Melodifestivalen 1979
| Melodifestivalen 1979 | ||||
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| Dates | ||||
| Final date | 17 February 1979 | |||
| Host | ||||
| Venue | Cirkus, Stockholm | |||
| Presenter(s) | Ulf Elfving | |||
| Vote | ||||
| Voting system | Regional juries | |||
| Winning song | "Satellit" by Ted Gärdestad | |||
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Melodifestivalen 1979 was the selection for the 19th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 18th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 452 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
Results
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ola+3 | "Det känns som jag vandrar fram" | Ulf Wahlberg | 85 | 3rd |
| 2 | Tomas Adolphson & Anders Falk | "Tillsammans" | Tomas Adolphson, Anders Falk | 58 | 6th |
| 3 | Eva Dahlgren | "Om jag skriver en sång" | Eva Dahlgren | 85 | 3rd |
| 4 | Tomas Ledin | "Det ligger i luften" | Tomas Ledin | 96 | 2nd |
| 5 | Kjell Hansson | "Mer än bara över natten" | Kjell Hansson | 59 | 5th |
| 6 | Timjan | "En egen fela" | Peter Olsson, Anders Olsson | 39 | 9th |
| 7 | Pontus Platin | "Nattens sång" | Pontus Platin, Susanne Wigforss, Patrice Hellberg | 44 | 8th |
| 8 | Py Bäckman & Py Gang | "Var det här bara början?" | Py Bäckman | 45 | 7th |
| 9 | Ted Gärdestad | "Satellit" | Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad | 105 | 1st |
| 10 | Magnus Uggla | "Johnny the Rocker" | Magnus Uggla | 22 | 10th |
Voting
Juries
| Song |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Det känns som jag vandrar fram" | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 85 |
| "Tillsammans" | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 58 |
| "Om jag skriver en sång" | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 85 |
| "Det ligger i luften" | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 96 |
| "Mer än bara över natten" | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 59 |
| "En egen fela" | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 39 |
| "Nattens sång" | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 44 |
| "Var det här bara början?" | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 45 |
| "Satellit" | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 105 |
| "Johnny the Rocker" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
See also
- Eurovision Song Contest 1979
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979
External links
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