- Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Norway Member station NRK National selection events Melodi Grand Prix Appearances Appearances 50 First appearance 1960 Best result 1st: 1985, 1995, 2009 Worst result Last: 1963, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1990, 1997, 2001, 2004 External links NRK page Norway's page at Eurovision.tv Norway has been participating in the Eurovision Song Contest since 1960 and only been absent twice: in 1970, when they boycotted the contest over disagreements about the voting structure, and in 2002, when they did not qualify.
Norway won the contest in 2009, having previously won twice, in 1985 with Bobbysocks' performance of "La det swinge" (Let It Swing) and in 1995 with Secret Garden's mainly instrumental, Celtic-influenced ethno-piece "Nocturne". Despite these successes, the country also holds the unfortunate distinction of having scored the most "nul points" (zero points) in competition history, namely four times. They have also come last ten times, which is also a record. In 2009, it set itself three more records of which to be far more proud, when it claimed the 2009 title with the most votes in Eurovision history winning 387 points, getting the highest amount of twelve points in single contest and the having the biggest gap between first and second place.
Since the introduction of the semi-final round in 2004, Norway's highest placing was Alexander Rybak's first place in the 2009 contest. Their next best finish was in the 2008 contest, where Maria Haukaas Storeng performed the song "Hold On Be Strong", which came in 5th.
The Eurovision Song Contest is broadcast in Norway by Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), which also broadcasts Norway's national selection competition, the Melodi Grand Prix.
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Contestants
Voting history (1975-2011)
Norway has given the most points to...
Rank Country Points 1 Sweden 231 2 Denmark 168 3 Ireland 151 4 France 134 5 United Kingdom 114 Norway has received the most points from...
Rank Country Points 1 Sweden 154 2 Ireland 117 3 Iceland 111 4 Belgium 105 5 Denmark 103 NOTE: The totals in the above tables include only points awarded in Eurovision finals, and not the semi-finals since 2004.
Since introducing the semi-finals in 2004
Norway has given the most points to...
Rank Country Points 1 Sweden 68 Iceland 68 2 Denmark 67 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 53 4 Finland 47 5 Turkey 27 6 Romania 26 7 Serbia 25 Germany 25 Lithuania 25 Norway has received the most points from...
Rank Country Points 1 Iceland 55 2 Denmark 47 Sweden 47 3 Finland 46 4 Estonia 39 5 Poland 31 6 Latvia 30 7 Ireland 28 8 Moldova 27 Ukraine 27 NOTE: The tables with points from 2004 include points awarded in both finals and semi-finals where the highest point from the final/semi-final is picked.
Hostings
Year Location Venue Presenter 1986 Bergen Grieghallen Åse Kleveland 1996 Oslo Oslo Spektrum Ingvild Bryn and Morten Harket 2010 Bærum Telenor Arena Nadia Hasnaoui, Haddy N'jie and Erik Solbakken Commentators
Year(s) Commentators 1960 Erik Diesen 1961 Leif Rustad 1962 Odd Grythe 1963 Øivind Johnsen 1964 Odd Grythe 1965 Erik Diesen 1966 Sverre Christophersen 1967 Erik Diesen 1968 Roald Øyen 1969 Sverre Christophersen 1970 No commentator 1971 Sverre Christophersen 1972 Roald Øyen 1973-1975 John Andreassen 1976 Jo Vestly 1977 John Andreassen 1978 Bjørn Scheele 1979 Egil Teige 1980-1981 Knut Aunbu 1982 Bjørn Scheele 1983 Ivar Dyrhaug 1984 Roald Øyen 1985 Veslemøy Kjendsli 1986 Knut Bjørnsen 1987 John Andreassen
Tor Paulsen1988-1989 John Andreassen 1990 Leif Erik Forberg 1991 John Andreassen
Jahn Teigen1992 John Andreassen 1993 Leif Erik Forberg 1994 Jostein Pedersen 1995 Annette Groth 1996-2006 Jostein Pedersen 2007-2008 Per Sundnes
Hanne Hoftun2009 Synnøve Svabø 2010-present Olav Viksmo Slettan See also
References
External links
- Melodi Grand Prix
- Points to and from Norway eurovisioncovers.co.uk
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