Norway: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Eurovision 2024 Entry “Ulveham”!

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After the three semi-final rounds, the 2024 edition of the Melodi Grand Prix came to its end with “Ulveham” by Gåte being crowned the big winners and the next representative of Norway in Eurovision 2024!

The Eurovisionfun team once again watched and reacted to the live performance of the country’s entry for the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Spyros, Paschalis and Apostolis  in a Reaction video with detailed commentary on Norway’s participation in Eurovision 2024!

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Norway: With Gåte and “Ulveham” in Malmö!

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After the three semi-final rounds, the 2024 edition of the Melodi Grand Prix came to its end with the Grand Final airing tonight on February 3rd . The show took place at Spectrum in Trondheim hosted by Marion Ravn and Fredrik Solvang. Norway selected its representative for the 68th Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Malmö in May.

Format Recap

This year’s Melodi Grand Prix  followed the same format as the previous edition, with no duels or second-chance rounds. Three artists from each semi-final, decided solely by the Norwegian television audience, advanced to the final. The grand final also featured an international jury contributing 40% to the overall result.

Running Order

The nine artists who competed in the final of MGP 2024 performed in the following order:

  1. KEiiNO –Damdiggida
  2. Annprincess – Save Me 
  3. GOTHMINISTER – We Come Alive 
  4. Ingrid Jasmin – Eya
  5. MIIA – Green Lights
  6. Margaret Berger – Oblivion
  7. Dag Erik Oksvold & Anne Fagermo – Judge Tenderly of Me
  8. Gåte –Ulveham
  9. Super Rob & Erika Norwich – My Ai

Results

The votes of the international jury were announced and afterwards the televoting points were added. The ten countries that formed the international jury were United Kingdom, Finland, Switzerland, Estonia, Azerbaijan, Denmark, The Netherlands, Iceland, Czechia and Sweden. The international jury votes were: 

The votes of the international jury

The public vote brought the score as follows, making Gåte the big winners!

  1. Gåte –  Ulveham 250 points 
  2. KEiiNO –  Damdiggida 244 points
  3. Super Rob & Erika Norwich – My Ai 165 points
  4. GOTHMINISTER –  We Come Alive 115 points
  5. Dag Erik Oksvold & Anne Fagermo –  Judge Tenderly of Me 105 points
  6. MIIA –  Green Lights 76 points
  7. Margaret Berger –  Oblivion 45 points
  8. Ingrid Jasmin –  Eya 42 points
  9. Annprincess –  Save Me 33 points

The winner of this years Melodi Grand Prix is Gåte with “Ulveham”:

Norway will compete in the second half of the second semi-final on May 9th.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news about Norway’s participation in Eurovision 2024, in Malmö!

Eurovision 2024: National finals songs on the Spotify charts!

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There are three semi-finals and four national finals happening tonight, making it the first Super Saturday of 2024. Let’s see whether any of the songs from these finalists made it onto the charts by looking at the Spotify charts of a few countries.

Ukraine

Teresa & Maria, a duet by Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil, is currently topping the Ukrainian Spotify list and is the betting favourite to win Vidbir 2024. This is a first for Ukraine and likely portends the song’s victory in the national final. YAKTAK and LaLaLa are positioned below, at position 33.

Norway

In Norway, however, things are rather different. According to local Spotify statistics, the odd’s favourite song, “Ulveham”, only peaked at 118th place. Other entries, such KEIINO at number 46 and Erika Norwich’s “My AI” at number 31, were ranked higher. This year’s climate differs from prior years when MGP favourites ranked in the top ten of the chart.

Spain

The Benidorm Fest 2024 final is happening tonight. St Pedro, the frontrunner according to the bookies, is no longer in the charts, whereas Nebulossa with Zorra is in 93rd place. Marlena, who did not qualify for the grand final, is ranked 182nd.

Lithuania

Lithuania’s Eurovision 2020 and 2021 representatives, the Roop, are ranked 31st. Shower, with “Impossible” from the third semi-final, is at number 29, while Silvester Belt, the winner of the first semi-final, is still at the top of the list with “Luktelk.”

