Melodifestivalen 1997

Melodifestivalen 1997
Dates
Final	8 March 1997
Host
Venue	Eriksbergshallen, Gothenburg
Presenter(s)	Jan Jingryd
Vote
Voting system	Regional juries
Winning song	"Bara hon älskar mig" by Blond

Melodifestivalen 1997 was the selection for the 37th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 36th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,229 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P3 network. The winner was the boyband Blond who later that year represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 1997. The show was watched by 2,965,000 people.

Results

Draw	Artist	Song (Translation)	Songwriters	Points	Place
1	Monia Sjöström	"Nu idag" (Now today)	Lasse Sahlin, Peter Karlsson	11	11th
2	Photogenique	"Nattens änglar" (Angels of the night)	Jonas Berggren	0	12th
3	Robert Randquist	"Hand i hand" (Hand in hand)	Martin Klaman, Björn Johansson, Maurizio Sorrone	55	5th
4	N-Mix	"Där en ängel hälsat på" (Where an angel has visited)	Pernilla Emme Alexandersson, Per Andréasson	68	2nd
5	Jim Jidhed	"Charlie"	John Ekedahl, Jim Jidhed	12	10th
6	Nick Borgen	"World Wide Web"	Nick Borgen	26	9th
7	Andreas Lundstedt	"Jag saknar dig, jag saknar dig" (I miss you, I miss you)	Alexander Bard, Ola Håkansson, Tim Norell	32	7th
8	Garmarna	"En gång ska han gråta" (Once he will cry)	Py Bäckman, Mats Wester	28	8th
9	B.I.G.	"Jag ska aldrig lämna dig" (I will never leave you)	Peo Thyrén, Richard Evenlind, Stefan Almqvist	40	6th
10	Wille Crafoord	"Missarna" (Misses)	Wille Crafoord	65	3rd
11	Cajsalisa Ejemyr	"Du gör mig hel igen" (You make me complete again)	Robin Carlsson, Ulf Lindström, Johan Ekhé	56	4th
12	Blond	"Bara hon älskar mig" (If only she loves me)	Stephan Berg	80	1st

Voting

Juries

Song
"Nu idag"	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	4	-	-	-	11
"Nattens änglar"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
"Hand i hand"	-	4	10	2	2	12	2	12	4	6	1	55
"Där en ängel hälsat på"	8	12	1	-	-	10	1	8	12	4	12	68
"Charlie"	-	-	-	1	-	-	10	1	-	-	-	12
"World Wide Web"	1	1	-	-	6	1	6	-	1	2	8	26
"Jag saknar dig, jag saknar dig"	4	-	-	4	4	2	-	-	2	10	6	32
"En gång ska han gråta"	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	2	28
"Jag ska aldrig lämna dig"	2	2	4	8	-	4	8	2	10	-	-	40
"Missarna"	12	10	6	10	12	-	-	6	8	1	-	65
"Du gör mig hel igen"	10	-	2	12	8	8	4	-	-	8	4	56
"Bara hon älskar mig"	6	8	12	-	10	6	12	10	6	-	10	80

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1997
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

External links

• TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive