Norway participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with the song "I'm Not Afraid to Move On" written by Arve Furset and VJ Strøm. The song was performed by Jostein Hasselgård. The Norwegian broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) returned to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one-year absence following their withdrawal in 2002 as one of the bottom six countries in the 2001 contest. NRK organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 2003 in order to select the Norwegian entry for the 2003 contest in Riga, Latvia. Twelve entries competed in a show that took place on 1 March 2003 and the winner was determined over two rounds of public televoting. The top four entries in the first round of voting advanced to the competition's second round—the Gold Final. In the second round of public televoting, "I'm Not Afraid to Move On" performed by Jostein Hasselgård was selected as the winner with 78,460 votes.
Norway competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 24 May 2003. Performing during the show in position 18, Norway placed fourth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 123 points.
Prior to the 2003 contest, Norway had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 41 times since its first entry in 1960.[1] Norway had won the contest on two occasions: in 1985 with the song "La det swinge" performed by Bobbysocks!, and in 1995 with the song "Nocturne" performed by Secret Garden. Norway also had the two dubious distinctions of having finished last in the Eurovision final more than any other country and for having the most "nul points" (zero points) in the contest, the latter being a record the nation shared together with Austria. The country had finished last eight times and had failed to score a point during four contests.
The Norwegian national broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), broadcasts the event within Norway and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. NRK confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest on 25 September 2002.[2] The broadcaster has traditionally organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix, which has selected the Norwegian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in all but one of their participation. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster revealed details regarding their selection procedure and announced the organization of Melodi Grand Prix 2003 in order to select the 2003 Norwegian entry.[2]
Before EurovisionEdit
Melodi Grand Prix 2003Edit
Melodi Grand Prix 2003 was the 41st edition of the Norwegian national final Melodi Grand Prix and selected Norway's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. The show took place on 1 March 2003 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, hosted by Øystein Bache and was televised on NRK1 as well as streamed online at NRK's official website nrk.no.[3][4] The national final was watched by 1.349 million viewers in Norway.[5]
Competing entriesEdit
A submission period was opened by NRK between 25 September 2002 and 15 November 2002. Songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit entries, and NRK reserved the right to directly invite certain artists and composers to compete in addition to the public call for submissions.[2] At the close of the deadline, over 450 submissions were received.[6] Twelve songs were selected for the competition and the competing acts and songs were revealed on 21 January 2003.[7] Among the competing artists were former Eurovision Song Contest entrants Elisabeth Andreassen (Bettan) who represented Sweden in 1982 and Norway in 1985 (as part of Bobbysocks!), 1994 (alongside Jan Werner Danielsen) and 1996, Kikki Danielsson who represented Sweden in 1985, and Lotta Engberg who represented Sweden in 1987.[8] The competing entries were premiered during broadcasts of the Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 between 17 and 28 February 2003.[9]
FinalEdit
Twelve songs competed during the final on 1 March 2003. The winner was selected over two rounds of regional televoting. In the first round, the results of the public televote were divided into Norway's five regions and each region distributed points as follows: 1–8, 10 and 12 points. The top four entries were selected to proceed to the second round, the Gold Final, where the results of the public televote were revealed by Norway's five regions based on actual voting figures and led to the victory of "I'm Not Afraid to Move On" performed by Jostein Hasselgård with 78,460 votes.[10] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval act featured Cheezy Keys performing several past Norwegian Eurovision entries.[11]
The interval act of Melodi Grand Prix 2003, performed by the group Cheezy Keys, caused a considerable amount of controversy in Latvia. Despite intending to incorporate Latvian culture into their performance, the group wore Cossack uniforms and used Russian matryoshka dolls and balalaikas. Latvian citizens threatened to boycott Norwegian goods in response, while Latvian ambassador in Norway, Normunds Popens, criticised the improper use of symbols even for humouristic purposes and claimed that it "draw [sic] a picture of my country as if it was a part of Russia, and that's simply not true". Criticism was also made by the Norwegian ambassador in Latvia, Jan Wessel Hegg, who described it as "painfully embarrassing" and "unfortunate for Norway as a country".[5][12] The group later expressed regret that they have hurt the Latvian people and confessed that they "don't know much about Latvian culture".[13]
At EurovisionEdit
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the bottom five countries in the 2002 contest competed in the final on 24 May 2003.[14] On 29 November 2002, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Norway was set to perform in position 18, following the entry from Greece and before the entry from France.[15] Norway finished in fourth place with 26 points.[16]
In Norway, the show was broadcast on NRK1 with commentary by Jostein Pedersen as well as broadcast via radio on NRK P1.[17] The Norwegian spokesperson, who announced the Norwegian votes during the show, was Roald Øyen.
