Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the song "", composed by Sigurd Jansen, with lyrics by Egil Hagen, and performed by Arne Bendiksen. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, (NRK), organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 1964 in order to select its entry for the contest.
Before Eurovision Melodi Grand Prix 1964
(NRK) held the Melodi Grand Prix 1964 at its studios in Oslo, hosted by Odd Grythe. Five songs took part in the final with each song sung twice by different singers, once with a small combo and once with a full orchestra. The winning song was chosen by an "expert" jury.
+ MGP - 15 February 1964 Artist 1 Artist 2 Song Points Place 1 Elisabeth Granneman Arne Bendiksen "Spiral" 61 1 2 Jan Høiland Inger Jacobsen "Hvor" 52 4 3 Wenche Myhre Elisabeth Granneman "God gammel firkantet vals" 60 2 4 Odd Børre & The Cannons Wenche Myhre "La meg værre ung" 57 3 5 Inger Jacobsen Jan Høiland "Ingen sol finner vei (til min gate)" 38 5
At Eurovision On the night of the final Bendiksen performed third in the running order, following the and preceding . Each national jury awarded 5-3-1 to their top three songs, and at the close "Spiral" had picked up 6 points (5 from Denmark and 1 from ), placing Norway 8th of the 16 entries. The Norwegian jury awarded its 5 points to the .
Voting
+ Points awarded to Norway Score Country 5 points 3 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Norway Score Country 5 points 3 points 1 point
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