Sweden was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 , held in Jerusalem .
Before Eurovision
Melodifestivalen 1999
Melodifestivalen 1999Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest . It was the 38th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,315 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition, with ten songs selected to compete. The final was held in the Victoriahallen in Stockholm on 27 February 1999, presented by Anders Lundin and Vendela Kirsebom Thommesen , and was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio 's P4 network. The winner was chosen through a 50/50 jury/televoting method, which was Charlotte Nilsson with the song "Tusen och en natt", written by Gert Lengstrand and Lars Diedricsson. It got the highest number of points from both the 11 juries and the televoters. A total of 630,339 votes were cast.[1]
Competing entries
Final
Draw
Artist
Song
Jury
Televote
Total
Place
Votes
Points
1
Charlotte Nilsson
"Tusen och en natt "
85
124,947
132
217
1
2
Crosstalk
"Det gäller dig och mig"
65
73,600
22
87
6
3
Janica
"Jag kan se dig"
66
22,106
0
66
7
4
Drömhus
"Stjärna på himmelen"
38
86,999
110
148
2
5
Roger Pontare
"Som av is"
54
73,744
44
98
5
6
Martin
"(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow "
43
75,354
66
109
4
7
Christer Björkman
"Välkommen hem"
6
16,523
0
6
10
8
Ai
"Bilder av dig"
31
56,890
11
42
9
9
Arvingarna
"Det svär jag på "
26
75,654
88
114
3
10
Cleo
"Natten är min vän"
59
24,522
0
59
8
Detailed Regional Jury Voting
Song
Luleå
Umeå
Sundsvall
Falun
Karlstad
Örebro
Norrköping
Gothenburg
Växjö
Malmö
Stockholm
Total score
"Tusen och en natt"
10
12 8
8
4
8
10
1
10
10
4
85
"Det gäller dig och mig"
12 4
1
12 6
6
2
10
2
10
65
"Jag kan se dig"
8
10
6
8
4
12 2
6
4
6
66
"Stjärna på himmelen"
8
2
10
1
12 1
2
2
38
"Som av is"
2
6
6
12 4
12 12 54
"(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow"
6
2
2
2
1
8
4
6
12 43
"Välkommen hem"
1
4
1
6
"Bilder av dig"
4
1
12 6
8
31
"Det svär jag på"
1
4
2
1
6
4
8
26
"Natten är min vän"
10
12 10
10
8
8
1
59
Spokespersons
At Eurovision
Ahead of the contest the Sweden were considered one of the favourites to win among bookmakers , alongside the entries from United Kingdom , Iceland and Cyprus .[2] [3] [4] English for Eurovision as "Take Me To Your Heaven ". Nilsson performed 15th on the night of the contest. At the end of the voting Sweden received 163 points (12 points from Bosnia and Herzegovina , Estonia , Malta , Norway and the United Kingdom ), taking their fourth victory.[5]
Voting
Points awarded to Sweden[6]
Score
Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
Ireland
4 points
3 points
2 points
Germany
1 point
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation Artists Songs Note: Entries scored out signify where Sweden did not compete
Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Countries Artists Songs
"All Out of Luck" "Believe 'n Peace" "Como tudo começou "Diamond of Night" "Dön Artık "For a Thousand Years" "Happy Birthday " "Je veux donner ma voix "Journey to Jerusalem – Kudüs'e Seyahat "Like the Wind" "Living My Life Without You" "Marija Magdalena "No quiero escuchar "One Good Reason" "Przytul mnie mocno "Putnici "Reflection" "Say It Again " "Strazdas "Take Me to Your Heaven " "Tha'nai erotas "This Time I Mean It" "When You Need Me"
Sweden
