Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975

Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Country	Norway
National selection
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 1975
Selection date(s)	25 January 1975
Selected entrant	Ellen Nikolaysen
Selected song	"Touch My Life (With Summer"
Finals performance
Final result	18th, 11 points

Norway was represented by Ellen Nikolaysen, with the song '"Touch My Life (With Summer)", at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 22 March in Stockholm. "Touch My Life (With Summer)" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 25 January. Nikolaysen had previously sung for Norway as a member of the Bendik Singers in 1973 and had also provided backing vocals for Anne-Karine Strøm in 1974.

Final

The MGP was held at the studios of broadcaster NRK in Oslo, hosted by Bergljot Engeset. 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 10-member "expert" jury. "Touch My Life (With Summer)" was performed in Norwegian at MGP and was translated into English before going to Stockholm.^[1]

MGP - 25 January 1975

Draw	Combo	Orchestra	Song	Points	Place
1	Øystein Sunde	Benny Borg	"En enkel sang"	30	3
2	Stein Ingebrigtsen	Ellen Nikolaysen	"Det skulle ha vært sommer nå"	39	1
3	Maj-Britt Andersen	Anne-Karine Strøm	"1+1=2"	23	4
4	Jahn Teigen	Jan Høiland	"Kjærlighetens under"	32	2
5	Brit Elisabeth Haagensli	Gro Anita Schønn	"Ah, du gjør meg så glad"	16	5

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Nikolaysen performed 6th in the running order, following Luxembourg and preceding Switzerland. At the close of voting "Touch My Life (With Summer)" had picked up only 11 points (7 from Italy and 2 each from Monaco and the Netherlands), placing Norway 18th of the 19 entries, ahead only of Turkey. The Norwegian jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners the Netherlands.^[2]

See also

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1975

References

1. ^ ESC National Finals database 1975
2. ^ ESC History - Norway 1975