Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Country	Norway
National selection
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 2001
Selection date(s)	24 February 2001
Selected entrant	Haldor Lægreid
Selected song	"On My Own"
Selected songwriter(s)	Tom-Steinar Hanssen; Ole Henrik Antonsen; Ole Jørgen Olsen;
Finals performance
Final result	22nd, 3 points
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest

Norway selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 through the Melodi Grand Prix contest, organised by Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK). The winner was Haldor Lægreid with the song "On My Own", who represented Norway at the contest in Copenhagen, Denmark on 12 May 2001.

Before Eurovision[]

Melodi Grand Prix 2001[]

The final took place on 24 February 2001 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, hosted by Hans Christian Andersen. 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 1–10, 12 and 14 points. The jury panel had a weighting equal to the votes of two televoting regions. In the superfinal, the top four songs from each televoting region received 8, 10, 12 and 14 points. The jury panel again had a weighting equal to the votes of two televoting regions. "On My Own" performed by Haldor Lægreid was the winner at the conclusion of the voting.^[1] The jury consisted of Jostein Pedersen, Cecilie Bjelke, Inger Beate Jacobsen, Jarl Aanestad and Hege Tepstad.

Competing entries[]

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Are Sigvardsen	"Is She the One"	Are Sigvardsen
BIAZ	"Your Heart Belongs to Me"	Lars Berg
Camilla Fagerås	"Free"	Ken Ingwersen, Jon-Willy Rydningen, Svein Finneide
Elin Torset	"Brighter than Light"	Elin Torset
Haldor Lægreid	"On My Own"	Ole Henrik Antonsen, Tom-Steinar Hanssen, Ole Jørgen Olsen
Lars-Fredrik	"Show Me The Way"	Elias Muri , Bottolf Lødemel , Lars Aass
Marianne Ligaard	"Every Night Is Saturday Night"	Bottolf Lødemel, Lars Aass
Mocci	"You've Got the Motion"	Stein Johan Grieg Halvorsen, Erlend Klarholm Nilsen, Mocci Ryen
Rasmus Høgset	"Looking for Love"	Jan Johansen, Thomas Heinonen, Brad Johnson
Rebecca	"U Ain't Seen the Best of Me Yet"	Rebecca Wolsdal
Remy	"Still an Angel"	Øivind Madsen, Leif Johansen
Rune Rudberg	"Without You"	Rune Rudberg

Final[]

Final – 24 February 2001
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Marianne Ligaard	"Every Night Is Saturday Night"	12	22	34	8
2	Rasmus Høgset	"Looking for Love"	8	44	52	6
3	Mocci	"You've Got the Motion"	20	50	70	3
4	Remy	"Still an Angel"	28	27	55	4
5	Camilla Fagerås	"Free"	10	22	32	9
6	Rune Rudberg	"Without You"	16	37	53	5
7	Are Sigvardsen	"Is She the One"	14	13	27	10
8	Rebecca	"U Ain't Seen the Best of Me Yet"	4	16	20	11
9	Elin Torset	"Brighter than Light"	18	64	82	2
10	Lars-Fredrik	"Show Me The Way"	2	5	7	12
11	BIAZ	"Your Heart Belongs to Me"	6	39	45	7
12	Haldor Lægreid	"On My Own"	24	66	90	1

Detailed Regional Televoting Results
Draw	Song	Tromsø	Trondheim	Bergen	Kristiansand	Oslo	Total
1	"Every Night Is Saturday Night"	4	3	5	4	6	22
2	"Looking for Love"	9	9	9	9	8	40
3	"You've Got the Motion"	10	10	10	10	10	50
4	"Still an Angel"	5	5	6	6	5	27
5	"Free"	6	4	4	5	3	22
6	"Without You"	7	7	7	7	9	37
7	"Is She the One"	2	2	2	3	4	13
8	"U Ain't Seen the Best of Me Yet"	3	6	3	2	2	16
9	"Brighter than Light"	12	14	14	12	12	64
10	"Show Me the Way"	1	1	1	1	1	5
11	"Your Heart Belongs to Me"	8	8	8	8	7	39
12	"On My Own"	14	12	12	14	14	66

Superfinal – 24 February 2001
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televoting Regions					Total	Place
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Tromsø	Trondheim	Bergen	Kristiansand	Oslo	Total	Place
1	Mocci	"You've Got the Motion"	24	8	8	8	8	8	64	4
2	Remy	"Still an Angel"	16	10	10	10	10	10	66	3
3	Elin Torset	"Brighter than Light"	20	12	14	14	12	12	84	2
4	Haldor Lægreid	"On My Own"	28	14	12	12	14	14	94	1

At Eurovision[]

Haldor Lægreid performed 4th on the night of the contest, following Bosnia and Herzegovina and preceding Israel. Norway finished with 3 points, finishing joint last of 23 entries with Iceland, and thus relegating Norway from taking part in the 2002 Contest.^[2]

Voting[]

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

Points awarded by Norway^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Denmark
10 points	Estonia
8 points	Greece
7 points	France
6 points	Slovenia
5 points	Malta
4 points	Spain
3 points	Germany
2 points	Sweden
1 point	Iceland

References[]

^ "Norsk Melodi Grand Prix 2001". Poplight. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
^ "Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

External links[]

Norwegian National Final 2003
Songs of Melodi Grand Prix 2001 (in Norwegian) NRK

[1] "Norsk Melodi Grand Prix 2001". Poplight. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2010.

[2] "Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[2001detailed-3] "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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