The Melodi Grand Prix 1978 was held at the studios of broadcaster NRK in Oslo, hosted by Egil Teige. The orchestra was conducted by Carsten Klouman. Eight songs took part in the final, with the winner chosen by a 9-member "expert" jury, which included Ellen Nikolaysen, who represented Norway in 1973 (as part of the Bendik Singers) and 1975 and Odd Børre, who represented Norway in 1968. Oddly, the actual rankings of the jury members were used to calculate the result so the song with the lowest aggregate score was the winner.