Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994

Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 with the song "Duett", composed by Rolf Løvland, with lyrics by Hans Olav Mørk, and performed by Elisabeth Andreasson and Jan Werner Danielsen. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), selected its entry through the Melodi Grand Prix 1994. This was the third of four Eurovision appearances by Andreasson.

Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994
Eurovision Song Contest 1994
Participating broadcaster	Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Country	Norway
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 1994
Selection date	26 March 1994
Competing entry
Song	"Duett"
Artist	Elisabeth Andreasson and Jan Werner Danielsen
Songwriters	Rolf Løvland Hans Olav Mørk
Placement
Final result	6th, 76 points
Participation chronology
◄1993 • 1994 • 1995►

Before Eurovision

Melodi Grand Prix 1994

Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) held the national final on 26 March 1994 at the Oslo Spektrum, hosted by Tande-P. Ten songs took part with the winner being chosen by a voting from six regional juries. Another set of jury votes were included, which came from the votes cast by the public via Norsk Tipping. Other participants included three-time Norwegian representative and MGP regular Jahn Teigen and Tor Endresen, who would represent Norway in 1997.

Final – 26 March 1994

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Jury	Norsk Tipping	Total	Place
1	Karoline Gregersen	"Tunge dråper"	Bottolf Lødemel, Stig Gjendem, Hans Henrik Sørensen	186	1	187	7
2	Madam Medusa	"Casanova"	Per Berge Johannessen, Cathrine Borkenhagen, Eva Jansen	284	3	287	4
3	Jahn Teigen	"Gi alt vi har"	Geir Rønning	271	4	275	5
4	Elin Furubotn	"Mor"	Lina Holt	48	1	49	10
5	After Eight	"Ensom natt"	Per Fredrik Kjølner, Astor Andersen	197	3	200	6
6	Tor Endresen	"Aladdin"	Tor Endresen	428	7	435	2
7	Yellow Pages	"Slør"	Giert Clausen, Hallgrim Bratberg	123	1	124	9
8	Laila Nordhaug and Morten Eriksen	"Gi meg ett tegn"	Are Selheim, Øyvind Boska	321	2	323	3
9	SubDiva	"Uimotståelig"	Svein Edvardsen, Dag Øistein Endsjø	133	1	134	8
10	Elisabeth Andreasson and Jan Werner Danielsen	"Duett"	Rolf Løvland, Hans Olav Mørk	499	77	576	1

Regional Jury voting results

Draw	Song	Tromsø	Kristiansand	Påskefjellet	Bergen	Trondheim	Oslo Spektrum	Total
1	"Tunge dråper"	23	5	35	59	33	31	186
2	"Casanova"	40	59	54	53	42	36	284
3	"Gi alt vi har"	32	53	40	34	34	78	271
4	"Mor"	9	9	10	7	4	9	48
5	"Ensom natt"	42	32	21	27	35	40	197
6	"Aladdin"	70	75	76	76	45	86	428
7	"Slør"	30	13	22	34	6	18	123
8	"Gi meg ett tegn"	46	75	69	34	43	54	321
9	"Uimotståelig"	30	9	14	47	11	22	133
10	"Duett"	77	92	93	76	81	80	499

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Andreasson and Danielsen performed 17th in the running order, following Lithuania and preceding Bosnia and Herzegovina. The song was a traditional Eurovision-style ballad in a contest very heavily dominated by downtempo entries. At the close of voting "Duett" had received 76 points, placing Norway 6th of the 25 entries.^[1] The Norwegian jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Ireland.^[2]

Voting

Points awarded to Norway[2] Score Country 12 points 10 points  Cyprus 8 points  Estonia  Russia 7 points  Netherlands  Sweden 6 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 points  Hungary  Spain 4 points  Romania  United Kingdom 3 points  Croatia  Ireland 2 points  Germany 1 point  Greece  Iceland  Lithuania   Switzerland

Points awarded by Norway[2] Score Country 12 points  Ireland 10 points  Sweden 8 points  Hungary 7 points  France 6 points  Poland 5 points  Cyprus 4 points  Greece 3 points  Russia 2 points  United Kingdom 1 point  Germany