Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Participating broadcaster	Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Country	Norway
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 1990
Selection date	24 March 1990
Competing entry
Song	"Brandenburger Tor"
Artist	Ketil Stokkan
Songwriter	Ketil Stokkan
Placement
Final result	21st, 8 points
Participation chronology
◄1989 • 1990 • 1991►

Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "Brandenburger Tor", written and performed by Ketil Stokkan. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), selected its entry through the Melodi Grand Prix 1990. Stokkan had previously represented Norway in 1986.

Before Eurovision

Melodi Grand Prix 1990

Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) held the Melodi Grand Prix 1990 at the Hotel Royal Christiania in Oslo, hosted by Leif Erik Forberg. Ten songs took part with the winner chosen by voting from regional juries, a jury of music experts, and a press jury. In the first round of voting the bottom five songs were eliminated, then the remaining five were voted on again to give the winner. Other participants included three-time Norwegian representative and MGP regular Jahn Teigen and Tor Endresen, who would represent Norway in 1997.

Final – 24 March 1990

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Ketil Stokkan	"Brandenburger Tor"	Ketil Stokkan	7	1
2	Stein Hauge and Twilight	"Sarah"	Are Selheim	6	4
3	Kai Kiil	"Caballero"	Kai Kiil, Sverri Dahl	1	7
4	Bente Lind	"Ciao amore"	Nick Borgen	1	7
5	Damer og Herrer	"Østenfor sol"	Svein Gundersen, Stig Nilsson	2	6
6	Magne Høyland	"Faren over"	Bård Svendsen, Bjarne Bårdstu	1	7
7	Liv Ingund Nygaard	"En dag vil friheten seire"	Liv Ingund Nygaard	3	5
8	Rune Rudberg	"Varme overalt"	Nick Borgen, Rune Rudberg	0	10
9	Jahn Teigen	"Smil"	Nora Buraas, Ove Borøchstein	7	1
10	Tor Endresen	"Café le swing"	Robert Morley, Eva Jansen, Finn Jansen	7	1

Superfinal – 24 March 1990

Draw	Artist	Song	Expert/ Press Juries		Regional Juries					Total	Place
			Jury 1	Jury 2	Southern Norway	Western Norway	Eastern Norway	Central Norway	Northern Norway
1	Ketil Stokkan	"Brandenburger Tor"	52	36	56	44	60	53	54	355	1
2	Stein Hauge and Twilight	"Sarah"	48	43	32	35	34	33	40	265	4
3	Liv Ingund Nygaard	"En dag vil friheten seire"	32	40	34	46	38	35	32	257	5
4	Jahn Teigen	"Smil"	37	60	44	38	39	48	50	316	2
5	Tor Endresen	"Café le swing"	46	36	49	52	44	46	39	312	3

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Stokkan performed 9th in the running order, following Iceland and preceding Israel. At the close of voting "Brandenburger Tor" had received only 8 points, placing Norway joint last (with Finland) of the 22 entries. ^[1] This was the seventh time Norway finished the evening at the bottom of the scoreboard.^{[ citation needed ]} The Norwegian jury awarded its 12 points to France. ^[2]

Voting

Points awarded to Norway [2] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points   Israel 3 points   Ireland 2 points 1 point   Denmark

Points awarded by Norway [2] Score Country 12 points   France 10 points   Iceland 8 points   Ireland 7 points   Denmark 6 points   Sweden 5 points   Spain 4 points   Turkey 3 points   Yugoslavia 2 points   Cyprus 1 point   Belgium

References

1. "Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
2. "Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links

• Melodi Grand Prix 1990 - norsk finale on NRK TV  [ no ]