Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

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Eurovision Song Contest 1993
CountryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1993
Selection date(s)5 March 1993
Selected entrant Arvingarna
Selected song"Eloise"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result7th, 89 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Sweden entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, held in Millstreet, Ireland.

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At Eurovision, Sweden performed 13th, following France and preceding Ireland. As the close of the voting, they had finished 7th in a field of 25 with 89 points.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1993

Melodifestivalen 1993 was the selection for the 33rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 32nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1569 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg on 5 March 1993, presented by Triple & Touch and was broadcast on TV2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The show was watched by 4,284,000 people, with a total of 166,045 votes cast.

The winner was selected over two rounds of voting. After the juries had selected 5 songs for a "super final", it was revealed that the TV viewers would choose the winner by regional televoting. However, the voting became a bit repetitive, and televoting was not re-introduced until six years later when it was combined with regional juries.

The winner was the dansband Arvingarna with the song "Eloise".

First Round – 5 March 1993
DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)Result
1N.E.O."Högt i det blå"Dan ÅdahlEliminated
2Monica Silverstrand"Vågornas sång"Per Andréasson, Anders DannvikAdvanced
3Lena Pålsson"Sjunde himlen" Stephan Berg Advanced
4Patrick Swahn"På vingar av kärlek"Kjell-Åke NorénEliminated
5 Nick Borgen "We Are All the Winners" Nick Borgen Advanced
6 Christer Björkman "Välkommen till livet" Mikael Bolyos, Örjan StrandbergEliminated
7Pernilla Emme"I dina ögon"Per Andréasson, Anders DannvikAdvanced
8 Richard Carlsohn "Ge mig din hand"Martin Klaman, Hans SkoogEliminated
9 Tina Leijonberg "Närmare dig" Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Håkan MjörnheimEliminated
10 Arvingarna "Eloise"Gert Lengstrand, Lasse Holm Advanced
Second Round – 5 March 1993
DrawArtistSongTelevotesPointsPlace
1Monica Silverstrand"Vågornas sång"8,88385
2Lena Pålsson"Sjunde himlen"11,405134
3 Nick Borgen "We Are All the Winners"57,498422
4Pernilla Emme"I dina ögon"17,341283
5 Arvingarna "Eloise"70,918561
Detailed Regional Televoting
SongMalmöVäxjöNorrköpingStockholmFalunLuleåGothenburgTotal
VotesPointsVotesPointsVotesPointsVotesPointsVotesPointsVotesPointsVotesPointsVotesPoints
"Vågornas sång"1,74011,290194621,503151811,23911,64718,8838
"Sjunde himlen"2,18222,166294111,614276721,67422,061211,40513
"We Are All the Winners"11,60169,09365,57369,06563,50666,963611,697657,49842
"I dina ögon"2,98842,54941,73643,06441,00341,96844,033417,34128
"Eloise"12,34989,71686,705811,69584,41989,101816,933870,91856

At Eurovision

Arvingarna performed thirteenth at the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, following France's Patrick Fiori with "Mama Corsica" and preceding Ireland's Niamh Kavanagh with "In Your Eyes." Their performance was jaunty and colorful, with the boys standing on stage in blue suits. The conductor was Curt-Eric Holmquist. While perhaps not particularly modern, it was still very catchy, and the juries awarded it 7th place with 89 points, thereby ensuring that Sweden had qualified for the following year's contest under the newly-introduced relegation system. [1] The Swedish jury awarded their twelve points to eventual contest-winners Ireland.

Voting

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Switzerland took part at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 in Millstreet, Ireland. Their entry was Canadian singer Annie Cotton with the song "Moi, tout simplement".

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Portugal took part at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 in Millstreet, Ireland, represented by Anabela with the song "A cidade ". Anabela was selected through the annual Festival da Canção, Portugal's Eurovision selection show, to represent the country at the contest in Ireland.

Israel entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "Shiru" by Lehakat Shiru after they won the Israeli national final, Kdam Eurovision.

Sweden participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) organised the national final Melodifestivalen 2018 in order to select the Swedish entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal. After a six-week-long competition consisting of four heats, a Second Chance round and a final, "Dance You Off" performed by Benjamin Ingrosso emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from eleven international jury groups and a public vote.

Sweden participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) organised the national final Melodifestivalen 2019 in order to select the Swedish entry for the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel. After a six-week-long competition consisting of four heats, a Second Chance round and a final, "Too Late for Love" performed by John Lundvik emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from eight international juries and a public vote.

Sweden participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Tusse represented the country with the song "Voices", following his victory in the national selection Melodifestivalen 2021 organised by Sveriges Television (SVT).

References

  1. ↑ "Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
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