Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 explained

Year:1992
Country:Sweden
Preselection:Melodifestivalen 1992
Preselection Date:14 March 1992
Song:I morgon är en annan dag
Final Result:22nd, 9 points

After Carola Häggkvist's win in the 1991 contest, Sweden was the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, held in Malmö. Sveriges Television, the Swedish broadcaster, continued to use the Melodifestivalen format to select their entry.

Christer Björkman represented the country with the song "I morgon är en annan dag", composed by Niklas Strömstedt.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1992

Melodifestivalen 1992 was the selection for the 32nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 31st time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,544 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 14 March 1992, presented by Adde Malmberg and Claes Malmberg and broadcast on Kanal 1 and Sveriges Radio's P3 network. Christer Björkman's result at Eurovision was Sweden's worst since 1977, until 2003 the worst result of a Eurovision host country. The show was watched by 5,376,000 people.

First Round – 14 March 1992
DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)Result
1Angel"Venus Butterfly"Bert Karlsson, Lennart ClerwallEliminated
2Thérèse Löf"Ingenting går som man vill"Peter Grönvall, Nanne NordqvistEliminated
3Christer Björkman"I morgon är en annan dag"Niklas StrömstedtAdvanced
4Anna Nederdal"Ingen annan än du"John Ekedahl, Tommy KasåEliminated
5Lizette Pålsson and Bizazz"Som om himlen brann"Jane Larsson, Leif LarssonAdvanced
6Shanes"Upp, flyger vi, upp"Björn Ander AnderssonEliminated
7Py Bäckman"Långt härifrån"Py Bäckman, Anders OlaussonAdvanced
8Maria Rådsten"Vad som än händer"Ulf Söderberg, Peter Grönvall, Nanne NordqvistAdvanced
9Kikki Danielsson"En enda gång"Hans Skoog, Martin KlamanAdvanced
10Lena Pålsson and Wizex"Jag kan se en ängel"Kaj Svenling, Johnny ThunqvistEliminated
Second Round – 14 March 1992
DrawArtistSongPointsPlace
1Christer Björkman"I morgon är en annan dag"641
2Lizette Pålsson and Bizazz"Som om himlen brann"592
3Py Bäckman"Långt härifrån"335
4Maria Rådsten"Vad som än händer"413
5Kikki Danielsson"En enda gång"344
+ Detailed Regional Jury Voting
Songscope="col"
"I morgon är en annan dag"4446668686664
"Som om himlen brann"1882844844859
"Långt härifrån"2114116268133
"Vad som än händer"6621482422441
"En enda gång"8268221111234

At Eurovision

Björkman sang 7th on the night of the contest, following France and preceding Portugal. Björkman could not, however, repeat Carola's success of the previous year, picking up 9 points and placing 22nd of 23 countries.[1]

Voting

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Final of Malmö 1992 . European Broadcasting Union . 18 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418073843/https://eurovision.tv/event/malmo-1992/final . 18 April 2021 . live.
  2. Web site: Results of the Final of Malmö 1992 . European Broadcasting Union . 18 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418081651/https://eurovision.tv/event/malmo-1992/final/results/sweden . 18 April 2021 . live.