Melodifestivalen 1987 was the selection for the 27th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 26th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1502 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 and was not broadcast on radio. The winning song's title was changed to "Boogaloo" for the Eurovision Song Contest as it contained chewing gum brand Bugg as well drinks company Coca-Cola in the title.
Results
| Draw |
Artist |
Song |
Songwriters |
Points |
Place |
| 1 |
Sound of Music |
"Alexandra" |
Peter Grönvall, Angelique Widengren, Nanne Nordqvist |
44 |
4th |
| 2 |
Annica Jonsson |
"Nya illusioner" |
Mikael Wendt och Christer Lundh |
- |
- |
| 3 |
Cyndee Peters |
"När morgonstjärnan brinner" |
Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman |
46 |
3rd |
| 4 |
Paul Sahlin & Anne Kihlström |
"Ung och evig" |
Paul Sahlin, Alf Brink |
- |
- |
| 5 |
Jan-Eric Karlzon |
"Flyktingen" |
Jan-Eric Karlzon, Kenth Larsson |
- |
- |
| 6 |
Baden-Baden |
"Leva livet" |
Anders Nylander, Margareta Karlsson |
- |
- |
| 7 |
Arja Saijonmaa |
"Högt över havet" |
Lasse Holm |
58 |
2nd |
| 8 |
Robert Wells |
"Sommarnatt" |
Göran Folkestad, Jan-Olov Ståhl |
- |
- |
| 9 |
Style |
"Hand i hand" |
Christer Sandelin, Tommy Ekman |
29 |
6th |
| 10 |
Lena Philipsson |
"Dansa i neon" |
Tim Norell, Peo Thyrén, Ola Håkansson |
43 |
5th |
| 11 |
Anna Book |
"Det finns en morgondag" |
Jan Askelind, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman |
- |
- |
| 12 |
Lotta Engberg |
"Fyra Bugg & en Coca Cola" |
Mikael Wendt, Christer Lundh |
59 |
1st |
Voting
Juries
| Song |
15-20 |
20-25 |
25-30 |
30-35 |
35-40 |
40-45 |
45-50 |
50-55 |
55-60 |
Total |
| "Alexandra" |
10 |
1 |
10 |
6 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
44 |
| "När morgonstjärnan brinner" |
6 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
46 |
| "Högt över havet" |
8 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
4 |
58 |
| "Hand i hand" |
1 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
29 |
| "Dansa i neon" |
4 |
4 |
8 |
10 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
43 |
| "Fyra Bugg & en Coca Cola" |
2 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
10 |
10 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
59 |
See also
External links
nl:Zweden op het Eurovisiesongfestival 1987 sv:Melodifestivalen 1987
