Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Country|  Norway
National selection
Selection process| Melodi Grand Prix 1999
Selection date(s)| 27 February 1999
Selected entrant| Van Eijk
Selected song| "Living My Life Without You"
Selected songwriter(s)| Stig Andre van Eijk
Finals performance
Final result| 14th, 35 points
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Norway participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Living My Life Without You" written and performed by Stig Andre van Eijk under the artistic name Van Eijk. The Norwegian broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 1999 in order to select the Norwegian entry for the 1999 contest in Jerusalem, Israel. Eight entries competed in a show that took place on 27 February 1999 and the winner, "Living My Life Without You" performed by Van Eijk, was determined by the votes from a five-member jury panel and a regional televote.

Norway competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 29 May 1999. Performing during the show in position 8, Norway placed fourteenth out of the 23 participating countries, scoring 35 points.

## Background[edit]

Main article: Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 1999 contest, Norway had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 38 times since its first entry in 1960.[1] Norway 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. Norway also had the two dubious 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. The country had finished last seven times and had failed to score a point during four contests.

The Norwegian national broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), broadcasts the event within Norway and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. The broadcaster has traditionally organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix, which has selected the Norwegian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in all but one of their participation. The broadcaster organized of Melodi Grand Prix 1999 in order to select the 1999 Norwegian entry.[2]

## Before Eurovision[edit]

### Melodi Grand Prix 1999[edit]

Melodi Grand Prix 1999 was the 38th edition of the Norwegian national final Melodi Grand Prix and selected Norway's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999. The show took place on 27 February 1999 at Studio 2 of NRK in Oslo, hosted by Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad and was televised on NRK1.[2][3] A live orchestra conducted by Geir Langslet accompanied each performance in varying capacities.[4] The national final was watched by 1.27 million viewers in Norway.[5]

#### Competing entries[edit]

Composers were directly invited by NRK to compete in the national final. Eight songs were selected for the competition and the competing acts and songs were revealed on 15 January 1999.[6] Among the competing artists was former Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest entrant Tor Endresen who represented the country in 1997.[7] For the first time, all entries were performed in the English language.

#### Final[edit]

Eight songs competed during the final on 27 February 1999. The winner was selected by a combination of votes from regional televoting (5/7) and an expert jury (2/7). The results of the public televote were divided into Norway's five regions and each region distributed points as follows: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 10 points. The jury then distributed points that had a weighting equal to the votes of two televoting regions, leading to the victory of "Living My Life Without You" performed by Van Eijk. The jury panel consisted of Rolf Løvland (composer), Gunilla Holm Platou (TV 2 presenter), Jorun Erdal (singer), Erik Nodland (journalist) and Anders Rogg (musician and composer).[3] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval act featured a tribute to past Israeli Eurovision entries performed by the Norwegian Theatre and Ballet Academy.[8]

Final – 27 February 1999  Draw  | Artist  | Song  | Songwriter(s)  | Jury  | Televote  | Total  | Place

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1  | Ingvild, Dag Arnold and Håvard Gryting  | "I'll Be Your Friend"  | Håvard Gryting, Anders Moberg, Ingvild Gryting  | 0  | 14  | 14  | 6
2  | Mette Hartmann  | "The Night Before the Morning After"  | Stein Berge Svendsen, Jan Vincents Johannessen | 14  | 3  | 17  | 5
3  | Dag Brandth  | "Untold"  | Dag Brandth  | 6  | 1  | 7  | 8
4  | Stephen Ackles | "Lost Again"  | Kyrre Mosleth, Stephen Ackles, Kyrre Mosleth  | 10  | 9  | 19  | 4
5  | Midnight Sons  | "Stay"  | Lars Aass, Bottolf Lødemel  | 4  | 31  | 35  | 2
6  | Tor Endresen | "Lover"  | Tor Endresen, Kyrre Fritzner, Tore Madsen  | 2  | 26  | 28  | 3
7  | Toril Moe  | "You Used to Be Mine"  | Freddy Dahl, Anita Skorgan | 0  | 14  | 14  | 6
8  | Van Eijk | "Living My Life Without You"  | Stig Andre van Eijk  | 20  | 42  | 62  | 1
Detailed Regional Televoting Results Draw  | Song  | Tromsø  | Trondheim  | Bergen  | Kristiansand  | Oslo  | Total

