Lena Philipsson (born Maria Magdalena Filipsson January 19, 1966 in Jönköping) is a Swedish singer and media personality Her career began with the single "Boy / You Open My Eyes in 1984 and with her Eurovision entries Love is eternal 1986 Dance of neon in 1987 and again 1988 In the early 1990's fame increased in Sweden and she continued to release albums until 1997 In 2001, she had a stage comeback with the success of "Lena Philipsson Show" sold out for two and a half years over Sweden in 2004 she the Eurovision Song Contest for the fourth time as a solo artist with the song "It hurts written by Thomas Eriksson (Orup) She won the Eurovision song contest and represented Sweden at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul with an English song versionav It HuRTS Although the third favorite to win the race, she finished sixth on the album, it hurts En Momentum In the night But no in Dan went gold in nine days, it hurts as its lead single it spawned also singles Delirium Lena Anthem and In the street Where I live, she released the album Jag regret nothing in 2005 and hosted Melodifestivalen 2006 her greatest hits album Lena 20 s was released in 2007
Eurovision Song Contest 2004 Final - Istanbul Entry for Sweden
Performer: Lena Philipsson Song Title: It makes pain Song writer (s): Thomas Eriksson Orup Song composer (s): Thomas Eriksson Orup
Sang in Position: 24 Final position: 5 Points: 170
Ten lucky countries had qualified for the semifinals: Serbia and Montenegro Ukraine Greece Albania Cyprus Netherlands Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Malta and FYR Macedonia, these countries were to meet with strong resistance by the already qualified 14 countries: Turkey, Russia, Sweden, Germany Spain France United Kindom Poland, Romania, Iceland, Austria, Belgium, Ireland and Norway, they would all sing the the impressive Istanbul scene which was given the motto of the 2004 contest Under the Same Sky
After a few countries had given their votes, it was clear that the winner would be from three horses race Including Ukraine, Serbia & Montenegro and Greece, these three contestants had also hot tipped by the press and fans Ukraine's Ruslana was to achieve the target of her song Wild Dances She had been on an extensive promotional tourné in many European countries before the race that may have contributed to her victory, the pre-qualified countries in the finals did not significantly good: Nine of these items ended up bottom-10 and only Turkey, Sweden, Germany and Spain made it to the top-10
2004 Eurovision Song Contest Final was not just appear in the 36 participating countries, but also on television in Armenia, Kosovo, Puerto Rico, Australia and the United States,
For the first time a DVD was released shortly after the incident both the semifinals and finals
