Norway: Subwoolfer will offer to Europe their bananas!!

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The Grand Final of Melodi Grand Prix 2022 took place tonight at 19:55 CET. After six shows, 10 artists competed for the ticket to the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy.

The hosts of the show were Kåre Magnus Bergh, Annika Momrak, Mikkel Niva.

The participants

The 10 finalists of the show were as follows:

  1. Oda Gondrosen – Hammer of Thor
  2. NorthKid – Someone
  3. Anna-Lisa Kumoji – Queen Bees
  4. Farida – Dangerous
  5. Sofie Fjellvang – Made Of Glass
  6. Frode – Black Flowers
  7. Christian Ingebrigtsen – Wonder of the world
  8. Maria Mohn – Fly
  9. Subwoolfer – Give that wolf a banana
  10. Elsie Bay – Death of us

After the performance of the ten songs, the four acts that proceeded to the Gold Final phase were:

  1. Sofie Fjellvang – Made Of Glass
  2. Elsie Bay – Death of us
  3. Subwoolfer – Give that wolf a banana
  4. NorthKid – Someone

From there the two acts that advanced to the Gold Duel were:

  1. NorthKid – Someone
  2. Subwoolfer – Give that wolf a banana

Later on the show the representative of Greece Amanda Tenfjord gave a small interview to one of the hosts of the show.

Afterwards we had the chance to enjoy TIX and his entry in 2021 Eurovision in Rotterdam, Fallen Angel, in English and Norwegian.

After the announcement of the votes from each region of Norway the representatives of Norway in Eurovision Song Contest 2022 are Subwoolfer with the song Give that Woolf a Banana !!

 

Subwoolfer and Norway are going to participate at the second half of the First Semi-Final on 10th of May. Do you think that they can achieve a better result this year? Let us know in the comments below.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun.com for all the developments regarding the Norwegian entry at the upcoming 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. 

Norway: Who are the favourites to win according to odds?

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Tonight is Norway’s turn to select their representative for Eurovision 2022 in the Grand Final of the norwegian Melodi Grand Prix 2022 (MGP 2022). 10 finalists are vying for victory, which will lead them to Turin in May. So, with the norwegian final upon us, who are the bookmarkers’ favourites to win?

 

The odds

In a national final with a high level of songs, the Subwoolfer seem to be the biggest contender for the win, according to the odds. In the next places with much difference are Elsie Bay, Sofie Fjellvang and NorthKid.

 

The contestants

The running order of the MGP 2022 final is the following:

  1. Oda Gondrosen – Hammer of Thor
  2. NorthKid – Someone
  3. Anna-Lisa Kumoji – Queen Bees
  4. Farida – Dangerous
  5. Sofie Fjellvang – Made Of Glass
  6. Frode – Black Flowers
  7. Christian Ingebrigtsen – Wonder of the world
  8. Maria Mohn – Fly
  9. Subwoolfer – Give that wolf a banana
  10. Elsie Bay – Death of us

 

As opposed to the semi-finals, the grand final will be conducted with the presence of audience in the arena, while the result will come out based exclusively on televoting, after 3 rounds of voting. Firstly, the 4 songs with the highest score will pass to the second round. Thereafter, the scores of the first voting round will be erased and the public will vote again the 4 remaining songs. This time, the 2 songs with the highest amount of votes will be able to pass to the third voting round, the golden final. Then, the scores of the previous round will be erased once again and the public will choose, among the 2 remaining songs, the representative of Norway for Eurovision 2022.

The hosts of the show are Kåre Magnus Bergh, Annika Momrak και Mikkel Niva.

You can watch the Grand Final of MGP 2022 at 19:55 (CET) through the official website of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), clicking here.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news related to Norway’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Greece: Amanda will be a guest in the final of MGP 2022!

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As she revealed with a tweet a few minutes ago, the greek representative at Eurovision 2022, Amanda Georgiadis Tenfjord, will be a guest at MGP 2022, the national final of Norway, which takes place tonight.

Amanda will be the only guest in the Norwegian national final, which goes to show that she and her work are well respected in the country where she grew up and took her first steps as an artist. The greek team of course hopes that this will translate to some points as well in May, like it happened last year with Stefania and the Netherlands.

You can watch the final of MGP 2022 tonight at 19.55 (CET) clicking here.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all news regarding the Greek entry at Eurovision 2022!

Norway: Grand Final of MGP 2022 tonight!

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It was January 15 when the Melodi Grand Prix 2022 started. Just over a month later, the process of selecting Norway’s representative at Eurovision 2022 comes to an end. The grand final of MGP 2022 takes place tonight.

Format

Melodi Grand Prix 2022 consists of six shows: four semifinals, a second chance round and the grand final, from which the representative of the Scandinavian country in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest will emerge. Four artists participated in each semifinal, with the first of them in the ranking advancing to the final.

Those eliminated from the semifinals (three from each) took part in the second chance round. Through the public voting that was based on the performances of the semifinals, the four most popular non-qualifiers competed for the fifth ticket that leads to the grand final of MGP 2022.

After five shows we have reached the night of the grand final, in which a total of ten artists will participate: the four winners of the semifinals, the winner of the second chance round and the five direct finalists.

Final

Ten artists are participating in tonight’s final of MGP 2022. These artists are:

  1. Oda Gondrosen – Hammer of Thor
  2. NorthKid – Someone
  3. Anna-Lisa Kumoji – Queen Bees
  4. Farida – Dangerous
  5. Sofie Fjellvang – Made Of Glass
  6. Frode – Black Flowers
  7. Christian Ingebrigtsen – Wonder of the world
  8. Maria Mohn – Fly
  9. Subwoolfer – Give that wolf a banana
  10. Elsie Bay – Death of us
In contrast to the Semifinals, the grand Final will take place, with the presence of an audience in the arena, while the result will be judged entirely by the television audience, after three rounds of voting. Initially, the four songs with the most votes will pass. Then from scratch the public will vote again. This time the two songs with the most votes will qualify for the gold final. There again the vote will be zero and the public will be asked to choose between these two, the representative of Norway in Eurovision 2022.
Presenters of the evening will be Kåre Magnus Bergh, Annika Momrak and Mikkel Niva.

You can watch the night of the second chance of MGP 2022 at 19:55 CET through the official website of NRK, by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Norway’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Norway: Ulrikke would like to return to Melodi Grand Prix in 2023!

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Ulrikke Brandstorp, winner of MGP 2020 and almost representative of Norway in Eurovision had it not been canceled, revealed recently in a livestream on the norwegian website escNorge that she would like to return to Melodi Grand Prix! She herself stated:

2023 could be an important year to return! I have already started writing potential songs for Eurovision 2023!

Ulrikke also mentioned that the song she wants to participate with has to mean something to her and it can’t just be any song. She added that those participating in MGP should not do so just to launch new music or become famous, but to participate with a sincere desire to win and represent Norway in the best possible way in Eurovision.

Finally, Ulrikke gave her predictions for this year’s Melodi Grand Prix 2022. Her favorite songs for this year are:

  1. Oda Gondrosen: «Hammer of Thor»
  2. Northkid: «Someone»
  3. Maria Mohn: «Fly» / Subwoolfer: «Give that wolf a banana»

Ulrikke was supposed to represent the country in Eurovision 2020 with the song “Attention”, had the contest not been canceled due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

You can watch and remember her performance in the final of MGP 2020 below:

Would you like to see Ulrikke wave the Norwegian flag in Eurovision 2023 and have the chance to perform on the Eurovision stage, a chance she sadly lost in 2020?

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding our favorite contest!

Source: escnorge

Norway: The running order for the final of Melodi Grand Prix 2022!

