Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994
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Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 with the song "Duett", composed by Rolf Løvland, with lyrics by Hans Olav Mørk, and performed by Elisabeth Andreasson and Jan Werner Danielsen. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), selected its entry through the Melodi Grand Prix 1994. This was the third of four Eurovision appearances by Andreasson.
Norway| Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1994 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) | |||
| Country | Norway | |||
| Selection process | Melodi Grand Prix 1994 | |||
| Selection date | 26 March 1994 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Duett" | |||
| Artist | Elisabeth Andreasson and Jan Werner Danielsen | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 6th, 76 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Melodi Grand Prix 1994
Norsk rikskringkasting (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 Norway in 1997.
| R/O | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Jury | Norsk Tipping |
Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| R/O | Song | Tromsø |
Kristiansand |
Påskefjellet |
Bergen |
Trondheim |
Oslo Spektrum |
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 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Andreasson and Danielsen performed 17th in the running order, following Lithuania and preceding Bosnia and 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, placing Norway 6th of the 25 entries.[1] The Norwegian jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Ireland.[2]
Voting
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