“Reveals about the friend: Lill-Babs refused Mello”
“Ann-Louise Hanson pays tribute to his friend in the Eurovision song contest – but says Barbro Svensson stopped her from racing in the past”
“the city of LIDKÖPING. Lill-Babs stopped Ann-Louise Hanson from to compete in the Eurovision song contest.”
“But now she sets up in any case – with a song that pays tribute to the departed friend.”
“she is Now still with me on stage in a way,” says schlagerlegendaren.”
“When Ann-Louise Hanson, 74, stand on the Melodifestivalen stage on Saturday and sing the text ”When the curtain goes down and the light extinguished, memories is all we have, in the sorrow, there are no answers” is it the friend Barbro ”Lill-Babs” Svensson, who she thinks of.”
“– It was natural that the song is about Camilla, it was so close to when it was written, ” she says.”
“Ann-Louise is the one who set up the most times in the Eurovision song contest through the years. On Saturday there will be 12 year she competes, with its 14th tävlingslåt, for both 1963 and 1967 she competed with two different grants.”
“And in recent years she has been asked several times to set it up again.”
“– Now I felt, that if there is Josefin (Glenmark-Bremen, Ann-Louise, daughter, red note) who is writing it and it’s about something that feels important to me, then I can do it again.”
“the Result was the song ”Love remains” which is about to go on after having lost a close friend.”
“SVT wanted Lill-Babs, Siw and Ann-Louise”
“But, Ann-Louise had accepted to participate in the Eurovision song contest already for a couple of years ago. But then stopped her friend Lill-Babs.”
“when stjärntrion Ann-Louise Hansson, Barbro ”Lill-Babs Svensson” and Siw Malmkvist in 2016 and 2017 toured with their show ”Together 183 years” tried to SVT to refer them to the competition.”
” We got the question and Siw said, ”yes, it would be fun” and I said ”yes, okay” but Barbro said no. Barbro did not want to be with. I don’t know why, it was just so, ” says Ann-Louise.”
“– She said no, so we all said no. But now she is still with me on stage in a way, ” she says and smiles.”