Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Norway was represented by Kate Gulbrandsen, with the song '"Mitt liv", at the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 9 April in Brussels. "Mitt liv" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 28 February.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1987 | ||||
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| Country |  | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodi Grand Prix 1987 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 28 February 1987 | |||
| Selected entrant | Kate Gulbrandsen | |||
| Selected song | "Mitt liv" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 9th, 65 points | |||
| Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Melodi Grand Prix 1987
The MGP was held at the Château Neuf in Oslo, hosted by Eldbjørg Vaage. Ten songs took part in the final, with the winner chosen by voting from seven regional juries. Other participants included 1981 Norwegian entrant Finn Kalvik and Tor Endresen, making the first of seven appearances at MGP before finally being successful on his eighth attempt in 1997.[1]
| Final – 28 February 1987 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
| 1 | Tor Endresen & Thowsen Band | "Hemmelig drøm" | 27 | 9 |
| 2 | Egil Eldøen | "Til kvarandre" | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Kjersti Bergesen | "Go-go" | 54 | 3 |
| 4 | Sigvart Dagsland | "I samme båt" | 38 | 7 |
| 5 | Håkon Iversen | "Mange millioner" | 56 | 2 |
| 6 | Kate Gulbrandsen | "Mitt liv" | 60 | 1 |
| 7 | Olav Stedje | "Snurra på barten" | 40 | 5 |
| 8 | Catwalk | "Dialog" | 40 | 5 |
| 9 | Finn Kalvik | "Malene" | 42 | 4 |
| 10 | Frank Aleksandersen | "Tru mæ" | 36 | 8 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Trondheim | Bergen | Elverum | Stavanger | Tromsø | Oslo | Kristiansand | Total |
| 1 | "Hemmelig drøm" | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 2 | "Til kvarandre" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | "Go-go" | 3 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 54 |
| 4 | "I samme båt" | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 38 |
| 5 | "Mange millioner" | 12 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 56 |
| 6 | "Mitt liv" | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 60 |
| 7 | "Snurra på barten" | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 40 |
| 8 | "Dialog" | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 40 |
| 9 | "Malene" | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 42 |
| 10 | "Tru mæ" | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 36 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Gulbrandsen performed first in the running order, preceding Israel. At the close of voting "Mitt liv" had picked up 65 points (the highest a 10 from Sweden), placing Norway 9th of the 22 entries. The Norwegian jury awarded its 12 points to Yugoslavia.[2]