Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Country

Sweden

National selection

Selection process

Melodifestivalen 1996

Selection date(s)

24 February 1996

Selected entrant

One More Time

Selected song

"Den vilda"

Finals performance

Final result

3rd, 100 points

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Sweden selected their entry for Eurovision Song Contest 1996 by holding their common format of Melodifestivalen. Melodifestivalen 1996 was held on 24 February, where 10 songs competed. After these 10 songs were whittled down to 5, 11 regional juries gave points to decide the winner.

The winner was "Den vilda", performed by One More Time. It was written by group members Peter and Nanne Grönvall.

At the contest, held in Oslo, Norway, One More Time performed last of 23, following Slovakia. At the close of the voting it had received 100 points, placing 3rd behind winner Ireland and runner-up Norway.

Melodifestivalen 1996

For the full results, see Melodifestivalen 1996.

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Janne Bark, Nick Borgen, Lennart Grahn, Lasse Kroner and Peter Lundblad	"Gör någon glad"	-	-
2	Andreas Lundstedt	"Driver dagg faller regn"	48	2nd
3	Lotta Engberg	"Juliette & Jonathan"	45	3rd
4	One More Time	"Den vilda"	71	1st
5	Ellinor Franzén	"Finns här för dig"	-	-
6	Inger Nordström	"Gråt inte"	-	-
7	Henrik Åberg	"Du är alltid en del utav mig"	-	-
8	Frank Ådahl	"Tårar från himlen"	26	5th
9	Lotten Andersson and Magnus Sjögren	"Va' e du?"	-	-
10	Mårten Eriksson	"Förlorad igen"	-	-

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden

Points awarded to Sweden
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Ireland	Austria Belgium Estonia	Finland Netherlands Switzerland	Slovenia	Iceland Norway
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Bosnia and Herzegovina Portugal Slovakia	France

Points awarded by Sweden

12 points	Estonia
10 points	Norway
8 points	Netherlands
7 points	Ireland
6 points	United Kingdom
5 points	Malta
4 points	Portugal
3 points	Greece
2 points	Cyprus
1 point	Croatia

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 ~~1964~~ 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 ~~1970~~ 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 ~~1976~~ 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Artists

1950s	~~1956 to 1957~~ Alice Babs Brita Borg

1960s	Siw Malmkvist Lill-Babs Inger Berggren Monica Zetterlund ~~1964~~ Ingvar Wixell Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson Östen Warnerbring Claes-Göran Hederström Tommy Körberg

1970s	~~1970~~ Family Four Family Four The Nova ABBA Lars Berghagen and The Dolls ~~1976~~ Forbes Björn Skifs Ted Gärdestad

1980s	Tomas Ledin Björn Skifs Chips Carola Herreys Kikki Danielsson Monica Törnell & Lasse Holm Lotta Engberg Tommy Körberg Tommy Nilsson

1990s	Edin-Ådahl Carola Christer Björkman Arvingarna Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare Jan Johansen One More Time Blond Jill Johnson Charlotte Nilsson

2000s	Roger Pontare Friends Afro-dite Fame Lena Philipsson Martin Stenmarck Carola The Ark Charlotte Perrelli Malena Ernman

2010s	Anna Bergendahl Eric Saade Loreen Robin Stjernberg Sanna Nielsen Måns Zelmerlöw Frans

Songs

1950s	~~1956 to 1957~~ "Lilla stjärna" "Augustin"

1960s	"Alla andra får varann" "April, April" "Sol och vår" "En gång i Stockholm" ~~1964~~ "Absent Friend" "Nygammal vals" "Som en dröm" "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig" "Judy, min vän"

1970s	~~1970~~ "Vita vidder" "Härliga sommardag" "You're Summer" "Waterloo" "Jennie, Jennie" ~~1976~~ "Beatles" "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" "Satellit"

1980s	"Just nu!" "Fångad i en dröm" "Dag efter dag" "Främling" "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" "Bra vibrationer" "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" "Boogaloo" "Stad i ljus" "En dag"

1990s	"Som en vind" "Fångad av en stormvind" "I morgon är en annan dag" "Eloise" "Stjärnorna" "Se på mej" "Den vilda" "Bara hon älskar mig" "Kärleken är" "Take Me to Your Heaven"

2000s	"When Spirits Are Calling My Name" "Listen To Your Heartbeat" "Never Let It Go" "Give Me Your Love" "It Hurts" "Las Vegas" "Invincible" "The Worrying Kind" "Hero" "La voix"

2010s	"This Is My Life" "Popular" "Euphoria" "You" "Undo" "Heroes" "If I Were Sorry"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Sweden did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Countries

Final (by final results)	Ireland (winner) Norway Sweden Croatia Estonia Portugal Netherlands United Kingdom Cyprus Malta Austria Turkey Iceland Greece Poland Switzerland Belgium Slovakia France Spain Slovenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Finland

Semi-final only (in alphabetical order)	Denmark Germany Hungary Israel Macedonia Romania Russia

Artists

Final (by final results)	Eimear Quinn Elisabeth Andreassen One More Time Maja Blagdan Maarja-Liis Ilus & Ivo Linna Lúcia Moniz Maxine & Franklin Brown Gina G Constantinos Miriam Christine George Nussbaumer Şebnem Paker Anna Mjöll Mariana Efstratiou Kasia Kowalska Kathy Leander Lisa del Bo Marcel Palonder Dan Ar Braz & L'Héritage des Celtes Antonio Carbonell Regina Amila Glamočak Jasmine

Semi-final only (in alphabetical order)	Andrej Kosinskij Dorthe Andersen & Martin Loft Galit Bell Gjon Delhusa Kaliopi Leon Monica Anghel & Sincron

Songs

Final (by final results)	"The Voice" "I evighet" "Den vilda" "Sveta ljubav" "Kaelakee hääl" "O meu coração não tem cor" "De eerste keer" "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" "Mono Yia Mas" "In A Woman's Heart" "Weil's dr guat got" "Beşinci Mevsim" "Sjúbídú" "Emeis Forame to Himona Anixiatika" "Chcę znać swój grzech..." "Mon cœur l'aime" "Liefde is een kaartspel" "Kým nás máš" "Diwanit Bugale" "¡Ay, qué deseo!" "Dan najlepših sanj" "Za našu ljubav" "Niin kaunis on taivas"

Semi-final only (in alphabetical order)	"Fortuna" "Ja eto ja" "Kun med dig" "Planet of Blue" "Rugă pentru pacea lumii" "Samo ti" "Shalom Olam"

(Note: All information are in order of performance)

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