Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Following Herreys' victory in the previous year, Sweden were the hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest 1985. The venue chosen for the show was the country's second city, Gothenburg.

Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1985
Selection date(s)2 March 1985
Selected entrantKikki Danielsson
Selected song"Bra vibrationer"
Finals performance
Final result3rd, 103 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1984 • 1985 • 1986►

In order to save money for the staging of the Eurovision Song Contest itself, the competition to select Sweden's national entry, Melodifestivalen, was a low-budget version in 1985.

Of the ten entries, five went through to a second round, which was won by the song "Bra vibrationer", written by Lasse Holm and Ingela "Pling" Forsman and sung by Kikki Danielsson. Kikki had already represented Sweden three years earlier, as part of the pop group Chips. The other half, Elisabeth Andreassen, went to win for Norway, alongside the group Bobbysocks.

For the final, in which Sweden performed in 16th position, or fourth from last, the song's title was translated into Good Vibrations. It did very well in the voting and came third with 103 points, 20 points behind the winner.

Points awarded by Sweden
12 points Norway
10 points Finland
8 points Germany
7 points Ireland
6 points France
5 points Denmark
4 points United Kingdom
3 points Austria
2 points Israel
1 point  Switzerland

Points awarded to Sweden
Points awarded to Sweden
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
gollark: Um. I hope not.
gollark: Locally hosted (accessible via some internal IP) stuff too.
gollark: Not *just* that.
gollark: You can fetch in nocors mode too, but then you don't get to see the result and can probably only GET.
gollark: Yes you can, `fetch`. It still has the CORS issue though.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.