Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

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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"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • David Eriksen
  • Linda Andernach Johansen
Finals performance
Final result8th, 79 points
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
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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.

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 and 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
Detailed Regional Televoting Results
Draw Song Trondheim Tromsø Bergen Kristiansand Oslo Total
1 "All I Ever Wanted Was You" 10 10 10 10 10 56
2 "Bare du og jeg" 14
3 "Som en engel" 1 5
4 "Always Will" 2 2 2 2 3 31
5 "Winds of the Northern Seas" 7 7 7 7 7 45
6 "På do" 3 5 5 5 5 23
7 "Nam nam" 1 1 1 1 4
8 "En ny mårrån" 5 3 3 3 2 18

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, placing Norway 8th of the 25 entries.[2] The Norwegian televoting awarded its 12 points to Malta.[3]

Voting[]

References[]

  1. ^ ESC National Finals database 1998
  2. ^ "Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. ^ ESC History - Norway 1998
  4. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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