Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1979
Selection date(s)	17 February 1979
Selected artist(s)	Ted Gärdestad
Selected song	"Satellit"
Selected songwriter(s)	Kenneth Gärdestad; Ted Gärdestad;
Finals performance
Final result	17th, 8 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden selected their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in a show called Melodifestivalen 1979. The winner was the popular pop singer Ted Gärdestad with the song "Satellit", which he composed, while the lyrics were by his brother, Kenneth Gärdestad.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1979

Melodifestivalen 1979 was the selection for the 19th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 18th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 452 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 17 February 1979, presented by Ulf Elfving and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Ola+3	"Det känns som jag vandrar fram"	Ulf Wahlberg	85	3rd
2	Tomas and Anders	"Tillsammans"	Tomas Adolphson, Anders Falk	58	6th
3	Eva Dahlgren	"Om jag skriver en sång"	Eva Dahlgren	85	3rd
4	Tomas Ledin	"Det ligger i luften"	Tomas Ledin	96	2nd
5	Kjell Hansson	"Mer än bara över natten"	Kjell Hansson	59	5th
6	Timjan	"En egen fela"	Bengt "Charlie" Hillson, PeterOlsson	39	9th
7	Pontus Platin	"Nattens sång"	Patrice Hellberg, Pontus Platin, Susanne Wigforss	44	8th
8	Py Bäckman and Py Gang	"Var det här bara början?"	Py Bäckman	45	7th
9	Ted Gärdestad	"Satellit"	Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad	105	1st
10	Magnus Uggla Band	"Johnny the Rocker"	Johan Langer, Magnus Uggla	22	10th

Voting

Song	Falun	Gothenburg	Karlstad	Luleå	Malmö	Norrköping	Sundsvall	Umeå	Växjö	Örebro	Stockholm	Total score
"Det känns som jag vandrar fram"	10	6	6	7	6	4	7	12	7	8	12	85
"Tillsammans"	6	3	5	6	10	6	4	8	3	5	2	58
"Om jag skriver en sång"	8	12	10	2	4	7	6	10	8	12	6	85
"Det ligger i luften"	12	10	12	10	8	10	10	3	6	7	8	96
"Mer än bara över natten"	7	5	2	1	3	8	8	7	10	3	5	59
"En egen fela"	3	4	3	3	7	2	5	2	1	2	7	39
"Nattens sång"	1	8	4	4	5	5	2	4	4	6	1	44
"Var det här bara början?"	4	2	8	8	2	3	3	5	2	4	4	45
"Satellit"	5	7	7	12	12	12	12	6	12	10	10	105
"Johnny the Rocker"	2	1	1	5	1	1	1	1	5	1	3	22

At Eurovision

The contest was held in Jerusalem, and Sweden performed 15th. Gärdestad finished only 17th out of 19, with 8 points.^[1]

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden^[2]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points	Ireland
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point	Greece Israel

Points awarded by Sweden^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Israel
10 points	Norway
8 points	Ireland
7 points	Spain
6 points	Germany
5 points	France
4 points	Netherlands
3 points	Portugal
2 points	Greece
1 point	Denmark

References

^ "Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.