Jostein Pedersen

He initially worked as a regular vendor at the local record shop, but slowly moved up in the system, eventually becoming a successful music journalist.

Not long after the Olympics finished, Pedersen was hired as the new commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest, representing the Norwegian broadcaster, NRK, and it was for this role he would become famous in the following decade.

In 1995, he did not return to the contest, but he rejoined the following year, and ever since 1996, he has been a permanent ingredient in the popular, annual show, and has raised the level of entertainment several degrees since the old, bygone days.

It caused a sensation in Norway and was dubbed "the Norwegian American Psycho" as it described the sex, drugs and rock’n’roll lifestyle of the 80s.

He has written extensively about pop, rock and classical music since the early ‘80s and is regarded as one of Norway’s leading authorities in either field.

Pedersen presented a weekly column London Calling for Norway’s most popular radio breakfast show Nitimen between 1997 and 2007.