Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001


Norway selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 through the Melodi Grand Prix contest, organised by Norsk rikskringkasting. The winner was Haldor Lægreid with the song "On My Own", who represented Norway at the contest in Copenhagen, Denmark on 12 May 2001.

Before Eurovision

Melodi Grand Prix 2001

The final took place on 24 February 2001 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, hosted by Hans Christian Andersen. The winner was selected by a combination of regional televoting and a jury panel in two rounds. In the first round, the top four entries were selected to proceed to the second round, the superfinal. The results of the public televote were revealed by Norway's five regions, with the televoting figures of each region being converted to points. The top ten songs received 1–10, 12 and 14 points. The jury panel had a weighting equal to the votes of two televoting regions. In the superfinal, the top four songs from each televoting region received 8, 10, 12 and 14 points. The jury panel again had a weighting equal to the votes of two televoting regions. "On My Own" performed by Haldor Lægreid was the winner at the conclusion of the voting. The jury consisted of Jostein Pedersen, Cecilie Bjelke, Inger Beate Jacobsen, Jarl Aanestad and Hege Tepstad.

At Eurovision

performed 4th on the night of the contest, following Bosnia and Herzegovina and preceding Israel. Norway finished with 3 points, all from Portugal, finishing joint last of 23 entries with Iceland, and thus relegating Norway from taking part in the 2002 Contest.

Points awarded by Norway

Points awarded to Norway