Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977
Sweden selected their entry for ESC 1977 in the show "Melodifestivalen 1977". The winner was the song "Beatles" by a group called Forbes. It was a tribute to the rock band The Beatles, who had split up some years earlier, and was written by Sven-Olof Bagge and Claes Bure.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1977 | ||||
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| Country |  Sweden | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 1977 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 26 February 1977 | |||
| Selected entrant | Forbes | |||
| Selected song | "Beatles" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 18th, 2 points | |||
| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Melodifestivalen 1977
Melodifestivalen 1977 was the selection for the 17th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. Sweden did not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 due to the potential expenses if Sweden had won the contest again and due to demonstrations against commercial music. It was the 16th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 965 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 26 February 1977, presented by Ulf Elfving and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lena Andersson | "Det bästa som finns" | Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad | 55 | 8th |
| 2 | Greta & Malou | "Åh, vilken sång" | Greta Zachrisson, Malou Berg | 72 | 4th |
| 3 | Mats Rådberg | "Du och jag och sommaren" | Tomas Ledin | 19 | 10th |
| 4 | Landslaget | "Sommaren -65" | Lasse Lindbom | 73 | 3rd |
| 5 | Kenneth Greuz & Eric Öst | "Ola mä fiola" | Little Gerhard | 47 | 9th |
| 6 | Tomas Ledin | "Minns du Hollywood?" | Tomas Ledin | 63 | 5th |
| 7 | Svante Thuresson | "Johan B. Lund" | Åke Larsén, Per-Arne Eklund | 75 | 2nd |
| 8 | Janne Landegren | "Trädets rot" | Jan Sjunneson | 60 | 6th |
| 9 | Eva Rydberg | "Charlie Chaplin" | Tomas Ledin | 57 | 7th |
| 10 | Forbes | "Beatles" | Sven-Olof Bagge, Claes Bure | 117 | 1st |
Voting
| Song | ||||||||||||
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| "Det bästa som finns" | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 55 |
| "Åh, vilken sång" | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 72 |
| "Du och jag och sommaren" | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| "Sommaren -65" | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 73 |
| "Ola mä fiola" | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 47 |
| "Hollywood" | 4 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 63 |
| "Johan B. Lund" | 8 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 75 |
| "Trädets rot" | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 60 |
| "Charlie Chaplin" | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 57 |
| "Beatles" | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 117 |
At Eurovision
The contest was held in London, and Forbes performed 12th. Sweden received 2 points from Germany and nothing else, giving them their first last place since 1963.[1] To date, there has not been anymore.
Voting
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References
- "Final of London 1977". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- "Results of the Final of London 1977". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.