Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992

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Eurovision Song Contest 1992
Country  Norway
National selection
Selection process Melodi Grand Prix 1992
Selection date(s) March 21, 1992
Selected entrant Merethe Trøan
Selected song "Visjoner"
Finals performance
Final result 18th, 23 points
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Norway entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with Merethe Trøan and "Visjoner" after she won the Norwegian pre-selection for the contest, Melodi Grand Prix 1992. At Eurovision, her performance received 23 points, placing her 18th of 23 competing countries.

Melodi Grand Prix 1992

The Norwegian broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK) continued to use the Melodi Grand Prix format to select the Norwegian entry for Eurovision. The 1992 edition of Melodi Grand Prix was held on 21 March at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, hosted by Elisabeth Andreassen and Jahn Teigen. Ten regional juries selected the winner from the 10 songs that competed to represent Norway in Malmö, Sweden.

The winner of Melodi Grand Prix 1992 was Merethe Trøan with the song "Visjoner" (Visions), composed by Robert Morley and Eva Jansen.

Melodi Grand Prix 1992 - 21 March 1992
Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Merethe Trøan "Visjoner" 740 1
2 Ottar "Big Hand" Johansen "No i natt" 234 7
3 Scandinavia "Et sted i Scandinavia" 329 5
4 Torhild Nigar "Hjembygd" 234 7
5 Stephen Ackles "Det er lørdag og rock'n roll" 593 4
6 Anne Karin Kaasa "Morgongry" 278 6
7 Tor Endresen "Radio Luxembourg" 715 2
8 The Contenders "Munn mot munn-metoden" 220 9
9 Wenche Myhre "Du skal få din dag i morgen" 618 3
10 Karl Robert Henie "Som en bro" 180 10
Jury Votes
Song Porsgrunn Bergen Bodø Stavanger Ålesund Elverum Tromsø Fredrikstad Trondheim Oslo Total
Visjoner 59 72 71 72 65 73 70 87 85 86 740
No i natt 8 16 31 23 21 13 24 30 45 23 234
Et sted i Scandinavia 34 28 21 30 38 44 46 24 38 26 329
Hjembygd 18 18 26 35 10 13 33 9 38 34 234
Lørdag og rock'n roll 69 55 56 55 74 56 60 44 64 60 593
Morgongry 23 32 33 31 24 18 30 21 30 36 278
Radio Luxembourg 70 88 70 81 81 66 62 70 79 48 715
Munn mot munn 16 20 16 18 19 22 21 12 37 39 220
Du skal få din dag i morgen 69 52 64 68 70 71 51 54 56 63 618
Som en bro 21 9 15 16 17 11 10 27 12 42 180

At Eurovision

Trøan performed 21st on the night of the contest, following Yugoslavia and preceding Germany. She received 23 points in total; 6 points from Denmark, 5 points from the United Kingdom, 4 points from Luxembourg, 3 points from Belgium, 2 points from Sweden and 1 points each from Finland, Iceland and Yugoslavia, placing 18th in a field of 23.

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