Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1999
Selection date(s)	27 February 1999
Selected entrant	Charlotte Nilsson
Selected song	"Tusen och en natt"
Finals performance
Final result	1st, 163 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, held in Jerusalem, Israel.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1999

For the full results, see Melodifestivalen 1999.

For the contest, Sweden used their usual pre-selection Melodifestivalen. The contest was hosted by Anders Lundin and Vendela Thommessen. There were 10 songs in the final, with the winner being chosen through a 50/50 jury/televoting method. The winner was Charlotte Nilsson with the song "Tusen och en natt", written by Gert Lengstrand and Lars Diedricsson. It got the highest number of points from both the 11 juries and the televoters.

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Charlotte Nilsson	"Tusen och en natt"	85	132	217	1
2	Crosstalk	"Det gäller dig och mig"	65	22	87	6
3	Janica	"Jag kan se dig"	66	0	66	7
4	Drömhus	"Stjärna på himmelen"	38	110	148	2
5	Roger Pontare	"Som av is"	54	44	98	5
6	Martin	"(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow"	43	66	109	4
7	Christer Björkman	"Välkommen hem"	6	0	6	10
8	Ai	"Bilder av dig"	31	11	42	9
9	Arvingarna	"Det svär jag på"	26	88	114	3
10	Cleo	"Natten är min vän"	59	0	59	8

At Eurovision

The song was translated into English for Eurovision as "Take Me To Your Heaven". Nilsson sang in the 15th spot of 23. In the voting Sweden took their fourth victory, taking 163 points.

Points awarded to Sweden

Points awarded to Sweden
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Bosnia and Herzegovina Estonia Malta Norway United Kingdom	Denmark Iceland Portugal	Israel Netherlands	Belgium Slovenia	Austria Cyprus Poland Spain Turkey
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Ireland		France Lithuania	Germany

Points awarded by Sweden

12 points	Iceland
10 points	Estonia
8 points	Denmark
7 points	Austria
6 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
5 points	Norway
4 points	Netherlands
3 points	Israel
2 points	Germany
1 point	Croatia

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