Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1988
Selection date(s)	27 February 1988
Selected entrant	Tommy Körberg
Selected song	"Stad i ljus"
Selected songwriter(s)	Py Bäckman
Finals performance
Final result	12th, 52 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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In order to choose an entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, Sweden held a national selection, namely Melodifestivalen 1988. The runaway winner was the ballad "Stad i ljus" sung by Tommy Körberg, who also had represented Sweden at the 1969 contest. This time his song was written by Py Bäckman. It was the first time in the eighties that the Swedish entry was a ballad.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1988

Melodifestivalen 1988 was the selection for the 28th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 27th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,100 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Malmö Stadsteater in Malmö on 27 February 1988, presented by Bengt Grafström and was broadcast on TV2 and was not broadcast on radio. The show was watched by 4,464,000 people.

Voting

At Eurovision

Sweden performed second at the contest and received a total of 52 points and finished 12th.^[1]

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden[2] Score Country 12 points  Norway 10 points  Italy 8 points  Denmark  Netherlands 7 points 6 points 5 points  Ireland 4 points 3 points  Iceland  Luxembourg 2 points  United Kingdom 1 point  Belgium

Points awarded by Sweden[2] Score Country 12 points   Switzerland 10 points  Luxembourg 8 points  Norway 7 points  Ireland 6 points  Yugoslavia 5 points  United Kingdom 4 points  Turkey 3 points  Denmark 2 points  France 1 point  Iceland

References

External links

• TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive