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Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984

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Summary

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Field	Value
Year	1984
Broadcaster	Sveriges Television (SVT)
Country	Sweden
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1984
Selection date	25 February 1984
Song	Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley
Artist	Herreys
Writer
Final result	1st, 145 points

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley", composed by Torgny Söderberg, with lyrics by Britt Lindeborg, and performed by Herreys. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1984. The entry eventually won the Eurovision Song Contest.

Before Eurovision

{{lang|sv|Melodifestivalen|i=no}} 1984

Melodifestivalen 1984 was the selection for the 24th song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 23rd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg on 25 February 1984, presented by Fredrik Belfrage and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. Herreys went on to win that year's Eurovision Song Contest in Luxembourg; Sweden's second Eurovision win.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Janne Önnerud	"Nu är jag tillbaks igen"	Monica Forsberg, Örjan Fahlström	-	-
2	Göran Folkestad and Lotta Pedersen	"Sankta Cecilia"	Göran Folkestad, Vicki Benckert	41	2nd
3	Rosa Körberg	"Schack och matt"	Monica Forsberg, Örjan Fahlström	-	-
4	John Ballard	"Rendez-vous"	Paula af Malmborg, Bjarne Nyqvist	39	3rd
5	Herreys	"Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"	Britt Lindeborg, Torgny Söderberg	49	1st
6	Per-Erik Hallin	"Labyrint"	Per-Erik Hallin	-	-
7	Elisabeth Andreasson	"Kärleksmagi"	Peter Wiberg, Vicki Benckert	-	-
8	Karin and Anders Glenmark	"Kall som is"	Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Anders Glenmark	33	4th
9	Thomas Lewing	"Tjuvarnas natt"	Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Bruno Glenmark	-	-
10	Vicki Benckert	"Livet är som ett träd"	Vicki Benckert	27	5th

Song	15–20	20–25	25–30	30–35	35–40	40–45	45–50	50–55	55–60	Total
"Sankta Cecilia"	1	2	6	4	4	6	8	4	6	41
"Rendez-vous"	8	8	2	8	1	2	2	6	2	39
"Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"	6	4	1	2	6	8	6	8	8	49
"Kall som is"	2	1	8	6	8	4	1	2	1	33
"Livet är som ett träd"	4	6	4	1	2	1	4	1	4	27

At Eurovision

Sweden was the first country to perform the Eurovision Song Contest that year. In the voting, they received not less than 5 "douze points" from the other 18 countries. Finally the brothers were victorious, with a total of 145 points - 8 points ahead of Ireland. Sweden had won exactly 10 years earlier, then represented by ABBA.

Voting

Score	Country	12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points	5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point

Score	Country	12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points	5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point

References

"Final of Luxembourg 1984". European Broadcasting Union.
"Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1984". European Broadcasting Union.

Wikipedia Source

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