Melodifestivalen 1979

Melodifestivalen 1979 was the selection for the 19th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 18th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 452 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

Melodifestivalen 1979
Dates
Grand final17 February 1979
VenueCirkus, Stockholm
Presenter(s)Ulf Elfving
Participants
Vote
Voting systemRegional juries
Winning song"Satellit" by Ted Gärdestad

Results

Draw Artist Song Songwriters Points Place
1Ola+3"Det känns som jag vandrar fram"Ulf Wahlberg853rd
2Tomas Adolphson & Anders Falk"Tillsammans"Tomas Adolphson, Anders Falk586th
3Eva Dahlgren"Om jag skriver en sång"Eva Dahlgren853rd
4Tomas Ledin"Det ligger i luften"Tomas Ledin962nd
5Kjell Hansson"Mer än bara över natten"Kjell Hansson595th
6Timjan"En egen fela"Peter Olsson, Anders Olsson399th
7Pontus Platin"Nattens sång"Pontus Platin, Susanne Wigforss, Patrice Hellberg448th
8Py Bäckman & Py Gang"Var det här bara början?"Py Bäckman457th
9Ted Gärdestad"Satellit"Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad1051st
10Magnus Uggla"Johnny the Rocker"Magnus Uggla2210th

Voting

Juries

Song
"Det känns som jag vandrar fram"1066764712781285
"Tillsammans"63561064835258
"Om jag skriver en sång"81210247610812685
"Det ligger i luften"1210121081010367896
"Mer än bara över natten"75213887103559
"En egen fela"3433725212739
"Nattens sång"1844552446144
"Var det här bara början?"4288233524445
"Satellit"577121212126121010105
"Johnny the Rocker"2115111151322

See also

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