- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
ESC National Year
Year = 1999
Country = SWE
Preselection =Melodifestivalen 1999
Preselection date =27 February 1999
Entrant = Charlotte Nilsson
Song = "Take Me to Your Heaven"
Final result = 1st, 163 pointsSweden was present at theEurovision Song Contest 1999 , held inJerusalem ,Israel . For the contest, Sweden used their usual pre-selection Melodifestivalen. The contest was hosted byAnders Lundin and Vendela Thommessen. Their were 10 songs in the final, with the winner being chosen through a 50/50 jury/televoting method. The winner was Charlotte Nilsson with the song "Tusen och en natt", written by Gert Langstrand and Lars Diedricsson. It got the highest number of points from both the 11 juries and the televoters.The song was translated into English for Eurovision as "Take Me To Your Heaven. Nilsson sung in the 15th spot of 23. In the voting Sweden took their fourth victory, taking 163 points.
Melodifestivalen 1999
:"For the full results, see
Melodifestivalen 1999 ."
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