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, (SVT), selected its entry through 1993.

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

1993 1993 was the selection for the 33rd song to represent 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 (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 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 N.E.O. "Högt i det blå" Dan Ådahl - - 2 Monica Silverstrand "Vågornas sång" Per Andréasson, Anders Dannvik 8 5 3 Lena Pålsson "Sjunde himlen" Stephan Berg 13 4 4 Patrick Swahn "På vingar av kärlek" Kjell-Åke Norén - - 5 Nick Borgen "We Are All the Winners" Nick Borgen 42 2 6 Christer Björkman "Välkommen till livet" Mikael Bolyos, Örjan Strandberg - - 7 Pernilla Emme "I dina ögon" Per Andréasson, Anders Dannvik 283 8 Richard Carlsohn "Ge mig din hand" Martin Klaman, Hans Skoog - - 9 Tina Leijonberg "Närmare dig" Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Håkan Mjörnheim - - 10 Arvingarna "Eloise" Gert Lengstrand, Lasse Holm 56 1 +

+ Detailed Regional Televoting Song South South East East Stockholm Bergslagen North West 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 Total televotes 30,860 24,814 15,901 26,941 10,213 20,945 36,371 166,045

At Eurovision Arvingarna performed thirteenth at the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, following 's "Mama Corsica" performed by Patrick Fiori and preceding 's "In Your Eyes" performed by Niamh Kavanagh. The juries awarded "Eloise" 7th place with 89 points, thereby ensuring that Sweden had qualified for the following year's contest under the newly introduced relegation system. The Swedish jury awarded their twelve points to eventual contest-winners Ireland.

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 1993 on