Melodifestivalen 1999

Melodifestivalen 1999

Final:	27 February 1999
Presenters:	Anders Lundin and Vendela Kirsebom Thommesen
Venue:	Victoriahallen, Stockholm
Viewing figures (approx):	3,326,000
Voting:	50/50 Jury and telephone voting
Total number of televotes cast (approx):	663,000
Winner:	Tusen och en natt performed by Charlotte Nilsson
Winner's result at Eurovision:	First place

Melodifestivalen 1999 was the selection for the 39th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 38th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1315 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. Charlotte Nilsson went on to win that year's Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem, Sweden's fourth Eurovision win.

Results

#	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Votes			Place
				Jury	Viewers	Total
1	Charlotte Nilsson	Tusen och en natt	Gert Lengstrand, Lars "Dille" Diedricsson	85	132	217	1st
2	Crosstalk	Det gäller dig och mig	Lars Edvall, Mattias Reimer	65	22	87	6th
3	Janica	Jag kan se dig	Anders Dannvik, Pär Olsson	66	-	66	7th
4	Drömhus	Stjärna på himmelen	Per Andréassen, Anders Dannvik	38	110	148	2nd
5	Roger Pontare	Som av is	Lasse Johansson, Staffan Stavert	54	44	98	5th
6	Martin	(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow	Martin Svensson	43	66	109	4th
7	Christer Björkman	Välkommen hem	Lasse Sahlin, Jan Lundkvist	6	-	6	10th
8	Ai	Bilder av dig	Stefan Berg	31	11	42	9th
9	Arvingarna	Det svär jag på	Torgny Söderberg, Lena Philipsson	26	88	114	3rd
10	Cleo	Natten är min vän	Thomas G:son	59	-	59	8th

Juries

Song	Örebro	Luleå	Falun	Karlstad	Umeå	Norrköping	Göteborg	Sundsvall	Växjö	Malmö	Stockholm	Total
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

The full televoting results were never released.

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1999
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

External links

• ESCSweden.com (in Swedish)
• Information site about Melodifestivalen
• Eurovision Song Contest National Finals