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| Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1976 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) | |||
| Country |  Norway | |||
| Selection process | Melodi Grand Prix 1976 | |||
| Selection date | 7 February 1976 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Mata Hari" | |||
| Artist | Anne-Karine Strøm | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 18th, 7 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Norway was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1976 with the song "Mata Hari", composed byFrode Thingnæs, with lyrics byPhilip Kruse, and performed byAnne-Karine Strøm. The Norwegian participating broadcaster,Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), organised the national finalMelodi Grand Prix 1976 in order to select its entry for the contest. This was a third Eurovision appearance in four contests for Strøm (after1973 and1974).
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Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) held theMelodi Grand Prix 1976 atCentralteatret inOslo, hosted byJan Voigt. Five songs were presented in the final with each song sung twice by different singers, once with a small combo and once with a full orchestra which was conducted byHelge Hurum. The winning song was chosen by voting from ten regional juries.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriters(s) | Points | Place | |
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| Combo | Orchestra | |||||
| 1 | Jahn Teigen | Anita Skorgan | "Hastverk" | Kristian Hauger, Hans Hauger | 226 | 3 |
| 2 | Gudny Aspaas &Jahn Teigen | Dag Spantell,Anne Lise Gjøstøl,Gro Anita Schønn &Stein Ingebrigtsen | "Alltid en vind" | Tor Hultin,Bjørn Endreson | 147 | 4 |
| 3 | Gudny Aspaas | Hans Petter Hansen | "Du fikk meg glad" | Magne Amdahl,Kjell Erik Vindtorn | 131 | 5 |
| 4 | Gudny Aspaas &Jahn Teigen | Inger Lise Rypdal &Jahn Teigen | "Voodoo" | Terje Rypdal | 351 | 2 |
| 5 | Gudny Aspaas | Anne-Karine Strøm | "Mata Hari" | Frode Thingnæs,Philip Kruse | 643 | 1 |
| Draw | Song | Vadsø | Tromsø | Bodø | Trondheim | Ålesund | Bergen | Stavanger | Kristiansand | Lillehammer | Oslo | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Hastverk" | 13 | 19 | 12 | 21 | 36 | 41 | 11 | 48 | 21 | 4 | 226 |
| 2 | "Alltid en vind" | 9 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 147 |
| 3 | "Du fikk meg glad" | 13 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 131 |
| 4 | "Voodoo" | 31 | 27 | 31 | 47 | 23 | 25 | 29 | 17 | 71 | 50 | 351 |
| 5 | "Mata Hari" | 84 | 72 | 81 | 67 | 53 | 54 | 88 | 38 | 39 | 67 | 643 |
On the night of the final Strøm performed 9th in the running order, following theNetherlands and precedingGreece. At the close of voting "Mata Hari" had picked up only 7 points, placing Norway last of the 18 entries, the fourth time the country had finished the evening at the foot of the scoreboard.[1] The Norwegian jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners the United Kingdom.[2]
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