Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 explained

Year:1975
Broadcaster:Swedish: [[Sveriges Radio]]|i=no (SR)
Country:Sweden
Preselection:Melodifestivalen 1975
Preselection Date:15 February 1975
Entrant:Lasse Berghagen
Song:Jennie, Jennie
Final Result:8th, 72 points

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "Jennie, Jennie", written and performed by Lasse Berghagen. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Swedish: [[Sveriges Radio]]|i=no (SR), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1975. In addition, SR was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Swedish: [[Stockholm International Fairs|Sankt Eriks-Mässan]]|i=no in Stockholm, after winning the with the song "Waterloo" by ABBA.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1975

Melodifestivalen 1975 was the selection for the 16th song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 15th time that Swedish: [[Sveriges Radio]]|i=no (SR) used this system of picking a song. 10 songwriters were selected by SR for the competition. The final was held in the SR television studios in Gothenburg on 15 February 1975, presented by Karin Falck and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)ConductorPointsPlace
1Landslaget"Den gamla jukeboxen"Lasse LindbomBengt Palmers477th
2Nils-Åke Runesson"Oh, Juicy"Nils-Åke RunessonLars Samuelson2510th
3Ann-Christine Bärnsten"Ska vi plocka körsbär i min trädgård?"Little Gerhard, Börje CarlssonAlain Leroux309th
4Hadar Kronberg with Glenmarks"Lady Antoinette"Hadar KronbergBruno Glenmark486th
5Lasse Berghagen"Jennie, Jennie"Lasse BerghagenLars Samuelson1171st
6Ted Gärdestad"Rockin' 'n' Reelin'"Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth GärdestadSven-Olof Walldoff477th
7Svenne and Lotta"Bang en boomerang"Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson843rd
8Björn Skifs"Michelangelo"Bengt Palmers, Björn SkifsBengt Palmers555th
9Göran Fristorp"Som min vän"Göran FristorpLeif Strand594th
10Gimmicks"Sången lär ha vingar"Bo Sylvén, Bo CarlgrenLars Samuelson932nd

Voting

SongTotal
"Den gamla jukeboxen"4-211812-721047
"Oh, Juicy"2-1-55163-225
"Ska vi plocka körsbär i min trädgård?"11-3445-3-930
"Lady Antoinette"727-2912131448
"Jennie, Jennie"1418615472439161117
"Rockin' 'n' Reeling"371671-1333347
"Bang en boomerang"7-85816514115584
"Michelangelo"421212210-633155
"Som min vän"41352-131491759
"Sången lär ha vingar"924-79341996393

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Final of Stockholm 1975 . European Broadcasting Union . 9 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210409175434/https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-1975/final . 9 April 2021 . live.
  2. Web site: Results of the Final of Stockholm 1975 . European Broadcasting Union . 9 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210409183726/https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-1975/final/results/sweden . 9 April 2021 . live.