Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1992 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participating broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) | |||
| Country |  Sweden | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 1992 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 14 March 1992 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Christer Björkman | |||
| Selected song | "I morgon är en annan dag" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Niklas Strömstedt | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 22nd, 9 points | |||
| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "I morgon är en annan dag", written by Niklas Strömstedt, and performed by Christer Björkman. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1992. In addition, SVT was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Malmö Isstadion in Malmö, after winning the previous edition with the song "Fångad av en stormvind" by Carola.
Before Eurovision
[edit]Melodifestivalen 1992
[edit]Melodifestivalen 1992 was the selection for the 32nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 31st time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,544 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 14 March 1992, presented by Adde Malmberg and Claes Malmberg and broadcast on Kanal 1 and Sveriges Radio's P3 network. Christer Björkman's result at Eurovision was Sweden's worst since 1977, until 2003 the worst result of a Eurovision host country. The show was watched by 5,376,000 people.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angel | "Venus Butterfly" | Bert Karlsson, Lennart Clerwall | Eliminated |
| 2 | Thérèse Löf | "Ingenting går som man vill" | Peter Grönvall, Nanne Nordqvist | Eliminated |
| 3 | Christer Björkman | "I morgon är en annan dag" | Niklas Strömstedt | Advanced |
| 4 | Anna Nederdal | "Ingen annan än du" | John Ekedahl, Tommy Kaså | Eliminated |
| 5 | Lizette Pålsson and Bizazz | "Som om himlen brann" | Jane Larsson, Leif Larsson | Advanced |
| 6 | Shanes | "Upp, flyger vi, upp" | Björn Ander Andersson | Eliminated |
| 7 | Py Bäckman | "Långt härifrån" | Py Bäckman, Anders Olausson | Advanced |
| 8 | Maria Rådsten | "Vad som än händer" | Ulf Söderberg, Peter Grönvall, Nanne Nordqvist | Advanced |
| 9 | Kikki Danielsson | "En enda gång" | Hans Skoog, Martin Klaman | Advanced |
| 10 | Lena Pålsson and Wizex | "Jag kan se en ängel" | Kaj Svenling, Johnny Thunqvist | Eliminated |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christer Björkman | "I morgon är en annan dag" | 64 | 1 |
| 2 | Lizette Pålsson and Bizazz | "Som om himlen brann" | 59 | 2 |
| 3 | Py Bäckman | "Långt härifrån" | 33 | 5 |
| 4 | Maria Rådsten | "Vad som än händer" | 41 | 3 |
| 5 | Kikki Danielsson | "En enda gång" | 34 | 4 |
| Song | Luleå
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Umeå
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Sundsvall
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Falun
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Örebro
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Karlstad
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Gothenburg
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Malmö
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Växjö
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Norrköping
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Stockholm
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "I morgon är en annan dag" | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 64 |
| "Som om himlen brann" | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 59 |
| "Långt härifrån" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 33 |
| "Vad som än händer" | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 41 |
| "En enda gång" | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 34 |
At Eurovision
[edit]Björkman sang 7th on the night of the contest, following France and preceding Portugal. Björkman could not, however, repeat Carola's success of the previous year, picking up 9 points and placing 22nd of 23 countries.[1]
Voting
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References
[edit]- ^ "Final of Malmö 1992". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Malmö 1992". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.