Norway was represented by

Jahn Teigen Jahn Teigen (27 September 1949 – 24 February 2020) was a Norwegian singer, musician and comedian. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest three times, in 1978, 1982 and 1983, His given name was Jan; he added the silent H later. F ...

and

Anita Skorgan Anita Skorgan (born 13 November 1958) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest in (14th), (11th) and with Jan Teigen in (12th). She was also a backing singer at the and contests, and co-wrote th ...

, with the song "Adieu", at the

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, which took place on 24 April in

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. "Adieu" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the

Melodi Grand Prix Melodi Grand Prix (), commonly known as Grand Prix and MGP, sometimes as Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix ( no, Norsk Melodi Grand Prix), is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK). It dete ...

on 20 March. This was a second Eurovision appearance for Teigen and a third for Skorgan.

Before Eurovision

Melodi Grand Prix 1982

The

1982 was held at the studios of broadcaster

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, hosted by Ivar Dyrhaug. Ten songs took part in the final, with the winner chosen by voting from 11 regional juries.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Teigen and Skorgan performed third in the running order, following

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and preceding the

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. Clocking in at only 2 minutes 10 seconds, "Adieu" was one of the shortest songs ever in a Eurovision final. At the close of voting "Adieu" had picked up 40 points, placing Norway 12th of the 18 entries. The Norwegian jury awarded its 12 points to

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.ESC History - Norway 1982
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Voting

References

External links

Full national final on nrk.no
{{Melodi Grand Prix (Norway)

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982

Eurovision The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...