i ljus" Py Bäckman 841st
12 Lotta Engberg and Triple & Touch "100%" Monica Forsberg, Torgny Söderberg 473rd

Voting

Song
Luleå
Örebro
Karlstad
Umeå
Norrköping
Falun
Växjö
Gothenburg
Sundsvall
Stockholm
Malmö
Total
"Dansa med vindarna"2431141224226
"Bang, en explosion"3322624332333
"I en ding ding värld"1114312113119
"Om igen"6666436446455
"Stad i ljus"8888888668884
"100%"4243263881647

At Eurovision

Sweden performed second at the contest and received a total of 52 points and finished 12th. [1]

Voting

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References

  1. ↑ "Final of Dublin 1988". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Dublin 1988". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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