Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967

Eurovision Song Contest 1967
Eurovision Song Contest 1967
Participating broadcaster	Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Country	Norway
National selection
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 1967
Selection date(s)	25 February 1967
Selected artist(s)	Kirsti Sparboe
Selected song	"Dukkemann"
Selected songwriter(s)	Tor Hultin; Ola B. Johannessen;
Finals performance
Final result	14th, 2 points
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest

Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 with the song "Dukkemann", composed by Tor Hultin, with lyrics by Ola B. Johannessen, and performed by Kirsti Sparboe. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 1967 in order to select its entry for the contest. This was the second of Sparboe's three Eurovision appearances for Norway.

Final

Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) held the Melodi Grand Prix 1967 at Centralteatret in Oslo, hosted by Jan Voigt. Ten performers and 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 voting from ten regional juries.^[1]

**MGP - 25 February 1967**
Draw	Combo	Orchestra	Song	Points	Place
1	Laila Granum	Bente Aaseth	"Shake"	14	2
2	Torill Ravnås	Kirsti Sparboe	"Dukkemann"	24	1
3	Randi & Torill	Kari & Iva Medaas	"Jeg vet om en gutt/jente"	1	5
4	Karin Krog	Per Asplin	"Veslefrikk"	5	4
5	Torill Støa	Solfrid Heier	"Skitur"	6	3

At Eurovision

On the evening of the final Sparboe performed 13th in the running order, following Spain and preceding Monaco. Each national jury had 10 points to distribute between the songs, and at the close "Dukkemann" had picked up 2 points (1 each from the Netherlands and Sweden), placing Norway joint 14th (with Austria and the Netherlands) of the 17 entries. The Norwegian jury awarded 7 of its 10 points to contest winners the United Kingdom.^[2]