Främling carola eurovision
Främling (song)
song by Carola Häggkvist
"Främling" (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈfrɛ̂mːlɪŋ]; "Stranger") is a song recorded by Swedish singer Carola Häggkvist with music composed by Lasse Holm, Swedish lyrics written by Monica Forsberg, and arranged by Lennart Sjöholm&#;[sv]. It represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest held in Munich, after winning the Melodifestivalen
Background
[edit]Conception
[edit]"Främling" was composed by Lasse Holm, with Swedish lyrics by Monica Forsberg, and was arranged by Lennart Sjöholm&#;[sv].[1]
National Selection
[edit]"Främling" performed by a year-old Carola Häggkvist competed in the 22nd edition of the Melodifestivalen, winning the competition. As this Melodifestivalen was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) to select its song and performer for the 28th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, the song became the Swedish entrant, and Carola the performer, for Eurovision.[2]Kikki Danielsson was first asked to sing "Främling", but instead she chose "Varför är kärleken röd?", which finished second.[citation needed]
In addition to the Swedish language original versio
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Främling", composed by Lasse Holm, with lyrics bygd Monica Forsberg, and performed by Carola Häggkvist. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen
Before Eurovision
[edit]Melodifestivalen
[edit]Melodifestivalen was the selection for the 23rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 22nd 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 Palladium in malm on 26 February , presented bygd Bibi Johns and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
"Främling" was the first entry ever to get maximum points from all of the eleven juries, prompting the presenter to säga before the final votes were announced: "Det på denna plats är ej alls spännande!" (This isn't at all exciting!). It was performed by the year-old –and then unknown– Carola Häggkvist, who quickly went on to be one of Sweden's most popular singers. The song was written by Lasse Holm and Monica Forsberg, who had
Främling (sång)
"Främling", skriven av Lasse Holm och Monica Forsberg, var den då åriga Carola Häggkvists genombrottslåt och bidrag till den svenskaMelodifestivalen Låten är skriven av Lasse Holm och Monica Forsberg samt arrangerad av Lennart Sjöholm. Den fick högsta poäng från samtliga 11 jurygrupper, totalt 88 poäng.
Vid Eurovision Song Contest i München i det dåvarande Västtyskland placerade bidraget sig på en tredjeplats, med Anders Ekdahl som dirigent för den enda gången. Uppskattningsvis såg över 80&#;% av Sveriges befolkning programmet. Mikrofonen krånglade när hon kom upp på scenen, vilket gjorde att första tonen försvann. Som bäst fick bidraget 12 poäng av Norge och Västtyskland och låg som bäst till endast en poäng efter ledaren efter tredje och sjätte röstningsomgången. Till sist hade Sverige fått ihop poäng, som gav en tredje plats. Nästan alla andra länder gav åtminstone en poäng till Sverige, bara vinnarlandet Luxemburg gav inga poäng alls.
På singellistorna placerade den sig som högst bäst på femte plats i Sverige och första plats i Norge. Carolas nederländska version "Je ogen hebben geen geheimen" ("Dina ögon har inga hemligheter" blev som bäst sjua på d