Melodi Grand Prix has failed to be staged on three previous occasions . In 1970 Norway was absent from the contest because of a Nordic boycott of the voting system , which had led to a four-way tie for first place at the 1969 contest . In 1991 no Melodi Grand Prix was held as NRK felt that the submitted entries received for the Contest were of too low quality , and so commissioned an entry for the Contest in Rome . The final instance of no Melodi Grand Prix was in 2002 , when Norway was relegated from competing in the 2002 Contest after coming last the previous year
2002 Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Melodi Grand Prix