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Norway Public Television (NRK), has revealed the running order in the Final of Melodi Grand Prix 2022.

On this Saturday, ten artists will fight for the country’s representation in Turin and this is the order in which the artists will appear:

  1. Oda Gondrosen – Hammer of Thor
  2. NorthKid – Someone
  3. Anna-Lisa Kumoji – Queen Bees
  4. Farida – Dangerous
  5. Sofie Fjellvang – Made Of Glass
  6. Frode – Black Flowers
  7. Christian Ingebrigtsen – Wonder of the world
  8. Maria Mohn – Fly
  9. Subwoolfer – Give that wolf a banana
  10. Elsie Bay – Death of us

Stig Karlsen, producer of MGP 2022, decided the runnig order of the Final, aiming at the correct performance of each song, so that each entry can stand out.

In contrast to the Semifinals, the grand Final will take place, with the presence of a live audience in the arena, while the result will be judged entirely by the audience, after three rounds of voting. In th first round, the four songs with the most votes will pass. Then from scratch the public will vote again. This time the two songs with the most votes will qualify for the gold final. In the final round, the vote will be zeroed again and the public will choose between these two, the representative of Norway in Eurovision 2022.

Presenters of the MGP 2022 will be: Kåre Magnus Bergh, Annika Momrak and Mikkel Niva.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news related to the Norwegian participation in Eurovision 2022!

Source/Photo: NRK

Norway: The results of Last Chance’s Second Round

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Tonight we watched the last round before the big final of the 2022 Melodi Grand Prix which was broadcast at 19:55 CET. Four artists competed for the last ticket that leads to the final of 19th of February. We also had the chance to listen to the entry of the last direct finalist Anna-Lisa Kumoji, “Queen Bees”.

The hosts of the show were Kåre Magnus Bergh, Annika Momrak, Mikkel Niva.

The four artists that competed tonight for the single ticket of the final were:

  1. Mari Bølla – Your Loss
  2. Kim Wigaard – La Melodia 
  3. Maria Mohn – Fly
  4. TrollfesT – Dance Like a Pink Flamingo

The betting odds before the show looked as follows:

After the performance of the aforementioned artists, direct finalist Anna-Lisa Kumoji, performed her entry “Queen Bees” live.

 

Maria Mohn and TrollfesT were the two artists that proceeded to the gold duel that led to the final of 19th of February.

We also had the chance to enjoy the WIGWAM, the 2005 representatives of Norway in Kiev. (9th place with 125 points)

Afterwards we had the announcement of the very last finalist. The artist that qualified to the final was: Maria Mohn – Fly

Next Saturday 19th of February, the last show of Melodi Grand Prix, the Grand Final is going to take place. You can watch MGP 2022 by clicking here.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun, for all the news regarding the Norway’s participation at Eurovision Song Contest 2022!

 

 

Norway: Second chance round of MGP 2022 tonight!

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The process of selecting the norwegian representative for the 66th Eurovision Song Contest continues tonight. Melodi Grand Prix 2022 will keep us company today, with one ticket left for the grand final on February 19th. This ticket is claimed by the twelve eliminated acts of the four semifinals.

Format

Melodi Grand Prix 2022 consists of six shows: four semifinals, a second chance round and the grand final, from which the representative of the Scandinavian country in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest will emerge. Four artists participate in each semifinal, with the first of them in the ranking advancing to the final.

Those eliminated from the semifinals (three from each) take part in the second chance round. Through the public voting that took place on Monday and was based on the performances of the semifinals, the four most dominant from those excluded will be competing for the fifth ticket that leads to the grand final of MGP 2022.

After five shows we will reach the night of the grand final, in which a total of ten artists will participate: the four winners of the semifinals, the winner of the second chance round and the five direct finalists.

The finalists

Five artists have qualified directly for the grand final of MGP 2022 and are the following:

The ticket of the first semifinal was won by Frode with the song Black Flowers.

The ticket of the second semifinal was won by Farida with the song Dangerous.