Let’s take a look at the charts of a few more countries:

France

Impressively, for French standards, Slimane’s “Mon Amour” is currently at 79th place on the French Spotify list, where it has been charting for 54 days in a row.

Estonia

For a record-breaking 57 days in a row, 5MIINUST and Puuluup remain at the top of the charts. As of yet, no other song has attained the same level of success, suggesting that their song (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (kull) midagi is the clear favourite to win. Vox Populi, a contender for the Finnish national final, comes in second. OLLIE is positioned 78th. Wunderbar is in 34th place, and Oblivion, which did not make it to the final, is in 197th.

Luxembourg

After making its debut at number one, Tali’s Fighter is currently at number 33 on the chart.

Finland

Every song participating in the competition is listed on the chart, with the odds-on favourite, Paskana by Sara Siipola, coming in at number nine. Mania is in 25th place, and Vox Populi is in 19th place. Number 81 is Sini Sabotage, number 90 is Cyan Kicks, position 113 is No Rules!, and position 135 is Glow.

This year, there is a lot of interest in Eurovision, with many countries attempting to choose songs that would resonate with their national audiences!

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the updates on Eurovision 2024!

Norway: Grand Final of MGP 2024 tonight!

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Three weeks after the first semi-final and after three shows and the emergence of the nine finalists, the big moment for Norway has arrived. Tonight will be the grand final of the Melodi Grand Prix 2024, which will determine the Scandinavian country‘s representative in Malmö in May.

Format Recap

This year’s Melodi Grand Prix will follow the same format as the previous edition, with no duels or second-chance rounds. Three artists from each semi-final, decided solely by the Norwegian television audience, will advance to the final. The grand final will also feature an international jury contributing 40% to the overall result.

Melodi Grand Prix 2024 is set to take place at the Spectrum in Trondheim, hosted by Marion Ravn and Fredrik Solvang. The schedule is as follows:

  • First Semi-final: January 13
  • Second Semi-final: January 20
  • Third Semi-final: January 27
  • Grand Final: February 3

Final

Nine artists have made it past the semi-finals of the process to determine Norway‘s representative in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest and will battle it out tonight for the “golden ticket” that will take them to Sweden in three months’ time. The nine artists compete in the following order of appearance:

  1. KEiiNO –Damdiggida
  2. Annprincess – Save Me 
  3. GOTHMINISTER – We Come Alive 
  4. Ingrid Jasmin – Eya
  5. MIIA – Green Lights
  6. Margaret Berger – Oblivion
  7. Dag Erik Oksvold & Anne Fagermo – Judge Tenderly of Me
  8. Gåte –Ulveham
  9. Super Rob & Erika Norwich – My Ai 

The show

Hosts of the Night: Marion Ravn and Fredrik Solvang

Tune in to the official website of the Norwegian public broadcaster at 19:50 CET to watch the Grand Final of MGP 2024 live here.

The previous MGP winner and Norway’s representative at Eurovision 2023 was Alessandra with her song “Queen of Kings” and finished 5th in the Grand Final, continuing the country’s qualification streak for the sixth year.

Stay connected with Eurovisionfun for all updates on Norway’s Eurovision 2024 journey in Malmö!

 

 

Norway: Gåte does not agree with the participation of Israel in Eurovision 2024!

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The group Gåte, despite not making much of a sensation at first, after their appearance in the semi-final of Melodi Grand Prix 2024, Norway’s national final, is now the big favorite of fans and betting companies to represent the country at Eurovision 2024!

A while ago, the group, in an interview, mentioned that their participation in Eurovision is not certain, in case they win the MGP, since they do not agree with the participation of Israel. Specifically, the band’s singer, Gunnhild Sundli, states:

“The extreme and unbearable situation in Gaza must end as soon as possible. We all agree in the group that Israel’s participation is somewhat problematic with this whole situation. We’ll need some time to discuss it.”

