Norway was represented by
Kirsti Sparboe, with the song "Karusell", at the
1965 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 20 March in
Naples,
Italy. "Karusell" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the
Melodi Grand Prix on 13 February. This was the first of Sparboe's three Eurovision appearances for Norway.
Before Eurovision
Melodi Grand Prix 1965
The MGP was held at the studios of the
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in
Oslo, hosted by
Odd Grythe. 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. However
Wenche Myhre, who had been due to perform a version of "Karusell", had to withdraw at the last minute through illness so Sparboe sang both versions of the song. The winning song was chosen by postcard voting.[1]
On the night of the final Sparboe performed 7th in the running order, following
Austria and preceding
Belgium. Each national jury awarded 5-3-1 to their top three songs, and at the close "Karusell" had picked up only 1 point (from Austria), placing Norway joint 13th (with
Portugal) of the 18 entries. The Norwegian jury awarded its 5 points to the
Netherlands.[2]