Sweden
's entry to the
Eurovision Song Contest 1995
The Eurovision Song Contest 1995 was the 40th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 13 May 1995 at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (RTÉ) and presented by ...
, held in
Dublin
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,
Ireland
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, was
Jan Johansen with the song "
Se på mig
"Se på mig" (literally translating into "Look at Me"; an English version is titled "Another Night") is a song by Swedish singer Jan Johansen. It represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 in Dublin, Ireland, using the colloquial spelling "S ...
".
Before Eurovision
Melodifestivalen 1995
Melodifestivalen 1995 was the selection for the 35th song to represent
Sweden at the
Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 34th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 986 songs were submitted to
SVT for the competition. The final was held in the
Malmö Musikteater in
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ...
on 24 February 1995, presented by
Pernilla Månsson Colt and broadcast on
TV2 and
Sveriges Radio's
P3 and
P4 networks. The show was watched by 3,646,000 people.
At Eurovision
On the night of the contest Johansen performed 18th, following
Cyprus
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and following
Denmark
)
, song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast")
, song_type = National and royal anthem
, image_map = EU-Denmark.svg
, map_caption =
, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark
, establish ...
. One of the favourites to win, it finished in 3rd place with 100 points.
Voting
References
External links
TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive
{{Melodifestivalen
1995
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995
1995
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Eurovision
Eurovision