VotingEdit
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Norway and awarded by Norway in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Iceland in the contest.
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External linksEdit
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Norway participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with the song I m Not Afraid to Move On written by Arve Furset and VJ Strom The song was performed by Jostein Hasselgard The Norwegian broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting NRK returned to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one year absence following their withdrawal in 2002 as one of the bottom six countries in the 2001 contest NRK organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 2003 in order to select the Norwegian entry for the 2003 contest in Riga Latvia Twelve entries competed in a show that took place on 1 March 2003 and the winner was determined over two rounds of public televoting The top four entries in the first round of voting advanced to the competition s second round the Gold Final In the second round of public televoting I m Not Afraid to Move On performed by Jostein Hasselgard was selected as the winner with 78 460 votes Eurovision Song Contest 2003Country NorwayNational selectionSelection processMelodi Grand Prix 2003Selection date s 1 March 2003Selected entrantJostein HasselgardSelected song I m Not Afraid to Move On Selected songwriter s Arve FursetVJ StromFinals performanceFinal result4th 123 pointsNorway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 2003 2004 Norway competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 24 May 2003 Performing during the show in position 18 Norway placed fourth out of the 26 participating countries scoring 123 points Contents 1 Background 2 Before Eurovision 2 1 Melodi Grand Prix 2003 2 1 1 Competing entries 2 1 2 Final 2 2 Controversy 3 At Eurovision 3 1 Voting 4 References 5 External linksBackground EditMain article Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest Prior to the 2003 contest Norway had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 41 times since its first entry in 1960 1 Norway had won the contest on two occasions in 1985 with the song La det swinge performed by Bobbysocks and in 1995 with the song Nocturne performed by Secret Garden Norway also had the two dubious distinctions of having finished last in the Eurovision final more than any other country and for having the most nul points zero points in the contest the latter being a record the nation shared together with Austria The country had finished last eight times and had failed to score a point during four contests The Norwegian national broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting NRK broadcasts the event within Norway and organises the selection process for the nation s entry NRK confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest on 25 September 2002 2 The broadcaster has traditionally organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix which has selected the Norwegian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in all but one of their participation Along with their participation confirmation the broadcaster revealed details regarding their selection procedure and announced the organization of Melodi Grand Prix 2003 in order to select the 2003 Norwegian entry 2 Before Eurovision EditMelodi Grand Prix 2003 Edit Melodi Grand Prix 2003 was the 41st edition of the Norwegian national final Melodi Grand Prix and selected Norway s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 The show took place on 1 March 2003 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo hosted by Oystein Bache and was televised on NRK1 as well as streamed online at NRK s official website nrk no 3 4 The national final was watched by 1 349 million viewers in Norway 5 Competing entries Edit