Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1975
Selection date(s)15 February 1975
Selected entrantLasse Berghagen
Selected song"Jennie, Jennie"
Selected songwriter(s)Lasse Berghagen
Finals performance
Final result8th, 72 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1974 1975 1977►

Thanks to ABBA's victory the preceding year, Sweden hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1975. Their entry was chosen in Melodifestivalen 1975, and the winner was last year's runner up, Lasse Berghagen, with the song "Jennie, Jennie", which he had written and composed himself.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1975

Melodifestivalen 1975 was the selection for the 16th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 15th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 10 songwriters were selected by SVT for the competition. The final was held in the SVT 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
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

Song
Luleå
Falun
Karlstad
Gothenburg
Umeå
Örebro
Norrköping
Malmö
Sundsvall
Växjö
Stockholm
Total score
"Den gamla jukeboxen" 4-211812-7210 47
"Oh, Juicy" 2-1-55163-2 25
"Ska vi plocka körsbär i min trädgård?" 11-3445-3-9 30
"Lady Antoinette" 727-29121314 48
"Jennie, Jennie" 1418615472439161 117
"Rockin' 'n' Reeling" 371671-13333 47
"Bang en boomerang" 7-858165141155 84
"Michelangelo" 421212210-6331 55
"Som min vän" 41352-1314917 59
"Sången lär ha vingar" 924-793419963 93

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

References

  1. "Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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