Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1975 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participating broadcaster | Sveriges Radio (SR) | |||
| Country |  Sweden | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 1975 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 15 February 1975 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | 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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Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "Jennie, Jennie", written and performed by Lasse Berghagen. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1975. In addition, SR was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Sankt Eriks-Mässan in Stockholm, after winning the previous edition with the song "Waterloo" by ABBA.
Before Eurovision
[edit]Melodifestivalen 1975
[edit]Melodifestivalen 1975 was the selection for the 16th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 15th time that Sveriges Radio (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.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Conductor | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| Song | Luleå | Falun | Karlstad | Gothenburg | Umeå | Örebro | Norrköping | Malmö | Sundsvall | Växjö | Stockholm | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "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.