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Eurovision Song Contest 1990 | ||||
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Country | ![]() | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Melodi Grand Prix 1990 | |||
Selection date(s) | 24 March 1990 | |||
Selected entrant | Ketil Stokkan | |||
Selected song | "Brandenburger Tor" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Ketil Stokkan | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 21st, 8 points | |||
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Norway was represented by Ketil Stokkan, with the song "Brandenburger Tor", at the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 May in Zagreb. "Brandenburger Tor" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 24 March. Stokkan had previously represented Norway in 1986.
The MGP was held 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, an "expert" jury 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. [1]
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
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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 |
Draw | Artist | Song | Expert/Press Juries | Regional Juries | Total | Place | |||||
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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 |
On the night of the final Stokkan performed 9th in the running order, following Iceland and preceding Israel. The song's subject matter was the fall of the Berlin Wall, and it was one of several songs in the contest with 'peace, hope and unity' lyrical content. At the close of voting "Brandenburger Tor" had received only 8 points, placing Norway joint last (with Finland) of the 22 entries. [2] This was the seventh time Norway finished the evening at the bottom of the scoreboard. The Norwegian jury awarded its 12 points to France. [3]
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