Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Norway was represented by Lars A. Fredriksen, with the song '"Alltid sommer", at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 9 May in Birmingham. "Alltid sommer" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 28 February and, unusually, was performed in English ("All I Ever Wanted Was You") at MGP although language rules in 1998 still required the song to be performed in Norwegian in Birmingham.

Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Country Norway
National selection
Selection processMelodi Grand Prix 1998
Selection date(s)28 February 1998
Selected entrantLars A. Fredriksen
Selected song"Alltid sommer"
Finals performance
Final result8th, 79 points
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1997 • 1998 • 1999►

Before Eurovision

Melodi Grand Prix 1998

Melodi Grand Prix 1998 was the Norwegian national final that selected Norway's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1998.

Competing entries

Composers were directly invited by NRK to submit songs for the competition. The composers both created the song and selected the performer for their entry. Among the competing artists, Elisabeth Andreassen was bidding for a record-breaking fifth appearance at Eurovision.

Final

The final took place on 28 February 1998 at the Studio 2 of NRK, hosted by Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad. The winner was selected by a combination of regional televoting and a jury panel. The results of the public televote were revealed by Norway's five regions, with the televoting figures of each region being converted to points. The top six songs received 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 10 points. The jury panel had a weighting equal to the votes of two televoting regions. The jury consisted of Ellen Foss-Sørensen, Tor Milde, Finn Bjelke, Olve Brekke, Stein Dag Jensen and Silje Stang.[1]

Final – 28 February 1998
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Jury Televote Total Place
1 Lars A. Fredriksen "All I Ever Wanted Was You" David Eriksen, Per Kristian Ottestad 6 50 56 1
2 Christin Hoff & Erik Jacobsen "Bare du og jeg" Ulf Risnes 14 0 14 6
3 Gjermund Elgenes "Som en engel" Ingrid Bjørnov 4 1 5 7
4 G'stén "Always Will" Kyrre Fritzner, Åge Sten Nilsen 20 11 31 3
5 Elisabeth Andreassen "Winds of the Northern Seas" Torhild Nigar, Rolf Graf 10 35 45 2
6 Bjelleklang "På do" Finn Evensen 0 23 23 4
7 Tore Holm "Nam nam" Geir Olav Bøkestad, Per Kristian Indrehus 0 4 4 8
8 Malin Holberg "En ny mårrån" Stein Berge Svendsen, Nora Skaug, Malin Holberg 2 16 18 5

At Eurovision

"All I Ever Wanted Was You" was translated to "Alltid sommer" for Eurovision. On the night of the final Fredriksen performed 22nd in the running order, following Finland and preceding Estonia. At the close of voting "Alltid sommer" had received 79 points (including a maximum 12 from Sweden), placing Norway 8th of the 25 entries. The Norwegian televotng awarded its 12 points to Malta.[2]

Voting

Points awarded to Norway
Points awarded to Norway
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Norway
12 points Malta
10 points Sweden
8 points Netherlands
7 points Belgium
6 points Croatia
5 points United Kingdom
4 points Ireland
3 points Israel
2 points Hungary
1 point Finland

Backup jury points[3]
12 points France
10 points Netherlands
8 points Sweden
7 points Germany
6 points United Kingdom
5 points Finland
4 points Portugal
3 points Ireland
2 points Croatia
1 point Cyprus

See also

References
  1. ESC National Finals database 1998
  2. ESC History - Norway 1998
  3. "Results of the national backup juries". Retrieved 7 July 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.