Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Country Norway
National selection
Selection processMelodi Grand Prix 2001
Selection date(s)24 February 2001
Selected entrantHaldor Lægreid
Selected song"On My Own"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Tom-Steinar Hanssen
  • Ole Henrik Antonsen
  • Ole Jørgen Olsen
Finals performance
Final result22nd, 3 points
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2000 • 2001 • 2003►

Norway participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "On My Own" written by Ole Henrik Antonsen, Tom-Steinar Hanssen and Ole Jørgen Olsen. The song was performed by Haldor Lægreid. The Norwegian broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 2001 in order to select the Norwegian entry for the 2001 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. Twelve entries competed in a show that took place on 24 February 2001 and the winner was determined over two rounds of voting from a five-member jury panel and a regional televote. The top four entries in the first round of voting advanced to the competition's second round—the superfinal. In the second round of voting, "On My Own" performed by Haldor Lægreid was selected as the winner.

Norway competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2001. Performing during the show in position 4, Norway placed twenty-second (joint last) out of the 23 participating countries, scoring 3 points.

Background

Prior to the 2001 contest, Norway had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 40 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 2001 in order to select the 2001 Norwegian entry.

Before Eurovision

Melodi Grand Prix 2001

Melodi Grand Prix 2001 was the 40th edition of the Norwegian national final Melodi Grand Prix and selected Norway's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. The show took place on 24 February 2001 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, hosted by Hans Christian Andersen and was televised on NRK1 as well as streamed online at NRK's official website nrk.no.[2][3] The national final was watched by 1.309 million viewers in Norway.[4]

Competing entries

Artists and composers were directly invited by NRK to compete in the national final.[5] Twelve songs were selected for the competition and the competing acts and songs were revealed on 2 February 2001. Short clips of the competing entries were also released alongside the announcement, while the songs in their entirety were premiered between 19 and 22 February during the NRK P1 radio programmes Musikkrevyen and Nitimen.[6][7]

Final

Twelve songs competed during the final on 24 February 2001 and the winner was selected by a combination of votes from regional televoting (5/7) and an expert jury (2/7) over two rounds. In the first round, the results of the public televote were divided into Norway's five regions and each region distributed points as follows: 1–10, 12 and 14 points. The jury then distributed points that had a weighting equal to the votes of two televoting regions and the top four entries were selected to proceed to the second round, the superfinal. In the superfinal, each televoting region distributed points as follows: 8, 10, 12 and 14 points. The jury then distributed points that again had a weighting equal to the votes of two televoting regions, leading to the victory of "On My Own" performed by Haldor Lægreid.[8] The jury panel consisted of Jostein Pedersen (Eurovision Song Contest commentator for Norway), Cecilie Bjelke (international promoter for artists at Universal Music), Inger Beate Jacobsen (NRK P1 radio host), Jarl Aanestad (songwriter and music producer) and Hege Tepstad (NRK P1 radio host).[9]

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval act featured performances of several past Eurovision entries: Jahn Teigen performed the 1978 Norwegian entry "Mil etter mil", Carola Häggkvist performed the 1983 Swedish entry "Främling" and the Swedish 1991 winning entry "Fångad av en stormvind", and Charmed performed the 2000 Norwegian entry "My Heart Goes Boom". Teigen also performed his 1989 Melodi Grand Prix entry "Optimist" and together with Häggkvist performed the Israeli 1979 Eurovision winning entry "Hallelujah".[9]

