Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 with the song "Stjärnorna", composed by Peter Bertilsson, with lyrics by Mikael Littwold, and performed by Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1994.

Eurovision Song Contest 1994
Participating broadcaster	Sveriges Television (SVT)
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1994
Selection date(s)	12 March 1994
Selected artist(s)	Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare
Selected song	"Stjärnorna"
Selected songwriter(s)	Peter Bertilsson Mikael Littwold
Finals performance
Final result	13th, 48 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1994

Melodifestivalen 1994 was the selection for the 34th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 33rd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,560 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the SVT Studios in Stockholm on 12 March 1994, presented by Kattis Ahlström and Sven Melander and was broadcast on TV1 and Sveriges Radio's P3 and P4 networks. The show was watched by 3,780,000 people.

First Round – 12 March 1994

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Result
1	Tina Röklander	"Kom och dela min hemlighet"	Per Andréasson, Anders Dannvik	Advanced
2	Nick Borgen	"Små minnen av dig"	Pierre Breidensjö, Jörgen Johansson	Advanced
3	Perikles	"Vill du resa til månen med mig"	Bosse Nilsson	Eliminated
4	Gladys del Pilar	"Det vackraste jag vet"	Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Michael Saxell	Advanced
5	Tiffany	"Håll om mig ikväll"	Tommy Kaså, Anica Olson	Eliminated
6	Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare	"Stjärnorna"	Mikael Littvold, Peter Bertilsson	Advanced
7	Carina and Michael Jaarnek	"Det är aldrig för sent"	Kjell-Åke Norén, Christer Johansson	Eliminated
8	Jonny Lindé	"Jag stannar hos dig"	Stephan Berg	Eliminated
9	Jan Höglund	"Kärlekens vind"	Arne Höglund	Eliminated
10	Cayenne	"Stanna hos mig"	Lilling Palmeklint	Advanced

Second Round – 12 March 1994^[1]

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Tina Röklander	"Kom och dela min hemlighet"	21	4
2	Nick Borgen	"Små minnen av dig"	21	4
3	Gladys del Pilar	"Det vackraste jag vet"	62	2
4	Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare	"Stjärnorna"	66	1
5	Cayenne	"Stanna hos mig"	61	3

Detailed Regional Jury Voting

Song	Luleå	Umeå	Sundsvall	Falun	Örebro	Karlstad	Gothenburg	Malmö	Växjö	Norrköping	Stockholm	Total
"Kom och dela min hemlighet"	2	1	4	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	21
"Små minnen av dig"	1	2	8	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	21
"Det vackraste jag vet"	6	4	2	8	6	6	4	8	4	6	8	62
"Stjärnorna"	8	6	6	6	4	8	8	4	8	4	4	66
"Stanna hos mig"	4	8	1	4	8	4	6	6	6	8	6	61

At Eurovision

Bergman and Pontare opened the contest, singing 1st of 25 countries, preceding Finland. At the close of the voting they had received 48 points, placing 13th.^[2]

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden[3] Score Country 12 points 10 points  Norway 8 points 7 points   Switzerland 6 points  Netherlands 5 points  Austria  Germany  Lithuania 4 points 3 points  Malta 2 points  Estonia  Hungary  Iceland 1 point  Spain

Points awarded by Sweden[3] Score Country 12 points  Hungary 10 points  Ireland 8 points  Iceland 7 points  Norway 6 points  Germany 5 points  Portugal 4 points  Malta 3 points  France 2 points  Greece 1 point  Austria

References

1. "Melodifestivalen 1994". Sveriges Television (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 15 July 2014.
2. "Final of Dublin 1994". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
3. "Results of the Final of Dublin 1994". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links

• TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive