Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with the song "", composed by Anita Skorgan, with lyrics by Erik Hillestad, and performed by Karoline Krüger. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, (NRK), selected its entry through the 1988.
Before Eurovision
1988 (NRK) held the 1988 at the Château Neuf in Oslo, hosted by Dan Børge Akerø.
Competing entries + Competing entries Artist Song Composer(s) Anita Kanstad "Je ne sais pas" Carsten Loly (Mannen i boksen) "Jeg lever i en boks" Lars Kilevold David Chocron and Band "Mitt land, og" David Chocron Elisabeth Moberg and Terry Heart "Natten er din og min" Iselin Alme and Tor Endresen "Lengt" Jahn Teigen "Glasnost" Jan Eggum "Deilige drøm" Jan Eggum Karina Hjelen and Lars Jones "Du skal leve" Karoline Krüger "For vår jord" Lise Haavik "Jeg vil elske deg" Lise Haavik Odd Arvid Eilertsen, Tor Kjelsberg and Sverre Kjelsberg "Åpne dører" Ola Fjellvikås "Hei go go" Siri Gellein "Nå" Stig Gjendem "Din tur" Arne Akselvoll Tore Hansen "Sove i natt" Tore Hansen Trond Armand Larsen and Krist Juuhl "Hvor er du"
Semi-finals Before the final, sixteen songs took part over four semi-finals, held as part of the Norwegian talk show . Four songs were paired in each semi-final, and the winner from each pair, chosen by a panel of 1,000 viewers, qualified for the final, along with two losing songs which were given wildcards.
The first semi-final was held on 30 January 1988. Four songs competed in pairs with the winner from each pair qualifying for the final.
+ Semi-final 130 January 1988 Artist Song Viewer Vote Place Result Duel 1 1 Siri Gellein "Nå" 26.5% 2 2 Trond Armand Larsen and Krist Juuhl "Hvor er du" 73.5% 1 Qualified Duel 2 3 Anita Kanstad "Je ne sais pas" 26.4% 2 Wildcard 4 Jahn Teigen "Glasnost" 73.6% 1 Qualified
The second semi-final was held on 13 February 1988. Four songs competed in pairs with the winner from each pair qualifying for the final. + Semi-final 213 February 1988 Artist Song Viewer Vote Place Result Duel 1 1 David Chocron and Band "Mitt land, og" 71% 1 Qualified 2 Jan Eggum "Deilige drøm" 29% 2 WildcardDuel 2 3 Lise Haavik "Jeg vil elske deg" 44% 2 4 Tore Hansen "Sove i natt" 56% 1 Qualified
The third semi-final was held on 27 February 1988. Four songs competed in pairs with the winner from each pair qualifying for the final. + Semi-final 327 February 1988 Artist Song Viewer Vote Place Result Duel 1 1 Odd Arvid Eilertsen, Tor Kjelsberg and Sverre Kjelsberg "Åpne dører" 12% 2 2 Ola Fjellvikås "Hei go go" 88% 1 Qualified Duel 2 3 Karina Hjelen and Lars Jones "Du skal leve" 47% 2 4 Iselin Alme and Tor Endresen "Lengt" 53% 1 Qualified
The fourth semi-final was held on 12 March 1988. Four songs competed in pairs with the winner from each pair qualifying for the final. + Semi-final 412 March 1988 Artist Song Viewer Vote Place Result Duel 1 1 Stig Gjendem "Din tur" 23% 2 2 Karoline Krüger "For vår jord" 77% 1 Qualified Duel 2 3 Elisabeth Moberg and Terry Heart "Natten er din og min" 69% 1 Qualified 4 Carsten Loly (Mannen i boksen) "Jeg lever i en boks" 31% 2
Final Ten songs took part in the final, with the winner chosen by voting from seven regional juries. Other participants included three-time Norwegian representative and regular Jahn Teigen, and Tor Endresen, who would represent .
+ Final – 26 March 1988 Artist Song Points Place 1 David Chocron and Band "Mitt land og" 42 5 2 Ola Fjellvikås "Hei go go" 54 3 3 Elisabeth Moberg and Terry Heart "Natten er din og min" 38 7 4 Jahn Teigen "Glasnost" 55 2 5 Jan Eggum "Deilige drøm" 16 10 6 Tore Hansen "Sove i natt" 41 6 7 Trond Armand Larsen and Krist Juuhl "Hvor er du" 18 9 8 Karoline Krüger "For vår jord" 65 1 9 Anita Kanstad "Je ne sais pas" 25 8 10 Iselin Alme and Tor Endresen "Lengt" 52 4 + Detailed Regional Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1"Mitt land og" 5 8 6 7 2 10442 2"Hei go go" 6 5 10 10 8 8754 3"Natten er din og min" 2 10 4 2 6 6838 4"Glasnost" 8 2 812 10 51055 5"Deilige drøm" 1 6 1 1 1 3316 6"Sove i natt"12 4 5 4 7 4541 7"Hvor er du" 3 3 2 3 3 2218 8"For vår jord" 7 712 812 71265 9"Je ne sais pas" 10 1 3 5 4 1125 9"Lengt" 412 7 6 512652
At Eurovision On the night of the final Krüger performed 15th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" had picked up 88 points (including a maximum 12 from the ), placing Norway 5th of the 21 entries. 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 1988 - norsk finale on