Melodifestivalen 1979
| Date: | 17 February 1979 |
|---|---|
| Presenter: | Ulf Elfving |
| Venue: | Cirkus, Stockholm |
| Voting: | Regional juries |
| Winner: | Satellit performed by Ted Gärdestad |
| Winner's result at Eurovision: | Seventeenth place |
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
| # | 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 | Falun | Gothenburg | Karlstad | Luleå | Malmö | Norrköping | Sundsvall | Umeå | Växjö | Örebro | Stockholm | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ESCSweden.com (in Swedish)
- Eurovision Song Contest National Finals