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| Member station |
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| National selection events |
Melodi Grand Prix |
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52 (50 finals) |
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1960 |
| Best result |
1st: 1985, 1995, 2009 |
| Worst result |
Last: 1963, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1990, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2012 |
| 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 since then: 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. Norway also holds the record of having finished last in a Eurovision final most often, namely eleven times (most recently in 2012). In 2009, however, the country 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 and having the biggest gap between first and second place. They also held the record for most 12 points earned by a country in one contest, receiving the highest score from sixteen countries, but this was beaten by Sweden in 2012.
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. A very good position came again in the 2013 contest where Margaret Berger performed the song "I Feed You My Love", which came in 4th.
The Eurovision Song Contest is broadcast in Norway by Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), which also broadcasts Norway's national selection competition, the Melodi Grand Prix.
Contestants [edit]
- XX on the semi-finals denotes auto-qualification. This could be the result of one of the following two reasons; if a country had won the previous year, they did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year. The other reason being that back in 2004-2007, the top ten countries who were not members of the big four did not have to compete in the semi finals the following year. If, for example, Germany and France placed inside the top ten, the countries who placed 11th and 12th were advanced to the following year's grand final along with the rest of the top ten countries.
- XX on the finals denotes an unsuccessful attempt at qualifying to the final.
Voting history (1975-2012) [edit]
Norway has given the most points to...
Norway has received the most points from...
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 until 2012 [edit]
Norway has given the most points to...
Norway has received the most points from...
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 [edit]
Marcel Bezençon Awards [edit]
Press Award
Winner by OGAE members [edit]
Further information:
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