Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961

Eurovision Song Contest 1961
Country  Sweden
National selection
Selection process Melodifestivalen 1961
Selection date(s) February 6, 1961
Selected entrant Lill-Babs
Selected song "April, april"
Finals performance
Final result 14th, 2 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1960 • 1961 • 1962►

Sweden chose their entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 through Melodifestivalen 1961. The song "April, april", performed once with Siw Malmkvist, once with Gunnar Wiklund, won. However, none of them was considered acceptable for singing in ESC, so Lill-Babs was chosen as representative instead. In the contest, once more held in Cannes, she finished in 14th place (out of 16).

Melodifestivalen 1961

Siw Malmkvist singing "April, april" at Melodifestivalen 1961.

Melodifestivalen 1961 was the Swedish national final and it was the third time that this system of picking a song had been used. One singer performed the song with a large orchestra and one with a smaller orchestra. Approximately 550 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on Sveriges Radio TV, but was not broadcast on radio. Siw Malmkvist won with "April, april" but Lill-Babs went to Eurovision.

Results

Place Artist1 Artist2 Song Songwriters Points
1stSiw MalmkvistGunnar Wiklund"April, april"Bobbie Ericson, Bo Eneby78
2ndLill-BabsLars Lönndahl"Vårvinter"Bobbie Ericson71
2ndLars LönndahlLily Berglund"Spela på regnbågen"Britt Lindeborg71
4thGunnar WiklundSiw Malmkvist"Vår i hjärtat"Lennart Gröhn58
5thLily BerglundLill-Babs"Stockholm"Bobbie Ericson, Eric Sandström57

At Eurovision

At the contest, Sweden only managed to get 14th place (out of 16).

See also

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.