 At the close of voting, it had received no points, placing 24th (joint last) in a field of 25 and further extending Norway's unwanted record of recording zero points on the most occasions.Additionally, as the result followed on a second place and a victory, Norway achieved a dramatic reversal of fortunes.Prior to the next Contest, the decision was taken to restrict entry to the 18 countries with the best average score over the previous five years, a group which included Norway courtesy of Secret Garden's victory in 1995 and Elisabeth Andreassen's second-place the year after.