Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971

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Eurovision Song Contest 1971
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1971
Selection date(s)Semi-finals
23 January 1971
30 January 1971
6 February 1971
13 February 1971
20 February 1971
Final
27 February 1971
Selected artist(s)Family Four
Selected song"Vita vidder"
Selected songwriter(s)Håkan Elmquist
Finals performance
Final result6th, 85 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1969 • 1971 • 1972►

Sweden did not compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970, as a protest against that four countries shared the victory the preceding year. They were, however, back for the 1971 contest. Five semi-finals were held, with the same three competitors in all of them, as part of the popular TV show Hylands hörna. The group Family Four won all of the semi-finals, and therefore sung all the songs in the final. The song "Vita vidder", written and composed by Håkan Elmquist, won and represented Sweden at ESC, held in Dublin.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1971

Melodifestivalen 1971 was the selection for the 12th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 11th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1164 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. There were five semi-finals during the Hylands hörna programme, hosted by Lennart Hyland. Family Four, Tommy Körberg and Sylvia Vrethammar performed one song in each semi-final. Family Four won all five semi-finals, so all five finalists were performed by them. The final was held in the SVT Studios in Stockholm on 27 February 1971 and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

Final

Draw Song Songwriter(s) Place Points
1 "Min sång" Bengt-Arne Wallin, Anja Notini-Wallin 4th 10
2 "Tjänare kärlek" Peter Himmelstrand 2nd 17
3 "En sång om världen" Anders Bergsjö, Göran Dalström 5th 9
4 "Heja mamma" Peter Himmelstrand 3rd 11
5 "Vita vidder" Håkan Elmquist 1st 22

At Eurovision

Family Four finished 6th out of 18, scoring high points from Switzerland and the Netherlands.[1]

Each country nominated two jury members, one below the age of 25 and the other above, who voted for their respective country by giving between one and five points to each song, except that representing their own country. All jury members were colocated at the venue in Dublin, and were brought on stage during the voting sequence to present their points.[2] The Swedish jury members were Eva Blomqvist and Putte Wickman.[3]

Voting

References

  1. ^ "Final of Dublin 1971". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. ^ Roxburgh, Gordon (2014). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume Two: The 1970s. Prestatyn, United Kingdom: Telos Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-84583-093-9.
  3. ^ Thorsson, Leif; Verhage, Martin (2006). Melodifestivalen genom tiderna : de svenska uttagningarna och internationella finalerna (in Swedish). Stockholm: Premium Publishing. pp. 88–89. ISBN 91-89136-29-2.
  4. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1971". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.