- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Sweden selected an entry for theEurovision Song Contest 1987 by holding a preselection show named "Melodifestivalen 1987 ". Out of 1 502 submitted songs and 12 songs in the final, the entry "Fyra Bugg och en Coca-Cola" was chosen. It was performed byLotta Engberg , and written/composed by Christer Lundh and Mikael Wendt.As the songs title contained the trademark names
Coca-Cola and the Swedishchewing gum Bugg, theEuropean Broadcasting Union demanded that the lyrics would be changed before theBrussels final, so the song was renamed "Boogaloo". It was drawn to perform at start position 12. After the voting, Sweden had received 50 points, which leaded to a 12th place (out of 22). This was the worst placement for Sweden in eight years.
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