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style="font-size: larger;" | **Melodifestivalen 1985**
Date:	2 March 1985
Presenter:	Eva Andersson
Venue:	SVT Sveriges Television Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners... Television Centre, Malmö Malmö Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...
Voting:	Juries sorted by age
Winner:	Bra vibrationer Bra vibrationer (song) "Bra vibrationer" , written by Ingela Forsman and composed by Lasse Holm, was the Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, performed by Kikki Danielsson.-History:... performed by Kikki Danielsson Kikki Danielsson Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson is a Swedish country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She is also famous for yodeling in some songs. Kikki Danielsson gained her largest popularity in the Nordic region from the late 1970s until...
Winner's result at Eurovision Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition... :	Third place

Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959...

1985 was the selection for the 25th song to represent Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

at the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

. It was the 24th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT

Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...

for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1

SVT1

SVT1 is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.-History:The channel began broadcasting in 1956 and was known as Radiotjänst TV, A year later, it was renamed Sveriges Radio TV. In 1969, the second television station TV2 was launched and...

but was not broadcast on radio. The presenter, Eva Andersson, was the 1980 Miss Sweden

Miss Sweden

Miss Sweden , is the title of the Swedish beauty pageant, which ran from 1949-2003, by the female magazine VeckoRevyn and production company Strix in partnership with MTG. The competition qualified delegates to the global contests Miss Universe and first runner ups to Miss World...

. No orchestra

Orchestra

An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...

was used, as all songs were performed to backing track. There have been claims that this was because SVT could not afford to hire the orchestra for two shows, as they were hosting the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1985

The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 4 May 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The presenter was Lill Lindfors, and Norwegian duo Bobbysocks! was the winner of this Eurovision with the song "La det swinge"....

in 1985.

17 year old Pernilla Wahlgren

Pernilla Wahlgren

Pernilla Nina Elisabeth Wahlgren is a Swedish singer, actress and presenter. In 2004, she received the Ulla Billquist award.-Family:...

, singing Piccadilly Circus, was the favourite to win. However, she finished 4th and the following day Lasse Anrell at Expressen

Expressen

Expressen is one of two nationwide evening tabloid newspapers in Sweden, the other being Aftonbladet. Expressen was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and slogans "it stings" or "Expressen to your rescue", always on the reader's side....

was "angry". 85 % of the Expressen readers who phoned afterwards said that "the wrong song" won.

Kikki Danielsson

Kikki Danielsson

Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson is a Swedish country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She is also famous for yodeling in some songs. Kikki Danielsson gained her largest popularity in the Nordic region from the late 1970s until...

won with the song "Bra vibrationer

Bra vibrationer (song)

"Bra vibrationer" , written by Ingela Forsman and composed by Lasse Holm, was the Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, performed by Kikki Danielsson.-History:...

", which throughout the years has become something of a signature song

Signature song

A signature song is the one song that a popular and well-established singer or band is most closely identified with or best known for, even if they have had success with a variety of songs...

. This mean that this was the 4th victory in a row for Bert Karlsson's

Bert Karlsson

Bert Willis Karlsson is a Swedish record company manager, entrepreneur, former politician and front figure of the New Democracy party....

label Mariann Grammofon AB

Mariann Grammofon AB

Mariann Grammofon AB, formed in 1972, is a record label run by Bert Karlsson in Skara, Sweden. Since 2006 the label is owned by Warner Music Group.-Signed artists and groups:*Afro-Dite*Alf Robertson*Anders Johansson*Andrés Esteche*Barbados*Casanovas...

. Five of the songs were, alone or not, written by Ingela 'Pling' Forsman

Ingela Forsman

Ingela Birgitta "Pling" Forsman is a Swedish lyricist in popular music. 1981–2009, 33 of her songs have competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen, three of them winners: Bra vibrationer , Se på mej and Kärleken är...

and Monica Forsberg

Monica Forsberg

Monica Yvonne Forsberg is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actress. She was a member in the group Ritz, which competed in Melodifestivalen in 1983 and 1985...