Gåte also specifically mentioned the possibility of their victory in the Norwegian national final:

“If we win on Saturday, it’s something we’ll have to decide. But we’ll need some time to decide what’s best.”

At the same time, the betting’s second favourites, KEiiNO, spoke about Eurovision and Israel:

“We all agree that what is happening in Gaza is terrible. As things stand now, it will be difficult for Israel to participate in the Competition in May.“

Finally, Gunnhild Sundli added:

“We are a band that believes that music is something that unites. War never led to peace. We have to see what other countries have to say. I think there will be a need for dialogue with people higher up. It is not an easy decision. We must believe in peace and dialogue and understanding for each nation. And the most important war, the war against war.”

Despite what is happening in Norway, both the EBU and NRK, the public broadcaster, have long stated that they are not going to boycott Israel’s participation in Eurovision 2024.

The Grand Final of Norway’s national final is scheduled to take place tomorrow, Saturday, February 3, where the country’s representative for Eurovision will be decided.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the updates regarding Norway’s participation in Eurovision 2024, in Malmö!

Source: NRK

Norway: Listen to the new version of “Ulveham”!

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Just a few days prior to MGP final, the Norwegian national selection of Eurovision, NRK decided that Gåte should change the lyrics of their entry “Ulveham“. The reason behind this sudden change is the discovery that the lyrics of “Ulveham” are taken from a thousand year-old medieval balad. Hence, as Eurovision is a contest of original songs, “Ulveham” shall be rewritten.

With the final of MGP scheduled for Saturday, February 3, Gåte released their new version of “Ulveham” on streaming platforms. As they have mentioned themselves and as confirmed by Stig Karlsen, the theme of the song remains the same.

You can listen to the new version of “Ulveham“, below:

Melodi Grand Prix 2024

After three semi-finals, the final of MGP is scheduled for Saturday, February 3 and will be broadcasted live from Trondheim. Three acts qualified from each semi-final, making up a total of the following nine finalists (in the official running order):

  1. KEiiNO –Damdiggida
  2. Annprincess – Save Me 
  3. GOTHMINISTER – We Come Alive 
  4. Ingrid Jasmin – Eya
  5. MIIA – Green Lights
  6. Margaret Berger – Oblivion
  7. Dag Erik Oksvold & Anne Fagermo – Judge Tenderly of Me
  8. Gåte –Ulveham
  9. Super Rob & Erika Norwich – My Ai

The winner will be decided by a combination of the public’s votes, which will make up 60% of the final score, and the jury’s votes, which will make up 40%.

Last year’s MGP winner and therefore Norway’s representative in Liverpool was Alessandra with her song “Queen of Kings“, which finished in the fifth place of the scoreboard.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Norway starts MGP 2025 preparations with first songwriting camp!

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Norway’s national final Melodi Grand Prix 2024 has not finished yet, but the nordic country is starting preparations already for next year’s Eurovision.

Norwegian music studio “The Woods” has invited interested musicians to participate in the songwriting camp, for  Melodi Grand Prix 2025. The songwriting camp will take place in  April 2024.

MGP 2025 Songwriting camp

“The Woods” will host the first songwriting camp which will start modeling the first demo songs and ideas that may end up competing on the stage of Melodi Grand Prix.  Songwriting camps are significant events.  They are aimed to connect artists and composers and kickstart the creative process to get the best candidates for the Eurovision Song Contest. The songwriting camp will take place in Rennes, Norway.  Furthermore, some of the songs created there may compete in MGP 2025 and even in Eurovision 2025.

The writing camp will start on April 5, 2024, and will last approximately two days. The organizers promise that all songs will be considered for the Melodi Grand Prix 2025 selection. In addition to this, the head of the Norwegian delegation to Eurovision, Stig Carlsen will also be present.

The writing camp in Norway is one of the many songwriting events that take place in Europe every year, where many creators gather and write songs, many of which end up competing in the Eurovision Song Contest.

