Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Country	Norway
National selection
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 2006
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals 13 January 2006, 20 January 2006, 27 January 2006 Second Chance 3 February 2006 Final 4 February 2006
Selected entrant	Christine Guldbrandsen
Selected song	"Alvedansen"
Finals performance
Final result	14th, 36 points

Norway’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was selected in the national final, Melodi Grand Prix 2006, which comprised four semi-finals and a final. In the final, held on 4 February at the Spektrum in Oslo, the final eight songs were performed of which four moved on the super final, after a period of televoting. After another period of televoting for the final four songs, Norway chose to be represented by Christine Guldbrandsen with the song Alvedansen. The song is written and composed by Christine Guldbrandsen, Kjetil Fluge & Atle Halstensen.

Christine Guldbrandsen was born in 1985 in Bergen and immediately showed an interest for music when she joined the child choir at the age of 3. In 2003 she became known in Norway with her debut album “Surfing in the air” that sold over 30.000 copies across Scandinavia. Since then she has become a popular singer across the country and successfully managed many hits. Christine's musical expression and style is still inspired by Norwegian and Nordic folk music, though this came a bit clearer to mind on her debut piece. Folk-ballads or folk-pop could be a good description of her music.

Final

For the results of the semi-finals and second-chance round, see Melodi Grand Prix 2006.

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Trine Rein	Here For The Show	-	-
2	Hans-Petter Moen & Kim Arne Hagen	I Hear Music	67223	2nd
3	Tor Endresen	Dreaming of a New Tomorrow	-	-
4	Queentastic	Absolutely Fabulous	61997	3rd
5	Birgitte Einarsen	Saturday	-	-
6	Christine Guldbrandsen	Alvedansen	77568	1st
7	Veronica Akselsen	Like A Wind	-	-
8	Jorun Erdal and Geir Rönning	Lost And Found	57905	4th

See also

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest