Norway competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, represented by Knut Anders Sørum with the song "High". The song was chosen as the Norwegian entry for the 2004 contest through 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 det ...

contest.

Before Eurovision

Melodi Grand Prix 2004

''Melodi Grand Prix 2004'' was the Norwegian national final that selected Norway's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

Competing entries

A submission period was opened by

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where songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit entries. At the close of the deadline, 530 submissions were received. Twelve songs were selected for the competition by a jury panel.

Final

The final took place on 6 March 2004 at the

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, hosted by Ivar Dyrhaug. The winner was selected over two rounds of regional televoting. In the first round, the top four entries were selected to proceed to the second round, the Gold Final. The results of the public televote were revealed by Norway's five regions, with the televoting figures of each region being converted to points. The top ten songs received 1–8, 10 and 12 points. In the Gold Final, the results of the public televote, based on actual voting figures of each region, were revealed by Norway's five regions and led to the victory of "High" performed by Knut Anders Sørum with 82,427 votes.

At Eurovision

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came fourth for Norway at the

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, Norway was an automatic finalist for the 2004 Eurovision final, held on 15 May. On the night of the final Knut Anders Sørum performed third in the running order, following

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and preceding

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. Norway received 3 points for Knut's performance of "High", all from neighbours

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, coming 24th and last. This was Norway's tenth last place finish in Eurovision, a record that is, as of 2019, yet to be broken. As Norway failed to reach the top 12 in the final, the country was forced to compete in the semi-final of the 2005 Contest.

Voting

Points awarded to Norway

Points awarded by Norway

References

External links

Norwegian National Final 2004
{{Melodi Grand Prix (Norway)

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

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