A submission period was opened by NRK between 25 September 2002 and 15 November 2002 Songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit entries and NRK reserved the right to directly invite certain artists and composers to compete in addition to the public call for submissions 2 At the close of the deadline over 450 submissions were received 6 Twelve songs were selected for the competition and the competing acts and songs were revealed on 21 January 2003 7 Among the competing artists were former Eurovision Song Contest entrants Elisabeth Andreassen Bettan who represented Sweden in 1982 and Norway in 1985 as part of Bobbysocks 1994 alongside Jan Werner Danielsen and 1996 Kikki Danielsson who represented Sweden in 1985 and Lotta Engberg who represented Sweden in 1987 8 The competing entries were premiered during broadcasts of the Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 between 17 and 28 February 2003 9 Final Edit Twelve songs competed during the final on 1 March 2003 The winner was selected over two rounds of regional televoting In the first round the results of the public televote were divided into Norway s five regions and each region distributed points as follows 1 8 10 and 12 points The top four entries were selected to proceed to the second round the Gold Final where the results of the public televote were revealed by Norway s five regions based on actual voting figures and led to the victory of I m Not Afraid to Move On performed by Jostein Hasselgard with 78 460 votes 10 In addition to the performances of the competing entries the interval act featured Cheezy Keys performing several past Norwegian Eurovision entries 11 Final 1 March 2003 Draw Artist Song Songwriter s Points Place1 Ingvild Pedersen Anyway You Want It Thomas G son Stefan Brunzell 16 82 Daddy Cool Don t Stop Tante Gorilds Hobbyorkester Erlend Gjerde Inge Ulirk Gundersen 25 53 Ase Karin Hjelen Han kom som ein vind Ase Karin Hjelen Tom Sennerud 0 124 Linda Kvam You ve Got a Hold on Me Hanne Sorvaag Thomas Wohni Linda Kvam 25 55 Erik Jacobsen So You Say Eskil Pettersen Jarl Ivar Andresen Trond Hillestad 5 106 Birgitte Einarsen Good Evening Europe Mads Rogde Arve Furset Benedicte Swendgaard 35 47 Alfie One Alf Gunnar Nilsen 51 28 Kikki Bettan and Lotta Din hand i min hand Thomas G son Elisabeth Andreassen Petter Anthon Naess 44 39 Monopole Wonderful Girl Knut Bjornar Asphol 18 710 Soda Fool in Love Marte Hveem 13 911 Jostein Hasselgard I m Not Afraid to Move On Arve Furset VJ Strom 54 112 Don Ramage Perfect Tragedy Havid Engmark Alf Gunnar Nilsen Bjornar Loberg 4 11Detailed Regional Televoting Results Draw Song WesternNorway NorthernNorway SouthernNorway CentralNorway EasternNorway Total1 Anyway You Want It 3 4 3 1 5 162 Don t Stop 5 5 5 4 6 253 Han kom som ein vind 04 You ve Got a Hold on Me 6 6 4 5 4 255 So You Say 1 3 1 56 Good Evening Europe 7 7 7 6 8 357 One 10 12 10 12 7 518 Din hand i min hand 8 10 8 8 10 449 Wonderful Girl 4 3 6 2 3 1810 Fool In Love 2 2 2 7 1311 I m Not Afraid to Move On 12 8 12 10 12 5412 Perfect Tragedy 1 1 2 4Gold Final 1 March 2003 Draw Artist Song WesternNorway NorthernNorway SouthernNorway CentralNorway EasternNorway Total Place1 Birgitte Einarsen Good Evening Europe 2 693 2 036 2 709 2 309 16 231 25 978 32 Alfie One 6 116 4 798 6 042 7 708 26 221 50 885 23 Kikki Bettan and Lotta Din hand i min hand 2 818 2 200 2 892 2 530 15 522 25 962 44 Jostein Hasselgard I m Not Afraid to Move On 7 890 4 532 9 627 6 580 49 831 78 460 1Controversy Edit The interval act of Melodi Grand Prix 2003 performed by the group Cheezy Keys caused a considerable amount of controversy in Latvia Despite intending to incorporate Latvian culture into their performance the group wore Cossack uniforms and used Russian matryoshka dolls and balalaikas Latvian citizens threatened to boycott Norwegian goods in response while Latvian ambassador in Norway Normunds Popens criticised the