Melodifestivalen 1959

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Melodifestivalen 1959
Date: 29 January 1959
Presenter: Thore Ehrling
Venue: Cirkus, Stockholm
Voting: An "expert" jury
Winner: Augustin performed by Siw Malmkvist
Winner's result at Eurovision: Ninth place

Melodifestivalen 1959 (known as Säg det med musik: stora schlagertävlingen) was the selection for the second song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the first time that this system of picking a song had been used. Approximately 200 songs were submitted to SVT for the competiton. The final was broadcast on Sveriges Radio TV and Sveriges Radio P1. Brita Borg performed Augustin at Eurovision.

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Place Artist Song Songwriters Points
1st Siw Malmkvist Augustin Bo Harry Sandin, Åke Gerhard 105
2nd Staffan Broms Dags igen att vara kära Ulf Källqvist, Åke Gerhard 79
3rd Britt Damberg Nya fågelsången Sam Samson, Fritz-Gustaf 76
4th Östen Warnebring Kungsgatans blues Axel Flyckt, Sven-Gunnar Johnson 67
5th Östen Warnebring Någon saknar dig Britt Lindeborg 56
6th Ulla Christensson Lyckans soluppgång Dag Lambert, Bengt Haslum 52
6th Britt-Inger Dreilick Hösten är vår Gösta Westerberg, Fritz-Gustaf 52
8th Åke Söhr En miljon för dina Åke Gerhard 0

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