At ESC, held in
Madrid, Tommy finished 9th out of 16. Most points came from Sweden's neighbours,
Norway and
Finland. Sharing the 9th place was
Germany, represented by the Swedish singer
Siw Malmkvist, who had also represented Sweden in 1960. She did, however, not get any points from Sweden.
Before Eurovision
Melodifestivalen 1969
Melodifestivalen 1969 was the selection for the 11th song to represent
Sweden at the
Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 10th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 2,402 songs were submitted to
SVT for the competition. The final was held in the
Cirkus in
Stockholm on 1 March 1969, hosted by
Pekka Langer and was broadcast on
TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. This was the first time a tie occurred for first place in the competition.