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Norway: “Adresse Malmø” returns, on April 5th!

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Just a few days ago, the Norwegian public broadcaster announced the return of “Adresse Malmø” for yet another year as a pre-show for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest! Today, it was revealed that the program will premiere on Friday, April 5th.

“Adresse” is a show on Norwegian public television that presents and evaluates the songs participating in this year’s competition. The show has been airing since 1973, and since 2004, it has featured a panel that evaluates the songs.

A judging panel consisting of Eurovision fans and notable personalities will evaluate all the songs competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Each week, approximately eight songs are presented, with the judges rating them from 1 to 12.

The schedule for “Adresse Malmø” is as follows:

  • Show One – Friday, April 5th
  • Show Two – Friday, April 12th
  • Show Three – Friday, April 19th
  • Show Four – Friday, April 5th
  • Show Five – Friday, May 3rd

Below are the latest winners of “Adresse”:

  • 2023: France – La Zarra – “Evidement” (16th Place)
  • 2022: France – Alvan & Ahez – “Fulenn” (24th Place)
  • 2021: Italy – Måneskin – “Zitti e buoni” (1st Place)
  • 2019: Cyprus – Tamta – “Replay” (13th Place)
  • 2018: Austria – Cesar Sampson – “Nobody But You” (3rd Place)

This year, Norway is represented by Gåte with the song “Ulveham,” and they have been drawn to compete in the second half of the Second Semi-Final. Below, you can watch our Reaction Video.

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

Source: NRK

Norway: End of MGP for KEiiNO?

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Norway’s national final for Eurovision 2024, MGP, concluded on Saturday night, with Gåte and the song, “Ulveham” as winners. Among the candidates was the group KEiiNO, who participated for the third time in the MGP, already having a victory and representing the country at Eurovision 2019.

Shortly after the end of MGP, the group spoke to Dagblabet, revealing that this was their last entry in the Melodi Grand Prix.

“We proved that we can give Europe what it wants and we finally won the judges’ votes! Unfortunately we didn’t make it this time. It was our best performance and we will be touring soon. MGP We’ll draw a line here.”


Who are KEiiNO? 

KEiiNO is a Norwegian group consisting of Sami rapper Fred Buljo and singers Alexandra Rotan and Tom Hugo. The group was formed in late 2018 in preparation for their participation in the Melodi Grand Prix 2019, which they won and thus were selected to represent Norway with the song “Spirit in the Sky” at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in sixth place, even though they were first in the televoting results.

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On January 11, 2021, it was announced that KEiiNO will participate in the Melodi Grand Prix 2021 final with the default song ”  Monument“. The song was released at midnight on 15 January 2021 with the group’s first performance of the song during the first show of Melodi Grand Prix 2021 on 16 January 2021. The song made it to the top four in the final on 20 February 2021, eventually going gold duel, where they lost to Tix’s “Fallen Angel”.

This year, with the song “Damdiggida“, they won the second place in MGP 2024, even scoring in the first place in the score of the critics.

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

 

Norway: 843 thousand watched the Melodi Grand Prix 2024 final!

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Last Saturday saw the Norwegian national final, Melodi Grand Prix 2024, where 843 thousand viewers watched it.
The Norwegian broadcaster reports that the final had 144,000 fewer viewers than last year.
Last year, almost a million viewers, more precisely 987 thousand viewers, saw Alessandra Mele win the final of MGP 2023. In relation to 2022 where she had 250 thousand less, when Subwoolfer won. In 2021, when Tix won, the MGP final drew 1.1 million viewers. In 2020, 972,000 watched Ulrikke Brandstorp.
So this year the state channel reached 843,000 viewers.

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!

What do you think of  Norway’s participation this year? Let us know what you think in the comments!

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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!

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: NRK decides that “Ulveham” need to be re-written!

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Just a few days before the final of MGP, NRK announced through its website that the big favorite of the show, Gåte with the song “Ulveham“, needs to change its lyrics.

More specific, NRK’s article mentions that the lyrics of the song are taken from a 1000- years- old medieval ballad and given the fact that both MGP and Eurovision are a competition of original songs, the band needs to make some changes. The channel’s head of music, Stig Karlsen, informed us that the title and the theme of the song will remain the same.

Despite the fact that EBU had approved the song in case it competed for Norway, Stig mentioned that the lyrical content is not widely know or prevalent, however a part of the country’s music industry had talked about this. He also mentioned that the music is based on un-known no copyrighted material so it is not a case of plagiarism and he is surprised that both the band and NRK hadn’t detected sooner so as to be fixed.

Could the band still win MGP 2024 and take the ticket to Sweden?

Source: NRK

Norway: Results of MGP 2024 third semi-final!

