Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
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Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?", written by Lasse Holm, and performed by Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1986.
Sweden| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1986 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) | |||
| Country | Sweden | |||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 1986 | |||
| Selection date | 22 March 1986 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" | |||
| Artist | Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell | |||
| Songwriter | Lasse Holm | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 5th, 78 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Melodifestivalen 1986
Melodifestivalen 1986 was the contest for the 26th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. 90 songs had been submitted to Sveriges Television (SVT) for the competition; 10 of these were performed at the contest, which was held at Cirkus in Stockholm on 22 March 1986. It was presented by Lennart Swahn and Tommy Engstrand and was broadcast on TV1. No orchestra was used, and instead the ten songs were broadcast as music videos. The five songs that qualified for the second round were performed live to backing track.
| R/O | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Tillberg | "ABCD" |
| N/a |
| 2 | Git Persson | "Du förför mig" |
| N/a |
| 3 | Style | "Dover–Calais" |
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Qualified |
| 4 | Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell | "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" | Lasse Holm | Qualified |
| 5 | Anna Book | "ABC" |
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Qualified |
| 6 | Sound of Music | "Eldorado" |
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Qualified |
| 7 | Baden-Baden | "Jag har en dröm" |
| N/a |
| 8 | Fredrik Willstrand | "Fem i tolv" |
| N/a |
| 9 | Lena Philipsson | "Kärleken är evig" | Qualified | |
| 10 | Karin Risberg | "Stopp, stopp, stanna" |
| N/a |
| Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Style | "Dover–Calais" | 33 | 3 |
| Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell | "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" | 64 | 1 |
| Anna Book | "ABC" | 24 | 5 |
| Sound of Music | "Eldorado" | 26 | 4 |
| Lena Philipsson | "Kärleken är evig" | 42 | 2 |
| Song | 56–60 | 51–55 | 46–50 | 41–45 | 36–40 | 31–35 | 26–30 | 21–25 | 15–20 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Dover-Calais" | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 33 |
| "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 64 |
| "ABC" | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| "Eldorado" | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 |
| "Kärleken är evig" | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 42 |
At Eurovision
Voting
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