Norway was represented at the

Eurovision Song Contest 1972 The Eurovision Song Contest 1972 was the 17th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom and was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corpo ...

with the song "", written by Kåre Grøttum and Ivar Børsum, and performed by

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and

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. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, (NRK), selected its entry through the 1972.

Before Eurovision

1972

(NRK) held the 1972 at its studios in

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, hosted by

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. 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 's

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with " Beg, Steal or Borrow" and preceding 's Carlos Mendes with "A festa da vida". "" was a rather old-fashioned song, lyrically very similar in theme to the previous year's "", and at the close of voting had picked up 73 points, placing Norway 14th in a field of 18.

Voting

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972

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