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Norway In The Eurovision Song Contest 1972
Norway was represented by Grethe Kausland and Benny Borg, with the song "Småting", at the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 25 March in Edinburgh. "Småting" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 19 February. Before Eurovision Melodi Grand Prix 1972 The Melodi Grand Prix 1972 was held at the studios of broadcaster NRK in Oslo, hosted by Vidar Lønn-Arnesen. Five songs were presented in the final with each song sung twice by different singers, once with a small combo and once with a full orchestra. The winning song was chosen by voting from a 14-member public jury who each awarded between 1 and 5 points per song. At Eurovision On the night of the final Kausland and Borg performed 6th in the running order, following the United Kingdom and preceding Portugal. "Småting" was a rather old-fashioned song, lyrically very similar in theme to the previous year's "Lykken er", and at the close of voting had picked up 73 points, placing Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grethe Kausland
Grethe Kausland (July 3, 1947 – November 16, 2007) was a Norwegian singer, performer and actress. As a child star she was one of Norway's most popular singers (her debut single “Teddyen min” from 1955, sold more than 100,000 recordsJan Eggum, Bård Ose, Siren Steen: ''Norsk pop & rock-leksikon'' (Vega Forlag AS, 2005) Norsk pop- og rockleksikon (2005)Grethe Kausland(Retrieved on November 17, 2007)), and she participated in several films as a child.IMDBGrethe Kausland Filmography(Retrieved on November 17, 2007) She represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest, singing "Småting" with Benny Borg. From 1973 she performed regularly with the entertaining group Dizzie Tunes. Awarded "Spellemannprisen" 1978 for the album ''A Taste of Grethe Kausland'', and " Leonardstatuetten" 1991 for her achievements on the revue scene. She died from lung cancer on November 16, 2007 in Oslo, Norway. Child career Grethe made her stage debut at age 4 at a local revue, and cut her first r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Nikolaysen
Ellen Helen Nikolaysen (born 10 December 1951) is a Norwegian singer/actress. in Store norske leksikon She participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 as part of the Bendik Singers group with the song ''It's Just A Game'' and Eurovision this time as a solo artist in 1975 with ''Touch My Life With Summer''. She won the Best Performance Award at the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo in 1974 with the entry "You Made Me Feel I Could Fly". In the early 1990s she began a new career as actor in musicals on Norwegian theatre stages. Discography Albums *1972; ''Stans! Jeg vil gi deg en sang'' *1973: ''Freckles'' *1976: ''Kom (album), Kom'' *1978: ''Jul med Hans Petter og Ellen'' with Hans Petter Hansen *1983: ''Songar utan ord'' with Sigmund Groven *1987: ''Julekvad''Singles * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodi Grand Prix By Year during 1998 to 1999.
