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Melodifestivalen Winners
This article lists the songs and artists that have won Melodifestivalen, the Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. There was no competition in 1964, 1970, and 1976. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, Melodifestivalen 2020, 2020 marked the first year that the winning song of Melodifestivalen ("Move (The Mamas song), Move" performed by The Mamas) was unable to compete in Eurovision Song Contest 2020, that year's Eurovision Song Contest. List of winners Notes References Melodifestival-vinnare . SVT.se. Retrieved on 16 August 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Melodifestivalen winners Melodifestivalen winners, * Lists of award winners Lists of Swedish people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen (; ) is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959. In the early 2000s, the competition was the most popular television program in Sweden;. Sweden.se (30 September 2005). Retrieved on 20 October 2006. it is also broadcast on radio and the Internet. In 2012, the heats averaged 3.3 million viewers, and over an estimated four million people in Sweden watched the final, almost half of the Swedish population. The festival has produced seven List of Eurovision Song Contest winners, Eurovision winners and 26 top-five placings for . The winner of Melodifestivalen has been chosen by panels of jurors since its inception. Since 1999, the juries have been joined by a public televoting, telephone vote which has an equal influence over the outcome. The competition makes a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 1960
The Eurovision Song Contest 1960 was the fifth edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on Tuesday 29 March 1960 at the Royal Festival Hall in London, United Kingdom, and hosted by British television presenter and actress Catherine Boyle. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which was offered the rights to stage the contest after the ' (NTS), which had won the , declined the opportunity after having organised the event in . returned to the competition after an absence of one year, and made its first contest appearance, bringing the total number of participating countries to thirteen. The winner was with the song " Tom Pillibi", performed by Jacqueline Boyer, composed by André Popp and written by Pierre Cour. This marked France's second contest victory, having also won in 1958. The placed second for the second consecutive year and earned their first top three finish by placing third. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carli Tornehave
Carli Tornehave (born 26 August 1932, in Stockholm), is a Swedish/Danish singer and actor. Tornehave was born in Stockholm, but grew up in Denmark, where he and his family moved when he was four years old. He started playing music at an early age, playing several instruments and becoming a member of the Copenhagen Boys' Choir and later the Tivoli Orchestra. He returned to Sweden at the age of 18. In 1954 he won a vocal competition in Stockholm, where he came into contact with the Swedish musician and entertainer Charlie Norman and sang with his orchestra for a few years, which included several tours of the folk parks. He also appeared in a few feature films. As a singer he has been called "Sweden's Frank Sinatra". Tornehave made his recording debut in 1958 with "Första gången", the Swedish version of the Italian smash hit Come Prima. He has participated at Melodifestivalen six times; in 1962 he performed ''Anneli'' and ''När min vän'', in 1963 he performed ''Twist till ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Zetterlund
Monica Zetterlund (born Eva Monica Nilsson; 20 September 1937 – 12 May 2005) was a Swedish jazz singer and actress. She represented Sweden in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest with the jazz ballad " En gång i Stockholm" ("Once Upon a Time in Stockholm"). Through her lifetime, she starred in over 10 Swedish film productions and recorded over 20 studio albums. She gained international fame through her collaborative album with Bill Evans, '' Waltz for Debby.'' Career Singer Zetterlund began by learning the classic jazz songs from radio and records, initially not knowing the language and what they sang about in English. Her hit songs included "" (Swedish cover of " Walking My Baby Back Home"; in Swedish a tribute to Stockholm town), " Visa från Utanmyra", "", "", "" (" Little Green Apples"), "" (" Waltz for Debby"), "" (" Hit the Road Jack"), "", "", "" (cover of Sting's "Moon Over Bourbon Street") and "", among many others. She also interpreted the works of such Swedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Gång I Stockholm
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 with the song "", composed by Bobbie Ericsson, with lyrics by Beppe Wolgers, and performed by Monica Zetterlund. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SR), selected its entry through a national final titled . The Eurovision Song Contest, which was held in London, could have gone better for Sweden. They scored for the first (and so far only) time '' nul points''. Before Eurovision (retroactively often referred to as Melodifestivalen 1963) was the selection for the sixth song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the fifth time that (SR) used this system of picking a song. One singer performed the song with a large orchestra, and one with a smaller orchestra. 816 songs were submitted to SR for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 16 February 1963, broadcast on Sveriges Radio TV, but was not broadcast on radio. *1: Performer with large orchestra *2: Performer wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 1962
