- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977
Sweden selected their entry for ESC 1977 in the show "Melodifestivalen 1977 ". Winner was the song "Beatles" with a group calledForbes . It was a tribute to the rock bandThe Beatles , who had split up some years earlier, and was written by Sven-Olof Bagge and Claes Bure.The contest was held in
London , and Forbes performed 12th. The voting went on to be a disaster. Sweden received 2 points fromGermany and nothing else, giving them their first last place since 1963. To date, there has not been anymore.
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