Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "", written and performed by Ketil Stokkan. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, (NRK), selected its entry through the 1990. Stokkan had previously represented .
Before Eurovision
1990 (NRK) held the 1990 at the Hotel Royal Christiania in Oslo, hosted by Leif Erik Forberg. Ten songs took part with the winner chosen by voting from regional juries, a jury of music experts, and a press jury. In the first round of voting the bottom five songs were eliminated, then the remaining five were voted on again to give the winner. Other participants included three-time Norwegian representative and MGP regular Jahn Teigen and Tor Endresen, who would represent .
+ Final – 24 March 1990 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place Result 1Ketil Stokkan"Brandenburger Tor"Ketil Stokkan 7 1 Advanced 2Stein Hauge and Twilight"Sarah"Are Selheim 6 4 Advanced 3Kai Kiil"Caballero" 1 7 4Bente Lind"Ciao amore"Nick Borgen 1 7 5Damer og Herrer"Østenfor sol" 2 6 6Magne Høyland"Faren over" 1 7 7Liv Ingund Nygaard"En dag vil friheten seire"Liv Ingund Nygaard 3 5 Advanced 8Rune Rudberg"Varme overalt" 0 10 9Jahn Teigen"Smil" 7 1 Advanced 10Tor Endresen"Café le swing" 7 1 Advanced + Superfinal – 24 March 1990ArtistSongExpert/Press JuriesRegional JuriesTotalPlace 1Ketil Stokkan"Brandenburger Tor" 52 36 56 44 60 53 54 355 1 2Stein Hauge and Twilight"Sarah"484332353433402654 3Liv Ingund Nygaard"En dag vil friheten seire"324034463835322575 4Jahn Teigen"Smil"376044383948503162 5Tor Endresen"Café le swing"463649524446393123
At Eurovision On the night of the final Stokkan performed 9th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" had received only 8 points, placing Norway joint last (with ) of the 22 entries. This was the seventh time Norway finished the evening at the bottom of the scoreboard. The Norwegian jury awarded its 12 points to .
Voting
+ Points awarded to Norway Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Norway Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
References
External links Melodi Grand Prix 1990 - norsk finale on