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| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1985 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) | |||
| Country |  Sweden | |||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 1985 | |||
| Selection date | 2 March 1985 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Bra vibrationer" | |||
| Artist | Kikki Danielsson | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 3rd, 103 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Sweden was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "Bra vibrationer", composed byLasse Holm, with lyrics byIngela Forsman, and performed byKikki Danielsson. The Swedish participating broadcaster,Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry throughMelodifestivalen 1985. In addition, SVT was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at theScandinavium inGothenburg, after winning theprevious edition with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" byHerreys.
In order to save money for the staging of the Eurovision Song Contest itself,Melodifestivalen1985 was a reduced version of the competition. Of the ten entries, five went through to a second round, which was won by the song "Bra vibrationer", written byLasse Holm andIngela "Pling" Forsman and sung byKikki Danielsson. Kikki had already represented Sweden three years earlier, as part of the pop groupChips. The other half,Elisabeth Andreassen, went to win forNorway, alongside the groupBobbysocks.
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Melodifestivalen 1985 was the selection for the 25th song to representSweden at theEurovision Song Contest. It was the 24th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted toSveriges Television (SVT) for the competition. The final was held at the SVT Studios inMalmö on 2 March 1985, and was broadcast onTV1 but was not broadcast on radio. The presenter,Eva Andersson, was the 1980Miss Sweden. Andersson's partner at the time,Jeffrey Epstein, was in the studio audience. Noorchestra was used, as all songs were performed to backing track. There have been claims that this was because SVT could not afford to hire the orchestra for two shows, as they were hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 1985.
Seventeen-year-oldPernilla Wahlgren, singing "Piccadilly Circus", was the favourite to win. However, she finished 4th and the following dayLasse Anrell from Swedish newspaperExpressen was "angry". 85% of theExpressen readers who phoned afterwards said that "the wrong song" won.
Kikki Danielsson won with the song "Bra vibrationer", which throughout the years has become something of asignature song. This was the fourth victory in a row forBert Karlsson's labelMariann Grammofon AB. Five of the songs were, alone or not, written byIngela 'Pling' Forsman andMonica Forsberg.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kikki Danielsson | "Bra vibrationer" | Lasse Holm,Ingela 'Pling' Forsman | 56 | 1 |
| 2 | Suzanne Frölén | "Vänner" | Claes Buhre, Olle Bergman | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Göran Folkestad | "Eld och lågor" | Göran Folkestad,Monica Forsberg | 35 | 3 |
| 4 | Ritz | "Nu har det hänt igen" | Peter Wanngren,Monica Forsberg | 10 | 7 |
| 5 | Per-Erik Hallin | "Morgonluft" | Per-Erik Hallin | 18 | 6 |
| 6 | Bel Air | "1 + 1 = 2" | Christer Bjärehag,Ingela 'Pling' Forsman | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | Li Berg | "Jag vet hur det känns" | Dick Berglund,Ingela 'Pling' Forsman | 20 | 5 |
| 8 | Dan Tillberg | "Ta min hand" | Dan Tillberg, Svante Persson, Cecilia von Melen | 49 | 2 |
| 9 | Stefan Borsch | "Sjung din sång" | Martin Contra, Björn Frisén | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | Pernilla Wahlgren | "Piccadilly Circus" | Lars Andersson,Bruno Glenmark | 29 | 4 |
| Song | 15–20 | 20–25 | 25–30 | 30–35 | 35–40 | 40–45 | 45–50 | 50–55 | 55–60 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Bra vibrationer" | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 56 |
| "Ta min hand" | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 49 |
| "Eld och lågor" | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 35 |
| "Piccadilly Circus" | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 29 |
| "Jag vet hur det känns" | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
For the final Sweden performed in 16th position, or fourth from last. It did very well in the voting and came third with 103 points, 20 points behind the winner.[1]
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