Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1995
Selection date(s)	24 February 1995
Selected entrant	Jan Johansen
Selected song	"Se på mig"
Selected songwriter(s)	Håkan Almqvist; Bobby Ljunggren; Ingela "Pling" Forsman;
Finals performance
Final result	3rd, 100 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, held in Dublin, Ireland, was Jan Johansen with the song "Se på mig".

Before Eurovision edit

Melodifestivalen 1995 edit

Melodifestivalen 1995 was the selection for the 35th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 34th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 986 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Malmö Musikteater in Malmö on 24 February 1995, presented by Pernilla Månsson Colt and broadcast on TV2 and Sveriges Radio's P3 and P4 networks. The show was watched by 3,646,000 people.

First Round – 24 February 1995
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Result
1	Ulrika Bornemark and Göran Rudbo	"Jag tror på dig"	Dan Bornemark, Ulrika Bornemark	Eliminated
2	Jessica Pilnäs	"Jag ger dig allt"	Christer Lundh, Mikael Wendt	Advanced
3	Paula Åkesdotter-Jarl	"Om du inte tror mig"	John Ekedahl	Advanced
4	Jan Johansen	"Se på mig"	Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist	Advanced
5	Björn Hedström	"Du är drömmen jag drömt"	Anders Börjesson	Eliminated
6	Arvingarna	"Bo Diddley"	Lasse Holm, Gert Lengstrand	Eliminated
7	Tina Leijonberg and Monica Silverstrand	"Himmel på vår jord"	Per Andréasson	Eliminated
8	Nick Borgen	"Joanna"	Stephan Berg	Eliminated
9	Cecilia Vennersten	"Det vackraste"	Nanne Grönvall, Maria Rådsten, Peter Grönvall	Advanced
10	Lasse Lindbom, Janne Bark, Michael Stolt and Simon Ådahl	"Följ dina drömmar"	Per Andréasson, Anders Dannvik	Advanced

Second Round – 24 February 1995
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Jessica Pilnäs	"Jag ger dig allt"	45	3
2	Paula Åkesdotter-Jarl	"Om du inte tror mig"	31	4
3	Jan Johansen	"Se på mig"	64	1
4	Cecilia Vennersten	"Det vackraste"	61	2
5	Lasse Lindbom, Janne Bark, Michael Stolt and Simon Ådahl	"Följ dina drömmar"	30	5

Detailed Regional Jury Voting
Song	Luleå	Örebro	Umeå	Norrköping	Falun	Karlstad	Sundsvall	Växjö	Stockholm	Gothenburg	Malmö	Total score
"Jag ger dig allt"	6	6	4	4	2	8	2	6	2	1	4	45
"Om du inte tror mig"	1	4	1	1	8	4	1	1	6	2	2	31
"Se på mig"	8	8	6	2	6	6	6	4	4	8	6	64
"Det vackraste"	2	1	8	6	4	2	8	8	8	6	8	61
"Följ dina drömmar"	4	2	2	8	1	1	4	2	1	4	1	30

At Eurovision edit

On the night of the contest Johansen performed 18th, following Cyprus and following Denmark. One of the favourites to win, it finished in 3rd place with 100 points.^[1]

Voting edit

Points awarded to Sweden^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Denmark Germany Ireland
10 points	Poland
8 points	Austria Norway Portugal
7 points
6 points	Russia United Kingdom
5 points
4 points	Cyprus Iceland
3 points	France Malta
2 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 point	Slovenia Turkey

Points awarded by Sweden^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Denmark
10 points	Ireland
8 points	Cyprus
7 points	Slovenia
6 points	Iceland
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points	Austria
3 points	France
2 points	Israel
1 point	Malta

References edit

^ "Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links edit

TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive

[1] "Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[1995detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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