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1  | "I'll Be Your Friend" | 3 | 1 |  | 5 | 5 | 14
2  | "The Night Before the Morning After" |  |  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3
3  | "Untold" | 1 |  |  |  |  | 1
4  | "Lost Again" |  | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9
5  | "Stay" | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 31
6  | "Lover" | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26
7  | "You Used to Be Mine" | 7 | 5 | 2 |  |  | 14
8  | "Living My Life Without You" | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 42

## At Eurovision[edit]

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the bottom seven countries in the 1998 contest competed in the final on 29 May 1999.[9] On 17 November 1998, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Norway was set to perform in position 8, following the entry from Turkey and before the entry from Denmark. Norway finished in fourteenth place with 35 points.[10]

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 Jon Branæs.[11][12] The Norwegian spokesperson, who announced the Norwegian votes during the show, was Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft. The NRK1 broadcast was watched by a total of 1.591 million television viewers.[13]

### Voting[edit]

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Norway and awarded by Norway in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Sweden in the contest.

Points awarded to Norway[14] | Score  | Country

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12 points  |
10 points  |
8 points  |
7 points  |

* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Iceland

6 points  |  Denmark
5 points  |  Sweden
4 points  |
3 points  |  Ireland
2 points  |
1 point  |
Points awarded by Norway[14] | Score  | Country

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12 points  |  Sweden
10 points  |  Iceland
8 points  |  France
7 points  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
6 points  |  Austria
5 points  |  Estonia
4 points  |  Turkey
3 points  |  Germany
2 points  |  Israel
1 point  |  Ireland

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Norway Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
2. ^ a b Jacobsen, Hasse Christian. "MGP 1999 -" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
3. ^ a b Melodi Grand Prix 1999 - norsk finale (in Norwegian Bokmål), 13 January 2023, retrieved 23 April 2023
4. ^ "Geir Langslet". andtheconductoris.eu. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
5. ^ "TV-toppen". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 2 March 1999.
6. ^ "Åtte artister klare for Melodi Grand Prix". NRK (in Norwegian). 15 January 1999. Archived from the original on 15 January 2001. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
7. ^ "NORWEGIAN NATIONAL FINAL 1999". natfinals.50webs.com. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
8. ^ "Norway 1999". mylittleworld.nfshost.com. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
9. ^ "History – Eurovision Song Contest 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
10. ^ "Final of Jerusalem 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
11. ^ "Radio og TV". Dagsavisen. 29 May 1999. pp. 53–55. Retrieved 2 July 2022 - via National Library of Norway.
12. ^ "Norgeskanalen NRK P1 – Kjøreplan lørdag 29. mai 1999" (in Norwegian). NRK. 29 May 1999. p. 14. Retrieved 2 July 2022 - via National Library of Norway.
13. ^ Trulsen, Ola Nymo (12 May 2014). "1.377.000 så Eurovision-finalen" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
14. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Norwegian National Final 1999

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* Anita Thallaug
* Tix
* Tooji
* Merethe Trøan
* ~~Ulrikke~~
* Stig van Eijk
* Silje Vige
* Wig Wam

