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Roger Pontare
Roger Pontare sang at two Eurovision Song Contests, in 1994 and 2000, for Sweden. The best result was 7th place in 2000, with “When Spirits Are Calling My Name”.
- who
- Swedish pop musician (b.1951)
- born
- 17 October 1951, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
- contests
- 1994, 2000
- best result
- 7th, 2000
- music
- folk rock, schlager, folk-pop
- active
- since 1976
- sang for
- Sweden
Biography
Roger Pontare is a Swedish musician, born in Arjeplog, who has sung for Sweden twice. “Stjärnorna”, with Marie Bergman, finished 13th in Dublin in 1994; “When Spirits Are Calling My Name” was the host country’s song in Stockholm in 2000 and finished seventh.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Roger Pontare”.
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At Eurovision
Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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1994 Dublin
“Stjärnorna”
13th of 25 Finished 13th of 25, with 48 points.
- Billed as
- Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare
- With
- Marie Bergman
- Sung in
- Swedish
- Written by
- Peter Bertilsson, Mikael Littwold
- Conductor
- Anders Berglund
- Running order
- 1st of 25
- Age on the night
- 42
- Won that year
- Ireland: Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan, “Rock 'n' Roll Kids”
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2000 Stockholm
“When Spirits Are Calling My Name”
7th of 24 Finished 7th of 24, with 88 points.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Peter Dahl, Thomas Holmstrand, Linda Jansson
- Running order
- 18th of 24
- Age on the night
- 48
- Won that year
- Denmark: Olsen Brothers, “Fly on the Wings of Love”
The story of Eurovision 2000: Two brothers nobody tipped, a disowned entry and a broadcast cut short
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. Biographical details from Wikidata. The photo is from Wikimedia Commons and is credited beside it. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.