Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "Jennie, Jennie", written and performed by Lasse Berghagen. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SR), selected its entry through 1975. In addition, SR was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the in Stockholm, after winning the with the song "Waterloo" by ABBA.
Before Eurovision
1975 1975 was the selection for the 16th song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 15th time that (SR) used this system of picking a song. 10 songwriters were selected by SR for the competition. The final was held in the SR television studios in Gothenburg on 15 February 1975, presented by Karin Falck and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
Artist Song Songwriter(s) Conductor Points Place 1 Landslaget "Den gamla jukeboxen" Lasse Lindbom Bengt Palmers 47 7 2 Nils-Åke Runesson "Oh, Juicy" Nils-Åke Runesson Lars Samuelson 25 10 3 Ann-Christine Bärnsten "Ska vi plocka körsbär i min trädgård?" Alain Leroux 30 9 4 Hadar Kronberg with Glenmarks "Lady Antoinette" Hadar Kronberg Bruno Glenmark 48 6 5 Lasse Berghagen "Jennie, Jennie" Lasse Berghagen Lars Samuelson 117 1 6 Ted Gärdestad "Rockin' 'n' Reelin'" Sven-Olof Walldoff 47 7 7 Svenne and Lotta "Bang en boomerang" 84 3 8 Björn Skifs "Michelangelo" Bengt Palmers 55 5 9 Göran Fristorp "Som min vän" Göran Fristorp Leif Strand 59 4 10 Gimmicks "Sången lär ha vingar" Lars Samuelson 93 2
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 "Den gamla jukeboxen"4 211812 721047 2 "Oh, Juicy"2 1 55163 225 3 "Ska vi plocka körsbär i min trädgård?"11 3445 3 930 4 "Lady Antoinette"727 2912131448 5 "Jennie, Jennie"1418615472439161117 6 "Rockin' 'n' Reeling"371671 1333347 7 "Bang en boomerang"7 85816514115584 8 "Michelangelo"421212210 633155 9 "Som min vän"41352 131491759 10 "Sången lär ha vingar"924 79341996393
At Eurovision At the ESC final in Stockholm, Berghagen performed 18th, and sang the song in English. This year, the 12 points voting system was for the first time in use. Berghagen did not receive any 12s (Sweden's highest score was 8 points from Norway and Turkey), but finished 8th (out of 19) with 72 points.
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 1975 on