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Her musical breakthrough came when she partook in the 1985 edition of Melodifestivalen.

Her song, Piccadilly Circus, became a public favourite, even though she only achieved fourth place in the competition.

In the performance, she wore a piece of jewellery which was likened to the Prussian bravery medal, the Iron Cross, which lead to accusations of Nazism in the tabloid press, and the TV-programme Svar direkt — an accusation which was false.

In the middle of the 1980s she performed at several successful summer tours.

The shows, which she did together with the brothers Emilio and Vito Ingrosso, were showered with praise from the press.