Melodifestivalen 1999 - Winner: Charlotte Nilsson - "Tusen och en natt"

The playlist with all editions of the Swedish MELODIFESTIVALEN:    • Melodifestivalen Sweden   Sweden was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, held in Jerusalem. Melodifestivalen 1999 was the selection for the 39th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 38th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,315 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition, with ten songs selected to compete. The final was held in the Victoriahallen in Stockholm on 27 February 1999, presented by Anders Lundin and Vendela Kirsebom Thommesen, and was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The winner was chosen through a 50/50 jury/televoting method, which was Charlotte Nilsson with the song "Tusen och en natt", written by Gert Lengstrand and Lars Diedricsson. It got the highest number of points from both the 11 juries and the televoters. A total of 630,339 votes were cast. Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place Votes Points 1 Charlotte Nilsson "Tusen och en natt" 85 124,947 132 217 1 2 Crosstalk "Det gäller dig och mig" 65 73,600 22 87 6 3 Janica "Jag kan se dig" 66 22,106 0 66 7 4 Drömhus "Stjärna på himmelen" 38 86,999 110 148 2 5 Roger Pontare "Som av is" 54 73,744 44 98 5 6 Martin "(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow" 43 75,354 66 109 4 7 Christer Björkman "Välkommen hem" 6 16,523 0 6 10 8 Ai "Bilder av dig" 31 56,890 11 42 9 9 Arvingarna "Det svär jag på" 26 75,654 88 114 3 10 Cleo "Natten är min vän" 59 24,522 0 59 8 The song was translated into English for Eurovision as "Take Me To Your Heaven". Nilsson performed 15th on the night of the contest. At the end of the voting Sweden received 163 points (12 points from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Malta, Norway and the United Kingdom), taking their fourth victory.