| Eurovision Song Contest 1990 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Sweden | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 1990 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 9 March 1990 | |||
| Selected entrant | Edin-Ådahl | |||
| Selected song | "Som en vind" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Mikael Wendt | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 16th, 24 points | |||
| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Sweden entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television used their tried-and-tested pre-selection Melodifestivalen to select their entry for the 29th time. Melodifestivalen 1990 was held on 9 March, where ten artists competed.
Edin-Ådahl won the contest, beating 1983 representative Carola Häggkvist to second place. Their song, written by Mikael Wendt, was "Som en vind".
Before Eurovision[edit]
Melodifestivalen 1990[edit]
Melodifestivalen 1990 was the contest for selection of the 30th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 29th time that this method of picking a song had been used. 1,223 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Rondo in Gothenburg on 9 March 1990, presented by Carin Hjulström and was broadcast on TV2 but not on radio. The show was watched by 5,964,000 people, the biggest recorded audience for the competition (74.1% of Sweden's 1990 population).
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elisabeth Andreasson | "Jag ser en stjärna falla" | Peter Stedt | 53 | 7th |
| 2 | Peter Jöback | "En sensation" | Christer Lundh, Mikael Wendt | 43 | 9th |
| 3 | Lizette Pålsson | "Sången över havet" | Hans Skoog, Martin Klaman | 56 | 6th |
| 4 | N'Gang | "Vi vill ha värme" | Mikael Erlandsson, Robert Ardin, Peter Andersson, Niklas Börjesson, Lars Sandrén | 73 | 5th |
| 5 | Lotta Engberg | "En gång till" | Christer Lundh, Mikael Wendt | 49 | 8th |
| 6 | Lisbet Jagedal | "Varje natt" | Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Lasse Holm | 76 | 3rd |
| 7 | Loa Falkman | "Symfonin" | Elisabeth Lord, Tommy Gunnarsson | 30 | 10th |
| 8 | Carola Häggkvist | "Mitt i ett äventyr" | Stephan Berg | 84 | 2nd |
| 9 | Edin-Ådahl | "Som en vind" | Mikael Wendt | 99 | 1st |
| 10 | Sofia Källgren | "Handen på hjärtat" | Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Lasse Holm | 75 | 4th |
Voting[edit]
| Song | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Jag ser en stjärna falla" | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 53 |
| "En sensation" | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 43 |
| "Sången över havet" | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 56 |
| "Vi vill ha värme" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 73 |
| "En gång till" | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 49 |
| "Varje natt" | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 76 |
| "Symphonin" | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| "Mitt i ett äventyr" | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 84 |
| "Som en vind" | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 99 |
| "Handen på hjärtat" | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 75 |
At Eurovision[edit]
At the contest Sweden performed 18th, following Ireland and preceding Italy. At the close of the voting they had received 24 points, being placed 16th of 22 countries competing.[1]
Voting[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.