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.

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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!

Norway: The results of Lasts Chance’s 1st Round!!

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Tonight we watched the first round of Melodi Grand Prix 2022 Last Chance which was broadcast at 20:05 CET. 12 artists competed for the four places of the second round of Last Chance, which is set to take place on 12th of February 2022.

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

The 12 artists that competed for the four places of the next round of 12th of February were:

  1. Eline Noelia – Ecstasy
  2. Mira Craig – We Still Here
  3. TrollfesT – Dance Like a Pink Flamingo
  4. Eline Noelia – Ecstasy
  5. Lily Lowe – Bad Baby 
  6. Daniel Lucas – Kvelertak
  7. Steffen Jakobsen – With me Tonight
  8. Mari Bølla – Your Loss
  9. Sturla – Skår i hjertet
  10. Vilde – Titans
  11. Alexandra Joner – Hasta la vista
  12. Kim Wigaard – La Melodia 
  13. Maria Mohn – Fly

After the presentation of the clips with the live performances of the 12 participants, the four artists that qualified for the second round of the Last Chance were:

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

The next show, the 2nd part of the Last Chance, is scheduled to take place on 12th of February 2022, where the four aforementioned candidates will fight for the single ticket that leads to the Grand Final of 19th of February.

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: Results of MGP 2022 Fourth Semi-Final!!

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The fourth semi-final of  Melodi Grand Prix 2022 was broadcast tonight at 19:50 CET. Four artists competed for the one ticket that leads directly to the Grand Final of 19th of February 2022. We also had the chance to enjoy the performance of the pre-qualified entry “Give That Wolf a Banana”  by Subwoolfer. 

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

The four artist competed in the fourth semi-final tonight were:

  1. Maria Mohn – “Fly”
  2. Alexandra Joner – “Hasta la vista”
  3. Kim Wigaard – “La Melodia”
  4. Sofie Fjellvang – “Made Of Glass”

Those aforementioned candidates have been divided into two duels, the winners of these will compete for the ticket to the final. The duels are:

  1. Maria Mohn – “Fly” VS Alexandra Joner – “Hasta la vista”
  2. Kim Wigaard – “La Melodia” VS Sofie Fjellvang – “Made Of Glass”

The betting odds before the show looked as follows:

The winner of the first duel (Maria Mohn – “Fly” VS Alexandra Joner – “Hasta la vista”) was:

Maria Mohn – “Fly”

The winner of the second duel (Kim Wigaard – “La Melodia” VS Sofie Fjellvang – “Made Of Glass”) was:

Sofie Fjellvang – “Made Of Glass”

Later on the show we had the chance to listen live to the automatic finalist Subwoolfer and their entry “Give That Wolf a Banana”

Maria Mohn and Sofie Fjellvang once again performed their entries in this final duel.

Maria Mohn – “Fly” vs Sofie Fjellvang – “Made Of Glass”

After this battle the fourth qualifier of MGP 2022 was Sofie Fjellvang with the song “Made of Glass.

 

The next show is going to be the 1st part of the Last Chance round which is scheduled to take place on 7th of February at 19:50 CET! 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: Fourth semi-final of Melodi Grand Prix 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 for another Saturday, with another artist getting a ticket for the grand final of February 19th.

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 advancing to the final.

Those eliminated from the semifinals (four from each semi) will take part in the second chance round. Through the public vote, the four first out of those excluded will be selected and will compete 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:

In the first semi-final, the ticket to the grand final was won by Frode with Black Flowers.

In the second semi-final, the ticket to the grand final was won by Farida με το τραγούδι Dangerous.

In the third semi-final, the ticket to the grand final was won by Oda Gondrosen με το τραγούδι Hammer of Thor.

The fourth semifinal

We will see four artists in tonight’s fourth semifinal:

  1. Maria Mohn – “Fly”
  2. Alexandra Joner – “Hasta la vista”
  3. Kim Wigaard – “La Melodia”
  4. Sofie Fjellvang – “Made Of Glass”

The four participants have been divided into two duels, from which the two who will duel for a place in the grand final of the Norwegian national team will be determined. The pairs, according to yesterday’s draw, are:

  1. Maria Mohn – “Fly” VS Alexandra Joner – “Hasta la vista”
  2. Kim Wigaard – “La Melodia” VS Sofie Fjellvang – “Made Of Glass”

Guest appearances will be made by direct finalists Subwoolfer who will interpret their entry Give That Wolf a Banana.

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

You can watch the fourth semifinal 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!

Norway: Melodi Grand Prix 2022 final will have an audience!

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Today, the Norwegian national broadcaster NRK confirmed that the final of Melodi Grand Prix 2022 will be held with an audience.

After the Norwegian government eased restrictions on indoor events, NRK announced that the MGP final will be held with an audience of about 500 people at the H3 Arena in Fornebu. Under the new Covid-19 guidelines, distance requirements do not apply indoors, such as in cinemas and concert halls, when the public is seated in determined positions.

Stig Karlsen, lead producer of MGP, said:

The audience is a big and important part of a live TV show and it adds an atmosphere and a feeling that has been missing a lot.

Elsie Bay, who has qualified for the final, also shared her thoughts:

It will be absolutely fantastic and a completely new experience! I’m so happy it’s done now. We will live the MGP a little more as it should be – as a party for everyone.

No audience will be present at any of the performances before the final to protect the artists and production staff. A number of Covid-19 cases have already occurred among MGP staff and artists. Presenters Annika Momrak and Kåre Magnus Bergh had to miss the semifinals because they tested positive for the virus.

Subwoolfer, who were to perform their entry “Give That Wolf A Banana” in the third semifinal, also had to miss the show due to positive tests. However, they will perform in the fourth semifinal this Saturday.

The program for the rest of the Melodi Grand Prix 2022 is as follows:

  • February 5 – Fourth Semifinal
  • February 12 – Second Chance Round
  • February 19 – Grand Final

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

Norway: Results of MGP 2022 Third Semi-Final!!

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The third semi-final of  Melodi Grand Prix 2022 was broadcast tonight at 19:50 CET. Four artists competed thisn time too for the one ticket that leads directly to the Grand Final of 19th of February 2022. We also had the chance to enjoy the performance of the pre-qualified entry  “Someone” by NorthKid. Subwoolfer was originally slated to perform in this semi-final as a pre-qualified entry, before testing positive for COVID-19.

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

The four artist competed in the third semi-final tonight were:

Those aforementioned candidates have been divided into two duels, the winners of these will compete for the ticket to the final. The duels are:

  1. Mari Bølla – Your Loss  VS Oda Gondrosen – Hammer of Thor
  2. Sturla – Skår i hjerte VS Vilde – Titans

The betting odds before the show looked as follows:

The winner of the first duel (Mari Bølla – Your Loss  VS Oda Gondrosen – Hammer of Thor ) was:

Oda Gondrosen – Hammer of Thor

 

The winner of the second duel (Sturla – Skår i hjerte VS Vilde – Titans) was:

Vilde – Titans

Later on the show we had the chance to listen live to the automatic finalist NorthKid and their entry “Someone”.

Oda Gondrosen and Vilde once again performed their entries in this final duel.

Oda Gondrosen – Hammer of Thor VS Vilde – Titans

After this battle the second qualifier of MGP 2022 was Oda Gondrosen with the song “Hammer of Thor

The next semi-final is going to take place on 5th of February at 19:50 CET! 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!