The ticket of the third semifinal was won by Oda Gondrosen with the song Hammer of Thor.

The ticket of the fourth semi final was won by Sofie Fjellvang with the song Made Of Glass.

The second chance round

Tonight, four artists who were left out of the final will claim the tenth and last ticket for the grand final of Melodi Grand Prix 2022. These artists, as emerged from the norwegian public vote on Monday, are:

  1. Mari Bølla – Your Loss
  2. Maria Mohn – Fly
  3. Kim Wigaard – La Melodia 
  4. TrollfesT – Dance Like a Pink Flamingo

The four participants have been divided into two duels, from which the two who will duel for a place in the grand final will emerge. The pairs will be determined during the day.

Guest of the night will be direct finalist Anna-Lisa Kumoji who will perform her entry Queen Bees.

Presenters of the evening will be Kåre Magnus Bergh, Annika Momrak and Mikkel Niva.

You can watch the night of the second chance of MGP 2022 at 19:55 CET through the official website of norwegian public television, by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Norway’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Amanda: “The process in Norway is very scary”!

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Amanda gave an interview to Marte Stokkstad, a Norwegian public television presenter and commentator of the contest. Among those asked was why she participates with Greece and not with Norway.

Amanda’s answer was clear and was not the one that was mistakenly conveyed on social media:

Wanting to cross-reference the above, we asked Amanda to listen to the audio clip in question and we convey to you literally what was finally said in this interview:

I participated for Greece because I am Greek…The process in Norway is very scary , with all these semifinals, duels. The song is exposed for 5 weeks and this is scary for me!

This was Amanda’s answer to the question why she never participated in the MGP and not why she considers it a circus, as it was falsely said!

Update:

Some minutes after our article published, Eurovision Norway asks apologies for the false and the misunderstanding

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Greek entry in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest!

Norway: Interview with Oda Gondrosen | Norwegian Idol, Norwegian Mythology and Melodi Grand Prix 2022!

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Oda Godrosen managed to get the ticket for the big final of Melodi Grand Prix 2022 and she gave an exclusive interview at EurovisionFun with Apostolos Bogiannos and Paschalis Barboutis.

At first she talked about her participation on Norway’s national selection with “Hummer of Thor“.

“My participation at Melodi Grand Prix had been a dream of mine since I was 5-6 years old. I have worked really hard and I’m finally here, trying to represent Norway in Eurovision. It’s a dream come true.”

The song came out at a camp she took part as an inspiration of Norwegian Mythology.

“We wrote “Hummer of Thor” on August at a very creative camp for MGP so that it can be well presented on stage. We had in our minds Alexander Rybak and Keiino with the sound of violin and flute. I told to the composers that I wanted a pop song and I looked through mythology to think about the content of the song. So we started writing a story, a fairytale. If we go deeper though, the song talks about me taking control of my life, I have the Hummer and I’m in control. I want people who will hear my song to create their own meaning of it”

Oda won the third semifinal of MGP and she will sing on the Grand Final.

“It’s fantastic. I’m very grateful for my qualification. All these days, I keep on reading all the messages people text me, people are sharing photos and videos of my perfomance and it’s so good and I’m very happy that I can be at the final. I don’t know if there will be any changes in the Grand Final, but if so, it will be only small ones”

Her favorite Norwegian entry is Alexander Rybak(2009) and her all time favorite Eurovision song is Euphoria(Sweden 2012) and some last year’s entries like Italy, Malta, Cyprus and Azerbaijan. 

Oda also mentioned her Norwegian Idol experience she had a few years ago.

“I reached the third place and it was a huge opportunity to show people who I really am. It was a great begging for me and I has very happy that I managed to get to the finals. This whole experience makes me feel more safe now in MGP, I feel much more comfortable in front of the cameras”

At the end, she sang a small part of her song “Hummer of Thor“.

You can see the full interview of Oda in the video below!