Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Country	Norway
National selection
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 1979
Selection date(s)	10 February 1979
Selected entrant	Anita Skorgan
Selected song	"Oliver"
Finals performance
Final result	11th, 57 points

Norway was represented by Anita Skorgan, with the song '"Oliver", at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 31 March in Jerusalem. "Oliver" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 10 February. This was the second of three Eurovision appearances (and a further uncredited fourth) for Skorgan.

Final

The MGP was held at the studios of broadcaster NRK in Oslo, hosted by Egil Teige. Eight songs took part in the final, with the winner chosen by an "expert" jury. Future Eurovision winner Hanne Krogh also took part.^[1]

MGP - 10 February 1979

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Inger Lise Rypdal	"Så lenge du er hos meg"	24	3
2	Ingrid Elisabeth Johansen	"Boogie Bill"	17	4
3	Gudny Aspaas	"Sang uten ord"	6	7
4	Hanne Krogh	"Når vi er barn"	2	8
5	Tore Johansen	"Ved en grammofon"	7	6
6	Anne Lise Gjøstøl	"Hva er vitsen med en sang"	30	2
7	Maj-Britt Andersen	"Jeg ringer deg i kveld"	12	5
8	Anita Skorgan	"Oliver"	37	1

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Skorgan performed 16th in the running order, following Sweden and preceding the United Kingdom. At the close of voting "Oliver" had picked up 57 points (the highest being 10 from Sweden), placing Norway 11th of the 19 entries. The Norwegian jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Israel.^[2]

See also

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1979

References

1. ^ ESC National Finals database 1979
2. ^ ESC History - Norway 1979