improper use of symbols even for humouristic purposes and claimed that it draw sic a picture of my country as if it was a part of Russia and that s simply not true Criticism was also made by the Norwegian ambassador in Latvia Jan Wessel Hegg who described it as painfully embarrassing and unfortunate for Norway as a country 5 12 The group later expressed regret that they have hurt the Latvian people and confessed that they don t know much about Latvian culture 13 At Eurovision EditAccording to Eurovision rules all nations with the exceptions of the bottom five countries in the 2002 contest competed in the final on 24 May 2003 14 On 29 November 2002 an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Norway was set to perform in position 18 following the entry from Greece and before the entry from France 15 Norway finished in fourth place with 26 points 16 In Norway the show was broadcast on NRK1 with commentary by Jostein Pedersen as well as broadcast via radio on NRK P1 17 The Norwegian spokesperson who announced the Norwegian votes during the show was Roald Oyen Voting EditBelow is a breakdown of points awarded to Norway and awarded by Norway in the contest The nation awarded its 12 points to Iceland in the contest Points awarded to Norway 18 Score Country12 points nbsp Iceland nbsp Ireland nbsp Sweden10 points nbsp Estonia8 points7 points nbsp Germany nbsp Latvia nbsp Netherlands nbsp Ukraine6 points nbsp Belgium nbsp Malta nbsp Poland nbsp United Kingdom5 points nbsp Portugal nbsp Slovenia4 points nbsp Russia3 points nbsp France nbsp Israel nbsp Romania2 points nbsp Austria1 point Points awarded by Norway 18 Score Country12 points nbsp Iceland10 points nbsp Turkey8 points nbsp Austria7 points nbsp Sweden6 points nbsp Ireland5 points nbsp Netherlands4 points nbsp Poland3 points nbsp Belgium2 points nbsp Russia1 point nbsp RomaniaReferences Edit Norway Country Profile EBU Retrieved 9 November 2014 a b c Siste frist i dag NRK in Norwegian Bokmal 25 September 2002 Retrieved 21 April 2023 Norway Melodi Grand Prix 2003 Eurovisionworld Retrieved 20 April 2023 Opheim Bjorn Erik 28 February 2003 Live stream of the Norwegian national final Esctoday Retrieved 21 April 2023 a b Opheim Bjorn Erik 5 March 2003 Latvians angry over Norwegian interval act Esctoday Retrieved 21 April 2023 Kjemperespons til Grand Prix NRK in Norwegian Bokmal 21 November 2002 Retrieved 21 April 2023 Her er MGP finalistene NRK in Norwegian 17 February 2003 Archived from the original on 17 February 2003 Retrieved 21 April 2023 Svensker i norsk GP finale Aftenposten in Norwegian 21 January 2003 Opheim Bjorn Erik 13 February 2003 Norway All twelve final entries will be previewed Esctoday Retrieved 21 April 2023 Norsk Melodi Grand Prix 2003 Poplight Retrieved 28 October 2009 Jacobsen Hasse Christian MGP 2003 in Norwegian Bokmal Retrieved 21 April 2023 Meland Astrid 11 January 2005 Skandalebandet i Grand Prix igjen dagbladet no in Norwegian Retrieved 21 April 2023 Beklager pauseflause NRK in Norwegian Bokmal 6 March 2003 Retrieved 21 April 2023 RULES OF THE 2003 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST PDF European Broadcasting Union European Broadcasting Union 20 November 2002 Archived from the original PDF on 14 April 2003 Retrieved 16 November 2013 Bakker Sietse 28 November 2002 Draw to be made public Friday 17 00 CET ESCToday com Retrieved 16 November 2013 Final of Riga 2003 European Broadcasting Union Archived from the original on 7 April 2021 Retrieved 7 April 2021 Radio amp TV lordag 24 mai Telemarksavisa 24 May 2003 pp 78 80 Retrieved 8 December 2022 via National Library of Norway a b Results of the Final of Riga 2003 European Broadcasting Union Archived from the original on 7 April 2021 Retrieved 7 April 2021 External links EditNorwegian National Final 2003 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 amp oldid 1177412585, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
