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| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurovision Song Contest 1997 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) | |||
| Country |  Sweden | |||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 1997 | |||
| Selection date | 8 March 1997 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Bara hon älskar mig" | |||
| Artist | Blond | |||
| Songwriter | Stephan Berg | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 14th, 36 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Sweden was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "Bara hon älskar mig", written byStephan Berg, and performed by Blond. The Swedish participating broadcaster,Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry throughMelodifestivalen 1997.
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Melodifestivalen 1997 was the selection for the 37th song to representSweden at theEurovision Song Contest. It was the 36th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,229 songs were submitted toSveriges Television (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the SVT Studios inGothenburg on 8 March 1997, presented byJan Jingryd and was broadcast onSVT2 andSveriges Radio'sP3 network. The show was watched by 2,965,000 people. The winner was chosen by 11 regional juries, being "Bara hon älskar mig" performed by Blond. It was written and composed byStephan Berg.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Monia Sjöström | "Nu idag" | Lasse Sahlin, Peter Karlsson | 11 | 11 |
| 2 | Photogenique | "Nattens änglar" | Jonas Berggren | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | Robert Randqvist | "Hand i hand" | Martin Klaman, Björn Johansson, Maurizio Sorrone | 55 | 5 |
| 4 | N-Mix | "Där en ängel hälsat på" | Pernilla Emme Alexandersson, Per Andréasson | 68 | 2 |
| 5 | Jim Jidhed | "Charlie" | John Ekedahl,Jim Jidhed | 12 | 10 |
| 6 | Nick Borgen | "World Wide Web" | Nick Borgen | 26 | 9 |
| 7 | Andreas Lundstedt | "Jag saknar dig, jag saknar dig" | Alexander Bard,Ola Håkansson, Tim Norell | 32 | 7 |
| 8 | Garmarna | "En gång ska han gråta" | Py Bäckman,Mats Wester | 28 | 8 |
| 9 | B.I.G. | "Jag skall aldrig lämna dig" | Peo Thyrén, Richard Evenlind, Stefan Almqvist | 40 | 6 |
| 10 | Wille Crafoord | "Missarna" | Wille Crafoord | 65 | 3 |
| 11 | Cajsalisa Ejemyr | "Du gör mig hel igen" | Robin Carlsson, Ulf Lindström, Johan Ekhé | 56 | 4 |
| 12 | Blond | "Bara hon älskar mig" | Stephan Berg | 80 | 1 |
| Song | Luleå | Umeå | Sundsvall | Falun | Örebro | Karlstad | Gothenburg | Malmö | Växjö | Norrköping | Stockholm | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "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 |
Blond performed 16th on the night of the contest and received 36 points, placing 14th.[1]
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