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Melodifestivalen 1997

Melodifestivalen 1997
Dates
Final 8 March 1997
Host
Venue Eriksbergshallen, Gothenburg
Presenter(s) Jan Jingryd
Participants
Vote
Voting system Regional juries
Winning song "Bara hon älskar mig" by Blond

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. 1,229 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P3 network. The winner was the boyband Blond who later that year represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 1997. The show was watched by 2,965,000 people.


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