Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

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Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1988
Selection date(s)27 February 1988
Selected entrantTommy Körberg
Selected song"Stad i ljus"
Selected songwriter(s)Py Bäckman
Finals performance
Final result12th, 52 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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In order to choose an entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, Sweden held a national selection, namely Melodifestivalen 1988. The runaway winner was the ballad "Stad i ljus" sung by Tommy Körberg, who also had represented Sweden at the 1969 contest. This time his song was written by Py Bäckman. It was the first time in the eighties that the Swedish entry was a ballad.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1988

Melodifestivalen 1988 was the selection for the 28th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 27th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,100 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Malmö Stadsteater in Malmö on 27 February 1988, presented by Bengt Grafström and was broadcast on TV2 and was not broadcast on radio. The show was watched by 4,464,000 people.

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 Karin Ljung and Michael Nannini "Säg är det sant?" Karin Ljung, Michael Nannini - -
2 Uffe Persson "Nästa weekend" Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Lasse Holm - -
3 All of a Sudden "Dansa med vindarna" Paul Kvanta, Fredrik Möller 26 5th
4 Billy Gezon "Måndag i mitt liv" Ulf Nordquist - -
5 Haakon Pedersen "Bang, en explosion" Monica Forsberg, Bertil Engh 33 4th
6 Annica Burman "I en ding ding värld" Bruno Glenmark, Lars Andersson 19 6th
7 Sten Nilsson and Nilsonettes "Kärlek är..." Monica Forsberg, Ebbe Nilsson, Sten Nilsson, Vidar Alsterberg - -
8 Lena Philipsson "Om igen" Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist 55 2nd
9 Siw Malmkvist "Det är kärlek" Susanne Wigforss, Jonas Warnerbring - -
10 Paul Rein "Bara du och jag" Paul Rein - -
11 Tommy Körberg "Stad i ljus" Py Bäckman 84 1st
12 Lotta Engberg and Triple & Touch "100%" Monica Forsberg, Torgny Söderberg 47 3rd

Voting

Song
Luleå
Örebro
Karlstad
Umeå
Norrköping
Falun
Växjö
Gothenburg
Sundsvall
Stockholm
Malmö
Total score
"Dansa med vindarna" 2 4 3 1 1 4 1 2 2 4 2 26
"Bang, en explosion" 3 3 2 2 6 2 4 3 3 2 3 33
"I en ding ding värld" 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 1 1 3 1 19
"Om igen" 6 6 6 6 4 3 6 4 4 6 4 55
"Stad i ljus" 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 8 8 84
"100%" 4 2 4 3 2 6 3 8 8 1 6 47

At Eurovision

Sweden performed second at the contest and received a total of 52 points and finished 12th.[1]

Voting

References

  1. ^ "Final of Dublin 1988". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1988". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

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