The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the 7th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 March 1962 in the of the Villa Louvigny in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg and presented by Mireille Delannoy. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (CLT), and originally known as the (), the contest was held in following the country's victory at the with the song "Nous les amoureux" by Jean-Claude Pascal. Sixteen countries participated in the event, with the same line-up of nations as at the previous year's contest. For the third time in five years the winner was with the song "", composed by , written by Roland Valade and performed by Isabelle Aubret. placed second for the first time, while the host nation came third, resulting in French language-songs occupying all of the top three positions. For the first time in the contest's history an entry received ''nul points'' from all juries, with , , the and all receiving zero points overall. Locati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Berglund
Lily Berglund ( Kvarnsveden, 21 July 1928 – Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ..., 15 August 2010) was a Swedish singer. She was married to Kapellmeister Göte Wilhelmson. Discography *''Aftonklockor (Evening Chimes)'' – Dick Harris stora orkester *''Bär du solsken i ditt sinne'' – Göte Wilhelmsons orkester *''Det är dags för en kyss'' – Gunnar Wiklund – Dick Harris orkester *''Du är som alla andra (Du bist wie alle anderen)'' – Willard Ringstrands hammondens *''I denna stund (I Need You)'' – Simon Brehms orkester *''Botch-a-me'' – Carl Holmberg – Gösta Theselius Butcher Boys *''Ensam går jag vilse (Can't I)'' – Knut Edgardts orkester *''Följ med mej (Be my life's companion)'' – Emil Iwrings orkester *''När vi möt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sol Och Vår
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 with the song "", written by Åke Gerhard and Ulf Källqvist, and performed by Inger Berggren. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SR), selected its entry through a national final titled . At the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Luxembourg, Berggren came 7th out of 16. (retroactively often referred to as 1962) was the selection for the fifth song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the fourth time that (SR) used this system of picking a song. One singer performed the song with a large orchestra and one with a smaller orchestra. Seven songs were submitted to SR for the competition, of which one was disqualified. The final was held in the in Stockholm on 13 February 1962, broadcast on but was not broadcast on radio. The winner was decided by postcard voting. * 1: Performer with large orchestra * 2: Performer with smaller orchestra At Eurovision Voting References {{Eurovisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lill-Babs
Barbro Margareta Svensson (9 March 1938 – 3 April 2018), known by her stage name Lill-Babs, was a Swedish singer, actress and television host. From the early 1950s until her death in 2018, she was one of Sweden's best-known and popular singers. She represented Sweden in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest in Cannes with the song " April, april". She was also well known for the song " Är du kär i mej ännu Klas-Göran?" ("Are You Still in Love with Me, Klas-Göran?"). Early life and career Lill-Babs was born Barbro Svensson in Järvsö, north of Stockholm. She lived with her parents, Ragnar and Britta Svensson, for nine years in a small cottage without running water. She first sang in a church at age 11. Her first public appearance was with a colleague of her father accompanying her on the accordion. Svensson's first public performance was at Barnens dag in Järvsö 1953. Soon after, she started singing with Lasse Schönning's orchestra. She was "discovered" when she sang on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 1961
The Eurovision Song Contest 1961 was the 6th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 March 1961 in the in Cannes, France. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (RTF), and originally known as the (), the contest was held in following the country's victory at the with the song "Tom Pillibi" by Jacqueline Boyer. It was the second time that France had hosted the contest, becoming the first country to host the contest on two separate occasions, following the which was also held in the in Cannes. Just as in 1959, the event was presented by Jacqueline Joubert, one of only three individuals to have hosted more than one Eurovision Song Contest. A new record of sixteen countries competed in this event, with the thirteen nations which competed in 1960 returning alongside , and , all three making their first contest appearances. The winner was with the song "", composed by Jacques Datin, written by and performed by Jean-Claude Pascal, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
