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 Marcos Ubeda, and performed by Charlotte Nilsson. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), selected its entry through 1999. The entry eventually won the Eurovision Song Contest, becoming the fourth ever victory for Sweden in the contest.
Before Eurovision
1999 1999 was the selection for the 39th song to represent 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 (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 "", 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.
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 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 scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "Tusen och en natt" 10 12 8 8 4 8 10 1 10 10 4 85 2 "Det gäller dig och mig" 12 4 1 12 6 6 2 10 2 10 65 3 "Jag kan se dig" 8 10 6 8 4 12 2 6 4 6 66 4 "Stjärna på himmelen" 8 2 10 1 12 1 2 2 38 5 "Som av is" 2 6 6 12 4 12 12 54 6 "(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow" 6 2 2 2 1 8 4 6 12 43 7 "Välkommen hem" 1 4 1 6 8 "Bilder av dig" 4 1 12 6 8 31 9 "Det svär jag på" 1 4 2 1 6 4 8 26 10 "Natten är min vän" 10 12 10 10 8 8 1 59 Spokespersons LuleåChrister Holmqvist UmeåAnita Färingö SundsvallPeter Nässén FalunTinna Edlund KarlstadJenny Eklund ÖrebroPäivi Kotka NorrköpingPer Dahlberg GothenburgHenrik Johnsson VäxjöHenrik Olsson MalmöPernilla Månsson StockholmSten Söderberg
At Eurovision 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, taking their fourth victory.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Sweden Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Sweden Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
References
External links Melodifestivalen 1999 on