Eurovision Song Contest 1990 | ||||
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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 |
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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 | Malmö
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Luleå
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Umeå
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Sundsvall
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Falun
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Karlstad
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Örebro
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Stockholm
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Norrköping
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Växjö
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Gothenburg
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Total score
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"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
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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.