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The third semi-final of  Melodi Grand Prix 2024 was broadcast tonight at 19:50 CET. Six artists competed for the three tickets that lead to the Grand Final on February 3rd 2024. Today and until the next Saturday, Norway will have to choose the artist that will represent them in Sweden this year.

The show took place at Spectrum in Trondheim hosted by Marion Ravn and Fredrik Solvang and the schedule of the shows is as follows:

  • Grand Final:  February 3rd

Format

As a reminder, this year’s Melodi Grand Prix will take place with the same format as last year, as there will be no duels or second chance rounds. Three artists will qualify from each semi-final in which only the TV audience will vote, while the final will for once again feature an international jury that will determine 40% of the result.

Running Order

The six artists who competed in the third semi-final of MGP 2024 performed in the following order:

  • Vidar Villa – “MER”
  • MISTRA – “Waltz of Death”
  • Thomas Jenssen – “Take Me To Heaven”
  • Annprincess – “Save Me”
  • MiiA – “Green Lights”
  • KEiiNO – “Damdiggida”

Results

The qualifiers of the third semi-final were:

The final is going to take place on February 3rd at 19:50 CET! You can watch MGP 2024 by clicking here.

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

Norway: Heat 3 of MGP 2024 tonight!

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The Melodi Grand Prix 2024 continues tonight, through which Norway will select its representative for the 68th Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Malmö in May.

A week after last Saturday’s second semi-final, the process of selecting the Norwegian representative at Eurovision 2024 continues tonight, with three more artists punching their ticket to the MGP Grand Final the Saturday after next.

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

Finalists

From the first two semifinals, six artists have already secured their place in the MGP 2024 grand final. The three artists are:

Third Semi-final

The six artists who will compete in the third semi-final of MGP 2024 will perform in the following order:

  1. Vidar Villa – “MER”
  2. MISTRA – “Waltz of Death”
  3. Thomas Jenssen – “Take Me To Heaven”
  4. Annprincess – “Save Me”
  5. MiiA – “Green Lights”
  6. KEiiNO – “Damdiggida”

Few words for the artists

Vidar Villa is popular to those who have been in touch with Norwegian music. It has been six years since the artist has competed at MGP. Since then, he has performed in more than 500 concerts! Vidar will perform his energetic bop “MER”, a song talking about life- both good and bad aspects.

The fresh duet MISTRA are a meeting of Norwegian music scene: a pop queen Benedicte Adrian and a metal upcoming star Anders Odden. Together they will perform the song “Waltz of Death”.

Thomas Jenseen is a singer and composer from Levanger. The last few years, he has been studying music at the University of Agder and now he is in the final year of Master studies at composing.

Annprincess is a singer and composer from Lier. The 32 years old singer loves to write songs which make other feel strong, seen and heard. Her MGP entry “Save Me” talks about the loneliness you feel when everyone talks about how different you are and how important is to accept and defend yourself.

MIIA has had many listeners from around the world with her song “Dynasty” in 2015. Her song was mentioned from Billboard and was in the list of New Music Friday Worldwide. Her real name is Mia Virik Kristensen from Kragerø.

It has been five years since KEiiNO made a mix of Norwegian melodies, joik and dance pop and won the televoting of Eurovision. Since then, the group has published 28 songs, hastopped the charts with huge radio succes and has won several awards.

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 third semi-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: Results of MGP 2024 second semi-final!

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The second semi-final of  Melodi Grand Prix 2024 was broadcast tonight at 19:50 CET. Six artists competed for the three tickets that lead to the Grand Final on February 3rd 2024. Today and for the next two Saturdays, Norway will have to choose the artist that will represent them in Sweden this year.

The show took place at Spectrum in Trondheim hosted by Marion Ravn and Fredrik Solvang and the schedule of the shows is as follows:

  • Third Semi-Final:  January 27th
  • Grand Final:  February 3rd

Format

As a reminder, this year’s Melodi Grand Prix will take place with the same format as last year, as there will be no duels or second chance rounds. Three artists will qualify from each semi-final in which only the TV audience will vote, while the final will for once again feature an international jury that will determine 40% of the result.

Running Order

The six artists who competed in the second semi-final of MGP 2024 performed in the following order:

  • Farida – “Heartache” 
  • Mileo – “You’re Mine”
  • ELI KRISTIN – “Touch of Venus”
  • Super Rob, Erika Norwich – “My AI”
  • Dag Erik Oksvold og Anne Fagermo – “Judge Tenderly of Me”
  • Gåte – “Ulveham”

Results

The qualifiers of the second semi-final were:

The next semi-final is going to take place on January 27th at 19:50 CET! You can watch MGP 2024 by clicking here.

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