Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

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.

Eurovision Song Contest 1993
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)	Lasse Holm Gert Lengstrand
Finals performance
Final result	7th, 89 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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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

Melodifestivalen 1993

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".

First Round – 5 March 1993

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

Second Round – 5 March 1993

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

Detailed Regional Televoting

Song	Malmö		Växjö		Norrköping		Stockholm		Falun		Luleå		Gothenburg		Total
	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

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

Points awarded to Sweden[2] Score Country 12 points 10 points  Austria  Belgium  Israel 8 points  Germany   Switzerland 7 points  Denmark  Finland  Iceland  United Kingdom 6 points  Slovenia 5 points  Luxembourg 4 points  Portugal 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Sweden[2] Score Country 12 points  Ireland 10 points  United Kingdom 8 points  France 7 points  Iceland 6 points   Switzerland 5 points  Netherlands 4 points  Malta 3 points  Slovenia 2 points  Portugal 1 point  Denmark

References

1. "Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
2. "Results of the Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links

• TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive