Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978

For the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, Sweden held a national final called Melodifestivalen 1978. The winner and representative was "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten", sung by Björn Skifs, and written and composed by Peter Himmelstrand.

Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1978
Selection date(s)11 February 1978
Selected entrantBjörn Skifs
Selected song"Det blir alltid värre framåt natten"
Selected songwriter(s)Peter Himmelstrand
Finals performance
Final result14th, 26 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1977 1978 1979►

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1978

Melodifestivalen 1978 was the selection for the 18th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 17th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 58 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 11 February 1978, presented by Ulf Elfving and broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. The songs were not performed live, instead the performances were recorded the afternoon before, and inter-mingled with live pieces from the venue. There was a tie in the voting, and each regional jury was asked to award one point to their favourite song of "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" and "Miss Decibel". The former won by eight votes to three.

Draw Artist Song Songwriters Points Place
1Pastellerna"Idag är det vår"Stig Jonsson, Peter Wanngren526th
2Thomas Munck"Nåt som gör dej glad"Thomas Munck, Karin Stigmark, Anders Henriksson1110th
3Tomas Ledin"Mademoiselle"Tomas Ledin785th
4Harlequin"Harlequin"Johan Langer, Jan Askelind498th
5Göran Fristorp"Längtan om livet med dig"Göran Fristorp853rd
6Kikki Danielsson, Lasse Holm and Wizex"Miss Decibel"Lasse Holm, Gert Lengstrand1032nd
7Kenneth Greuz"Åh, evergreens"Kenneth Greuz, Karin Stigmark507th
8Pugh Rogefeldt"Nattmara"Pugh Rogefeldt853rd
9Jörgen Edman and Polarna"Lilla stjärna"Monica Carlsson, Pär Björk299th
10Björn Skifs"Det blir alltid värre framåt natten"Peter Himmelstrand1081st

Voting

Song
Luleå
Falun
Karlstad
Gothenburg
Umeå
Örebro
Norrköping
Malmö
Sundsvall
Växjö
Stockholm
Total score
"Idag är det vår"5473644526652
"Nåt som gör dej glad"1111111111111
"Mademoiselle"7810108568104278
"Harlequin"6265435635449
"Längtan om livet med dig"4712757810128585
"Miss Decibel"101048101212125710100
"Åh, evergreens"3534762463750
"Nattmara"126562101037121285
"Lilla stjärna"2322323242328
"Det blir alltid värre framåt natten"812812128778108100
Tie-break
Song
Luleå
Falun
Karlstad
Gothenburg
Umeå
Örebro
Norrköping
Malmö
Sundsvall
Växjö
Stockholm
Total score
"Miss Decibel"-----1-1--13
"Det blir alltid värre framåt natten"11111-1-11-8

At Eurovision

Björn Skifs intended to cause controversy by singing in English, which could have disqualified him. Instead, he sang a part of the song in nonsense words, but only Swedes knew the words were wrong. He finished 14th (out of 20).[1]

Voting

References

  1. "Final of Paris 1978". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. "Results of the Final of Paris 1978". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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