Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964

Eurovision Song Contest 1964
Country	Norway
National selection
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 1964
Selection date(s)	15 February 1964
Selected entrant	Arne Bendiksen
Selected song	"Spiral"
Finals performance
Final result	8th, 6 points

Norway was represented by Arne Bendiksen, with the song '"Spiral", at the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 21 March in Copenhagen. "Spiral" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 15 February.

Final

The MGP was held at the studios of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in Oslo, hosted by Odd Grythe. Five songs took part in the final with each song sung twice by different singers, once with a small combo and once with a full orchestra. The winning song was chosen by an "expert" jury.^[1]

MGP - 15 February 1964

Draw	Combo	Orchestra	Song	Points	Place
1	Elisabeth Granneman	Arne Bendiksen	"Spiral"	61	1
2	Jan Høiland	Inger Jacobsen	"Hvor"	52	4
3	Wenche Myhre	Elisabeth Granneman	"God gammel firkantet vals"	60	2
4	Odd Børre & The Cannons	Wenche Myhre	"La meg værre ung"	57	3
5	Inger Jacobsen	Jan Høiland	"Ingen sol finner vei (til min gate)"	38	5

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Bendiksen performed third in the running order, following the Netherlands and preceding Denmark. Each national jury awarded 5-3-1 to their top three songs, and at the close "Spiral" had picked up 6 points (5 from Denmark and 1 from Finland), placing Norway 8th of the 16 entries. The Norwegian jury awarded its 5 points to the United Kingdom.^[2]

See also

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1964

References

1. ^ ESC National Finals database 1964
2. ^ ESC History - Norway 1964