Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984

Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the song "Lenge leve livet", written by Benedicte Adrian and Ingrid Bjørnov, and performed by themselves under their stage name Dollie de Luxe. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), selected its entry through the Melodi Grand Prix 1984.

Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
Eurovision Song Contest 1984
Participating broadcaster	Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Country	Norway
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 1984
Selection date	7 April 1984
Competing entry
Song	"Lenge leve livet"
Artist	Dollie de Luxe
Songwriters	Benedicte Adrian Ingrid Bjørnov
Placement
Final result	17th, 29 points
Participation chronology
◄1983 • 1984 • 1985►

Before Eurovision

Melodi Grand Prix 1984

Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) held the Melodi Grand Prix 1984 on 7 April 1984 at the Château Neuf in Oslo, hosted by Sissel Keyn Lodding. Ten songs took part in the final, with the winner chosen by voting from five juries separated by age. It was one of the closest MGPs, with only 3 points separating the top four songs.

Final – 7 April 1984

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Beate Jacobsen	"Strand Hotel"	43	2
2	Ina Tangerud	"Dine øyne"	15	8
3	Ove Thue	"Lenge siden nå"	11	10
4	Inger Lise Rypdal	"Vindar"	42	3
5	Dollie de Luxe	"Lenge leve livet"	45	1
6	Ellen Nikolaysen	"Opus"	25	6
7	Hilde Heltberg	"Ditt smil"	17	7
8	Nick Borgen	"La musikken leve"	35	5
9	Cathy Ryen	"Jeanne d'Arc"	15	8
10	Silhouette	"A-oa-oa-oa"	42	3

Detailed Jury Votes

Draw	Song	Under 20	20-30	30-40	40-50	Over 50	Total
1	"Strand Hotel"	6	12	10	8	7	43
2	"Dine øyne"	4	2	3	3	3	15
3	"Lenge siden nå"	1	1	1	4	4	11
4	"Vindar"	10	10	12	5	5	42
5	"Lenge leve livet"	12	7	8	10	8	45
6	"Opus"	2	5	6	6	6	25
7	"Ditt smil"	8	3	2	2	2	17
8	"La musikken leve"	5	8	5	7	10	35
9	"Jeanne d'Arc"	3	6	4	1	1	15
10	"A-oa-oa-oa"	7	4	7	12	12	42

At Eurovision

On the night of the final de Luxe performed 5th in the running order, following Spain and preceding the United Kingdom. At the close of voting "Lenge leve livet" had picked up 29 points (the highest an 8 from Sweden), placing Norway 17th of the 19 entries.^[1] The Norwegian jury awarded its 12 points to Denmark.^[2]

Voting

Points awarded to Norway[2] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points  Sweden 7 points  Luxembourg 6 points  Finland 5 points 4 points 3 points  Ireland 2 points  Germany   Switzerland 1 point  Belgium

Points awarded by Norway[2] Score Country 12 points  Denmark 10 points  Sweden 8 points  United Kingdom 7 points  Germany 6 points  Spain 5 points  Finland 4 points  Ireland 3 points  Belgium 2 points  France 1 point  Italy