Sweden selected an entry for the

Eurovision Song Contest 1987 The Eurovision Song Contest 1987 was the 32nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Brussels, Belgium, following the country's victory at the with the song "J'aime la vie" by Sandra Kim. Organised by the European Broadc ...

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 by

Lotta Engberg Anna Charlotte "Lotta" Engberg (born Pedersen; 5 March 1963) is a Swedish singer. She represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with " Boogaloo" after winning Melodifestivalen 1987. She also tried many times in Melodifestivalen in 1984 ...

, and written/composed by Christer Lundh and Mikael Wendt.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1987

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1987 was the selection for the 27th song to represent

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at the

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. It was the 26th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1502 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the

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on 21 February 1987, was presented by

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and broadcast on TV1 and was not broadcast on radio. The winning song's title was changed to "Boogaloo" for the Eurovision Song Contest as it contained chewing gum brand Bugg as well drinks company

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in the title.

Voting

At Eurovision

As the song's title contained the trademark names

and the Swedish

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Bugg, the

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demanded that the lyrics be changed before the Eurovision final, so the song was renamed ''Boogaloo''. It was drawn to perform at start position 12. After the voting, Sweden had received 50 points and finished in 12th place (out of 22). This was the worst placement for Sweden in eight years.

Voting

References

External links

TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987

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