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Melodifestivalen 1987

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Final
  
21 February 1987

Voting system
  
Juries sorted by age

Venue
  
Lisebergshallen

Presenter(s)
  
Fredrik Belfrage

Start date
  
1987

Presented by
  
Fredrik Belfrage

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Winning song
  
"Fyra Bugg & en Coca Cola" by Lotta Engberg

Other Instances
  
Melodifestivalen 2017, Melodifestivalen 2016, Melodifestivalen 2014, Melodifestivalen 2012, Melodifestivalen 2011

Melodifestivalen 1987 was the selection for the 27th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 26th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1502 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 and was not broadcast on radio. The winning song's title was changed to "Boogaloo" for the Eurovision Song Contest as it contained chewing gum brand Bugg as well drinks company Coca-Cola in the title.

References

Melodifestivalen 1987 Wikipedia