Norway was represented by Lars A. Fredriksen, with the song '"Alltid sommer", at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 9 May in Birmingham. "Alltid sommer" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 28 February and, unusually, was performed in English ("All I Ever Wanted Was You") at MGP although language rules in 1998 still required the song to be performed in Norwegian in Birmingham.
Before Eurovision
Melodi Grand Prix 1998
The final took place on 28 February 1998 at the studios of broadcaster NRK in Oslo, and was hosted by Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad. Eight songs competed and the winner was selected by a combination of the votes from an "expert" jury (2/7) and regional televoting (5/7).
Elisabeth Andreassen was bidding for a record-breaking fifth appearance at Eurovision, but finished as the runner-up.[1]
On the night of the final Fredriksen performed 22nd in the running order, following Finland and preceding Estonia. At the close of voting "Alltid sommer" had received 79 points (including a maximum 12 from Sweden), placing Norway 8th of the 25 entries. The Norwegian televotng awarded its 12 points to Malta.[2]