Melodifestivalen 1978
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| Date: | 11 February 1978 |
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| Presenter: | Ulf Elfving Ulf Elfving Ulf Elfving is a Swedish journalist.Elfving started his career in the 1960s. He was programme manager of the Swedish charts between 1966 and 1973 and Record Mirror in the 1970s... |
| Venue: | Cirkus Cirkus (Stockholm) Cirkus is an arena in Djurgården, Stockholm, that holds 1,650 people. It was built in 1892 and originally used as a circus , but is today mostly used for concerts and musical shows.-External links:*... , 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... |
| Voting: | Regional juries |
| Winner: | Det blir alltid värre framåt natten performed by Björn Skifs Björn Skifs Björn Nils Olof Skifs is a Swedish singer, songwriter, actor, and screenwriter.Björn Skifs formed his first musical group Slam Creepers’ in 1963. Slam Creepers’ split in 1969 and Skifs went on to form a new band, Blåblus, in 1972. As Blue Swede, the band had a #1 hit on Billboard Hot 100 in 1974... |
| 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... : |
Fourteenth 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...
1978 was the selection for the 18th 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 17th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 58 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 songs were not performed live, instead the performances were recorded the afternoon before, and inter-mingled with live pieces from the venue. There was a tie in the voting, and each regional jury was asked to award one point to their favourite song of Det blir alltid värre framåt natten
Det blir alltid värre framåt natten
"Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" was the Swedish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, performed in Swedish by Björn Skifs....
and Miss Decibel
Miss Decibel (song)
Miss Decibel, written by Lasse Holm and Gert Lengstrand, is a song in Swedish, which finished 2nd at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1978. It was performed by the Swedish "dansband" Wizex, back then including Kikki Danielsson as lead vocal singer, together with Lasse Holm.Björn Skifs won that year's...
. The former won by eight votes to three.
Results
| # | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pastellerna | Idag är det vår | Stig Jonsson, Peter Wanngren | 52 | 5th |
| 2 | Thomas Munch | Nåt som gör dej glad | Thomas Munch, Karin Stigmark, Anders Henriksson | 11 | 9th |
| 3 | Tomas Ledin Tomas Ledin Tomas Folke Jonas Ledin is a Swedish singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer. He grew up in the town of Sandviken.Tomas Ledin started his career in 1972 when his first single, Då ska jag spela, was a big hit... |
Mademoiselle | Tomas Ledin Tomas Ledin Tomas Folke Jonas Ledin is a Swedish singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer. He grew up in the town of Sandviken.Tomas Ledin started his career in 1972 when his first single, Då ska jag spela, was a big hit... |
78 | 4th |
| 4 | Harlequin | Harlequin | Johan Langer, Jan Askelind | 49 | 7th |
| 5 | Göran Fristorp | Längtan om livet med dig | Göran Fristorp | 85 | 3rd |
| 6 | 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... & 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... with Wizex Wizex Wizex is a Swedish "dansband", formed in Osby, Sweden in 1973, with Kikki Danielsson as singer. The band has since had several front singers.Wizex finished 2nd in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1978.... |
Miss Decibel Miss Decibel (song) Miss Decibel, written by Lasse Holm and Gert Lengstrand, is a song in Swedish, which finished 2nd at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1978. It was performed by the Swedish "dansband" Wizex, back then including Kikki Danielsson as lead vocal singer, together with Lasse Holm.Björn Skifs won that year's... |
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... , Gert Lengstrand |
103 | 2nd |
| 7 | Kenneth Greuz | Åh, evergreens | Kenneth Greuz | 50 | 6th |
| 8 | Pugh Rogefeldt Pugh Rogefeldt Pugh Rogefeldt, real name Anders Sture Torbjörn Rogefeldt , is a Swedish singer, musician, guitarist and songwriter.-Biography:... |
Nattmara | Pugh Rogefeldt | 85 | 3rd |
| 9 | Jörgen Edman & Polarna | Lilla stjärna | Monica Carlsson, Pär Björk | 29 | 8th |
| 10 | Björn Skifs Björn Skifs Björn Nils Olof Skifs is a Swedish singer, songwriter, actor, and screenwriter.Björn Skifs formed his first musical group Slam Creepers’ in 1963. Slam Creepers’ split in 1969 and Skifs went on to form a new band, Blåblus, in 1972. As Blue Swede, the band had a #1 hit on Billboard Hot 100 in 1974... |
Det blir alltid värre framåt natten Det blir alltid värre framåt natten "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" was the Swedish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, performed in Swedish by Björn Skifs.... |
Peter Himmelstrand | 108 | 1st |
Juries
| Song | 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.... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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.... |
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... |
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... |
Sundsvall Sundsvall -External links:* - Official site from Nordisk Familjebok - Sundsvalls tourist information bureau. - The alternative guide to Sundsvall. - Blog with photos from Sundsvall.... |
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... |
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... |
Total | Total after tie-break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idag är det vår | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 52 | |
| Nåt som gör dej glad | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| Mademoiselle | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 78 | |
| Harlequin | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 49 | |
| Längtan om livet med dig | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 85 | |
| Miss Decibel | 10 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 100 | 103 |
| Åh, evergreens | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 50 | |
| Nattmara | 12 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 85 | |
| Lilla stjärna | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 28 | |
| Det blir alltid värre framåt natten | 8 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 100 | 108 |
See also
- Eurovision Song Contest 1978Eurovision Song Contest 1978The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the 23rd of its kind, and was held on 22 April 1978 in Paris. With Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone as the presenters - the first time more than one presenter hosted the contest - the contest was won by Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta who represented Israel, with their...
- 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 1978Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978For the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, Sweden held a national final called Melodifestivalen 1978. The winner, and representant was Det blir alltid värre framåt natten, sung by Björn Skifs, and written and composed by Peter Himmelstrand....