- Voi Voi
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song = "Voi Voi"
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year = 1960
country = Norway
artist = Nora Brockstedt
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language = Norwegian
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composer = Georg Elgaaen
lyricist = Georg Elgaaen
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place = 4th
points = 11
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lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1960no from Diggiloo Thrush]
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next_link ="Voi Voi" (supposed Sami expression meaning "Hey Hey") was the Norwegian entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1960 , performed in Norwegian byNora Brockstedt . This was Norway's debut at theEurovision Song Contest , and consequently the first occasion on which the Norwegian language was used at the Contest.The song is in the "chanson" style popular in the early years of the Contest. Brockstedt begins by telling her listeners that she once heard the song of a Sami girl in the north of the country, before repeating the lyrics of the song in question. This song-within-a-song is a love ballad from the girl to her lover, telling him how much she looks forward to spending time with him on Saturday.
The song was performed sixth on the night (following
Belgium 'sFud Leclerc with "Mon Amour Pour Toi " and precedingAustria 'sHarry Winter with "Du hast mich so fasziniert "). At the close of voting, it had received 11 points, placing 4th in a field of 13.It was succeeded as Norwegian representative at the 1961 Contest by Brockstedt once again, this time with "
Sommer I Palma ".Following the death of Georg Elgaaen in 2005, the royalties of the song goes to the
Norwegian Humanist Association , of which he was a member.
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