Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven", composed by Lars Diedricson, with lyrics by Gert Lengstrand, and performed by Charlotte Nilsson. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1999. The entry eventually won the Eurovision Song Contest, becoming the fourth ever victory for Sweden in the contest.

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Participating broadcaster	Sveriges Television (SVT)
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1999
Selection date(s)	27 February 1999
Selected artist(s)	Charlotte Nilsson
Selected song	"Take Me to Your Heaven"
Selected songwriter(s)	Lars Diedricson Gert Lengstrand
Finals performance
Final result	1st, 163 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1998 • 1999 • 2000►

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1999

Melodifestivalen 1999 was the selection for the 39th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 38th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,315 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television (SVT) for the competition, with ten songs selected to compete. The final was held in the Victoriahallen in Stockholm on 27 February 1999, presented by Anders Lundin and Vendela Kirsebom Thommesen, and was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The winner was chosen through a 50/50 jury/televoting method, which was Charlotte Nilsson with the song "Tusen och en natt", written by Gert Lengstrand and Lars Diedricsson. It got the highest number of points from both the 11 juries and the televoters. A total of 630,339 votes were cast.^[1]

Competing entries

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Ai	"Bilder av dig"	Stephan Berg
Arvingarna	"Det svär jag på"	Torgny Söderberg, Lena Philipsson
Cleo	"Natten är min vän"	Thomas G:son
Charlotte Nilsson	"Tusen och en natt"	Gert Lengstrand, Lars "Dille" Diedricson
Christer Björkman	"Välkommen hem"	Lasse Sahlin, Jan Lundkvist
Crosstalk	"Det gäller dig och mig"	Lars Edvall, Mattias Reimer
Drömhus	"Stjärna på himmelen"	Per Andréassen, Anders Dannvik
Janica	"Jag kan se dig"	Anders Dannvik, Pär Olsson
Martin	"(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow"	Martin Svensson
Roger Pontare	"Som av is"	Lasse Johansson, Staffan Stavert

Final

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote		Total	Place
				Votes	Points
1	Charlotte Nilsson	"Tusen och en natt"	85	124,947	132	217	1
2	Crosstalk	"Det gäller dig och mig"	65	73,600	22	87	6
3	Janica	"Jag kan se dig"	66	22,106	0	66	7
4	Drömhus	"Stjärna på himmelen"	38	86,999	110	148	2
5	Roger Pontare	"Som av is"	54	73,744	44	98	5
6	Martin	"(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow"	43	75,354	66	109	4
7	Christer Björkman	"Välkommen hem"	6	16,523	0	6	10
8	Ai	"Bilder av dig"	31	56,890	11	42	9
9	Arvingarna	"Det svär jag på"	26	75,654	88	114	3
10	Cleo	"Natten är min vän"	59	24,522	0	59	8

Detailed Regional Jury Voting

Song	Luleå	Umeå	Sundsvall	Falun	Karlstad	Örebro	Norrköping	Gothenburg	Växjö	Malmö	Stockholm	Total
"Tusen och en natt"	10	12	8	8	4	8	10	1	10	10	4	85
"Det gäller dig och mig"	12	4	1	12	6	6	2	10	2		10	65
"Jag kan se dig"		8	10	6	8	4	12	2	6	4	6	66
"Stjärna på himmelen"	8	2		10	1			12	1	2	2	38
"Som av is"	2	6	6		12		4		12	12		54
"(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow"	6		2		2	2	1	8	4	6	12	43
"Välkommen hem"		1		4						1		6
"Bilder av dig"	4			1		12		6			8	31
"Det svär jag på"	1		4	2		1	6	4		8		26
"Natten är min vän"		10	12		10	10	8		8		1	59

Spokespersons

• Luleå – Christer Holmqvist
• Umeå – Anita Färingö
• Sundsvall – Peter Nässén
• Falun – Tinna Edlund
• Karlstad – Jenny Eklund
• Örebro – Päivi Kotka
• Norrköping – Per Dahlberg
• Gothenburg – Henrik Johnsson
• Växjö – Henrik Olsson
• Malmö – Pernilla Månsson
• Stockholm – Sten Söderberg

At Eurovision

Ahead of the contest the Sweden were considered one of the favourites to win among bookmakers, alongside the entries from United Kingdom, Iceland, and Cyprus.^[2][3][4] The song was translated into English for Eurovision as "Take Me To Your Heaven". Nilsson performed 15th on the night of the contest. At the end of the voting Sweden received 163 points (12 points from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Malta, Norway, and the United Kingdom), taking their fourth victory.^[5]

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden[6] Score Country 12 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Estonia  Malta  Norway  United Kingdom 10 points  Denmark  Iceland  Portugal 8 points  Israel  Netherlands 7 points  Belgium  Slovenia 6 points  Austria  Cyprus  Poland  Spain  Turkey 5 points  Ireland 4 points 3 points  France  Lithuania 2 points  Germany 1 point

Points awarded by Sweden[6] Score Country 12 points  Iceland 10 points  Estonia 8 points  Denmark 7 points  Austria 6 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 points  Norway 4 points  Netherlands 3 points  Israel 2 points  Germany 1 point  Croatia

References

1. "Melodifestivalen 1999 - Omröstningen". Youtube. Retrieved 10 October 2014.^{[dead YouTube link]}
2. "Precious are Eurovision favourites". BBC News. 25 May 1999. Archived from the original on 14 September 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
3. "Scandinavians tipped for Eurovision success". BBC News. 29 May 1999. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
4. Adamides, Andrew (26 May 1999). "Fancy a flutter on Marlain? Not in Cyprus". Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
5. "Final of Jerusalem 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
6. "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

External links

• TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive