Ellen Nikolaysen

Norwegian singer/actress (born 1951)

Ellen Helen Nikolaysen (born 10 December 1951) is a Norwegian singer/actress.^[1] She participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 as part of the Bendik Singers group with the song It's Just A Game and Eurovision this time as a solo artist in 1975 with Touch My Life With Summer. She won the Best Performance Award at the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo in 1974 with the entry "You Made Me Feel I Could Fly". In the early 1990s she began a new career as actor in musicals on Norwegian theatre stages.

Discography

Albums

1972; Stans! Jeg vil gi deg en sang
1973: Freckles
1976: Kom
1978: Jul med Hans Petter og Ellen with Hans Petter Hansen
1983: Songar utan ord with Sigmund Groven
1987: Julekvad

Singles

1971 "Livet er som et orkester" ("We're All Playing in the Same Band") / Kom, kom, kom (Pomme, pomme, pomme) (Philips 6084 008)
1973 "Sangen han sang var min egen" ("Killing Me Softly With His Song") / Når du ler
1974 "Kunne du lese tanker"
1974 "You Made Me Feel I Could Fly" / "Who Put the Lights Out" (Philips 6084 043)
1975 "Du gjorde verden så lys" / "Hvis du tror meg (si det nå)" (Philips 6084 045)
1975 "Touch My Life With Summer" / "You Made Me Feel I Could Fly" (Philips 6084 046)
1975 "Wer liebt kommt wieder" / "Aber du" (Philips 6003 419)
1977 "Sommerzeit" / "Du bist nicht mehr, was du mal warst" Boy (CBS 5262)

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References

^ Ellen Nikolaysen in Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian)

Preceded by Grethe Kausland & Benny Borg with "Småting"	Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 (as a member of Bendik Singers)	Succeeded by Anne-Karine Strøm with "The First Day of Love"
Preceded by Anne-Karine Strøm with "The First Day of Love"	Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975	Succeeded by Anne-Karine Strøm with "Mata Hari"

Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest

Melodi Grand Prix

Participation

Artists

Songs

"Adieu"
"Aldri i livet"
"Alle mine tankar"
"Alltid sommer"
"Alvedansen"
~~"Attention"~~
"Brandenburger Tor"
"Casanova"
"Do Re Mi"
"Duett"
"Dukkemann"
"Fairytale"
"Fallen Angel"
"The First Day of Love"
"For vår jord"
"Give That Wolf a Banana"
"Grab the Moment"
"Haba Haba"
"High"
"Hold On Be Strong"
"I evighet"
"I Feed You My Love"
"Icebreaker"
"I'm Not Afraid to Move On"
"In My Dreams"
"Intet er nytt under solen"
"It's Just A Game"
"Karusell"
"Kom sol, kom regn"
"La det swinge"
"Lenge leve livet"
"Living My Life Without You"
"Lykken er"
"Mata Hari"
"Mil etter mil"
"Mitt liv"
"A Monster Like Me"
"Mrs. Thompson"
"My Heart Goes Boom"
"My Heart Is Yours"
"Nocturne"
"Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli"
"Oliver"
"On My Own"
"Queen of Kings"
"Romeo"
"Sámiid ædnan"
"San Francisco"
"Silent Storm"
"Småting"
"Solhverv"
"Sommer i Palma"
"Spiral"
"Spirit in the Sky"
"Stay"
"Stress"
"That's How You Write a Song"
"Touch My Life (with Summer)"
"Ulveham"
"Ven a bailar conmigo"
"Venners nærhet"
"Visjoner"
"Voi Voi"

Note: Entries scored out signify where Norway did not compete

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Countries	Belgium Finland France Germany Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Shlomo Artzi Lasse Berghagen and the Dolls Ann Christy Simone Drexel Joy Fleming Géraldine Duarte Mendes Ellen Nikolaysen Pepel in kri Pihasoittajat Renato Nicole Rieu Sergio and Estíbaliz The Shadows Sophie The Swarbriggs Teach-In Wess and Dori Ghezzi Semiha Yankı
Songs	"At Va'Ani" "Une chanson c'est une lettre" "Dan ljubezni" "Ding-a-dong" "Era" "Et bonjour à toi l'artiste" "Gelukkig zijn" "Jennie, Jennie" "Let Me Be the One" "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" "Madrugada" "Mikado" "Old Man Fiddle" "Seninle Bir Dakika" "Singing This Song" "That's What Friends Are For" "Toi" "Touch My Life (with Summer)" "Tú volverás"