Melodifestivalen 1979 - Winner: Ted Gärdestad - 'Satellit'

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Selection process Melodifestivalen 1979
Selection date(s) 17 February 1979
Selected entrant Ted Gärdestad
Selected song "Satellit"
Selected songwriters: Kenneth Gärdestad, Ted Gärdestad

Sweden selected their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in a show called Melodifestivalen 1979. The winner was the popular pop singer Ted Gärdestad with the song "Satellit", which he composed, while the lyrics were by his brother, Kenneth Gärdestad.

Melodifestivalen 1979 was the selection for the 19th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 18th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 452 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 17 February 1979, presented by Ulf Elfving and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 Ola+3 "Det känns som jag vandrar fram" Ulf Wahlberg 85 3rd
2 Tomas and Anders "Tillsammans" Tomas Adolphson, Anders Falk 58 6th
3 Eva Dahlgren "Om jag skriver en sång" Eva Dahlgren 85 3rd
4 Tomas Ledin "Det ligger i luften" Tomas Ledin 96 2nd
5 Kjell Hansson "Mer än bara över natten" Kjell Hansson 59 5th
6 Timjan "En egen fela" Bengt "Charlie" Hillson, PeterOlsson 39 9th
7 Pontus Platin "Nattens sång" Patrice Hellberg, Pontus Platin, Susanne Wigforss 44 8th
8 Py Bäckman and Py Gang "Var det här bara början?" Py Bäckman 45 7th
9 Ted Gärdestad "Satellit" Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad 105 1st
10 Magnus Uggla Band "Johnny the Rocker" Johan Langer, Magnus Uggla 22 10th