Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974

Eurovision Song Contest 1974
Country	Norway
National selection
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 1974
Selection date(s)	16 February 1974
Selected entrant	Anne-Karine Strøm
Selected song	"The First Day of Love"
Finals performance
Final result	14th, 3 points

Norway was represented by Anne-Karine Strøm, with the song '"The First Day of Love", at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 6 April in Brighton, England. "The First Day of Love" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 16 February. Strøm had sung for Norway the previous year as a member of the Bendik Singers, whose other three members provided backing vocals in Brighton.

Final

The MGP was held at the studios of broadcaster NRK in Oslo, hosted by Vidar Lønn-Arnesen. Five songs were presented 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 voting from a 14-member public jury who each awarded between 1 and 5 points per song.. "The First Day of Love" was performed in Norwegian as "Hvor er du" at MGP and was translated into English before going to Brighton.^[1]

MGP - 16 February 1974

Draw	Combo	Orchestra	Song	Points	Place
1	Jahn Teigen	Anne-Karine Strøm	"Hvor er du"	48	1
2	Dag Spantell	Ellen Nikolaysen	"Lys og mørke"	44	3
3	Anne Lise Gjøstøl	Dizzie Tunes	"Syng en liten melodi"	46	2
4	Lillian Harriet	Gro Anita Schønn	"Hvem"	29	5
5	Kjersti & Kirsti	Stein & Inger Lyse	"Yo-Yo"	34	4

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Strøm performed 4th in the running order, following Spain and preceding Greece. The voting for 1974 reverted to the one-point-per-jury-member system and at the close of voting "The First Day of Love" had picked up only 3 points (from Belgium, Monaco and Sweden), placing Norway joint last (with Germany, Portugal and Switzerland) of the 17 entries, the third time the country ended the evening at the foot of the scoreboard.^[2]

See also

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1974

References

1. ^ ESC National Finals database 1974
2. ^ ESC History - Norway 1974