Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
Norway was represented by duo Dollie de Luxe, with the song "Lenge leve livet" at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 May in Luxembourg City. "Lenge leve livet" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 7 April.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1984 | ||||
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| Country |  | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodi Grand Prix 1984 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 7 April 1984 | |||
| Selected entrant | Dollie de Luxe | |||
| Selected song | "Lenge leve livet" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 17th, 29 points | |||
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Before Eurovision
Melodi Grand Prix 1984
The MGP was organised by broadcaster NRK and was held at the Château Neuf in Oslo, hosted by Sissel Keyn Lodding. Ten songs took part in the final, with the winner chosen by voting from five juries separated by age. It was one of the closest MGPs, with only 3 points separating the top four songs.[1]
| Final – 7 April 1984 | ||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
| 1 | Beate Jacobsen | "Strand Hotel" | 43 | 2 |
| 2 | Ina Tangerud | "Dine øyne" | 15 | 8 |
| 3 | Ove Thue | "Lenge siden nå" | 11 | 10 |
| 4 | Inger Lise Rypdal | "Vindar" | 42 | 3 |
| 5 | Dollie de Luxe | "Lenge leve livet" | 45 | 1 |
| 6 | Ellen Nikolaysen | "Opus" | 25 | 6 |
| 7 | Hilde Heltberg | "Ditt smil" | 17 | 7 |
| 8 | Nick Borgen | "La musikken leve" | 35 | 5 |
| 9 | Cathy Ryen | "Jeanne d'Arc" | 15 | 8 |
| 10 | Silhouette | "A-oa-oa-oa" | 42 | 3 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Under 20 | 20-30 | 30-40 | 40-50 | Over 50 | Total |
| 1 | "Strand Hotel" | 6 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 43 |
| 2 | "Dine øyne" | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | "Lenge siden nå" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | "Vindar" | 10 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 42 |
| 5 | "Lenge leve livet" | 12 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 45 |
| 6 | "Opus" | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 7 | "Ditt smil" | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | "La musikken leve" | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 35 |
| 9 | "Jeanne d'Arc" | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | "A-oa-oa-oa" | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 42 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final de Luxe performed 5th in the running order, following Spain and preceding the United Kingdom. At the close of voting "Lenge leve livet" had picked up 29 points (the highest an 8 from Sweden), placing Norway 17th of the 19 entries. The Norwegian jury awarded its 12 points to Denmark.[2]
Points awarded by Norway
| 12 points |  |
| 10 points |  |
| 8 points |  |
| 7 points |  |
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| 2 points |  |
| 1 point |  |
Points awarded to Norway
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
References
- "NORWEGIAN NATIONAL FINAL 1984". natfinals.50webs.com.
- "Eurovision Song Contest: Norway 1984: Dollie de Luxe, Lenge Leve Livet: ESC-History". www.esc-history.com.