Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Country	Norway
National selection
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 1989
Selection date(s)	11 March 1989
Selected entrant	Britt Synnøve
Selected song	"Venners nærhet"
Finals performance
Final result	17th, 30 points

Norway was represented by Britt Synnøve, with the song '"Venners nærhet", at the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 6 May in Lausanne, Switzerland. "Venners nærhet" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 11 March.

Final

The MGP was held at the Forum in Stavanger, hosted by Øystein Bache. Nine songs took part and were narrowed down to three finalists, which were voted on by an "expert" jury, a press jury and three public juries split by age group. Other participants included 1987's Kate Gulbrandsen, three-time Norwegian representative and MGP regular Jahn Teigen and Tor Endresen, who would represent Norway in 1997.^[1]

MGP - 11 March 1989

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Heidi Halvorsen	"Beat for Beat"	-	-
2	Tor Endresen	"Til det gryr av dag"	57	2
3	Britt Synnøve	"Venners nærhet"	62	1
4	Rune Rudberg	"Vinger over Europa"	-	-
5	Ingeborg Hungnes	"En lite lys"	56	3
6	Ola Fjellvikås	"Min Mona Lisa"	-	-
7	Kari Gjærum	"Barneøyne"	-	-
8	Jahn Teigen	"Optimist"	-	-
9	Kate Gulbrandsen	"Nærhet"	-	-

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Synnøve performed 8th in the running order, following the United Kingdom and preceding Portugal. Although "Venners nærhet" had been tipped as a likely top 10 contender, at the close of voting it had picked up only 30 points (the highest an 8 from Belgium), placing Norway a disappointing 17th of the 22 entries. The Norwegian jury awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom.^[2]

See also

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1989

References

1. ^ ESC National Finals database 1989
2. ^ ESC History - Norway 1989