Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Eurovision Song Contest 1975 | ||||
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Country | Sweden | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Melodifestivalen 1975 | |||
Selection date(s) | 15 February 1975 | |||
Selected entrant | Lasse Berghagen | |||
Selected song | "Jennie, Jennie" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Lasse Berghagen | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 8th, 72 points | |||
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Thanks to ABBA's victory the preceding year, Sweden hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1975. Their entry was chosen in Melodifestivalen 1975, and the winner was last year's runner up, Lasse Berghagen, with the song "Jennie, Jennie", which he had written and composed himself.
Before Eurovision
Melodifestivalen 1975
Melodifestivalen 1975 was the selection for the 16th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 15th 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 Gothenburg on 15 February 1975, presented by Karin Falck and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Conductor | Points | Place |
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1 | Landslaget | "Den gamla jukeboxen" | Lasse Lindbom | Bengt Palmers | 47 | 7th |
2 | Nils-Åke Runesson | "Oh, Juicy" | Nils-Åke Runesson | Lars Samuelson | 25 | 10th |
3 | Ann-Christine Bärnsten | "Ska vi plocka körsbär i min trädgård?" | Little Gerhard, Börje Carlsson | Alain Leroux | 30 | 9th |
4 | Hadar Kronberg with Glenmarks | "Lady Antoinette" | Hadar Kronberg | Bruno Glenmark | 48 | 6th |
5 | Lasse Berghagen | "Jennie, Jennie" | Lasse Berghagen | Lars Samuelson | 117 | 1st |
6 | Ted Gärdestad | "Rockin' 'n' Reelin'" | Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad | Sven-Olof Walldoff | 47 | 7th |
7 | Svenne and Lotta | "Bang en boomerang" | Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson | 84 | 3rd | |
8 | Björn Skifs | "Michelangelo" | Bengt Palmers, Björn Skifs | Bengt Palmers | 55 | 5th |
9 | Göran Fristorp | "Som min vän" | Göran Fristorp | Leif Strand | 59 | 4th |
10 | Gimmicks | "Sången lär ha vingar" | Bo Sylvén, Bo Carlgren | Lars Samuelson | 93 | 2nd |
Voting
Song | Luleå | Falun | Karlstad | Gothenburg | Umeå | Örebro | Norrköping | Malmö | Sundsvall | Växjö | Stockholm | Total score |
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"Den gamla jukeboxen" | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | - | 7 | 2 | 10 | 47 |
"Oh, Juicy" | 2 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | - | 2 | 25 |
"Ska vi plocka körsbär i min trädgård?" | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | - | 3 | - | 9 | 30 |
"Lady Antoinette" | 7 | 2 | 7 | - | 2 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 48 |
"Jennie, Jennie" | 14 | 18 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 117 |
"Rockin' 'n' Reeling" | 3 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 47 |
"Bang en boomerang" | 7 | - | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 84 |
"Michelangelo" | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 10 | - | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 55 |
"Som min vän" | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 59 |
"Sången lär ha vingar" | 9 | 24 | - | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 93 |
At Eurovision
At the ESC final in Stockholm, Berghagen performed 18th, and sang the song in English. This year, the 12 points voting system was for the first time in use. He did not receive any 12s (Sweden's highest score was 8 points from Norway and Turkey), but finished 8th (out of 19) with 72 points.[1]
Voting
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References
- ^ "Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
External links
- TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive
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