The 2001 edition of Melodi Grand prix was held on 24 February at the Spektrum Arena in Oslo, hosted by HC Andersen. Twelve songs competed, with the winner selected by two rounds of voting, a mixture of both regional televoting and the votes of an expert jury - the first round selected four songs to proceed to the second round of voting - the Super Final. there another round of voting selected the winner.[1]
Melodi Grand Prix 2001 - 24 February 2001
Draw
Artist
Song
Lyrics (l) / Music (m)
Points
Place
1
Marianne Ligaard
"Every Night Is Saturday Night"
Bottolf Lødemel (m & l), Lars Aass (m & l)
34
8
2
Rasmus Høgset
"Looking For Love"
Jan Johansen (m & l), Thomas Heinonen (l), Brad Johnson (l)
Ole Henrik Antonsen (m & l), Tom-Steinar Hanssen (m & l), Ole Jørgen Olsen (l)
94
1
At Eurovision
Haldor Lægreid performed 4th on the night of the contest, following Bosnia and Herzegovina and preceding Israel. Norway finished with 3 points, all from Portugal, finishing joint last of 23 entries with Iceland, and thus relegating Norway from taking part in the 2002 Contest.