NORWAY

"San Francisco" - Tor Endresen

"Time for love in San Francisco, spring for young peoples' dreams of peace"

The Norwegian Final was held at the NRK TV Studios in Oslo on February 8th, hosted by Tande-P. The winner was chosen by a jury of "experts" (one of whom was Elisabeth Andreassen) and televoting. The votes of the "experts" counted for 40% of the overall vote, while the televotes made up the other 60%.

1 Min egen superstar My own superstar Marianne E. Olsen 11.3% 5th
2 So ro lille tull Sleep tight little girl Angela Kim Lewis 14.3% 3rd
3 Consensus Consensus Guro Håvik 10.6% 6th
4 Om du elsket meg If you loved me Penthouse Playboys 12.6% 4th
5 Venter på deg Waiting for you Geir Rønning 7% 7th
6 Rolig Quiet Beate Olsen 2.9% 8th
7 San Francisco San Francisco Tor Endresen 23.9% 1st
8 Lys Light Manjari 18% 2nd

Tor Endresen finally managed to win the Norwegian Final on this 8th attempt (although he'd been a backing singer for Norway in 1988), and went on to come equal 24th at the Eurovision.

IRISH NATIONAL FINAL 1997

1997 NATIONAL FINALS

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