Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973
- Monica Dominique
- Carl-Axel Dominique
- Lars Forssell
◄1972 • | 1973 | • 1974► |
Sweden chose their entry for Eurovision Song Contest 1973 in the national final Melodifestivalen 1973. One of the competitors was a group of four who, later in the year, would become ABBA, but they only finished 3rd with their own entry. Instead, the winner was the song "Sommaren som aldrig säger nej" ("Summer that never says no") performed by the group Malta. To avoid being confused with the nation of Malta, who did not participate in that year's contest, they changed their name to "The Nova" (with their backing group The Dolls) for the contest. The song was translated into English with the title "You're Summer".
The song's lyrics were written by Lars Forsell, and it was composed by Monica and Carl-Axel Dominique.
Before Eurovision
Melodifestivalen 1973
Melodifestivalen 1973 was the selection for the 14th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 13th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 10 songwriters were selected by SVT for the competition. The final was held in the SVT Studios in Stockholm on 10 February 1973, presented by Alicia Lundberg and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
The third place act, Agnetha, Anni-Frid, Björn and Benny, returned to take part in Melodifestivalen 1974 under their new moniker ABBA.
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Place | Points |
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1 | Lasse Berghagen | "Ding-Dong" | Lasse Berghagen | 7th | 3 |
2 | Ted Gärdestad | "Oh, vilken härlig dag" | Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad | 4th | 7 |
3 | Inga-Lill Nilsson | "En frusen ros" | Mats Olsson, Karin Stigmark | 9th | 0 |
4 | Björn and Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid | "Ring Ring" | Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson | 3rd | 8 |
5 | Glenmarks | "En liten sång som alla andra" | Östen Warnerbring | 4th | 7 |
6 | Kerstin Aulén and Mona Wessman | "Helledudane en sån karl" | Peter Himmelstrand | 9th | 0 |
7 | Claes-Göran Hederström | "Historien om en vän" | Claes Dieden, Anders Henriksson, Karin Stigmark | 8th | 1 |
8 | Lill-Babs | "Avsked från en vän" | Peter Totth, Britt Lindeborg | 4th | 7 |
9 | Malta | "Sommaren som aldrig säger nej" | Monica Dominique, Carl-Axel Dominique, Lars Forssell | 1st | 37 |
10 | Ann-Kristin Hedmark | "I våran värld" | Bengt-Arne Wallin, Anja Notini-Wallin | 2nd | 29 |
At Eurovision
The contest was held in Luxembourg and Sweden was drawn into spot 12. They finished 5th (out of 17).[1]
Each country nominated two jury members, one below the age of 25 and the other above, who voted for their respective country by giving between one and five points to each song, except that representing their own country. All jury members were colocated in a television studio in Luxembourg.[2] The Swedish jury members were Lena Andersson and Lars Samuelson.[3]
Voting
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References
- ^ "Final of Luxembourg 1973". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ Roxburgh, Gordon (2014). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume Two: The 1970s. Prestatyn, United Kingdom: Telos Publishing. pp. 60, 124. ISBN 978-1-84583-093-9.
- ^ Thorsson, Leif; Verhage, Martin (2006). Melodifestivalen genom tiderna : de svenska uttagningarna och internationella finalerna (in Swedish). Stockholm: Premium Publishing. pp. 102–103. ISBN 91-89136-29-2.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1973". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
External links
- ESCSweden.com (in Swedish)
- Information site about Melodifestivalen
- Eurovision Song Contest National Finals
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- Note: Entries scored out signify where Sweden did not compete