Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

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Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Participating broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT)
CountryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1999
Selection date(s)27 February 1999
Selected artist(s) Charlotte Nilsson
Selected song"Take Me to Your Heaven"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result1st, 163 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven", composed by Lars Diedricson, with lyrics by Gert Lengstrand, and performed by Charlotte Nilsson. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1999. The entry eventually won the Eurovision Song Contest, becoming the fourth ever victory for Sweden in the contest.

Contents

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1999

Melodifestivalen 1999 was the selection for the 39th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 38th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,315 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television (SVT) for the competition, with ten songs selected to compete. The final was held in the Victoriahallen in Stockholm on 27 February 1999, presented by Anders Lundin and Vendela Kirsebom Thommesen, and was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The winner was chosen through a 50/50 jury/televoting method, which was Charlotte Nilsson with the song "Tusen och en natt", written by Gert Lengstrand and Lars Diedricsson. It got the highest number of points from both the 11 juries and the televoters. A total of 630,339 votes were cast. [1]

Competing entries

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Ai "Bilder av dig" Stephan Berg
Arvingarna "Det svär jag på" Torgny Söderberg, Lena Philipsson
Cleo"Natten är min vän" Thomas G:son
Charlotte Nilsson "Tusen och en natt"Gert Lengstrand, Lars "Dille" Diedricson
Christer Björkman "Välkommen hem"Lasse Sahlin, Jan Lundkvist
Crosstalk"Det gäller dig och mig"Lars Edvall, Mattias Reimer
Drömhus "Stjärna på himmelen"Per Andréassen, Anders Dannvik
Janica"Jag kan se dig"Anders Dannvik, Pär Olsson
Martin "(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow" Martin Svensson
Roger Pontare "Som av is"Lasse Johansson, Staffan Stavert

Final

DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPoints
1 Charlotte Nilsson "Tusen och en natt"85124,9471322171
2Crosstalk"Det gäller dig och mig"6573,60022876
3Janica"Jag kan se dig"6622,1060667
4 Drömhus "Stjärna på himmelen"3886,9991101482
5 Roger Pontare "Som av is"5473,74444985
6 Martin "(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow"4375,354661094
7 Christer Björkman "Välkommen hem"616,5230610
8 Ai "Bilder av dig"3156,89011429
9 Arvingarna "Det svär jag på"2675,654881143
10Cleo"Natten är min vän"5924,5220598
Detailed Regional Jury Voting
Song
Luleå
Umeå
Sundsvall
Falun
Karlstad
Örebro
Norrköping
Gothenburg
Växjö
Malmö
Stockholm
Total
"Tusen och en natt"101288481011010485
"Det gäller dig och mig"1241126621021065
"Jag kan se dig"81068412264666
"Stjärna på himmelen"821011212238
"Som av is"266124121254
"(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow"622218461243
"Välkommen hem"1416
"Bilder av dig"41126831
"Det svär jag på"142164826
"Natten är min vän"1012101088159

Spokespersons

At Eurovision

Ahead of the contest the Sweden were considered one of the favourites to win among bookmakers, alongside the entries from United Kingdom, Iceland, and Cyprus. [2] [3] [4] The song was translated into English for Eurovision as "Take Me To Your Heaven". Nilsson performed 15th on the night of the contest. At the end of the voting Sweden received 163 points (12 points from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Malta, Norway, and the United Kingdom), taking their fourth victory. [5]

Voting

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