| Year: | 1987 |
| Country: | Norway |
| Preselection: | Melodi Grand Prix 1987 |
| Preselection Date: | 28 February 1987 |
| Entrant: | Kate Gulbrandsen |
| Song: | Mitt liv |
| Final Result: | 9th, 65 points |
Norway was represented by Kate Gulbrandsen, with the song "Mitt liv", at the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 9 May in Brussels. "Mitt liv" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 28 February.
The MGP was held at the Château Neuf in Oslo, hosted by Eldbjørg Vaage. Ten songs took part in the final, with the winner chosen by voting from seven regional juries. Other participants included 1981 Norwegian entrant Finn Kalvik and Tor Endresen, making the first of seven appearances at MGP before finally being successful on his eighth attempt in 1997.[1]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tor Endresen and Thowsen Band | "Hemmelig drøm" | Knut Koppang | 27 | 9 | |
| 2 | Egil Eldøen | "Til kvarandre" | Per Røise | 13 | 10 | |
| 3 | Kjersti Bergesen | "Go-go" | Harald Græsdahl, Kjersti Bergesen, Tore Holm | 54 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sigvart Dagsland | "I samme båt" | Amund Enger, Erik Hillestad | 38 | 7 | |
| 5 | Håkon Iversen | "Mange millioner" | Håkon Iversen, Kaj Jordahl | 56 | 2 | |
| 6 | Kate Gulbrandsen | "Mitt liv" | Rolf Løvland, Hanne Krogh | 60 | 1 | |
| 7 | Olav Stedje | "Snurra på barten" | Jonas Fjeld, Ingvar Moe | 40 | 5 | |
| 8 | Catwalk | "Dialog" | Tore Aas, Eyvind Skeie | 40 | 5 | |
| 9 | Finn Kalvik | "Malene" | Finn Kalvik | 42 | 4 | |
| 10 | Frank Aleksandersen | "Tru mæ" | Frank Aleksandersen, Tore Hansen | 36 | 8 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | |||||||||
| 1 | "Hemmelig drøm" | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 27 | |
| 2 | "Til kvarandre" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
| 3 | "Go-go" | 3 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 54 | |
| 4 | "I samme båt" | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 38 | |
| 5 | "Mange millioner" | 12 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 56 | |
| 6 | "Mitt liv" | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 60 | |
| 7 | "Snurra på barten" | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 40 | |
| 8 | "Dialog" | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 40 | |
| 9 | "Malene" | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 42 | |
| 10 | "Tru mæ" | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 36 | |
On the night of the final Gulbrandsen performed first in the running order, preceding Israel. At the close of voting "Mitt liv" had picked up 65 points (the highest a 10 from Sweden), placing Norway 9th of the 22 entries.[2] The Norwegian jury awarded its 12 points to Yugoslavia.[3]