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Countries In The Eurovision Song Contest 1972
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Norway In The Eurovision Song Contest
Norway has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 60 times since making its debut in and has only been absent twice since then. In 1970, the country boycotted the contest over disagreements about the voting structure, and in 2002, they were relegated. The contest is broadcast in Norway by NRK, which also broadcasts Norway's national selection competition, Melodi Grand Prix. Before 1985, Norway's best result in the contest was Åse Kleveland's third-place in . Norway's three victories in the contest were achieved by Bobbysocks in , Secret Garden in and Alexander Rybak in . Norway also finished second at the contest, with former Bobbysocks member Elisabeth Andreassen. Norway has finished last in eleven Eurovision finals, of which four times with "nul points". In 2019, Norway became the third televote-winning country to not win the contest (the previous ones being Italy in 2015 and Russia in 2016). Norway has a total of eleven top-five results in the contest, the latest bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lykken Er
Norway was represented by 15-year-old Hanne Krogh, with the song "Lykken er", at the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 3 April in Dublin. "Lykken er" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 20 February. "Lykken er" marked Norway's return to Eurovision after their first of only two absences to date since their debut, when they were one of five nations to boycott the 1970 contest in protest at the four-way tie in 1969 and the fact that they (along with Finland and Sweden) considered that the voting system of the late 1960s tended to place the Nordic countries at a disadvantage. Before Eurovision Melodi Grand Prix 1971 The Melodi Grand Prix 1971 was held at the studios of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in Oslo, hosted by Jan Voigt. Twelve songs took part in the final, with the winner chosen by a 14-member public jury who each awarded between 1 and 5 points per song. Other participants included past and future Norwegian representatives Ing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Karine Strøm
Anne-Karine Strøm (born 15 October 1951) is a Norwegian singer, best known for having taken part in the Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest selection, Melodi Grand Prix, in six consecutive years between 1971 and 1976, winning on three occasions (twice as a soloist and once as a member of an ensemble) and representing Norway in the Eurovision Song Contests of 1973, 1974 and 1976. Melodi Grand Prix Strøm's Melodi Grand Prix appearances were as follows: *1971: "Hør litt på meg" – 10th *1972: "Håp" – 4th *1973: "Å for et spill" (as member of the Bendik Singers) – 1st *1974: "Hvor er du" – 1st *1975: "1+1=2" – 4th *1976: "Mata Hari" – 1st Eurovision Song Contest The Bendik Singers' 1973 winning song was given English-language lyrics and retitled " It's Just A Game" for the 18th Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 7 April in Luxembourg City, where it finished in seventh place of 17 entries. Strøm travelled to Brighton, England for the 1974 contest, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanne Krogh
Hanne Krogh (born 24 January 1956) is a Norwegian singer and actress from Haugesund and Oslo. Krogh is among the most selling record artists in Norway ever and is internationally well known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with Elisabeth Andreassen in the group Bobbysocks!. Personal life She is the mother of television presenter Sverre Krogh Sundbø and actress Amalie Krogh. Career She officially started singing when she was 9 years old, and released her first album when she was 14. She represented Norway with the song "Lykken er" in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest. She has received major acclaim through Norwegian awards. Among them are numerous Spellemann (Norwegian Grammy) including the Honorary Award, and the Peer Gynt Prize, which is awarded by members of the Parliament to those Norwegians who have done the most to gain Norway's reputation abroad. In addition to her own projects, she is also frequently asked to act as MC at conventions, often in relation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benny Borg
Benny Borg (born 13 November 1945) is a Swedish singer and composer. He was born in Gothenburg, but moved to Norway in 1968, and was married to Kirsti Sparboe from 1972 to 1978. He is known for his cooperation with the Dizzie Tunes, and with Grethe Kausland. He won a Spellemannprisen award in 1973, and represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972. In 2004 he won the Herman Wildenvey Poetry Award The Herman Wildenvey Poetry Award ( no, Herman Wildenveys Poesipris) is a Norwegian award. It is conferred every year on July 20, the birthday of the poet Herman Wildenvey, in an event held at Hergisheim. The award consists of NOK 15,000 and a bro .... References 1945 births Living people Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1972 Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Norway Swedish male singers Swedish expatriates in Norway Spellemannprisen winners {{sweden-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsti Sparboe
Kirsti Sparboe (born 7 December 1946) is a Norwegian musical performer and an actress. Most of her musical career has been built on participation in the widely-popular Eurovision Song Contest in which she competed three times and scored a grand total of four points. Kirsti Sparboe was born on 7 December 1946 in Tromsø, Norway. She first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965 when she was 18, with the song " Karusell", which came in 13th place. She then participated in the 1966 Norwegian pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Gi Meg Fri", which came in second. In 1967, her song " Dukkemann" came in 14th place. She also participated in the 1968 Norwegian pre-selection, and would have gone on to represent Norway in 1968, but the song she performed ("Jag har aldri vært så glad i no'en som deg") was disqualified after there were accusations that it was a plagiarism of a popular Cliff Richard song called "Summer Holiday." She also covered the wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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