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 . Thus , the song was succeeded as Norwegian representative at the 1998 contest by Lars Fredriksen with " Alltid sommer "
1998 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1998
San Francisco (Tor Endresen song)