Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Norway was represented by Lars A. Fredriksen, with the song '"Alltid sommer", at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 9 May in Birmingham. "Alltid sommer" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 28 February and, unusually, was performed in English ("All I Ever Wanted Was You") at MGP although language rules in 1998 still required the song to be performed in Norwegian in Birmingham.

Final

The MGP was held at the studios of broadcaster NRK in Oslo, hosted by Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad. Eight songs took part with the winner chosen by a split between regional televoting and an "expert" jury. Elisabeth Andreassen was bidding for a record-breaking fifth appearance at Eurovision, but finished runner-up.^[1]

**MGP - 28 February 1998**
Draw	Artist	Song	Votes	Place
1	Lars A. Fredriksen	"All I Ever Wanted Was You"	56	1
2	Christin Hoff & Erik Jacobsen	"Bare du og jeg"	14	6
3	Gjermund Elgenes	"Som en engel"	5	7
4	G'stén	"Always Will"	31	3
5	Elisabeth Andreassen	"Winds of the Northern Seas"	45	2
6	Bjelleklang	"På do"	23	4
7	Tore Holm	"Nam nam"	4	8
8	Malin Holberg	"En ny mårrån"	18	5

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Fredriksen performed 22nd in the running order, following Finland and preceding Estonia. At the close of voting "Alltid sommer" had received 79 points (including a maximum 12 from Sweden), placing Norway 8th of the 25 entries. The Norwegian televotng awarded its 12 points to Malta.^[2]

Voting

Points awarded to Norway

Points Awarded to Norway
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Sweden	Slovenia	Spain
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Hungary Malta	Belgium Estonia Ireland Israel Poland United Kingdom	Cyprus Germany Netherlands Portugal	Finland	Switzerland

Points Awarded by Norway

12 points	Malta
10 points	Sweden
8 points	Netherlands
7 points	Belgium
6 points	Croatia
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points	Ireland
3 points	Israel
2 points	Hungary
1 point	Finland

References

Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

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Artists

1960s	Nora Brockstedt Nora Brockstedt Inger Jacobsen Anita Thallaug Arne Bendiksen Kirsti Sparboe Åse Kleveland Kirsti Sparboe Odd Børre Kirsti Sparboe

1970s	~~1970~~ Hanne Krogh Grethe Kausland & Benny Borg Bendik Singers Anne-Karine Strøm & Bendik Singers Ellen Nikolaysen Anne-Karine Strøm Anita Skorgan Jahn Teigen Anita Skorgan

1980s	Sverre Kjelsberg & Mattis Hætta Finn Kalvik Jahn Teigen & Anita Skorgan Jahn Teigen Dollie de Luxe Bobbysocks Ketil Stokkan Kate Gulbrandsen Karoline Krüger Britt Synnøve

1990s	Ketil Stokkan Just 4 Fun Merethe Trøan Silje Vige Elisabeth Andreassen & Jan Werner Danielsen Secret Garden Elisabeth Andreassen Tor Endresen Lars A. Fredriksen Stig Van Eijk

2000s	Charmed Haldor Lægreid ~~2002~~ Jostein Hasselgård Knut Anders Sørum Wig Wam Christine Guldbrandsen Guri Schanke Maria Haukaas Storeng Alexander Rybak

2010s	Didrik Solli-Tangen Stella Mwangi Tooji Margaret Berger Carl Espen Mørland & Debrah Scarlett

Songs

1960s	"Voi Voi" "Sommer i Palma" "Kom sol, kom regn" "Solvherv" "Spiral" "Karusell" "Intet er nytt under solen" "Dukkemann" "Stress" "Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli"

1970s	~~1970~~ "Lykken er" "Småting" "It's Just A Game" "The First Day of Love" "Touch My Life (With Summer)" "Mata Hari" "Casanova" "Mil etter mil" "Oliver"

1980s	"Sámiid Ædnan" "Aldri i livet" "Adieu" "Do Re Mi" "Lenge leve livet" "La det swinge" "Romeo" "Mitt liv" "For vår jord" "Venners nærhet"

1990s	"Brandenburger Tor" "Mrs. Thompson" "Visjoner" "Alle mine tankar" "Duett" "Nocturne" "I evighet" "San Francisco" "Alltid sommer" "Living My Life Without You"

2000s	"My Heart Goes Boom" "On My Own" ~~2002~~ "I'm Not Afraid To Move On" "High" "In My Dreams" "Alvedansen" "Ven a bailar conmigo" "Hold On Be Strong" "Fairytale"

2010s	"My Heart Is Yours" "Haba Haba" "Stay" "I Feed You My Love" "Silent Storm" "A Monster Like Me"

(Note : Entries scored out are when Norway did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Countries

Final (by final results)	Israel (winner) United Kingdom Malta Netherlands Croatia Belgium Germany Norway Ireland Sweden Cyprus Portugal Estonia Turkey Finland Spain Poland Slovenia Macedonia Greece Slovakia Romania Hungary France Switzerland

Artists

Final (by final results)	Dana International Imaani Chiara Edsilia Danijela Mélanie Cohl Guildo Horn Lars Fredriksen Dawn Martin Jill Johnson Michalis Hatzigiannis Alma Lusa Koit Toome Tüzmen Edea Mikel Herzog Sixteen Vili Resnik Vlado Janevski Thalassa Katarína Hasprová Mălina Olinescu Charlie Marie Line Gunvor

Songs

Final
(by final results)

(Note: All information are in order of appearance

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