Songs|

* "Adieu"
* "Aldri i livet"
* "Alle mine tankar"
* "Alltid sommer"
* "Alvedansen"
* ~~"Attention"~~
* "Brandenburger Tor"
* "Casanova"
* "Do Re Mi"
* "Duett"
* "Dukkemann"
* "Fairytale"
* "Fallen Angel"
* "The First Day of Love"
* "For vår jord"
* "Give That Wolf a Banana"
* "Grab the Moment"
* "Haba Haba"
* "High"
* "Hold On Be Strong"
* "I evighet"
* "I Feed You My Love"
* "Icebreaker"
* "I'm Not Afraid to Move On"
* "In My Dreams"
* "Intet er nytt under solen"
* "It's Just A Game"
* "Karusell"
* "Kom sol, kom regn"
* "La det swinge"
* "Lenge leve livet"
* "Living My Life Without You"
* "Lykken er"
* "Mata Hari"
* "Mil etter mil"
* "Mitt liv"
* "A Monster Like Me"
* "Mrs. Thompson"
* "My Heart Goes Boom"
* "My Heart Is Yours"
* "Nocturne"
* "Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli"
* "Oliver"
* "On My Own"
* "Queen of Kings"
* "Romeo"
* "Sámiid ædnan"
* "San Francisco"
* "Silent Storm"
* "Småting"
* "Solhverv"
* "Sommer i Palma"
* "Spiral"
* "Spirit in the Sky"
* "Stay"
* "Stress"
* "That's How You Write a Song"
* "Touch My Life (with Summer)"
* "Ven a bailar conmigo"
* "Venners nærhet"
* "Visjoner"
* "Voi Voi"

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* The Mullans
* Nayah
* Charlotte Nilsson
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* Precious
* Evelin Samuel and Camille
* Selma
* Bobbie Singer
* Sürpriz
* Darja Švajger
* Mietek Szcześniak
* Times Three
* Van Eijk

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* "All Out of Luck"
* "Believe 'n Peace"
* "Como tudo começou"
* "Diamond of Night"
* "Dön Artık"
* "For a Thousand Years"
* "Happy Birthday"
* "Je veux donner ma voix"
* "Journey to Jerusalem – Kudüs'e Seyahat"
* "Like the Wind"
* "Living My Life Without You"
* "Marija Magdalena"
* "No quiero escuchar"
* "One Good Reason"
* "Przytul mnie mocno"
* "Putnici"
* "Reflection"
* "Say It Again"
* "Strazdas"
* "Take Me to Your Heaven"
* "Tha'nai erotas"
* "This Time I Mean It"
* "When You Need Me"

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* Inger Jacobsen
* Anita Thallaug
* Arne Bendiksen
* Kirsti Sparboe
* Åse Kleveland
* Kirsti Sparboe
* Odd Børre
* Kirsti Sparboe
* Hanne Krogh
* Grethe Kausland & Benny Borg
* Bendik Singers
* Anne-Karine Strøm
* Ellen Nikolaysen
* Anne-Karine Strøm
* Anita Skorgan
* Jahn Teigen
* Anita Skorgan
* Sverre Kjelsberg & Mattis Hætta
* Finn Kalvik
* Jahn Teigen & Anita Skorgan
* Jahn Teigen
* Dollie de Luxe
* Bobbysocks!
* Ketil Stokkan
* Kate Guldbrandsen
* Karoline Krüger
* Britt Synnøve Johansen
* Ketil Stokkan
* Merethe Trøan
* Silje Vige
* Elisabeth Andreassen & Jan Werner Danielsen
* Secret Garden
* Elisabeth Andreassen
* Tor Endresen
* Lars A. Fredriksen
* Stig van Eijk
* Charmed
* Haldor Lægreid
* Jostein Hasselgård
* Knut Anders Sørum
* Wig Wam
* Christine Guldbrandsen
* Guri Schanke
* Maria Haukaas Storeng
* Alexander Rybak
* Didrik Solli-Tangen
* Stella Mwangi
* Tooji
* Margaret Berger
* Carl Espen
* Mørland & Debrah Scarlett
* Agnete
* Jowst feat. Aleksander Walmann
* Alexander Rybak
* Keiino
* Ulrikke Brandstorp
* Tix
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* Alessandra

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* Julie Bergan
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* Dag Spantell
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* Øystein Sunde
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