The final of the 2024  Melodi Grand Prix will be held on Saturday, at  19:50  CET.  A combined vote of the public (60%) and an international jury (40%) will decide who will represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 held in Malmö, Sweden.

Stay tuned at EurovisionFun for more news about Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024!

Source: thewoodsnorway.com, euromix

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Eurovision 2024: The Semi-Final Allocation Draw Results!

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Malmö with a very nice event hosted a few minutes ago the draw for the semi-finals of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest.

The analyzes of the fans and not only, have been on fire for a few minutes now. Since the theories based on the pre-history of the countries in the competition, it is a first insight into how passable the qualification to the final is or not. In other words, it’s time to make our predictions, about who will go through to the final and who are the favorites to say goodbye to Malmö early…

The presenters and the handover ceremony

Presenters of the Eurovision 2024 semi-final draw were Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi. It is worth mentioning that Pernilla Månsson Colt was also the presenter of the corresponding draw in 2013, eleven years ago when Malmö hosted the Eurovision Song Contest for the last time. Both of them are part of the SVT staff, being some of the most beloved faces of the Swedish state broadcaster.

During the draw, the ceremony of handing over and accepting the emblem of the contest took place. The mayor of Liverpool, Steven Rotheram, formally handed over the “keys to the event” to the mayor of Malmö, Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh.

Draw Procedure

Big 5 and Sweden

With the big winner of last year’s competition, Sweden, directly in the final, along with the Big 5 (UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain), the first part of the draw determined the semi-final that the direct finalists would vote for.

Will vote in the 1st Semi-Final:

  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany

Will vote in the 2nd Semi-Final:

  • Spain
  • Italy
  • France

In the semi-final that the six aforementioned countries were drawn to broadcast and vote for, the video from their dress rehearsal will also be shown. This was done at Eurovision 2016 for the first time, for reasons of equal exposure of the countries directly in the final and the countries that qualify from the semi-finals. Essentially, viewers see each entry twice during the shows.

Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The allocation draw for the two semi-finals had two parts. In the first part the 31 countries participating in the semi-finals were drawn in which of the two they will compete in. Fifteen countries will compete in the first semi-final and sixteen in the second semi-final.

In the second part, each country learned whether it will appear in the first or second half of the semi-final in which it will compete. The exact order of appearance will be determined by the EBU and the show’s producers at a later date.

1st Semi-final (May 7):

1st Half

  • Ukraine
  • Cyprus
  • Poland
  • Serbia
  • Lithuania
  • Croatia
  • Ireland

2nd Half

  • Slovenia
  • Iceland
  • Finland
  • Portugal
  • Luxembourg
  • Australia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Moldova

2nd Semi-Final (May 9):

1st Half

  • Austria
  • Malta
  • Switzerland
  • Greece
  • Czechia
  • Albania
  • Denmark
  • Armenia

2nd Half

  • Israel
  • Estonia
  • Georgia
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Latvia
  • San Marino
  • Belgium

Malmö will host the 68th Eurovision Song Contest from 7 to 11 May at the Malmö Arena. The motto of this year’s event, as chosen by the organisers, is “United by Music“, retaining the motto first chosen for last year’s contest in Liverpool.

You can see the draw again through the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_-2hMEq5sk

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Eurovision 2024!

 

Eurovision 2024: Tonight the Allocation Draw!

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At 19:00 CET and live from Malmö, Sweden, the draw for the Eurovision 2024 semi-finals will take place tonight.

During today’s event, there will also be a handover of the event’s banner from the city of Liverpool to the city of Malmö. For this reason, both the Mayor of Liverpool, Steven Rotheram, and the Mayor of the Swedish city, Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, will be present at today’s draw.

The hosts

The hosts of tonight’s draw for the semi-finals of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest will be Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi. It is worth mentioning that Pernilla Månsson Colt was the presenter of the equivalent draw in 2013, eleven years ago when Malmö hosted the Eurovision Song Contest for the last time.

The draw procedure

The first part of the draw will determine which semi-final will be broadcast and voted for by each of the six countries that are directly in the final on 11 May (Sweden, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom).

