Norway In The Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Norway and Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK) won the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia on 16 May. Their song was chosen at a national final, Melodi Grand Prix, held on 21 February 2009.
After three semi-finals, a Siste Sjansen, second chance qualifier, and the grand final, the winner was singer/songwriter and violinist Alexander Rybak with "Fairytale", winning in the biggest landslide in Melodi Grand Prix history.
Read more about Norway In The Eurovision Song Contest 2009: Background, Melodi Grand Prix 2009, Before Eurovision, At Eurovision, Notes, See Also
Famous quotes containing the words norway, song and/or contest:
“A long time you have been making the trip
From Havre to Hartford, Master Soleil,
Bringing the lights of Norway and all that.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“Even their song is not a sure thing.
It is not a language;
it is a kind of breathing.
They are two asthmatics
whose breath sobs in and out
through a small fuzzy pipe.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“The contest ends at midnight tonight
But you can submit again, and again.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)