Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987

  • Mikael Wendt
  • Christer Lundh
Finals performanceFinal result12th, 50 pointsSweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1986 • 1987 • 1988►

Sweden selected an entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 by holding a preselection show named Melodifestivalen 1987. Out of 1,502 submitted songs and 12 songs in the final, the entry "Fyra Bugg och en Coca-Cola" was chosen. It was performed by Lotta Engberg, and written/composed by Christer Lundh and Mikael Wendt.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1987

Melodifestivalen 1987 was the selection for the 27th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 26th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1502 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg on 21 February 1987, was presented by Fredrik Belfrage and broadcast on TV1 and was not broadcast on radio. The winning song's title was changed to "Boogaloo" for the Eurovision Song Contest as it contained chewing gum brand Bugg as well drinks company Coca-Cola in the title.

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 Sound of Music "Alexandra" Peter Grönvall, Angelique Widengren, Nanne Nordqvist 44 4th
2 Annica Jonsson "Nya illusioner" Mikael Wendt och Christer Lundh - -
3 Cyndee Peters "När morgonstjärnan brinner" Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman 46 3rd
4 Paul Sahlin and Anne Kihlström "Ung och evig" Paul Sahlin, Alf Brink - -
5 Jan-Eric Karlzon "Flyktingen" Jan-Eric Karlzon, Kenth Larsson - -
6 Baden-Baden "Leva livet" Anders Nylander, Margareta Karlsson - -
7 Arja Saijonmaa "Högt över havet" Lasse Holm 58 2nd
8 Robert Wells "Sommarnatt" Göran Folkestad, Jan-Olov Ståhl - -
9 Style "Hand i hand" Christer Sandelin, Tommy Ekman 29 6th
10 Lena Philipsson "Dansa i neon" Tim Norell, Peo Thyrén, Ola Håkansson 43 5th
11 Anna Book "Det finns en morgondag" Jan Askelind, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman - -
12 Lotta Engberg "Fyra Bugg och en Coca Cola" Mikael Wendt, Christer Lundh 59 1st

Voting

Song 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 Total
"Alexandra" 10 1 10 6 8 4 2 1 2 44
"När morgonstjärnan brinner" 6 10 4 4 1 1 8 6 6 46
"Högt över havet" 8 2 2 8 6 8 10 10 4 58
"Hand i hand" 1 8 1 2 2 6 4 4 1 29
"Dansa i neon" 4 4 8 10 4 2 1 2 8 43
"Fyra Bugg och en Coca Cola" 2 6 6 1 10 10 6 8 10 59

At Eurovision

As the song's title contained the trademark names Coca-Cola and the Swedish chewing gum Bugg, the European Broadcasting Union demanded that the lyrics be changed before the Eurovision final, so the song was renamed Boogaloo. It was drawn to perform at start position 12. After the voting, Sweden had received 50 points and finished in 12th place (out of 22).[1] This was the worst placement for Sweden in eight years.

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden[2]
Score Country
12 points  Israel
10 points
8 points  Iceland
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points  Turkey
1 point  Belgium
Points awarded by Sweden[2]
Score Country
12 points  Ireland
10 points  Norway
8 points  Denmark
7 points  Germany
6 points  Greece
5 points  United Kingdom
4 points  Israel
3 points  Finland
2 points  Cyprus
1 point  Italy

References

  1. ^ "Final of Brussels 1987". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Brussels 1987". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

External links

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Songs
  • "Amour, amour"
  • "Aspro mavro"
  • "Boogaloo"
  • "Gente di mare"
  • "Hægt og hljótt"
  • "Hold Me Now"
  • "Ja sam za ples"
  • "Lass die Sonne in dein Herz"
  • "En lille melodi"
  • "Mitt liv"
  • "Moitié, moitié"
  • "Les Mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche"
  • "Neste barco à vela"
  • "No estás solo"
  • "Nur noch Gefühl"
  • "Only the Light"
  • "Rechtop in de wind"
  • "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne"
  • "Sata salamaa"
  • "Shir Habatlanim"
  • "Soldiers of Love"
  • "Stop"