The Eurovision Song Contest is back with a vengance in Norway after the country returned to the final of the competition and took fifth place. Eight out of ten people in front of a television tuned into the Eurovision final from Belgrade. Over 1,5 million viewers watched Maria reach Norway's best position since 2003. The numbers increased with almost 1 million viewers since last years final in Finland.
The viewing figures are one of the highest for a television show in Norway and follows the huge success of Maria's song in the national chart. Along with superstar Mira Craig, who wrote the song, the duo managed to create a big buzz, and you have to go back to the 1980s and Bobbysock's winto find a time where the localmedia gave Eurovision so much attention in the country.
Maria is also pleased with the Russian victory, saying that Dima Bilan desverved to come first. "It's a good song and an impressive act on stage" she told VG.
You can watch Maria and Mira talking to esctoday.com on the eve of the final here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFgVPnc7xH4
Special thanks to Ronny Berg for the information
