(CNN)-- Norwegian violinist, Alexander Rybak, 23, won the Eurovision Song Contest with an upbeat ballad that got the most votes in the history of one of the world's most watched television shows. Did you know Norway won the contest in 1995 with the song "Nocturne". It contained only 24 words accompanied by long violin solos Did you know Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Portugal and Sweden boycotted the 1970 contest as they were not pleased with the result of 1969 and the voting structure Eurovision News Eurovision 2023: Results Centre: Rolf Løvland, the winning songwriter in 1985 and 1995 for Norway, with Fionnuala Sherry, winning performer in 1995. Right: Luísa Sobral, winning songwriter in 2017 for Portugal. Left: Lys Assia, the first Eurovision winner (1956), and Dima Bilan, winner in 2008. Norway has finished last in eleven Eurovision finals, of which four times with "nul points". Norway has a total of 12 top-five results in the contest, the latest being Alessandra 's fifth place in 2023 . Participation history Norway made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960. The country has finished last more times than any other country, however, in the case of Jahn Teigen who scored zero points in 1978, it turned him into a star! Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra became the 2022 winners after climbing to the top of the leaderboard after the public vote. In a huge surprise, the UK came second in the competition - the closest

We haven't had a bigger chance of winning since Rybak in 2009. Norway is currently the fourth favourite to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, its best position with the bookmakers since the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal. "Queen of Kings" has become a viral hit across many countries having accumulated nearly 29 million streams on

Despite their losing form, Norway has also won the contest 3 times: Bobbysocks! gave the country its first win in 1985, Secret Garden followed 10 years later in 1995, and in 2009, Alexander Rybak's Fairytale shattered the all-time point record and earned 16 sets of 12-point scores.
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Last year's Norwegian winner Ulrikke's performance from the 2020 Melodi Grand Prix was shown on screen as well. During the show, we saw clips from former Eurovision entries like Serbia 2007, Russia 2008 and Moldova 2010. And if anyone should think that a wildcard participant can't win as they already lost once…

Background. Prior to the 2021 contest, Norway had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-nine times since their first entry in 1960. [1] Norway had won the contest on three occasions: in 1985 with the song "La det swinge" performed by Bobbysocks!, in 1995 with the song "Nocturne" performed by Secret Garden and in 2009 with the song
However, Norway has won Eurovision three times. First in 1985 with La det swinge (Let It Swing) by Bobbysocks, then in 1995 with Nocturne by Secret Garden. The most recent victory came in 2009 , breaking another (this time more positive) record: Alexander Rybak achieved the highest score ever recorded in the history of Eurovision with his song
Even though the Eurovision Song Contest took place 64 times, it has 67 winners. In 1969, 4 countries topped the scoreboard with an equal amount of points; the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands and France.

It was hhistoric in some ways - Dave Benton was the first black performer to win Eurovision and it was the first entry from a former Soviet country to win - but not, alas, musically. 63. Paul

Norway was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 16 May 2019. Performing during the show in position 15, "Spirit in the Sky" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 18 May.
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