Britt Synnøve-Johansen sing Venners nærhet at the 1989 Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix. She won the show and went on to represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 in Lausanne, coming 17th out of 22 entries.
Tor Endresen sings Hemmelig drøm at the 1987 Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix. He came 9th out of 10. It was his first attempt at the national Eurovision Song Contest selection.
Tor Endresen sings for the third consecutive year in the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix. This time he is solo again with Til det gryr av dag, which takes him to a close second place.
Kjersti Bergesen sings Go-go at the 1987 Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix. She was a hot favourite to win the show and represent Norway in Brussels, but she was knocked into third place on the very last vote.
Ingeborg Hungnes sings Et lite lys at the 1989 Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix. She managed to get into the top three 'superfinal', ending up in third place.
Kari Gjaerum sings Barneøyne at the 1989 Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix, where she remained unplaced outside the top three. Kari had repeatedly performed in previous Melodi Grand Prix contests as a backing singer.
Inger Lise Rypdal sings the song which was to come second in the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix final of 1982. This performance comes from the semifinal heat, which she won.
Nick Borgen, a Norwegian associated more with the Swedish music scene, sings La musikken leve (Let the music live) at the 1984 Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix, finishing in fifth place overall.
Note the presence of two other Melodi Grand Prix contestants of future contests behind him - Håkon Iversen (MGP 1987) and Kari Gjaerum (MGP 1989).
Arnold B. Family sing La oss feire livet at the 1995 Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix. The song came second, beaten by Secret Garden's Nocturne (which went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest 1995).
Heidi Halvorsen sings the energetic Beat for beat at the 1989 Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix. Only the top three of the nine entries were placed, and Beat for beat was not amongst them.
Nina Grønvold sings Kjærlighet for første gang in the semifinals of the 1995 Melodi Grand Prix in Norway. She won her heat, and went on to come fourth overall in the national final.
Morten Eriksen and Laila Nordhaug sing Gi meg et tegn at the 1994 Melodi Grand Prix in Norway, coming third out of ten. Incidentally, Morten just made it through to Oslo in this year's Norwegian Idol season!
Leona Lewis, winner of the third series of UK talent show X Factor, sings A Moment Like This live at Birmingham's NEC in the X Factor Live Tour, 25th February 2007.
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