Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Norway was represented by three-member girl group Charmed, with the song '"My Heart Goes Boom", at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 13 May in Stockholm. "My Heart Goes Boom" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 4 March.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2000 | ||||
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| Country |  | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodi Grand Prix 2000 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 4 March 2000 | |||
| Selected entrant | Charmed | |||
| Selected song | "My Heart Goes Boom" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 11th, 57 points | |||
| Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Melodi Grand Prix 2000
Melodi Grand Prix 2000 was the Norwegian national final that selected Norway's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000.
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, Jan Werner Danielsen represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994.
Final
The final took place on 4 March 2000 at the Studio 1 of NRK, hosted by Hans Christian Andersen and Stine Buer. The winner was selected by a combination of regional televoting and a jury panel in two rounds. In the first round, the top four entries were selected to proceed to the second round, the superfinal. 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 ten songs received 1–8, 10 and 12 points. The jury panel had a weighting equal to the votes of two televoting regions. In the superfinal, the top three songs from each televoting region received 8, 10 and 12 points. The jury panel again had a weighting equal to the votes of two televoting regions. "My Heart Goes Boom" performed by Charmed was the winner at the conclusion of the voting.[1][2] The jury consisted of Gunilla Holm Platou, Kyrre Fritzner, Marte Krogh, Torstein Bieler and Hege Tepstad.
| Final – 4 March 2000 | |||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
| 1 | Charmed | "My Heart Goes Boom" | Morten Henriksen | 16 | 56 | 72 | 1 |
| 2 | Sha-Boom | "Let's Go All the Way" | Dag Finn Strøm, Sigurd Røsnes, Ole Evenrud | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Jorun Erdal | "Another You" | Per Øystein Sørensen, Kari Iveland | 6 | 42 | 48 | 4 |
| 4 | Marius Hoff | "She's My Baby" | Christian Ingebrigtsen | 14 | 17 | 31 | 6 |
| 5 | Arnold B Family | "When I Am Looking" | Thomas Børud, Arnold Børud | 8 | 21 | 29 | 7 |
| 6 | Wentzel | "If" | Hilde Heltberg, Kari Iveland | 24 | 35 | 59 | 3 |
| 7 | Astri | "I Never Stopped Lovin' You" | Jimmy James Ekgren, Sigurd Røsnes | 4 | 25 | 29 | 7 |
| 8 | Miriam Mercedes | "Trying to Forget U" | Anders Moberg | 10 | 10 | 20 | 9 |
| 9 | Kine | "Wings of Love" | Kenneth Eriksen, Willy Ludvigsen | 20 | 27 | 47 | 5 |
| 10 | Jan Werner Danielsen | "One More Time" | Are Sigvardsen | 12 | 52 | 64 | 2 |
| Detailed Regional Televoting Results | |||||||
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| Draw | Song | Bergen | Trondheim | Kristiansand | Tromsø | Oslo | Total |
| 1 | "My Heart Goes Boom" | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 56 |
| 2 | "Let's Go All the Way" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | "Another You" | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 42 |
| 4 | "She's My Baby" | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | "When I Am Looking" | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | "If" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 | "I Never Stopped Lovin' You" | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | "Trying to Forget U" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | "Wings of Love" | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 27 |
| 10 | "One More Time" | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 52 |
| Superfinal – 4 March 2000 | ||||||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televoting Regions | Total | Place | ||||
| Tromsø | Trondheim | Bergen | Oslo | Kristiansand | ||||||
| 1 | Charmed | "My Heart Goes Boom" | 24 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 84 | 1 |
| 2 | Jorun Erdal | "Another You" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Wentzel | "If" | 20 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 60 | 3 |
| 4 | Jan Werner Danielsen | "One More Time" | 16 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 66 | 2 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Charmed performed 8th in the running order, following Malta and preceding Russia. The trio gave an energetically choreographed performance, although their stage outfits and hair-styling were the subject of a degree of unfavourable comment. At the close of voting "My Heart Goes Boom" had received 57 points (the highest a 10 from Turkey), placing Norway 11th of the 24 entries, a rather disappointing finish as top 10 had been expected. The 12 points from the Norwegian televote were awarded to Latvia.[3]
Points awarded by Norway
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