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Kirsti Sparboe is a Norwegian singer and theater performance best known for her multiple participations in the Contest.

She was first selected to represent her home country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 in Naples with the song "Karusell', which finished in joint 13th place with a single point alongside the entry from Portugal.

She won the right to represent her home country for the second time just two years later in Vienna with the song "Dukkemann", which finished in joint 14th place with 2 points alongside the entries from The Netherlands and host nation Austria.

She also attempted to represent her home country in the the following year but was disqualified after being accused of plagiarism when her song was said to sound like "Summer Holiday" by Cliff Richard who was the host country entrant that year and went on to finish as runner up to "La, la, la" by Massiel of Spain.

Her final Contest appearance came one year later in Madrid when she represented her home country with the song "Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli", which finished in last place with a single point, making it her worst result as well as giving the country its second last place result.

As the country did not compete the following year in The Hague, she entered the German national selection and also covered that year's winning entry from Ireland as well as the following year's winning entry from Monaco.

Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Songs
"Poupée de cire, poupée de son" • "I Belong" • "N'avoue jamais" • "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen" • "Se piangi, se ridi" • "Walking the Streets in the Rain" • "For din skyld" • "Non, à jamais sans toi" • "Va dire à l'amour" • "Absent Friend" • "'t is genoeg" • "Čežnja" • "Karusell" • "Sol de inverno" • "¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!" • "Paradies, wo bist du?" • "Als het weer lente is" • "Aurinko laskee länteen"
Performers
France GallKathy KirbyGuy MardelUdo JürgensBobby SoloButch MooreBirgit BrüelYovannaMarjorie NoëlIngvar WixellConny VandenbosVice VukovKirsti SparboeSimone de OliveiraConchita BautistaUlla WiesnerLize MarkeViktor Klimenko
Eurovision Song Contest 1967
Songs
"Puppet on a String" • "If I Could Choose" • "Il doit faire beau là-bas" • "L'amour est bleu" • "Boum-Badaboum" • "Hablemos del amor" • "Ik heb zorgen" • "Som en dröm" • "Anouschka" • "Vse rože sveta" • "Non andare più lontano" • "O vento mudou" • "Varjoon – suojaan" • "Ring-dinge-ding" • "Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt" • "Dukkemann" • "Quel cœur vas-tu briser?"
Performers
Sandie ShawSean DunphyNoëlle CordierVicky LeandrosMinouche BarelliRaphaelLouis NeefsÖsten WarnerbringInge BrückLado LeskovarClaudio VillaEduardo NascimentoFrediThérèse SteinmetzPeter HortonKirsti SparboeGéraldine
Eurovision Song Contest 1969
Songs
"Vivo cantando""Boom Bang-a-Bang""De troubadour""Un jour, un enfant" • "Bonjour, bonjour" • "Maman" • "The Wages of Love" • "Jennifer Jennings" • "Judy, min vän" • "Primaballerina" • "Catherine" • "Kuin silloin ennen" • "Pozdrav svijetu" • "Due grosse lacrime bianche" • "Desfolhada portuguesa" • "Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli"
Performers
SaloméLuluLenny KuhrFrida BoccaraPaola del MedicoJean JacquesMuriel DayLouis NeefsTommy KörbergSiw MalmkvistRomualdJarkko & LauraIvan & 3MIva ZanicchiSimone de OliveiraKirsti Sparboe
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