Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994

Norway was represented by Elisabeth Andreassen and Jan Werner Danielsen, with the song '"Duett", at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 30 April in Dublin. "Duett" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 26 March, making it the third of four Eurovision appearances by Andreassen.

Eurovision Song Contest 1994
Country Norway
National selection
Selection processMelodi Grand Prix 1994
Selection date(s)26 March 1994
Selected entrantElisabeth Andreassen & Jan Werner Danielsen
Selected song"Duett"
Finals performance
Final result6th, 76 points
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Melodi Grand Prix 1994

The final was held at the Oslo Spektrum, hosted by Tande-P. Ten songs took part with the winner being chosen by a voting from six regional juries. Another set of jury votes were included, which came from the votes cast by the public via Norsk Tipping.

Other participants included three-time Norwegian representative and MGP regular Jahn Teigen and Tor Endresen, who would represent Norway in 1997.[1] The song "Uimotståelig" had been sent in and subsequently refused by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation for Melodi Grand Prix 1993.[2]

Final – 26 March 1994
Draw Artist Song (English translation) Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 Karoline Gregersen "Tunge dråper" (Heavy drops) Bottolf Lødemel, Stig Gjendem, Hans Henrik Sørensen 187 7
2 Madam Medusa "Casanova" Per Berge Johannessen, Cathrine Borkenhagen, Eva Jansen 287 4
3 Jahn Teigen "Gi alt vi har" (Give everything we have) Geir Rønning 275 5
4 Elin Furubotn "Mor" (Mother) Lina Holt 49 10
5 After Eight "Ensom natt" (Lonely night) Per Fredrik Kjølner, Astor Andersen 200 6
6 Tor Endresen "Aladdin" Tor Endresen 435 2
7 Yellow Pages "Slør" (Veil) Giert Clausen, Hallgrim Bratberg 124 9
8 Laila Nordhaug & Morten Eriksen "Gi meg ett tegn" (Give me a sign) Are Selheim, Øyvind Boska 323 3
9 SubDiva "Uimotståelig" (Irresistible) Svein Edvardsen, Dag Øistein Endsjø 134 8
10 Elisabeth Andreassen & Jan Werner Danielsen "Duett" (Duet) Rolf Løvland, Hans Olav Mørk 576 1

Voting
Draw Song Regional Juries Norsk
Tipping		 Total
TromsøKristiansandPåskefjelletBergenTrondheim Oslo
Spektrum
1 "Tunge dråper"235355933311187
2 "Casanova"4059545342363287
3 "Gi alt vi har"3253403434784275
4 "Mor"9910749149
5 "Ensom natt"4232212735403200
6 "Aladdin"7075767645867435
7 "Slør"301322346181124
8 "Gi meg ett tegn"4675693443542323
9 "Uimotståelig"309144711221134
10 "Duett"77929376818077576

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Andreassen and Danielsen performed 17th in the running order (famously introduced by host Gerry Ryan as performing a song called "Doo-ay"), following Lithuania and preceding Bosnia-Herzegovina. The song was a traditional Eurovision-style ballad in a contest very heavily dominated by downtempo entries. At the close of voting "Duett" had received 76 points (the highest being a 10 from Cyprus), placing Norway 6th of the 25 entries. The Norwegian jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Ireland.[3]

Points awarded to Norway
Points awarded to Norway (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Norway
12 points Ireland
10 points Sweden
8 points Hungary
7 points France
6 points Poland
5 points Cyprus
4 points Greece
3 points Russia
2 points United Kingdom
1 point Germany

See also

References
  1. ESC National Finals database 1994
  2. Dag Øistein Endsjø. "Uï-uï-uï-uï-uï-Uimotståelig! The irresistible opportunity" in OGAE News nr. 44, 2004:32.
  3. ESC History - Norway 1994
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