Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

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Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Participating broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
CountryFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
National selection
Selection processMelodi Grand Prix 2000
Selection date(s)4 March 2000
Selected artist(s) Charmed
Selected song"My Heart Goes Boom"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Tore Madsen
  • Morten Henriksen
Finals performance
Final result11th, 57 points
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1999 •2000• 2001►

Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "My Heart Goes Boom", composed by Morten Henriksen, with lyrics by Tore Madsen, and performed by the group Charmed. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 2000 in order to select its entry for the contest. Ten entries competed in a show that took place on 4 March 2000 and the winner was determined over two rounds of voting from a five-member jury panel and a regional televote. The top four entries in the first round of voting advanced to the competition's second round—the superfinal. In the second round of voting, "My Heart Goes Boom" performed by Charmed was selected as the winner.

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Norway competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 13 May 2000. Performing during the show in position 8, Norway placed eleventh out of the 24 participating countries, scoring 57 points.

Background

Prior to the 2000 contest, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Norway 39 times since its first entry in 1960. [1] It had won the contest on two occasions: in 1985 with the song "La det swinge" performed by Bobbysocks!, and in 1995 with the song "Nocturne" performed by Secret Garden. It also had the two distinctions of having finished last in the Eurovision final more than any other country and for having the most nul points (zero points) in the contest, the latter being a record the nation shared together with Austria. It had finished last seven times and had failed to score a point during four contests.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, NRK organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster has traditionally organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix to select its entry for the contest in all but one of its participation. The broadcaster organized of Melodi Grand Prix 2000 in order to select its 2000 entry.

Before Eurovision

Melodi Grand Prix 2000

Melodi Grand Prix 2000 was the 39th edition of the national final Melodi Grand Prix, that was organised by NRK to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. The broadcaster held the national final on 4 March 2000 at its Studio 1 in Oslo, hosted by Hans Christian Andersen and Stine Buer and was televised on NRK1. [2] The national final was watched by 1.346 million viewers in Norway with a market share of 75%.

Competing entries

Composers were directly invited by NRK to compete in the national final. Ten songs were selected for the competition and the competing acts and songs were revealed on 23 February 2000. [3] Among the competing artists was former Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest entrant Jan Werner Danielsen who represented Norway in 1994 alongside Elisabeth Andreassen. [4]

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Arnold B Family"When I Am Looking"Thomas Børud, Arnold Børud
Astri"I Never Stopped Lovin' You"Jimmy James Ekgren, Sigurd Røsnes
Charmed "My Heart Goes Boom"Morten Henriksen, Tore Madsen
Jan Werner Danielsen "One More Time"Are Sigvardsen
Jorun Erdal "Another You" Per Øystein Sørensen, Kari Iveland
Kine"Wings of Love"Kenneth Eriksen, Willy Ludvigsen
Marius Hoff"She's My Baby" Christian Ingebrigtsen
Miriam Mercedes"Trying to Forget U"Anders Moberg
Sha-Boom"Let's Go All the Way"Dag Finn Strøm, Sigurd Røsnes, Ole Evenrud
Wentzel"If" Hilde Heltberg, Kari Iveland

Final

Ten songs competed during the final on 4 March 2000. The winner was selected by a combination of votes from regional televoting (5/7) and an expert jury (2/7) over two rounds. In the first round, the results of the public televote were divided into Norway's five regions and each region distributed points as follows: 1–8, 10 and 12 points. The jury then distributed points that had a weighting equal to the votes of two televoting regions and the top four entries were selected to proceed to the second round, the superfinal. In the superfinal, each televoting region distributed points as follows: 8, 10 and 12 points. The jury then distributed points that again had a weighting equal to the votes of two televoting regions, leading to the victory of "My Heart Goes Boom" performed by Charmed. [5] [6] The jury panel consisted of Gunilla Holm Platou (TV2 presenter), Kyrre Fritzner (composer and music producer), Marte Krogh (violinist), Torstein Bieler (songwriter and music producer) and Hege Tepstad (NRK Underholdning presenter). [7]

Final – 4 March 2000
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
1 Charmed "My Heart Goes Boom"1656721
2Sha-Boom"Let's Go All the Way"25710
3 Jorun Erdal "Another You"642484
4Marius Hoff"She's My Baby"1417316
5Arnold B Family"When I Am Looking"821297
6Wentzel"If"2435593
7Astri"I Never Stopped Lovin' You"425297
8Miriam Mercedes"Trying to Forget U"1010209
9Kine"Wings of Love"2027475
10 Jan Werner Danielsen "One More Time"1252642
Detailed Regional Televoting Results
DrawSong
Bergen
Trondheim
Kristiansand
Tromsø
Oslo
Total
1"My Heart Goes Boom"121210121056
2"Let's Go All the Way"111115
3"Another You"10888842
4"She's My Baby"3434317
5"When I Am Looking"4363521
6"If"7777735
7"I Never Stopped Lovin' You"6546425
8"Trying to Forget U"2222210
9"Wings of Love"5655627
10"One More Time"81012101252
Superfinal – 4 March 2000
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoting RegionsTotalPlace
Tromsø
Trondheim
Bergen
Oslo
Kristiansand
1 Charmed "My Heart Goes Boom"241212121212841
2 Jorun Erdal "Another You"04
3Wentzel"If"2088888603
4 Jan Werner Danielsen "One More Time"161010101010662

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the bottom six countries in the 1999 contest competed in the final on 13 May 2000. [8] On 21 November 1999, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Norway was set to perform in position 8, following the entry from Malta and before the entry from Russia. [9] [10] Norway finished in eleventh place with 57 points. [11] [12] Ahead of the contest Norway were considered one of the favourites to win among bookmakers, alongside the entries from Estonia, Ireland and the Netherlands. [13]

In Norway, the show was broadcast on NRK1 with commentary by Jostein Pedersen as well as broadcast via radio on NRK P1 with commentary by Stein Dag Jensen. [14] [15] [16] NRK appointed Marit Åslein as its spokesperson to announce the Norwegian votes during the show.

Voting

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Norway and awarded by Norway in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Latvia in the contest. [17]

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