Just a Minute usually by mistake or for laughs. The game rewards those who make entertaining challenges, even if they do not speak for very long. If successful, last-second challenges can be especially rewarding, as they allow one to speak for a short time but earn two points—one for the challenge and one for being the last speaker. The game is then scored and a winner declared, but the attraction of the show lies less in the contest than in the humour and banter among participants and the chairman. Nicholas Parsons has chaired the show since its inception. On nine occasions he has
It's Just a Game Bendik Singers. 1974's entry featured three of them, with Anne Lise Gjøstøl (did not participate on the Eurovision) Bjørn Kruse and Benny Kruse singing backing vocals for Anne Karine Strøm. Ellen Nikolaysen would perform solo in 1975 with the song "Touch My Life (With Summer)". and in 1976, Anne Karine Strøm would return with the disco themed "Mata Hari", although none of these subsequent efforts would achieve the same high finishing position as this entry. It's Just a Game "It's Just a Game" () was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, performed in English and French -