eurovision 1958
Alice Babs
Alice Babs represented Sweden at Eurovision 1958 in Hilversum with “Lilla stjärna”, finishing 4th of 10.
- who
- Swedish singer and actor
- born
- 26 January 1924, Kalmar cathedral parish, Sweden
- died
- 11 February 2014 (aged 90), Stockholm, Sweden
- contest
- 1958
- best result
- 4th, 1958
- music
- jazz
- active
- from 1939
- record labels
- RCA Victor
- sang for
- Sweden
Biography
Alice Babs, who died in 2014, was a Swedish singer who worked in a wide range of music, from Swedish folk songs to Elizabethan songs and opera. Babs sang the first song Sweden sent to the contest, “Lilla stjärna”, and finished fourth in Hilversum in 1958.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Alice Babs”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1958 Hilversum
“Lilla stjärna”
4th of 10 Finished 4th of 10, with 10 points.
- Sung in
- Swedish
- Written by
- Åke Gerhard, Gunnar Wersén
- Conductor
- Dolf van der Linden
- Running order
- 5th of 10
- Age on the night
- 34
- Won that year
- France: André Claveau, “Dors mon amour”
The story of Eurovision 1958: Italy sang twice, France won, and the world bought “Volare”
Away from Eurovision
Awards
- Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland 1990
- Illis quorum
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
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