Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Participating broadcaster	Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Country	Norway
National selection
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 1995
Selection date(s)	1 April 1995
Selected artist(s)	Secret Garden
Selected song	"Nocturne"
Selected songwriter(s)	Rolf Løvland; Petter Skavlan;
Finals performance
Final result	1st, 148 points
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest

Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Nocturne", composed by Rolf Løvland, with lyrics by Petter Skavlan, and performed by Secret Garden. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 1995 in order to select its entry for the contest. The entry eventually won the Eurovision Song Contest.

Before Eurovision

Melodi Grand Prix 1995

Competing entries

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
After Eight	"Oh ramalama"	Bjørn Terje Bråthen
Arnold B Family	"La oss feire livet"	Thomas Børud, Arnold Børud
Bente Bøe	"Mens tiden går"	Per Fredrik Kjølner, Lene Lauritsen Kjølner
Betty and the Beagles	"Sanger i regn"	Per Fredrik Kjølner, Lene Lauritsen Kjølner
Camilla Maria Myrås	"Bli hos meg"	Kjell Reianes
Elisabeth Ødegård Widmer	"Til en stjerne"	Bjørn Jørgensen, Kirsti Dahl Johansen
Elisabeth Røise and Ole-Marius Johnson	"Solskinn gir liv"	Per Røise, May Bjerknes
Fem damer med mannskor	"Ham og meg"	Geir Rebbestad, Trond Brænne
Geir Rønning	"Uten lyst, uten tro"	Geir Rønning
Gry Jeanette Antonsen	"Fly av sted"	Karsten Kjos, Per Løvlie
Helga Hægeland Thomassen	"Kom inn te mæ"	Stein Berge Svendsen, Helga Hægeland Thomassen
Irene Bjaanes	"En liten måne"	Gunnar Refsdal
Marianne Elstad	"Kan ikke du?"	Gunnar Refsdal
Nina Grønvold	"Kjærlighet for første gang"	Rolf Graf
Ole Ask	"Kjære min engel"	Nick Borgen, Arve Sigvaldsen
Secret Garden^[a]	"Nocturne"	Rolf Løvland, Petter Skavlan
Svein O. Greger	"Dans"	Svein O. Greger, Vidar Kristensen
Tone Krohn Henriksen	"Fjelltonelek"	Per Fredrik Kjølner, Astor Andersen

Semi-finals

Nine semi-finals were held weekly between 14 January and 18 March 1995. Two songs competed in each semi-final with the winner from each semi-final qualifying for the final, along with one of the losing songs which were given wildcards.

Semi-final 1 – 14 January 1995
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place	Result
1	Irene Bjaanes	"En liten måne"	23%	2	Eliminated
2	Helga Hægeland Thomassen	"Kom inn te mæ"	77%	1	Advanced

Semi-final 2 – 21 January 1995
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place	Result
1	Svein O. Greger	"Dans"	70%	1	Advanced
2	Betty and the Beagles	"Sanger i regn"	30%	2	Eliminated

Semi-final 3 – 28 January 1995
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place	Result
1	Gry Jeanette Antonsen	"Fly av sted"	49%	2	Eliminated
2	Geir Rønning	"Uten lyst, uten tro"	51%	1	Advanced

Semi-final 4 – 4 February 1995
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place	Result
1	Fem damer med mannskor	"Ham og meg"	31%	2	Eliminated
2	Marianne Elstad	"Kan ikke du?"	69%	1	Advanced

Semi-final 5 – 11 February 1995
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place	Result
1	Arnold B Family	"La oss feire livet"	52%	1	Advanced
2	Elisabeth Ødegård Widmer	"Til en stjerne"	48%	2	Wildcard

Semi-final 6 – 18 February 1995
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place	Result
1	After Eight	"Oh ramalama"	58%	1	Advanced
2	Tone Krohn Henriksen	"Fjelltonelek"	42%	2	Eliminated

Semi-final 7 – 25 February 1995
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place	Result
1	Bente Bøe	"Mens tiden går"	57%	1	Advanced
2	Camilla Maria Myrås	"Bli hos meg"	43%	2	Eliminated