The second part of the draw will determine which semi-final and which half the other 31 participating countries will compete in. As in recent years, the exact order of appearance will be determined by the event producers at a later date.

The 31 countries have been divided into five pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by Eurovision’s official voting partner, Digame.

Drawing countries from different pots aims to reduce the likelihood of so-called neighbour voting and increases the suspense in the semi-finals.

Pots

Pot 1
  • 🇦🇱 Albania
  • 🇦🇹 Austria
  • 🇨🇭 Switzerland
  • 🇭🇷 Croatia
  • 🇷🇸 Serbia
  • 🇸🇮 Slovenia
Pot 2
  • 🇦🇺 Australia
  • 🇩🇰 Denmark
  • 🇪🇪 Estonia
  • 🇫🇮 Finland
  • 🇮🇸 Iceland
  • 🇳🇴 Norway
Pot 3
  • 🇦🇲 Armenia
  • 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
  • 🇬🇪 Georgia
  • 🇮🇱 Israel
  • 🇱🇻 Latvia
  • 🇱🇹 Lithuania
  • 🇺🇦 Ukraine
Pot 4
  • 🇨🇾 Cyprus
  • 🇬🇷 Greece
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland
  • 🇲🇹 Malta
  • 🇵🇹 Portugal
  • 🇸🇲 San Marino
Pot 5
  • 🇧🇪 Belgium
  • 🇨🇿 Czechia
  • 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
  • 🇳🇱 Netherlands
  • 🇲🇩 Moldova
  • 🇵🇱 Poland

https://twitter.com/Eurovision/status/1751972070479565001

So in the evening, we all tune in for the draw of the semi-finals of our favourite contest. You can watch the draw on the official Eurovision channel on YouTube.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Eurovision 2024!

Eurovision 2024: The Semi-final allocation pots!

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The Semi-Final Allocation Draw 2024 will take place tomorrow Tuesday 30 January at 19:00 CET live from Malmo, alongside a ceremony which sees the Host City insignia pass from previous hosts Liverpool to Malmo.

https://youtu.be/Q_-2hMEq5sk

The draw will be hosted by Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi and fans will be able to watch on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.

The Allocation Draw will determine whether countries participate in the First Semi-Final (Tuesday 7 May at 21:00 CEST) or the Second Semi-Final (Thursday 9 May at 21:00 CEST). Also randomly allocated is whether a country will perform in the first or second half of the Semi-Final they’ve drawn.

Semi-Final Allocation Draw: How does it work?

Sweden as the Host Country and reigning champion respectively, along with the other 6 members of the so-called ‘Big 6’ participating countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom) do not compete in the Semi-Finals, but their domestic audiences do get to vote in one of them… so before the competing countries are allocated a place in a Semi-Final, it will be randomly determined which of the Semi-Finals the Big 6 will each be allowed to vote on.

The next part of the draw will determine in which Semi-Final and in which half of the respective Semi-Final the other 31 participating countries will perform in.

Semi-Final Allocation Pots 2024

Pot 1

Pot 2

Pot 3
  • Albania
  • Austria
  • Switzerland
  • Croatia
  • Serbia
  • Slovenia
  • Denmark
  • Australia
  • Finland
  • Iceland
  • Norway
  • Estonia
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Georgia
  • Israel
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Ukraine

Pot 4

Pot 5

Pot 6
  • Cyprus
  • Greece
  • Ireland
  • Malta
  • Portugal
  • San Marino
  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
  • Netherlands
  • Moldova
  • Poland
  • Luxembourg
  • France
  • Italy
  • Germany
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
  • Sweden

 

Drawing countries from different pots helps to reduce the chance of so-called neighbourly voting and increases suspense in the Semi-Finals. You can get a good idea of how it will all work by watching the 2022 Allocation Draw on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.

The Eurovision Song Contest is due to take place on 7, 9 and 11 May 2024 in Malmo, Sweden, who won the Contest thanks to Loreen winning in 2023.

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the updates!

Source: Eurovision.tv