Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 explained

Year:1994
Country:Sweden
Preselection:Melodifestivalen 1994
Preselection Date:12 March 1994
Song:Stjärnorna
Final Result:13th, 48 points

Sweden entered the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Dublin, Ireland. Sveriges Television continued to use the Melodifestivalen contest to select the Swedish entry.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1994

Melodifestivalen 1994 was the selection for the 34th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 33rd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,560 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the SVT Studios in Stockholm on 12 March 1994, presented by Kattis Ahlström and Sven Melander and was broadcast on TV1 and Sveriges Radio's P3 and P4 networks. The show was watched by 3,780,000 people.

First Round – 12 March 1994
DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)Result
1Tina Röklander"Kom och dela min hemlighet"Per Andréasson, Anders DannvikAdvanced
2Nick Borgen"Små minnen av dig"Pierre Breidensjö, Jörgen JohanssonAdvanced
3Perikles"Vill du resa til månen med mig"Bosse NilssonEliminated
4Gladys del Pilar"Det vackraste jag vet"Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Michael SaxellAdvanced
5Tiffany"Håll om mig ikväll"Tommy Kaså, Anica OlsonEliminated
6Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare"Stjärnorna"Mikael Littvold, Peter BertilssonAdvanced
7Carina and Michael Jaarnek"Det är aldrig för sent"Kjell-Åke Norén, Christer JohanssonEliminated
8Jonny Lindé"Jag stannar hos dig"Stephan BergEliminated
9Jan Höglund"Kärlekens vind"Arne HöglundEliminated
10Cayenne"Stanna hos mig"Lilling PalmeklintAdvanced
Second Round – 12 March 1994[1]
Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Tina Röklander "Kom och dela min hemlighet" 21 4
2 "Små minnen av dig" 21 4
3 "Det vackraste jag vet" 62 2
4 "Stjärnorna" 66 1
5 Cayenne "Stanna hos mig" 61 3
+ Detailed Regional Jury Voting
Songscope="col"
"Kom och dela min hemlighet"2142121222221
"Små minnen av dig"1281212111121
"Det vackraste jag vet"6428664846862
"Stjärnorna"8666488484466
"Stanna hos mig"4814846668661

At Eurovision

Bergman and Pontare opened the contest, singing 1st of 25 countries, preceding Finland. At the close of the voting they had received 48 points, placing 13th.[2]

Voting

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Melodifestivalen 1994 . Sveriges Television . https://web.archive.org/web/20140715010113/http://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/om-melodifestivalen/melodifestivalen-1994 . 15 July 2014 . sv . dead.
  2. Web site: Final of Dublin 1994 . European Broadcasting Union . 17 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417121756/https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1994/final . 17 April 2021 . live.
  3. Web site: Results of the Final of Dublin 1994 . European Broadcasting Union . 17 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417122909/https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1994/final/results/sweden . 17 April 2021 . live.