Melodifestivalen 1985

Melodifestivalen 1985 was the selection for the 25th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 24th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. The presenter, Eva Andersson, was the 1980 Miss Sweden. No orchestra was used, as all songs were performed to backing track. There have been claims that this was because SVT could not afford to hire the orchestra for two shows, as they were hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in 1985.

Melodifestivalen 1985
Dates
Grand final2 March 1985
VenueSVT Television Centre, Malmö
Presenter(s)Eva Andersson
Participants
Vote
Voting systemJuries sorted by age
Winning song"Bra vibrationer" by Kikki Danielsson

Seventeen-year-old Pernilla Wahlgren, singing "Piccadilly Circus", was the favourite to win. However, she finished 4th and the following day Lasse Anrell from Swedish newspaper Expressen was "angry". 85% of the Expressen readers who phoned afterwards said that "the wrong song" won.

Kikki Danielsson won with the song "Bra vibrationer", which throughout the years has become something of a signature song. This was the fourth victory in a row for Bert Karlsson's label Mariann Grammofon AB. Five of the songs were, alone or not, written by Ingela 'Pling' Forsman and Monica Forsberg.

Results

Draw Artist Song Songwriters Points Place
1Kikki Danielsson"Bra vibrationer"Lasse Holm, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman561st
2Susanne Frölén"Vänner"Claes Buhre, Olle Bergman--
3Göran Folkestad"Eld och lågor"Göran Folkestad, Monica Forsberg353rd
4Ritz"Nu har det hänt igen"Peter Wanngren, Monica Forsberg--
5Per-Erik Hallin"Morgonluft"Per-Erik Hallin--
6Bel Air"1 + 1 = 2"Christer Bjärehag, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman--
7Li Berg"Jag vet hur det känns"Dick Berglund, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman205th
8Dan Tillberg"Ta min hand"Dan Tillberg, Svante Persson, Cecilia von Melen492nd
9Stefan Borsch"Sjung din sång"Martin Contra, Björn Frisén--
10Pernilla Wahlgren"Piccadilly Circus"Lars Andersson, Bruno Glenmark294th

Voting

Juries

Song 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 Total
"Bra vibrationer"68686842856
"Ta min hand"46848288149
"Eld och lågor"21464664235
"Piccadilly Circus"82221116629
"Jag vet hur det känns"14112421420

See also

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