Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964

Eurovision Song Contest 1964
Eurovision Song Contest 1964
Participating broadcaster	Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Country	Norway
National selection
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 1964
Selection date(s)	15 February 1964
Selected artist(s)	Arne Bendiksen
Selected song	"Spiral"
Selected songwriter(s)	Sigurd Jansen; Egil Hagen;
Finals performance
Final result	8th, 6 points
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest

Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the song "Spiral", composed by Sigurd Jansen, with lyrics by Egil Hagen, and performed by Arne Bendiksen. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 1964 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Before Eurovision

Melodi Grand Prix 1964

Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) held the Melodi Grand Prix 1964 at its studios in Oslo, hosted by Odd Grythe. Five songs took part 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 an "expert" jury.^[1]

**MGP - 15 February 1964**
Draw	Combo	Orchestra	Song	Points	Place
1	Elisabeth Granneman	Arne Bendiksen	"Spiral"	61	1
2	Jan Høiland	Inger Jacobsen	"Hvor"	52	4
3	Wenche Myhre	Elisabeth Granneman	"God gammel firkantet vals"	60	2
4	Odd Børre & The Cannons	Wenche Myhre	"La meg værre ung"	57	3
5	Inger Jacobsen	Jan Høiland	"Ingen sol finner vei (til min gate)"	38	5

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Bendiksen performed third in the running order, following the Netherlands and preceding Denmark. Each national jury awarded 5-3-1 to their top three songs, and at the close "Spiral" had picked up 6 points (5 from Denmark and 1 from Finland), placing Norway 8th of the 16 entries. The Norwegian jury awarded its 5 points to the United Kingdom.^[2]

Voting

Points awarded to Norway^[3]
Score	Country
5 points	Denmark
3 points
1 point	Finland

Points awarded by Norway^[3]
Score	Country
5 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Finland
1 point	Denmark

References

^ ESC National Finals database 1964
^ ESC History - Norway 1964
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 1964". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

[1] ESC National Finals database 1964

[2] ESC History - Norway 1964

[1964detailed-3] "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 1964". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

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Melodi Grand Prix
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Artists	Agnete Alessandra Elisabeth Andreassen Bendik Singers Arne Bendiksen Margaret Berger Bobbysocks! Benny Borg Odd Børre Nora Brockstedt Charmed Jan Werner Danielsen Dollie de Luxe Tor Endresen Carl Espen Lars A. Fredriksen Gåte Kate Gulbrandsen Christine Guldbrandsen Mattis Hætta Jostein Hasselgård Inger Jacobsen Britt Synnøve Johansen Jowst Just 4 Fun Finn Kalvik Grethe Kausland Keiino Sverre Kjelsberg Åse Kleveland Hanne Krogh Karoline Krüger Haldor Lægreid Mørland Stella Mwangi Ellen Nikolaysen Alexander Rybak Debrah Scarlett Guri Schanke Secret Garden Anita Skorgan Didrik Solli-Tangen Knut Anders Sørum Kirsti Sparboe Ketil Stokkan Maria Haukaas Storeng Anne-Karine Strøm Subwoolfer Jahn Teigen Anita Thallaug Tix Tooji Merethe Trøan ~~Ulrikke~~ Stig van Eijk Silje Vige Wig Wam
Songs	"Adieu" "Aldri i livet" "Alle mine tankar" "Alltid sommer" "Alvedansen" ~~"Attention"~~ "Brandenburger Tor" "Casanova" "Do Re Mi" "Duett" "Dukkemann" "Fairytale" "Fallen Angel" "The First Day of Love" "For vår jord" "Give That Wolf a Banana" "Grab the Moment" "Haba Haba" "High" "Hold On Be Strong" "I evighet" "I Feed You My Love" "Icebreaker" "I'm Not Afraid to Move On" "In My Dreams" "Intet er nytt under solen" "It's Just A Game" "Karusell" "Kom sol, kom regn" "La det swinge" "Lenge leve livet" "Living My Life Without You" "Lykken er" "Mata Hari" "Mil etter mil" "Mitt liv" "A Monster Like Me" "Mrs. Thompson" "My Heart Goes Boom" "My Heart Is Yours" "Nocturne" "Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli" "Oliver" "On My Own" "Queen of Kings" "Romeo" "Sámiid ædnan" "San Francisco" "Silent Storm" "Småting" "Solhverv" "Sommer i Palma" "Spiral" "Spirit in the Sky" "Stay" "Stress" "That's How You Write a Song" "Touch My Life (with Summer)" "Ulveham" "Ven a bailar conmigo" "Venners nærhet" "Visjoner" "Voi Voi"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Norway did not compete

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Countries	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Hugues Aufray Arne Bendiksen António Calvário Gigliola Cinquetti Robert Cogoi Anneke Grönloh Udo Jürgens Sabahudin Kurt Lasse Mårtenson Matt Monro Nora Nova Rachel Romuald Bjørn Tidmand Tim, Nelly and Tony Anita Traversi
Songs	"Caracola" "Le Chant de Mallory" "Dès que le printemps revient" "I Love the Little Things" "I miei pensieri" "Jij bent mijn leven" "Laiskotellen" "Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne" "Non ho l'età" "Oração" "Où sont-elles passées" "Près de ma rivière" "Sangen om dig" "Spiral" "Warum nur, warum?" "Život je sklopio krug"