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Norway: Subwoolfer won’t perform during Semi-Final 3 of MGP 2022!

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Subwoolfer will not appear in the Third Semifinal of the Melodi Grand Prix 2022 this Saturday due to a positive test on Covid-19. The Subwoolfer is now the betting favorite to win the Melodi Grand Prix 2022 and is competing with the song “Give That Wolf A Banana”.

Subwoolfer confirmed the diagnosis of Covid-19 via NRK statements:

“On our journey of discovery around the earth, we met a creature called omicron!”

Subwoolfer, who are already qualified for the final, will perform during one of the remaining semi-finals. NorthKid, who were due to perform in Semi-Final 4, will perform this week instead. Band member Bilal Saab commented:

“It came on very abruptly. There is quite a lot to be done in relation to the stage show, mostly rehearsing of the song which we now have one week less to work on but as they say: ‘The show must go on’ “.

This is not the first instance of Covid-19 within Melodi Grand Prix this year. Frode Vassel, who advanced to the final from the first semifinal of the Melodi Grand Prix, tested positive for Covid-19, a few days after the end of the semifinal.

Stig Karlsen, head producer of MGP, made the following statement:

“We are working hard to keep this year’s production afloat, but the audience should know that nothing stops Melodi Grand Prix, not even a pandemic.”

The schedule for the remainder of Melodi Grand Prix 2022 is as follows:

  • January 29 – Semi-Final Three
  • February 5 – Semi-Final Four
  • February 12 – Second Chance Round
  • February 19 – Grand Final

source: NRK

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Norway: The betting odds just before the second MGP 2022 semi-final!

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The norwegian national final MGP 2022 continues tonight, with the second semi-final. Four songs will compete for the next ticket leading to the final on February 19th. But what do the bets predict for today’s semi-final?

The bets

Two songs seem to be fighting for the next ticket that will lead to the MGP Final. Stefen Jakobsen, with the song With me Tonight, has taken the first place in the bets the last few days, while he is also first in Spotify streams. On the other hand, Farida with Dangerous seems to be reducing the difference, being first in the rating of NRK critics.

We remind you that Frode Vassel with the song Black Flowers was the one to qualify from the first semi-final, overturning betting odds and charts, as he was last in both.

Second semi-final tonight

The second semi-final takes place tonight and includes the following four candidates:

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 final will emerge. The pairs, as they emerged from yesterday’s draw, are:

  1. Lily Lowe – Bad Baby VS  Stefen Jakobsen – With me Tonight
  2. Farida – Dangerous  VS  Daniel Lucas – Kvelertak

After both duels are completed, the winners advance to the golden duel and the winner advances to the final.

A guest appearance will be made by one of the five direct finalists, Christian Ingebrigtsen, who will be performing his song  Wonder of the world.

The presenters of the evening will be Kåre Magnus Bergh and Mikkel Niva.

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

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Norway: Interview with Elsie Bay from Melodi Grand Prix 2022! (Video)

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After the announcement of her participation in this year’s national final of Norway, Melodi Grand Prix 2022, Elsie Bay talks exclusively to EurovisionFun and George Zefteridis.

Elsie Bay is one of the automatic qualifiers at MGP 2022 finals, that also appeared and performed her song “Death of us“, live at the first semi final.

She mentions that she is really happy about her performance, as that was something she highly anticipated and with regards to the staging of her song, she mentioned that she had to keep it a secret, until she eventually performed it live.

I received quite some positive feedback and really nice messages about my semi-final performance. Currently we are working on my performance for the MGP finals, where there will certainly be some changes. But we’ve not decided on that, yet. 

“Death of Us” was born during a songwriting camp where she participated and as she says, she never expected she’d write a song which she would have to perform in the end.

I didn’t expect to compose a song for me, specifically for MGP. Last year, I’d composed the song “Witch Woods” which I decided to give to Emmy, as it suited her quite nicely. This year I had no idea what I could write about, flicked through some of my old notes, mixed and matched and then “Death of Us” came to life. And now I really believe that I got a chance to win the national selection.