Semi-final 8 – 11 March 1995
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place	Result
1	Secret Garden^[a]	"Nocturne"	52%	1	Advanced
2	Ole Ask	"Kjære min engel"	48%	2	Eliminated

Semi-final 9 – 18 March 1995
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place	Result
1	Nina Grønvold	"Kjærlighet for første gang"	65%	1	Advanced
2	Elisabeth Røise and Ole-Marius Johnson	"Solskinn gir liv"	35%	2	Eliminated

Final

NRK held the final at its studios in Oslo, hosted by Petter Nome. Ten songs took part with the winner being chosen by voting from regional juries, a jury based in Dublin consisting of previous Irish Eurovision winners and televoting. Other participants included Geir Rønning, who would later represent Finland at the 2005 contest.^[1]

Final – 1 April 1995
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	After Eight	"Oh ramalama"	250	42	292	3
2	Helga Hægeland Thomassen	"Kom inn te mæ"	106	6	112	8
3	Geir Rønning	"Uten lyst, uten tro"	125	9	134	7
4	Marianne Elstad	"Kan ikke du?"	73	6	79	10
5	Bente Boe	"Mens tiden går"	126	21	147	5
6	Arnold B. Family	"La oss feire livet"	264	63	327	2
7	Elisabeth Ødegaard Widmer	"Til en stjerne"	81	6	87	9
8	Svein O. Greger	"Dans"	116	27	143	6
9	Nina Grønvold	"Kjærlighet for første gang"	163	51	214	4
10	Secret Garden^[a]	"Nocturne"	317	87	404	1

Detailed Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Dublin	Bergen	Trondheim	Oslo	Total
1	"Oh ramalama"	75	85	50	40	250
2	"Kom inn te mæ"	40	14	15	37	106
3	"Uten lyst, uten tro"	35	22	35	33	125
4	"Kan ikke du?"	40	0	15	18	73
5	"Mens tiden går"	55	44	5	22	126
6	"La oss feire livet"	80	49	80	55	264
7	"Til en stjerne"	25	18	5	33	81
8	"Dans"	20	36	35	25	116
9	"Kjærlighet for første gang"	70	18	50	25	163
10	"Nocturne"	80	90	85	62	317

At Eurovision

Voting

Points awarded to Norway^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Greece Iceland Poland Portugal Russia Turkey
10 points	France Ireland Israel
8 points
7 points	Cyprus Slovenia
6 points	Hungary Malta
5 points	Belgium
4 points	Germany Spain United Kingdom
3 points
2 points	Denmark
1 point	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Points awarded by Norway^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Denmark
10 points	Russia
8 points	Sweden
7 points	Croatia
6 points	France
5 points	Cyprus
4 points	Poland
3 points	Austria
2 points	Iceland
1 point	Ireland

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c "Nocturne" features uncredited vocals from Norwegian singer Gunnhild Tvinnereim.

References

^ ESC National Finals database 1995
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links

Full national final on nrk.no

[fn1-1] "Nocturne" features uncredited vocals from Norwegian singer Gunnhild Tvinnereim.

[2] ESC National Finals database 1995

[1995detailed-3] "Results of the Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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Note: Entries scored out signify where Norway did not compete

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1995
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Artists	Anabel Conde Tó Cruz Arzu Ece Frédéric Etherlinck Eddie Friel Bo Halldórsson Jan Johansen Stella Jones Justyna Philipp Kirkorov Elina Konstantopoulou Liora Love City Groove Magazin and Lidija Alexandros Panayi Davor Popović Nathalie Santamaria Secret Garden Mike Spiteri Stone and Stone Darja Švajger Csaba Szigeti Aud Wilken
Songs	"Amen" "Baunilha e chocolate" "Dreamin'" "Dvadeset prvi vijek" "Fra Mols til Skagen" "Il me donne rendez-vous" "Keep Me in Mind" "Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana" "Love City Groove" "Nocturne" "Nostalgija" "Núna" "Pia prosefhi" "Prisluhni mi" "Sama" "Se på mig" "Sev!" "Sti fotia" "Új név egy régi ház falán" "Verliebt in Dich" "La Voix est libre" "Vuelve conmigo" "Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt"