Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1971 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Sveriges Radio (SR) | |||
| Country |  Sweden | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 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 result | 6th, 85 points | |||
| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 with the song "Vita vidder", written by Håkan Elmquist, and performed by Family Four. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1971.
SR did not compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970, as a protest against that four countries shared the victory the preceding contest. It was, however, back for the 1971 contest. SR held five semi-finals to select its 1971 entry, with the same three competitors in all of them, as part of the popular television 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 by Håkan Elmquist, won and represented Sweden at Eurovision, held in Dublin.
Before Eurovision
[edit]Melodifestivalen 1971
[edit]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 Sveriges Radio (SR) for the competition. There were five semi-finals during the Hylands hörna show, 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 SR television studios in Stockholm on 27 February 1971 and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
Final
[edit]| Draw | Song | Songwriter(s) | Place | Points |
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| 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
[edit]Family Four finished 6th out of 18, scoring high points from Switzerland and the Netherlands.[1]
Each participating broadcaster appointed two jury members, one below the age of 25 and the other above, who voted 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
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References
[edit]- ^ "Final of Dublin 1971". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1971". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.