Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 with the song "Do Re Mi", written by Jahn Teigen, Anita Skorgan, and Herodes Falsk, and performed by Teigen himself. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, (NRK), selected its entry through the 1983. This was the third and final Eurovision appearance by Teigen. Although uncredited on this occasion, one of his backing singers was Anita Skorgan, making her fourth appearance in seven years.
Before Eurovision
1983 (NRK) held the 1983 at its studios in Oslo, hosted by Ivar Dyrhaug. Ten songs took part in the final, with the winner chosen by voting from 12 regional juries.
+ Final – 25 February 1983 Artist Song Points Place 1Ketil Stokkan"Samme charmeur"1072 2Anita Hegerland"Nå er jeg alene" 577 3Elisabeth Berg"Music"2010 4Nissa Nyberget"Du ber meg om evighet"705 5Cathy Ryen"Lengsel"596 6Olav Stedje"Melodi"834 7Jahn Teigen"Do Re Mi"1201 8Inger Lise Rypdal and Freddy Dahl"Elegi"379 9Susanne Fuhr"Det fineste jeg vet"458 10Dizzie Tunes"Gjennom ild og vann"983 + Detailed Regional Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "Samme charmeur" 10 8 6 5 8 10 12 81261012107 2 "Nå er jeg alene" 6 3 7 1 3 5 4 6854557 3 "Music" 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1121220 4 "Du ber meg om evighet" 3 10 8 4 5 6 7 5446870 5 "Lengsel" 5 5 4 3 7 4 5 45103459 6 "Melodi" 8 12 5 2 4 8 10 7677783 7 "Do Re Mi" 12 6 12 8 6 12 8 1210121210120 8 "Elegi" 2 4 2 12 2 2 3 2212337 9 "Det fineste jeg vet" 4 2 3 6 10 3 2 3335145 10 "Gjennom ild og vann" 7 7 10 10 12 7 6 10788698
At Eurovision On the night of the final Teigen performed second in the running order, following and preceding the . At the close of voting "Do Re Mi" had picked up 53 points (the highest being 8s from and the ), placing Norway joint 9th (with ) of the 20 entries, the country's first top 10 finish since 1973. 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 1983 - norsk finale on