Melodifestivalen 1997

**Melodifestivalen 1997**
Date:	8 March 1997
Presenters:	Jan Jingryd
Venue:	Eriksbergshallen, Gothenburg
Viewing figures (approx):	2,965,000
Voting:	Regional juries
Winner:	Bara hon älskar mig performed by Blond
Winner's result at Eurovision:	Fourteenth place

Melodifestivalen 1997 was the selection for the 37th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 36th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1229 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P3 network.The winners was the boyband Blond who later that year represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 1997.

[edit] Results

#	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Points	Place
1	Monia Sjöström	Nu idag	Lasse Sahlin, Peter Karlsson	11	11th
2	Photogenique	Nattens änglar	Jonas Berggren	0	12th
3	Robert Randquist	Hand i hand	Martin Klaman, Björn Johansson, Maurizio Sorrone	55	5th
4	N-Mix	Där en ängel hälsat på	Pernilla Emme Alexandersson, Per Andréasson	68	2nd
5	Jim Jidhed	Charlie	John Ekedahl, Jim Jidhed	12	10th
6	Nick Borgen	World Wide Web	Nick Borgen	26	9th
7	Andreas Lundstedt	Jag saknar dig, jag saknar dig	Alexander Bard, Ola Håkansson, Tim Norell	32	7th
8	Garmarna	En gång ska han gråta	Py Bäckman, Mats Wester	28	8th
9	B.I.G.	Jag ska aldrig lämna dig	Peo Thyrén, Richard Evenlind, Stefan Almqvist	40	6th
10	Wille Crafoord	Missarna	Wille Crafoord	65	3rd
11	Cajsalisa Ejemyr	Du gör mig hel igen	Robyn Carlsson, Ulf Lindström, Johan Ekhé	56	4th
12	Blond	Bara hon älskar mig	Stephan Berg	80	1st

Song	Luleå	Umeå	Sundsvall	Falun	Stockholm	Karlstad	Örebro	Norrköping	Växjö	Malmö	Gothenburg	Total
Nu idag	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	4	-	-	-	11
Nattens änglar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Hand i hand	-	4	10	2	2	12	2	12	4	6	1	55
Där en ängel hälsat på	8	12	1	-	-	10	1	8	12	4	12	68
Charlie	-	-	-	1	-	-	10	1	-	-	-	12
World Wide Web	1	1	-	-	6	1	6	-	1	2	8	26
Jag saknar dig, jag saknar dig	4	-	-	4	4	2	-	-	2	10	6	32
En gång ska han gråta	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	2	28
Jag ska aldrig lämna dig	2	2	4	8	-	4	8	2	10	-	-	40
Missarna	12	10	6	10	12	-	-	6	8	1	-	65
Du gör mig hel igen	10	-	2	12	8	8	4	-	-	8	4	56
Bara hon älskar mig	6	8	12	-	10	6	12	10	6	-	10	80

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