en Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972

Eurovision Song Contest 1972
Eurovision Song Contest 1972
Participating broadcaster	Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Country	Norway
National selection
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 1972
Selection date(s)	19 February 1972
Selected artist(s)	Grethe Kausland and Benny Borg
Selected song	"Småting"
Selected songwriter(s)	Kåre Grøttum; Ivar Børsum;
Finals performance
Final result	14th, 73 points
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest

Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 with the song "Småting", written by Kåre Grøttum and Ivar Børsum, and performed by Grethe Kausland and Benny Borg. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), selected its entry through the Melodi Grand Prix 1972.

Before Eurovision

Melodi Grand Prix 1972

Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) held the Melodi Grand Prix 1972 at its studios in Oslo, hosted by Vidar Lønn-Arnesen. 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.^[1]

MGP - 19 February 1972
Draw	Combo	Orchestra	Song	Points	Place
1	Anita Hegerland	Gro Anita Schønn	"Happy hippie"	38	3
2	Inger Lise Rypdal	Kirsti Sparboe	"Lillebror"	40	2
3	Hanne Krogh	Grethe Kausland and Benny Borg	"Småting"	43	1
4	Ellen Nikolaysen	Anne-Karine Strøm	"Håp"	33	4
5	Eli Tanja	Jan Erik Berntsen	"Et hus på landet"	30	5

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Kausland and Borg performed 6th in the running order, following the United Kingdom and preceding Portugal. "Småting" was a rather old-fashioned song, lyrically very similar in theme to the previous year's "Lykken er", and at the close of voting had picked up 73 points, placing Norway 14th of the 18 entries.^[2]^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Norway^[4]
Score	Country
10 points
9 points
8 points
7 points	Finland
6 points	Ireland Luxembourg
5 points	Malta Portugal Spain Yugoslavia
4 points	Belgium Germany Monaco Netherlands Sweden United Kingdom
3 points	Austria France
2 points	Italy Switzerland

Points awarded by Norway^[4]
Score	Country
10 points	United Kingdom
9 points
8 points	Luxembourg Netherlands Spain
7 points	France Switzerland
6 points	Finland Germany Ireland Italy Monaco
5 points	Austria Sweden
4 points	Yugoslavia
3 points
2 points	Belgium Malta Portugal

References

^ ESC National Finals database 1972
^ "Final of Edinburgh 1972". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
^ ESC History - Norway 1972
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Edinburgh 1972". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

[1] ESC National Finals database 1972

[2] "Final of Edinburgh 1972". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

[3] ESC History - Norway 1972

[1972detailed-4] "Results of the Final of Edinburgh 1972". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

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