Melodifestivalen 1980

Melodifestivalen 1980

Date:	8 March 1980
Presenter:	Bengt Bedrup
Venue:	SVT Television Centre, Stockholm
Voting:	Regional juries
Winner:	Just nu performed by Tomas Ledin
Winner's result at Eurovision:	Tenth place

Melodifestivalen 1980 was the selection for the 20th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 19th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 120 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

Results

#	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Points	Place
1	Tomas Ledin	Just nu!	Tomas Ledin	112	1st
2	Paul Paljett	Tusen sekunder	Britta Johansson, Torgny Söderberg	32	9th
3	Kenta	Utan att fråga	Kenta Gustafsson, Bo Rosendahl	56	6th
4	Eva Dahlgren	Jag ger mig inte	Eva Dahlgren	48	7th
5	Ted Gärdestad & Annica Boller	Låt solen värma dig	Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad	57	5th
6	Chips	Mycke' mycke' mer	Torgny Söderberg, Lasse Holm	75	4th
7	Liza Öhman	Hit men inte längre	Bengt Palmers	94	3rd
8	Lasse Lindbom	För dina bruna ögons skull	Per Gessle, Mats Persson	27	10th
9	Janne Lucas Persson	Växeln hallå	Lasse Holm, Gert Lengstrand	96	2nd
10	Tania	Å sjuttiotal	Torgny Söderberg	41	8th

Voting

Juries

Song	Luleå	Falun	Karlstad	Gothenburg	Umeå	Örebro	Norrköping	Malmö	Sundsvall	Växjö	Stockholm	Total
Just nu	12	8	10	10	10	12	10	12	12	6	10	112
Tusen sekunder	2	4	1	2	3	1	2	6	4	4	3	32
Utan att fråga	5	12	6	6	6	8	3	2	3	3	2	56
Jag ger mig inte	4	5	3	4	2	6	8	5	2	5	4	48
Låt solen värma dig	6	2	12	7	7	3	4	7	6	2	1	57
Mycke' mycke' mer	8	6	5	5	4	5	12	8	5	10	7	75
Hit men inte längre	7	10	8	8	8	7	6	10	10	8	12	94
För dina bruna ögons skull	1	1	4	3	5	4	1	1	1	1	5	27
Växeln hallå	10	7	7	12	12	10	7	4	7	12	8	96
Å sjuttiotal	3	3	2	1	1	2	5	3	8	7	6	41

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1980
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980

External links

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