Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980
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Eurovision Song Contest 1980 | ||||
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Country | Sweden | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Melodifestivalen 1980 | |||
Selection date(s) | 8 March 1980 | |||
Selected entrant | Tomas Ledin | |||
Selected song | "Just nu!" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Tomas Ledin | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 10th, 47 points | |||
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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For the 25th Eurovision Song Contest, the Swedish entry was chosen in the national selection Melodifestivalen 1980. Tomas Ledin won with the song "Just nu!", which he had written himself.
Before Eurovision[]
Melodifestivalen 1980[]
Melodifestivalen 1980 was the selection for the 20th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 19th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 120 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the SVT Studios in Stockholm on 8 March 1980, presented by Bengt Bedrup and broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
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1 | Tomas Ledin | "Just nu!" | Tomas Ledin | 112 | 1st |
2 | Paul Paljett | "Tusen sekunder" | Britta Johansson, Torgny Söderberg | 32 | 9th |
3 | Kenta | "Utan att fråga" | Kenta Gustafsson, Bo Rosendahl | 56 | 6th |
4 | Eva Dahlgren | "Jag ger mig inte" | Eva Dahlgren | 48 | 7th |
5 | Ted Gärdestad and Annica Boller | "Låt solen värma dig" | Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad | 57 | 5th |
6 | Chips | "Mycke' mycke' mer" | Torgny Söderberg, Lasse Holm | 75 | 4th |
7 | Liza Öhman | "Hit men inte längre" | Bengt Palmers | 94 | 3rd |
8 | Lasse Lindbom | "För dina bruna ögons skull" | Per Gessle, Mats Persson | 27 | 10th |
9 | Janne Lucas | "Växeln hallå" | Lasse Holm, Gert Lengstrand | 96 | 2nd |
10 | Tania | "Å sjuttiotal" | Torgny Söderberg | 41 | 8th |
Voting[]
Song | ||||||||||||
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"Just nu!" | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 112 |
"Tusen sekunder" | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 32 |
"Utan att fråga" | 5 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 56 |
"Jag ger mig inte" | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 48 |
"Låt solen värma dig" | 6 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 57 |
"Mycke' mycke' mer" | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 75 |
"Hit men inte längre" | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 94 |
"För dina bruna ögons skull" | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 27 |
"Växeln hallå" | 10 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 96 |
"Å sjuttiotal" | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 41 |
At Eurovision[]
At the final in The Hague, he came 10th (out of 19) with 47 points. He had the draw number #8.[1]
Voting[]
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References[]
- ^ "Final of The Hague 1980". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of The Hague 1980". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
External links[]
Categories:
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980
- Melodifestivalen by year
- 1980 in Swedish music
- 1980 in Swedish television