Melodifestivalen 1985

Melodifestivalen 1985
Date: 2 March 1985
Presenter: Eva Andersson
Venue: SVT Television Centre, Malmö
Voting: Juries sorted by age
Winner: Bra vibrationer performed by Kikki Danielsson
Winner's result at Eurovision: Third place

Melodifestivalen 1985 was the selection for the 25th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 24th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. The presenter, Eva Andersson, was the 1980 Miss Sweden. No orchestra was used, as all songs were performed to backing track. There have been claims that this was because SVT could not afford to hire the orchestra for two shows, as they were hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in 1985.

17 year old Pernilla Wahlgren, singing Piccadilly Circus, was the favourite to win. However, she finished 4th and the following day Lasse Anrell at Expressen was "angry". 85 % of the Expressen readers who phoned afterwards said that "the wrong song" won.

Kikki Danielsson won with the song "Bra vibrationer", which throughout the years has become something of a signature song. This mean that this was the 4th victory in a row for Bert Karlsson's label Mariann Grammofon AB. Five of the songs were, alone or not, written by Ingela 'Pling' Forsman and Monica Forsberg.

Contents

Results

# Artist Song Songwriters Points Place
1 Kikki Danielsson Bra vibrationer Lasse Holm, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman 56 1st
2 Susanne Frölén Vänner Claes Buhre, Olle Bergman - -
3 Göran Folkestad Eld och lågor Göran Folkestad, Monica Forsberg 35 3rd
4 Ritz Nu har det hänt igen Peter Wanngren, Monica Forsberg - -
5 Per-Erik Hallin Morgonluft Per-Erik Hallin - -
6 Bel Air 1 + 1 = 2 Christer Bjärehag, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman - -
7 Li Berg Jag vet hur det känns Dick Berglund, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman 20 5th
8 Dan Tillberg Ta min hand Dan Tillberg, Svante Persson, Cecilia von Melen 49 2nd
9 Stefan Borsch Sjung din sång Martin Contra, Björn Frisén - -
10 Pernilla Wahlgren Piccadilly Circus Lars Andersson, Bruno Glenmark 29 4th

Voting

Juries

Song 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 Total
Bra vibrationer 6 8 6 8 6 8 4 2 8 56
Ta min hand 4 6 8 4 8 2 8 8 1 49
Eld och lågor 2 1 4 6 4 6 6 4 2 35
Piccadilly Circus 8 2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 29
Jag vet hur det känns 1 4 1 1 2 4 2 1 4 20

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