Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country	Norway
National selection
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 2004
Selection date(s)	6 March 2004
Selected entrant	Knut Anders Sørum
Selected song	"High"
Selected songwriter(s)	Thomas Thörnholm; Lars Andersson; Dan Attlerud;
Finals performance
Final result	24th, 3 points
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest

Norway competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, represented by Knut Anders Sørum with the song "High". The song was chosen as the Norwegian entry for the 2004 contest through the Melodi Grand Prix contest.

Before Eurovision[]

Melodi Grand Prix 2004[]

Melodi Grand Prix 2004 was the Norwegian national final that selected Norway's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

Competing entries[]

A submission period was opened by NRK where songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit entries. At the close of the deadline, 530 submissions were received. Twelve songs were selected for the competition by a jury panel.

Final[]

The final took place on 6 March 2004 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, hosted by Ivar Dyrhaug. The winner was selected over two rounds of regional televoting. In the first round, the top four entries were selected to proceed to the second round, the Gold Final. 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. In the Gold Final, the results of the public televote, based on actual voting figures of each region, were revealed by Norway's five regions and led to the victory of "High" performed by Knut Anders Sørum with 82,427 votes.^[1]

Final – 6 March 2004
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Aslak J. Johnsen	"I Don't Understand Her"	Aslak J. Johnsen, Benjamin Sletten, Anders Bjørknes	19	7
2	Maria Moe	"The Way I Feel"	Maria Moe, Kyrre Fritzner	10	10
3	Wig Wam	"Crazy Things"	Wig Wam	34	4
4	Ja-Da	"Mr. Brown"	Ivan Jonas, Maxim Popov	31	5
5	Rebecca	"1000 and One Nights"	David Clewett, Ivar Lisinski, Yak Bondy	41	3
6	Christian Hovda	"Crying"	Arne Hovda, P.K. Ottestad	0	11
7	Dilsa	"What Do You Think I Am"	Dilsa, Kim Bergseth, Tristande la Villier	16	8
8	Svein Lindland	"See the World"	Dag Lauvland	30	6
9	Malin Schavenius	"Sunshine"	Michael Lundh, Quint Starkie, Anna Sahlin	0	11
10	Knut Anders Sørum	"High"	Thomas Thörnholm, Lars Andersson, Dan Attlerud	50	1
11	Lisa Marie Strandengen	"I Knock on Wood"	Åsmund Ruud, Glenn Gulli	11	9
12	Arlene Wilkes	"This Is Where You Got It From"	Torbjörn Wassenius, Claes Andreasson	48	2

Detailed Regional Televoting Votes
Draw	Song	Western Norway	Northern Norway	Southern Norway	Central Norway	Eastern Norway	Total
1	"I Don't Understand Her"	5	4	4	5	1	19
2	"The Way I Feel"	2	2	1	3	2	10
3	"Crazy Things"	6	6	7	7	8	34
4	"Mr. Brown"	12	5	5	6	3	31
5	"1000 and One Nights"	7	7	8	12	7	41
6	"Crying"						0
7	"What Do You Think I Am"	3	3	3	1	6	16
8	"See the World"	4	12	6	4	4	30
9	"Sunshine"						0
10	"High"	10	8	12	8	12	50
11	"I Knock on Wood"	1	1	2	2	5	11
12	"This Is Where You Got It From"	8	10	10	10	10	48


Draw	Artist	Song	Western Norway	Northern Norway	Southern Norway	Central Norway	Eastern Norway	Total	Place
1	Wig Wam	"Crazy Things"	5,498	8,043	7,867	6,452	21,060	48,920	3
2	Rebecca	"1000 and One Nights"	5,073	9,654	7,208	8,309	16,431	46,675	4
3	Knut Anders Sørum	"High"	7,295	13,273	11,914	8,080	41,865	82,427	1
4	Arlene Wilkes	"This Is Where You Got It From"	4,701	9,137	8,349	5,691	28,403	56,281	2

At Eurovision[]

As Jostein Hasselgård came fourth for Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, Norway was an automatic finalist for the 2004 Eurovision final, held on 15 May. On the night of the final Knut Anders Sørum performed third in the running order, following Austria and preceding France. Norway received 3 points for Knut's performance of "High", all from neighbours Sweden, coming 24th and last.^[2] This was Norway's tenth last place finish in Eurovision, a record that is, as of 2019, yet to be broken. As Norway failed to reach the top 12 in the final, the country was forced to compete in the semi-final of the 2005 Contest.

Voting[]

Points awarded to Norway[]

Points awarded to Norway (Final)^[3]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points	Sweden
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Norway[]

Points awarded by Norway (Semi-final)^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
10 points	Serbia and Montenegro
8 points	Albania
7 points	Ukraine
6 points	Denmark
5 points	Greece
4 points	Cyprus
3 points	Finland
2 points	Netherlands
1 point	Estonia

Points awarded by Norway (Final)^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Sweden
10 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
8 points	Turkey
7 points	Ukraine
6 points	Serbia and Montenegro
5 points	Iceland
4 points	Cyprus
3 points	Albania
2 points	Greece
1 point	Germany

References[]

^ "Norsk Melodi Grand Prix 2004". Gyllenskor. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
^ "Grand Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Grand Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ "Results of the Semi-Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

External links[]

Norwegian National Final 2004

[1] "Norsk Melodi Grand Prix 2004". Gyllenskor. Retrieved 30 June 2009.

[2] "Grand Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[2004final-3] "Results of the Grand Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[2004semi-4] "Results of the Semi-Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

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