Melodifestivalen 1990
Encyclopedia
| Date: | 9 March 1990 |
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| Presenters: | Carin Hjulström |
| Venue: | Rondo, Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area... |
| Viewing figures (approx): | 5,964,000 - the biggest ever recorded audience for the competition (74,1 % of Sweden's 1990 population) |
| Voting: | Regional juries |
| Winner: | Som en vind performed by Edin-Ådahl Edin-Ådahl Edin-Ådahl were a Swedish CCM group from 1977 to 1994, composed of brothers Bertil & Lasse Edin and Simon & Frank Ådahl. The group are most well known for their 1990 hit "Som en vind" . It won the 1990 Melodifestivalen and went on to place sixteenth at the Eurovision Song Contest. The following... |
| 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... : |
Sixteenth 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...
1990 was the contest for selection of the 30th 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 29th time that this method of picking a song had been used. 1223 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 TV2
SVT2
SVT2, until 1996 TV2, is one of two television channels broadcast by Sveriges Television in Sweden. It was started by Sveriges Radio in 1969. SVT2 is generally more specialist, compared to SVT1.-History:...
but not on radio.
Results
| # | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elisabeth Andreasson Elisabeth Andreassen Elisabeth Gunilla Andreassen - also known as just "Bettan" - is a Swedish-Norwegian singer who has finished both first and second in the Eurovision Song Contest.... |
"Jag ser en stjärna falla" | Peter Stedt | 53 | 7th |
| 2 | Peter Jöback Peter Jöback Peter Arne Jöback is a Swedish singer and musical artist, and is regarded as being one of Sweden's best male vocalists .- 1997–2000 :... |
"En sensation" | Christer Lundh, Mikael Wendt | 43 | 9th |
| 3 | Lizette Pålsson | "Sången över havet" | Hans Skoog, Martin Klaman | 56 | 6th |
| 4 | N'Gang | "Vi vill ha värme" | Mikael Erlandsson, Robert Ardin, Peter Andersson, Niklas Börjesson, Lars Sandrén | 73 | 5th |
| 5 | Lotta Engberg Lotta Engberg -External links:* *... |
"En gång till En gång till (song) En gång till, written by Christer Lundh and Mikael Wendt, is the song that Swedish dansband singer Lotta Engberg performed when it competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1990, where it finished 8th... " |
Christer Lundh, Mikael Wendt | 49 | 8th |
| 6 | Lisbeth Jagedal | "Varje natt" | 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... , 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... |
76 | 3rd |
| 7 | Loa Falkman Loa Falkman Carl-Johan Falkman is a Swedish baritone singer and actor.After studying music, Falkman made his first major performance on the Royal Swedish Opera in 1973.... |
"Symfonin" | Elisabeth Lord, Tommy Gunnarsson | 30 | 10th |
| 8 | Carola Häggkvist Carola Häggkvist Carola Maria Häggkvist , better known as simply Carola, is a Swedish singer and occasional songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s, and has released albums ranging from pop and disco to hymns and folk music... |
"Mitt i ett äventyr" | Stephan Berg Stephan Berg Stephan Berg is a Swedish composer. He was the writer of the Carola song Fångad av en stormvind, which won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1991. He has been director of the Kunstmuseum Bonn since April 2008... |
84 | 2nd |
| 9 | Edin-Ådahl Edin-Ådahl Edin-Ådahl were a Swedish CCM group from 1977 to 1994, composed of brothers Bertil & Lasse Edin and Simon & Frank Ådahl. The group are most well known for their 1990 hit "Som en vind" . It won the 1990 Melodifestivalen and went on to place sixteenth at the Eurovision Song Contest. The following... |
"Som en vind Som en vind "Som en vind" , written by Mikael Wendt, is a song performed by Edin-Ådahl. It was the Melodifestivalen 1990 winning song and subsequently the Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 where it finished 16th.... " |
Mikael Wendt | 99 | 1st |
| 10 | Sofia Källgren Sofia Källgren Anna Sofia Helena Källgren, known as Sofia Källgren , is a Swedish singer. She sings in two other languages, English and Mandarin Chinese, in addition to in Swedish.... |
"Handen på hjärtat Handen på hjärtat "Handen på hjärtat" is a Swedish song by Lasse Holm and Ingela Forsman performed by Sofia Källgren in Melodifestivalen 1990 and finished in 4th place. Källgren was backed up by three dancers wearing partially furry suits.... " |
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... , 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... |
75 | 4th |
Juries
| Song | 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... |
Luleå Luleå - Transportation :Local buses are run by .A passenger train service is available from Luleå Centralstation on Sweden's national SJ railway service northbound to Narvik on the Norwegian coast, or southbound to Stockholm. See Rail transport in Sweden.... |
Umeå Umeå - Transport :The road infrastructure in Umeå is well-developed, with two European highways passing through the city. About 4 km from the city centre is the Umeå City Airport... |
Sundsvall Sundsvall -External links:* - Official site from Nordisk Familjebok - Sundsvalls tourist information bureau. - The alternative guide to Sundsvall. - Blog with photos from Sundsvall.... |
Falun Falun Falun is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 36,447 inhabitants in 2005. It is also the capital of Dalarna County... |
Karlstad Karlstad Karlstad is a city, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city had 61,685 inhabitants in 2010 out of a municipal total that during the first quarter 2010 was 84,885 inhabitants... |
Örebro Örebro -Sites of interest:Örebro's old town Wadköping is located on the banks of Svartån . It contains many 18th and 19th century wooden houses, along with museums and exhibitions.... |
Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... |
Norrköping Norrköping Norrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County. The city has a population of 87,247 inhabitants in 2010, out of a municipal total of 130,050, making it Sweden's tenth largest city and eighth largest... |
Växjö Växjö Växjö is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 64 200 inhabitants in 2010. It is the administrative, cultural and industrial centre of Kronoberg County. Furthermore it is the episcopal see of the Diocese of Växjö. It has a population of about 64 200, out of a... |
Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area... |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jag ser en stjärna falla | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 53 |
| En sensation | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 43 |
| Sången över havet | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 56 |
| Vi vill ha värme | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 73 |
| En gång till | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 49 |
| Varje natt | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 76 |
| Symphonin | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| Mitt i ett äventyr | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 84 |
| Som en vind | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 99 |
| Handen på hjärtat | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 75 |
See also
- Eurovision Song Contest 1990Eurovision Song Contest 1990The Eurovision Song Contest 1990, the 35th in the series, was held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia on 5 May 1990. The presenters were Helga Vlahović Brnobić and Oliver Mlakar. Toto Cutugno was the winner of this contest with the song "Insieme: 1992"...
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song ContestSweden in the Eurovision Song ContestSweden has participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 51 times since their debut in 1958. Since 1959, the Swedish representative has been chosen through an annual televised competition, known since 1967 as Melodifestivalen. Three times – 1964, 1970, and 1976 – Sweden didn't participate...
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990Sweden entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television used their tried-and-tested pre-selection Melodifestivalen to select their entry for the 29th time. Melodifestivalen 1990 was held on 9 March, where ten artists competed.Edin-Ådahl...