Results

#	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Points	Place
1	Kikki Danielsson Kikki Danielsson Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson is a Swedish country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She is also famous for yodeling in some songs. Kikki Danielsson gained her largest popularity in the Nordic region from the late 1970s until...	Bra vibrationer Bra vibrationer (song) "Bra vibrationer" , written by Ingela Forsman and composed by Lasse Holm, was the Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, performed by Kikki Danielsson.-History:...	Lasse Holm Lasse Holm Lars-Eric Gustav "Lasse" Holm, born 9 December 1943 in Stockholm, Sweden, is known as a composer, lyricist and singer.Since childhood, he was interested in music and was a member of a lot of pop music and rock music groups in the 1960s: Doug and the Millsmen, The Spacemen and The Moonlighters... , Ingela 'Pling' Forsman Ingela Forsman Ingela Birgitta "Pling" Forsman is a Swedish lyricist in popular music. 1981–2009, 33 of her songs have competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen, three of them winners: Bra vibrationer , Se på mej and Kärleken är...	56	1st
2	Susanne Frölén	Vänner	Claes Buhre, Olle Bergman
3	Göran Folkestad Göran Folkestad Göran Folkestad, born 1952, is a Swedish songwriter and singer. He is professor of music pedagogy at Malmö Academy of Music. He has competed three times in Melodifestivalen during the 1980s, with the songs:...	Eld och lågor	Göran Folkestad Göran Folkestad Göran Folkestad, born 1952, is a Swedish songwriter and singer. He is professor of music pedagogy at Malmö Academy of Music. He has competed three times in Melodifestivalen during the 1980s, with the songs:... , Monica Forsberg Monica Forsberg Monica Yvonne Forsberg is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actress. She was a member in the group Ritz, which competed in Melodifestivalen in 1983 and 1985...	35	3rd
4	Ritz	Nu har det hänt igen	Peter Wanngren, Monica Forsberg Monica Forsberg Monica Yvonne Forsberg is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actress. She was a member in the group Ritz, which competed in Melodifestivalen in 1983 and 1985...
5	Per-Erik Hallin	Morgonluft	Per-Erik Hallin
6	Bel Air	1 + 1 = 2	Christer Bjärehag, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman Ingela Forsman Ingela Birgitta "Pling" Forsman is a Swedish lyricist in popular music. 1981–2009, 33 of her songs have competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen, three of them winners: Bra vibrationer , Se på mej and Kärleken är...
7	Li Berg	Jag vet hur det känns	Dick Berglund, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman Ingela Forsman Ingela Birgitta "Pling" Forsman is a Swedish lyricist in popular music. 1981–2009, 33 of her songs have competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen, three of them winners: Bra vibrationer , Se på mej and Kärleken är...	20	5th
8	Dan Tillberg	Ta min hand	Dan Tillberg, Svante Persson, Cecilia von Melen	49	2nd
9	Stefan Borsch Stefan Borsch Stefan Borsch, born 19 January 1947 in Hagfors, Sweden, is a Swedish dansband singer. At first, he sang for Swedish dansband Öijwinds, and from 1973 for the dansband Vikingarna, which he left in 1979. After this, he began a solo career. He participated at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1985 with the...	Sjung din sång	Martin Contra, Björn Frisén
10	Pernilla Wahlgren Pernilla Wahlgren Pernilla Nina Elisabeth Wahlgren is a Swedish singer, actress and presenter. In 2004, she received the Ulla Billquist award.-Family:...	Piccadilly Circus	Lars Andersson, Bruno Glenmark	29	4th

Juries

Song	15-20	20-25	25-30	30-35	35-40	40-45	45-50	50-55	55-60	Total
Bra vibrationer	6	8	6	8	6	8	4	2	8	56
Ta min hand	4	6	8	4	8	2	8	8	1	49
Eld och lågor	2	1	4	6	4	6	6	4	2	35
Piccadilly Circus	8	2	2	2	1	1	1	6	6	29
Jag vet hur det känns	1	4	1	1	2	4	2	1	4	20

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