Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1993 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) | |||
| Country |  Sweden | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 1993 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 5 March 1993 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Arvingarna | |||
| Selected song | "Eloise" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 7th, 89 points | |||
| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "Eloise", composed by Lasse Holm, with lyrics by Gert Lengstrand, and performed by the dansband Arvingarna. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1993.
At Eurovision, Sweden performed 13th, following France and preceding Ireland. As the close of the voting, they had finished 7th in a field of 25 with 89 points.
Before Eurovision
[edit]Melodifestivalen 1993
[edit]Melodifestivalen 1993 was the selection for the 33rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 32nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1569 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg on 5 March 1993, presented by Triple & Touch and was broadcast on TV2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The show was watched by 4,284,000 people, with a total of 166,045 votes cast.
The winner was selected over two rounds of voting. After the juries had selected 5 songs for a "super final", it was revealed that the TV viewers would choose the winner by regional televoting. However, the voting became a bit repetitive, and televoting was not re-introduced until six years later when it was combined with regional juries.
The winner was the dansband Arvingarna with the song "Eloise".
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N.E.O. | "Högt i det blå" | Dan Ådahl | Eliminated |
| 2 | Monica Silverstrand | "Vågornas sång" | Per Andréasson, Anders Dannvik | Advanced |
| 3 | Lena Pålsson | "Sjunde himlen" | Stephan Berg | Advanced |
| 4 | Patrick Swahn | "På vingar av kärlek" | Kjell-Åke Norén | Eliminated |
| 5 | Nick Borgen | "We Are All the Winners" | Nick Borgen | Advanced |
| 6 | Christer Björkman | "Välkommen till livet" | Mikael Bolyos, Örjan Strandberg | Eliminated |
| 7 | Pernilla Emme | "I dina ögon" | Per Andréasson, Anders Dannvik | Advanced |
| 8 | Richard Carlsohn | "Ge mig din hand" | Martin Klaman, Hans Skoog | Eliminated |
| 9 | Tina Leijonberg | "Närmare dig" | Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Håkan Mjörnheim | Eliminated |
| 10 | Arvingarna | "Eloise" | Gert Lengstrand, Lasse Holm | Advanced |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Televotes | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monica Silverstrand | "Vågornas sång" | 8,883 | 8 | 5 |
| 2 | Lena Pålsson | "Sjunde himlen" | 11,405 | 13 | 4 |
| 3 | Nick Borgen | "We Are All the Winners" | 57,498 | 42 | 2 |
| 4 | Pernilla Emme | "I dina ögon" | 17,341 | 28 | 3 |
| 5 | Arvingarna | "Eloise" | 70,918 | 56 | 1 |
| Song | Malmö | Växjö | Norrköping | Stockholm | Falun | Luleå | Gothenburg | Total | ||||||||
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| Votes | Points | Votes | Points | Votes | Points | Votes | Points | Votes | Points | Votes | Points | Votes | Points | Votes | Points | |
| "Vågornas sång" | 1,740 | 1 | 1,290 | 1 | 946 | 2 | 1,503 | 1 | 518 | 1 | 1,239 | 1 | 1,647 | 1 | 8,883 | 8 |
| "Sjunde himlen" | 2,182 | 2 | 2,166 | 2 | 941 | 1 | 1,614 | 2 | 767 | 2 | 1,674 | 2 | 2,061 | 2 | 11,405 | 13 |
| "We Are All the Winners" | 11,601 | 6 | 9,093 | 6 | 5,573 | 6 | 9,065 | 6 | 3,506 | 6 | 6,963 | 6 | 11,697 | 6 | 57,498 | 42 |
| "I dina ögon" | 2,988 | 4 | 2,549 | 4 | 1,736 | 4 | 3,064 | 4 | 1,003 | 4 | 1,968 | 4 | 4,033 | 4 | 17,341 | 28 |
| "Eloise" | 12,349 | 8 | 9,716 | 8 | 6,705 | 8 | 11,695 | 8 | 4,419 | 8 | 9,101 | 8 | 16,933 | 8 | 70,918 | 56 |
At Eurovision
[edit]Arvingarna performed thirteenth at the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, following France's "Mama Corsica" performed by Patrick Fiori and preceding Ireland's "In Your Eyes" performed by Niamh Kavanagh. Their performance was jaunty and colorful, with the boys standing on stage in blue suits. The conductor was Curt-Eric Holmquist. While perhaps not particularly modern, it was still very catchy, and the juries awarded it 7th place with 89 points, thereby ensuring that Sweden had qualified for the following year's contest under the newly introduced relegation system.[1] The Swedish jury awarded their twelve points to eventual contest-winners Ireland.
Voting
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References
[edit]- ^ "Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.