Final – 24 February 2001
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Jury Televote Total Place
1 Marianne Ligaard "Every Night Is Saturday Night" Bottolf Lødemel, Lars Aass 12 22 34 8
2 Rasmus Høgset "Looking for Love" Jan Johansen, Thomas Heinonen, Brad Johnson 8 44 52 6
3 Mocci "You've Got the Motion" Stein Johan Grieg Halvorsen, Erlend Klarholm Nilsen, Mocci Ryen 20 50 70 3
4 Remy "Still An Angel" Øivind Madsen, Leif Johansen 28 27 55 4
5 Camilla Fagerås "Free" Ken Ingwersen, Jon-Willy Rydningen, Svein Finneide 10 22 32 9
6 Rune Rudberg "Without You" Rune Rudberg 16 37 53 5
7 Are Sigvardsen "Is She the One" Are Sigvardsen 14 13 27 10
8 Rebecca "U Ain't Seen the Best of Me Yet" Rebecca Wolsdal 4 16 20 11
9 Elin Torset "Brighter than Light" Elin Torset 18 64 82 2
10 Lars-Fredrik "Show Me The Way" Elias Muri, Bottolf Lødemel, Lars Aass 2 5 7 12
11 BIAZ "Your Heart Belongs to Me" Lars Berg 6 39 45 7
12 Haldor Lægreid "On My Own" Ole Henrik Antonsen, Tom-Steinar Hanssen, Ole Jørgen Olsen 24 66 90 1
Detailed Regional Televoting Results
Draw Song Tromsø Trondheim Bergen Kristiansand Oslo Total
1 "Every Night Is Saturday Night"4354622
2 "Looking for Love"9999840
3 "You've Got the Motion"101010101050
4 "Still an Angel"5566527
5 "Free"6445322
6 "Without You"7777937
7 "Is She the One"2223413
8 "U Ain't Seen the Best of Me Yet"3632216
9 "Brighter than Light"121414121264
10 "Show Me the Way"111115
11 "Your Heart Belongs to Me"8888739
12 "On My Own"141212141466
Superfinal – 24 February 2001
Draw Artist Song Jury Televoting Regions Total Place
Tromsø Trondheim Bergen Kristiansand Oslo
1 Mocci "You've Got the Motion" 24 8 8 8 8 8 64 4
2 Remy "Still an Angel" 16 10 10 10 10 10 66 3
3 Elin Torset "Brighter than Light" 20 12 14 14 12 12 84 2
4 Haldor Lægreid "On My Own" 28 14 12 12 14 14 94 1

Controversy

Following Melodi Grand Prix 2001, several viewers complained that they were unable to vote through SMS as they were provided with the wrong instructions for the voting.[10] Marketing director of NRK aktivum, Lene Hordvik, later confirmed that a number of SMS votes were not counted towards the final result due to heavy traffic but they were not enough to change the winner.[11]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 took place at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 12 May 2001.[12] The relegation rules introduced for the 1997 contest were again utilised ahead of the 2001 contest, based on each country's average points total in previous contests. The 23 participants were made up of the host country, the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom), and the 12 countries with the highest average scores between the 1996 and 2000 contests competed in the final.[13] On 21 November 2000, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Norway was set to perform in position 4, following the entry from Bosnia and Herzegovina and before the entry from Israel.[14] Norway finished in twenty-second (joint last) place with 3 points.[15]

In Norway, the show was broadcast on NRK1 with commentary by Jostein Pedersen as well as broadcast via radio on NRK P1.[16] The Norwegian spokesperson, who announced the Norwegian votes during the show, was Roald Øyen.

Voting

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

References

  1. ↑ "Norway Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Norsk Melodi Grand Prix 2001". Poplight. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Knekte Telenors server". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). 26 February 2001. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Laveste GP-tall siden 1993". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 27 February 2001. p. 47.
  5. ↑ Jacobsen, Hasse Christian. "MGP 2001 -" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Lytt til årets MGP-finalister!". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2 February 2001. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Elin kan redde Norges GP-ære". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). 19 February 2001. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Satser på artistkarriere". bt.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 24 February 2001. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  9. 1 2 Melodi Grand Prix 2001 - finale (in Norwegian Bokmål), 13 January 2023, retrieved 22 April 2023
  10. ↑ "Stemmekaos ga feil vinner?". vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 25 February 2001. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "En riktig vinner". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). 26 February 2001. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "Copenhagen 2001–Eurovision Song Contest". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "Rules of the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest" (PDF). European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest 2001" (PDF). Myledbury.co.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  15. ↑ "Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  16. ↑ "Lørdag 12. mai". Moss Dagblad. 12 May 2001. pp. 35–36. Retrieved 2 December 2022 – via National Library of Norway.
  17. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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