Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Norway was represented by Lars A. Fredriksen, with the song '"Alltid sommer", at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 9 May in Birmingham. "Alltid sommer" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 28 February and, unusually, was performed in English ("All I Ever Wanted Was You") at MGP although language rules in 1998 still required the song to be performed in Norwegian in Birmingham.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1998 | ||||
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodi Grand Prix 1998 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 28 February 1998 | |||
| Selected entrant | Lars A. Fredriksen | |||
| Selected song | "Alltid sommer" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 8th, 79 points | |||
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Before Eurovision
Melodi Grand Prix 1998
The final took place on 28 February 1998 at the studios of broadcaster NRK in Oslo, and was hosted by Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad. Eight songs competed and the winner was selected by a combination of the votes from an "expert" jury (2/7) and regional televoting (5/7).
Elisabeth Andreassen was bidding for a record-breaking fifth appearance at Eurovision, but finished as the runner-up.[1]
| Final – 28 February 1998 | |||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
| 1 | Lars A. Fredriksen | "All I Ever Wanted Was You" | David Eriksen, Per Kristian Ottestad | 6 | 50 | 56 | 1 |
| 2 | Christin Hoff & Erik Jacobsen | "Bare du og jeg" | Ulf Risnes | 14 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
| 3 | Gjermund Elgenes | "Som en engel" | Ingrid Bjørnov | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | G'stén | "Always Will" | Kyrre Fritzner, Åge Sten Nilsen | 20 | 11 | 31 | 3 |
| 5 | Elisabeth Andreassen | "Winds of the Northern Seas" | Torhild Nigar, Rolf Graf | 10 | 35 | 45 | 2 |
| 6 | Bjelleklang | "På do" | Finn Evensen | 0 | 23 | 23 | 4 |
| 7 | Tore Holm | "Nam nam" | Geir Olav Bøkestad, Per Kristian Indrehus | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | Malin Holberg | "En ny mårrån" | Stein Berge Svendsen, Nora Skaug, Malin Holberg | 2 | 16 | 18 | 5 |
| Detailed Regional Televoting Results | |||||||
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| Draw | Song | Trondheim | Tromsø | Bergen | Kristiansand | Oslo | Total |
| 1 | "All I Ever Wanted Was You" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 56 |
| 2 | "Bare du og jeg" | 14 | |||||
| 3 | "Som en engel" | 1 | 5 | ||||
| 4 | "Always Will" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 31 |
| 5 | "Winds of the Northern Seas" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
| 6 | "På do" | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | "Nam nam" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 8 | "En ny mårrån" | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Fredriksen performed 22nd in the running order, following Finland and preceding Estonia. At the close of voting "Alltid sommer" had received 79 points (including a maximum 12 from Sweden), placing Norway 8th of the 25 entries. The Norwegian televotng awarded its 12 points to Malta.[2]
Voting
Points awarded to Norway
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
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