Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978

Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1978
Selection date(s)	11 February 1978
Selected entrant	Björn Skifs
Selected song	"Det blir alltid värre framåt natten"
Selected songwriter(s)	Peter Himmelstrand
Finals performance
Final result	14th, 26 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

For the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, Sweden held a national final called Melodifestivalen 1978. The winner and representative was "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten", sung by Björn Skifs, and written and composed by Peter Himmelstrand.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1978

Melodifestivalen 1978 was the selection for the 18th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 17th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 58 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 11 February 1978, presented by Ulf Elfving and broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. The songs were not performed live, instead the performances were recorded the afternoon before, and inter-mingled with live pieces from the venue. There was a tie in the voting, and each regional jury was asked to award one point to their favourite song of "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" and "Miss Decibel". The former won by eight votes to three.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Points	Place
1	Pastellerna	"Idag är det vår"	Stig Jonsson, Peter Wanngren	52	6th
2	Thomas Munck	"Nåt som gör dej glad"	Thomas Munck, Karin Stigmark, Anders Henriksson	11	10th
3	Tomas Ledin	"Mademoiselle"	Tomas Ledin	78	5th
4	Harlequin	"Harlequin"	Johan Langer, Jan Askelind	49	8th
5	Göran Fristorp	"Längtan om livet med dig"	Göran Fristorp	85	3rd
6	Kikki Danielsson, Lasse Holm and Wizex	"Miss Decibel"	Lasse Holm, Gert Lengstrand	103	2nd
7	Kenneth Greuz	"Åh, evergreens"	Kenneth Greuz, Karin Stigmark	50	7th
8	Pugh Rogefeldt	"Nattmara"	Pugh Rogefeldt	85	3rd
9	Jörgen Edman and Polarna	"Lilla stjärna"	Monica Carlsson, Pär Björk	29	9th
10	Björn Skifs	"Det blir alltid värre framåt natten"	Peter Himmelstrand	108	1st

Voting

Song	Luleå	Falun	Karlstad	Gothenburg	Umeå	Örebro	Norrköping	Malmö	Sundsvall	Växjö	Stockholm	Total score
"Idag är det vår"	5	4	7	3	6	4	4	5	2	6	6	52
"Nåt som gör dej glad"	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11
"Mademoiselle"	7	8	10	10	8	5	6	8	10	4	2	78
"Harlequin"	6	2	6	5	4	3	5	6	3	5	4	49
"Längtan om livet med dig"	4	7	12	7	5	7	8	10	12	8	5	85
"Miss Decibel"	10	10	4	8	10	12	12	12	5	7	10	100
"Åh, evergreens"	3	5	3	4	7	6	2	4	6	3	7	50
"Nattmara"	12	6	5	6	2	10	10	3	7	12	12	85
"Lilla stjärna"	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	4	2	3	28
"Det blir alltid värre framåt natten"	8	12	8	12	12	8	7	7	8	10	8	100

Tie-break
Song	Luleå	Falun	Karlstad	Gothenburg	Umeå	Örebro	Norrköping	Malmö	Sundsvall	Växjö	Stockholm	Total score
"Miss Decibel"	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	3
"Det blir alltid värre framåt natten"	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	1	1	-	8

At Eurovision

Björn Skifs intended to cause controversy by singing in English, which could have disqualified him. Instead, he sang a part of the song in nonsense words, but only Swedes knew the words were wrong. He finished 14th (out of 20).^[1]

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden^[2]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points	Norway
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points	Ireland
4 points	Finland United Kingdom
3 points	France
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Sweden^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Monaco
10 points	France
8 points	Ireland
7 points	Germany
6 points	Luxembourg
5 points	Austria
4 points	Belgium
3 points	United Kingdom
2 points	Greece
1 point	Netherlands

References

^ "Final of Paris 1978". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Paris 1978". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.