Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003

Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Country	Norway
National selection
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 2003
Selection date(s)	1 March, 2003
Selected entrant	Jostein Hasselgård
Selected song	"I'm Not Afraid To Move On"
Finals performance
Final result	4th, 123 points

Norway competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, represented by Jostein Hasselgård with the song "I'm Not Afraid To Move On". The song was chosen as the Norwegian entry for the 2003 contest through the Melodi Grand Prix contest.

Melodi Grand Prix 2003

The 2003 edition of Melodi Grand Prix, organised by Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), was used to select the Norwegian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, held in Riga, Latvia, on 24 May, 2003. The 2003 Melodi Grand Prix was held on 1 March at the Spektrum Arena in Oslo, hosted by Øystein Bache.

12 songs competed in the contest, with televoting selecting the winner of the contest. Two rounds of televoting were held to select the winner - the first round of televoting selected the top 4 songs through points being allocated to each song based on the number of televotes in each televoting region of Norway. The top 4 songs progressed to the "Gold Final", where another round of televoting, this time not regional, selected the final winner.^[1]

Melodi Grand Prix 2003 - 1 March, 2003

Draw	Artist	Song	Lyrics (l) / Music (m)	Points	Place
1	Ingvild Pedersen	"Anyway You Want It"	Thomas G:son (m & l), Stefan Brunzell (m & l)	16	8
2	Daddy Cool	"Don't Stop"	Tante Gørilds Hobbyorkester (m), Erlend Gjerde (m), Inge Ulirk Gundersen (l)	25	5
3	Åse Karin Hjelen	"Han kom som ein vind"	Åse Karin Hjelen (m & l), Tom Sennerud (m & l)	0	12
4	Linda Kvam	"You've Got A Hold On Me"	Hanne Sørvaag (m), Thomas Wøhni (m), Linda Kvam (l)	25	5
5	Erik Jacobsen	"So You Say"	Eskil Pettersen (m & l), Jarl Ivar Andresen (m & l), Trond Hillestad (m & l)	5	10
6	Birgitte Einarsen	"Good Evening, Europe!"	Mads Rogde (m & l), Arve Furset (m & l), Benedicte Swendgaard (m & l)	35	4
7	Alfie	"One"	Alf Gunnar Nilsen aka. Alfie (m & l)	51	2
8	Kikki, Bettan & Lotta	"Din hånd i min hånd"	Thomas G:son (m & l), Elisabeth Andreassen (l), Petter Anthon Næss (l)	44	3
9	Monopole	"Wonderful Girl"	Knut Bjørnar Asphol (m & l)	18	7
10	Soda	"Fool In Love"	Marte Hveem (m & l)	13	9
11	Jostein Hasselgård	"I'm Not Afraid To Move On"	Arve Furset (m & l), VJ Strøm (m & l)	54	1
12	Don Ramage	"Perfect Tragedy"	Håvid Engmark (m & l), Alf Gunnar Nilsen (m & l), Bjørnar Løberg (m & l)	4	11

Gold Final

Artist	Song	Lyrics (l) / Music (m)	Televote	Place
Birgitte Einarsen	"Good Evening, Europe!"	Mads Rogde (m & l), Arve Furset (m & l), Benedicte Swendgaard (m & l)	25978	3
Alfie	"One"	Alfie (m & l)	50885	2
Kikki, Bettan & Lotta	"Din hånd i min hånd"	Thomas G:son (m & l), Elisabeth Andreassen (l), Petter Anthon Næss (l)	25962	4
Jostein Hasselgård	"I'm Not Afraid To Move On"	Arve Furset (m & l), VJ Strøm (m & l)	78460	1

At Eurovision

After being relegated from competing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 Norway returned to the contest in 2003, at Riga. Jostein Hasselgård performed 18th on the night of the contest, following Greece and preceding France. After leading at the start of the voting Norway finished with 123 points, coming 4th of the 26 competing countries. This guaranteed Norway automatic qualification to the final of the 2004 Contest.

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2003
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Melodi Grand Prix

External links

• Norwegian National Final 2003

References

1. ^ "Norsk Melodi Grand Prix 2003". Poplight. http://poplight.zitiz.se/norsk-melodi-grand-prix/2003. Retrieved 2009-10-28.