Year: | 1994 |
Broadcaster: | Norwegian: [[NRK|Norsk rikskringkasting]]|i=no (NRK) |
Country: | Norway |
Preselection: | Melodi Grand Prix 1994 |
Preselection Date: | 26 March 1994 |
Entrant: | Elisabeth Andreasson and Jan Werner Danielsen |
Song: | Norwegian: Duett|i=no |
Final Result: | 6th, 76 points |
Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 with the song "Norwegian: Duett|i=no", composed by Rolf Løvland, with lyrics by Hans Olav Mørk, and performed by Elisabeth Andreasson and Jan Werner Danielsen. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norwegian: [[NRK|Norsk rikskringkasting]]|i=no (NRK), selected its entry through the Melodi Grand Prix 1994. This was the third of four Eurovision appearances by Andreasson.
Norwegian: [[NRK|Norsk rikskringkasting]]|i=no (NRK) held the national final on 26 March 1994 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 .[1] The song "Norwegian: Uimotståelig|i=no" had been sent in and subsequently refused by NRK for the .[2]
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Jury | Norsk Tipping | Total | Place | |
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1 | Karoline Gregersen | "Tunge dråper" | Bottolf Lødemel, Stig Gjendem, Hans Henrik Sørensen | 186 | 1 | 187 | 7 | |
2 | Madam Medusa | "Casanova" | Per Berge Johannessen, Cathrine Borkenhagen, Eva Jansen | 284 | 3 | 287 | 4 | |
3 | Jahn Teigen | "Gi alt vi har" | Geir Rønning | 271 | 4 | 275 | 5 | |
4 | Elin Furubotn | "Mor" | Lina Holt | 48 | 1 | 49 | 10 | |
5 | After Eight | "Ensom natt" | Per Fredrik Kjølner, Astor Andersen | 197 | 3 | 200 | 6 | |
6 | Tor Endresen | "Aladdin" | Tor Endresen | 428 | 7 | 435 | 2 | |
7 | Yellow Pages | "Slør" | Giert Clausen, Hallgrim Bratberg | 123 | 1 | 124 | 9 | |
8 | Laila Nordhaug and Morten Eriksen | "Gi meg ett tegn" | Are Selheim, Øyvind Boska | 321 | 2 | 323 | 3 | |
9 | SubDiva | "Uimotståelig" | Svein Edvardsen, Dag Øistein Endsjø | 133 | 1 | 134 | 8 | |
10 | Elisabeth Andreasson and Jan Werner Danielsen | "Duett" | Rolf Løvland, Hans Olav Mørk | 499 | 77 | 576 | 1 |
+ Regional Jury voting results | |||||||||
Draw | Song | Total | |||||||
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1 | "Tunge dråper" | 23 | 5 | 35 | 59 | 33 | 31 | 186 | |
2 | "Casanova" | 40 | 59 | 54 | 53 | 42 | 36 | 284 | |
3 | "Gi alt vi har" | 32 | 53 | 40 | 34 | 34 | 78 | 271 | |
4 | "Mor" | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 48 | |
5 | "Ensom natt" | 42 | 32 | 21 | 27 | 35 | 40 | 197 | |
6 | "Aladdin" | 70 | 75 | 76 | 76 | 45 | 86 | 428 | |
7 | "Slør" | 30 | 13 | 22 | 34 | 6 | 18 | 123 | |
8 | "Gi meg ett tegn" | 46 | 75 | 69 | 34 | 43 | 54 | 321 | |
9 | "Uimotståelig" | 30 | 9 | 14 | 47 | 11 | 22 | 133 | |
10 | "Duett" | 77 | 92 | 93 | 76 | 81 | 80 | 499 |
On the night of the final Andreasson and Danielsen performed 17th in the running order, following and preceding . 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, placing Norway 6th of the 25 entries.[3] The Norwegian jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners .[4]