AMERICAN REACTS TO Sweden In Eurovison Song Contest (1958-2023)..

Björn Skiffs, the dude who sang “Fångad i en dröm” and “Det blir alltid värre framåt natten” is the guy who sang that version of “Hooked on a feeling” that was in Guardias of the Galaxy.

2012 and 2023 are the same artist, first woman to win twice, second artist in eurovision. First two time winner was Johnny Logan for Ireland.

The brothers who won in 84 grew up in USA. Richard the one in the light turqoise shirt had a small part in a few episodes of Fame. So nailed their win both in the swedish contest and later in the big european one. And I got to see them live later that year. Huge for a girl 12 years old😊

Thanks for reacting to some Eurovision!

The piano player in One More Time from 1996, is Peter Gronvall the eldest son of Benny from Abba, Charlotte Nilsson who won in 99 came back as Charlotte Perrelli, in 08 and Carola was in it 3 times, 83, 91 winner & 06.

1975 Lars Berghagen or as most of us Swedes know him as Lasse Berhagen. One of Sweden's most popular, beloved artists. He died a little over a week ago :( A person who made wonderful songs that we Swedes know. Singer, songwriter, actor and tv presenter. ❤😥 1969 & 1988 Tommy Körberg

Sweden has won 7 times , tied with Ireland on the most wins.

Fun fact: The woman in 1961 and the man in 1975 used to be married and have a daughter together who used to be married to the guy in 1989.

1979, 10 years before I was born, and I still get pissed when I see that 17th ranking spot. Unacceptable.

Sweden is the powerhouse of Eurovision. They have a lot of very great singers. BTW, i can barely hear you talk, because of the music, please turn the volume a little bit down when you speak during your reaction, i am very interested in hear what you have to day

The lady singing in 2009 Is Greeta Thumburgs mother.

also failed to qualify means that they failed to advance from the semi final to the final, which were introduced in 2004 (there were some other pre qualifying rounds between 1994 and 1997 tho)

Sweden not only has many strong contributions and wins, they also have several songwriters and producers who have helped create the other countries' contributions. This sometimes leads to Sweden (artist) versus Sweden (songwriter) in the final.

Tommy Körberg is the lead singer in the play Chess. Listen to his song from that. The Anthem is so good.

Welcome to wonderful and amazing universe of eurovision! Ireland and sweden won this contest 7 times each. France, United Kingdom and the netherlands 5 each....

Marie Bergman singing with Roger Pontare in 1994 was a member of family four who represented Sweden 1972 and 73.

2020 the contest was cancelled because of Covid. But not before all the countries had submitted their songs!

1st winner in 1958 - Alice Babs, jazz singer who sang with Duke Ellington for example Siw Malmkvist, first swede at number 1 on Billboard with Sole Sole Björn Skifs two time winner sang the most famous version of Hooked on a feeling, released in 1974 Tommy Körberg the one who sang on the recordings for Chess as "The Russian" singing no other song than Anthem (also sang Beauty and the Beast with Celine Dion) Americans have heard these singers many times without knowing ;) FYI, La Voix is French. And The Mamas who won in 2020 (the cancelled year) was the backup singers for John Lundvik in 2019.

fun fact, malena ernman (2009) is greta thunbergs mom

Failed to qualify means they got to Eurovision but missed out on the Grand Final; there are 2 semifinals, each with different songs, and the top 10 of each move onto the Grand Final, along with the "big 5" countries that contribute the most money (UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy) and the host country, so at least 26 as a result. From what I recall, 2010's entry was treated terribly and bullied because Sweden is awesome at pop music and expects not just to qualify, but to do well every single year.