Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Norway competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, represented by Jostein Hasselgård with the song "I'm Not Afraid To Move On". The song was chosen as the Norwegian entry for the 2003 contest through the Melodi Grand Prix contest.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2003 | ||||
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| Country |  Norway | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodi Grand Prix 2003 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 1 March 2003 | |||
| Selected entrant | Jostein Hasselgård | |||
| Selected song | "I'm Not Afraid To Move On" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 4th, 123 points | |||
| Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Melodi Grand Prix 2003
Melodi Grand Prix 2003 was the Norwegian national final that selected Norway's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003.
Competing entries
A submission period was opened by NRK where songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit entries for the first time. More than 450 submissions were received by NRK. Twelve songs were selected for the competition by a jury panel.[1]
Final
The final took place on 1 March 2003 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, hosted by Øystein Bache. The winner was selected over two rounds of regional televoting. In the first round, the top four entries were selected to proceed to the second round, the Gold Final. The results of the public televote were revealed by Norway's five regions, with the televoting figures of each region being converted to points. The top ten songs received 1–8, 10 and 12 points. In the Gold Final, the results of the public televote, based on actual voting figures of each region, were revealed by Norway's five regions and led to the victory of "I'm Not Afraid To Move On" performed by Jostein Hasselgård with 78,460 votes.[2]
| Final – 1 March 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Points | Place |
| 1 | Ingvild Pedersen | "Anyway You Want It" | Thomas G:son (m & l), Stefan Brunzell (m & l) | 16 | 8 |
| 2 | Daddy Cool | "Don't Stop" | Tante Gørilds Hobbyorkester (m), Erlend Gjerde (m), Inge Ulirk Gundersen (l) | 25 | 5 |
| 3 | Åse Karin Hjelen | "Han kom som ein vind" | Åse Karin Hjelen (m & l), Tom Sennerud (m & l) | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Linda Kvam | "You've Got A Hold On Me" | Hanne Sørvaag (m), Thomas Wøhni (m), Linda Kvam (l) | 25 | 5 |
| 5 | Erik Jacobsen | "So You Say" | Eskil Pettersen (m & l), Jarl Ivar Andresen (m & l), Trond Hillestad (m & l) | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Birgitte Einarsen | "Good Evening, Europe!" | Mads Rogde (m & l), Arve Furset (m & l), Benedicte Swendgaard (m & l) | 35 | 4 |
| 7 | Alfie | "One" | Alf Gunnar Nilsen aka. Alfie (m & l) | 51 | 2 |
| 8 | Kikki, Bettan & Lotta | "Din hånd i min hånd" | Thomas G:son (m & l), Elisabeth Andreassen (l), Petter Anthon Næss (l) | 44 | 3 |
| 9 | Monopole | "Wonderful Girl" | Knut Bjørnar Asphol (m & l) | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | Soda | "Fool In Love" | Marte Hveem (m & l) | 13 | 9 |
| 11 | Jostein Hasselgård | "I'm Not Afraid To Move On" | Arve Furset (m & l), VJ Strøm (m & l) | 54 | 1 |
| 12 | Don Ramage | "Perfect Tragedy" | Håvid Engmark (m & l), Alf Gunnar Nilsen (m & l), Bjørnar Løberg (m & l) | 4 | 11 |
| Detailed Regional Televoting Results | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Western Norway | Northern Norway | Southern Norway | Central Norway | Eastern Norway | Total | |
| 1 | "Anyway You Want It" | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | |
| 2 | "Don't Stop" | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 25 | |
| 3 | "Han kom som ein vind" | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | "You've Got A Hold On Me" | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 25 | |
| 5 | "So You Say" | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 6 | "Good Evening, Europe!" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 35 | |
| 7 | "One" | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 51 | |
| 8 | "Din hånd i min hånd" | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 44 | |
| 9 | "Wonderful Girl" | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | |
| 10 | "Fool In Love" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | ||
| 11 | "I'm Not Afraid To Move On" | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 54 | |
| 12 | "Perfect Tragedy" | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Gold Final – 1 March 2003 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Western Norway | Northern Norway | Southern Norway | Central Norway | Eastern Norway | Total | Place |
| 1 | Birgitte Einarsen | "Good Evening, Europe!" | 2,693 | 2,036 | 2,709 | 2,309 | 16,231 | 25,978 | 3 |
| 2 | Alfie | "One" | 6,116 | 4,798 | 6,042 | 7,708 | 26,221 | 50,885 | 2 |
| 3 | Kikki, Bettan & Lotta | "Din hånd i min hånd" | 2,818 | 2,200 | 2,892 | 2,530 | 15,522 | 25,962 | 4 |
| 4 | Jostein Hasselgård | "I'm Not Afraid To Move On" | 7,890 | 4,532 | 9,627 | 6,580 | 49,831 | 78,460 | 1 |
At Eurovision
After being relegated from competing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 Norway returned to the contest in 2003, at Riga. Jostein Hasselgård performed 18th on the night of the contest, following Greece and preceding France. After leading at the start of the voting Norway finished with 123 points, coming 4th of the 26 competing countries. This guaranteed Norway automatic qualification to the final of the 2004 Contest.
Points awarded by Norway
| 12 points |  Iceland |
| 10 points |  Turkey |
| 8 points |  Austria |
| 7 points |  Sweden |
| 6 points |  Ireland |
| 5 points |  Netherlands |
| 4 points |  Poland |
| 3 points | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
| 2 points |  Russia |
| 1 point |  Romania |
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
External links
References
- "Svensker i norsk GP-finale". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 21 January 2003.
- "Norsk Melodi Grand Prix 2003". Poplight. Retrieved 28 October 2009.