Posts

Norway: MGP 2025 line-up is in the making!

A month ago, it was announced that Stig Karlsen will resign from his roles as project manager for MGP and HoD for Noway after ten years, as he will handle Jannicke Mikkelsen’s communications and media during her SpaceX mission. Despite his resignation, he will remain in his position until September 30th and he is working for the upcoming edition of MGP, the Norwegian national selection for Eurovision.

He disclosed via his personal Instagram account that he has listened to every song submitted for this year’s competition. Now, the live castings will start and we then the lineup will be decided.

Gåte were crowned as the winners of MGP 2024 and therefore the representatives of Norway in Malmö. With their song “Ulveham“, the band placed last in the Grand Final with just sixteen points.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Norway starts MGP 2025 preparations with first songwriting camp!

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.comeuromix


Follow us on all social media, so you do not miss any news about the biggest music festival in Europe: