Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country	Norway
National selection
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 2007
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals; 20 January,; 27 January,; 3 February; Second Chance; 8 February; Final; 10 February 2007
Selected entrant	Guri Schanke
Selected song	"Ven a bailar conmigo"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (18th)
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Norway chose their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 during Melodi Grand Prix 2007. Actress turned singer, Guri Schanke, won the right to represent Norway with the song "Ven a bailar conmigo". The selection process consisted of four semi-finals and a final on 10 February 2007. The first 3 semi-finals each contained 6 songs with the top 2 songs qualifying for the final, while the 3rd and 4th placed songs went forward to the 4th semi-final where they had a second chance to qualify for the final. Guri Schanke was the televoters' favourite, earning over 30,000 more votes than the song in second place. Her song has been described as a sexy Latin dance number.

Final

For the results of the semi-finals and second-chance round, see Melodi Grand Prix 2007.

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Infinity	Hooked On You	-	-	-	-
2	Jenny Jensen	Vil Du Ha Svar?	-	-	-	-
3	Trine Rein featuring Andreas Ljones	Maybe	-	-	-	-
4	Dusty Cowshit	Chicken Rodeo	14000	55062	69062	4
5	Thorild Sivertsen & The Funky Family	Love On The Dancefloor	-	-	-	-
6	Jannicke Abrahamsen	Rocket ride	14000	64443	78443	2
7	Crash!	Wannabe	24000	46203	70203	3
8	Guri Schanke	Ven a bailar conmigo	14000	94541	108541	1

At Eurovision

Norway participated in the semi-final on 10 May 2007 in Helsinki, Finland performing nineteenth in the competition, following Macedonia's Karolina Gočeva with "Mojot svet" and preceding Malta's Olivia Lewis with "Vertigo". The song finished eighteenth in the competition, thus missing out on a top-ten position which would have secured a place in the finals.

At Eurovision

Points Awarded by Norway

Semi final

12 points	Iceland
10 points	Hungary
8 points	Serbia
7 points	Latvia
6 points	Turkey
5 points	Slovenia
4 points	Denmark
3 points	Belarus
2 points	Andorra
1 point	Netherlands

Final

12 points	Sweden
10 points	Serbia
8 points	Hungary
7 points	Turkey
6 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
5 points	Russia
4 points	Finland
3 points	Latvia
2 points	Ukraine
1 point	Moldova

Points Awarded to Norway

Points Awarded to the Norway (Semi-Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
			Denmark Iceland	Sweden
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Estonia Spain	Andorra Armenia Netherlands	Malta Montenegro Poland Portugal	Finland Hungary Moldova