Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989
- Tim Norell
- Ola Håkansson
- Alexander Bard
◄1988 • | 1989 | • 1990► |
Sweden chose their song and singer for the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 in the national preselection Melodifestivalen 1989. With a small margin, the winner was Tommy Nilsson with the power ballad "En dag", written by Tim Norell, Ola Håkansson and Alexander Bard.
Before Eurovision
Melodifestivalen 1989
Melodifestivalen 1989 was the selection for the 29th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 28th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,223 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The hostess, Yvonne Ryding, was the 1984 Miss Universe. The final was held in the Globe Arena in Stockholm on 11 March 1989, was broadcast on SVT1 and was not broadcast on radio. The show was watched by 5,328,000 people.
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
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1 | Lili & Sussie | "Okey okey" | Tim Norell, Ola Håkansson | 67 | 5th |
2 | Catrin Olsson | "När stormen går" | Andreas Nilsson, Staffan Odenhall | 21 | 9th |
3 | True Blue | "Jorden är din" | Tomas Ledin, Lars Andersson | 19 | 10th |
4 | Visitors and Sofia Källgren | "Världen är vår" | Göran Danielsson, Svante Persson | 50 | 7th |
5 | Eriksson-Glenmark | "Upp över mina öron" | Thomas 'Orup' Eriksson, Anders Glenmark | 108 | 2nd |
6 | Tommy Nilsson | "En dag" | Tim Norell, Ola Håkansson, Alexander Bard | 113 | 1st |
7 | Lisa Nilsson | "Du (öppnar min värld)" | Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist | 74 | 4th |
8 | Fingerprints | "Mitt ibland änglar" | Thomas 'Orup' Eriksson, Anders Glenmark | 80 | 3rd |
9 | Haakon Pedersen and Elisabeth Berg | "Nattens drottning" | Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Lasse Holm | 67 | 5th |
10 | Cajsa Bergström | "Genom eld" | Ulf Söderberg | 39 | 8th |
Voting
Song | Luleå | Umeå | Sundsvall | Falun | Örebro | Karlstad | Gothenburg | Malmö | Växjö | Norrköping | Stockholm | Total score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
"Okey okey" | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 67 |
"När stormen går" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
"Jorden är din" | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
"Världen är vår" | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 50 |
"Upp över mina öron" | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 108 |
"En dag" | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 113 |
"Du (öppnar min värld)" | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 74 |
"Mitt ibland änglar" | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 80 |
"Nattens drottning" | 6 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 67 |
"Genom eld" | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 39 |
At Eurovision
The song was drawn #10 at the contest in Lausanne, Switzerland. It scored very well, receiving a total of 110 points, making Sweden finish 4th, only 1 point behind their 3rd-placed neighbour Denmark.[1]
Voting
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References
- ^ "Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
External links
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- Note: Entries scored out signify where Sweden did not compete