From those songs of her competitors, she likes the songs of NorthKid, Subwoolfer, Vilde and Farida. Her favourite past Norwegian entry was the winning song “Fairytale” by Alexander Rybak (2009) and generally from the contest the loved last year’s winners Maneskin (Italy 2021), Loreen (Sweden 2012) and Gjon’s Tears (Switzerland 2021).

We couldn’t help but ask her about Amanda Tenfjord that will represent Greece this year, who is also half Norwegian. Elsie commented:

I know Amanda. I’m not sure if we’ve ever met in person, however, I think we’re under the same management. I’ve also worked with her producer, Bjorn. 

A few moments before we had to say goodbye to Elsie Bay, she sang a part of her song for us, acapella.

You can watch the entire exclusive interview of Elsie, one the video below:

You can listen to “Death of Us“, Elsie’s entry at MGP 2022 below!

Stay tuned at EurovisionFun, for all the latest developments regarding Melodi Grand Prix 2022 and the Norwegian entry for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest!

Norway: The duels for the second semifinal of the MGP have been announced!

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Norwegian broadcaster NRK has announced the duels for the second semi-final of the Melodi Grand Prix 2022. Four artists will compete for a ticket to the final, while Christian Ingebrigtsen has already qualified for the grand final.

Program director Kåre Magnus Bergh did the draw for the duels. It will be two duels between a ballad, a pop, a rock and a country song.

The first duel is between rock star Lily Lowe and country singer Stefen Jakobsen.

Lily Lowe– Bad Baby VS  Stefen Jakobsen– With me Tonight

The second duel will be a showdown between Farida‘s dynamic voice and pop artist Daniel Lucas.

Farida– Dangerous  VS  Lucas– Kvelertak

After both duels are completed, the winners advance to the golden duel and the winner advances to the final. Only one of the candidate songs will make it to the grand final and one will compete at the second opportunity to get a ticket to the final.

We remind you that the second semifinal will take place this Saturday 22-01 at 19:50 CET .

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Source: NRK

Norway: Interview with Farida from Melodi Grand Prix 2022 (video)

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After the announcement of the contestants of the Norwegian National Final, Melodi Grand Prix 2022, Farida talks exclusively to Eurovisionfun and Stella Gialetzi.

Farida is really grateful for all the support she’s received, from the public and the people she’s collaborated with, on her first attempt to compete at MGP and she states that music is something she loves and makes her happy.

I wrote “Dangerous” with my team on July, last year. I love this kind of cinematic music. The message that the song conveys, has to do with being different. I am born half Norwegian and half Algerian. In my songs, I usually refer to myself, but “Dangerous” expresses all those obstacles people have to overcome, until they can stand on their own feet.

She also comments, that she has experimented with lots of different genres and styles of music, paying great attention to the composition of her songs and as she points out “she wants to feel the vibe of the song before she even goes through its lyrics“.

Asked about the staging of “Dangerous” she describes it as follows:

The song is a bit dark and somehow dramatic, I am obviously influenced by James Bond and the cinematic theme songs and soundtracks on his movies. Therefore, the staging would start off being dark, but will end with a great surprise. With something that has never been implemented before. What I will eventually wear, will be a surprise.

She comments on her heat, as it being a “fair battle“, due to the variety of songs that will have to compete in it. There are one country song, a ballad, a rock and a pop song that will compete with each other in duels, next Saturday.

It will be so hard. This heat I take part in, is a fair battle. I wish Norway and Europe in general would actually vote for my entry. 

From the rest of this year’s contestants, she likes the songs of Christian Ingebrigtsen, Eline Noelia, Elsie Bay and Mari Bølla while her favourite past Norwegian entries in the contest are those of Stella Mwangi (2011), Alexander Rybak (2009) and Ulrikke (2020).

My favourite song of the entire contest is the one of Salvador Sobral (Portugal 2017) as he mainly focused in his music. Of course, those of Måneskin (Italy 2021) and Loreen (Sweden 2012) as well. I also loved Stefania’s performance, last year. 

We couldn’t help but asking her thoughts about Amanda Tenfjord, who she shares the same roots with, as they’re both also Norwegian!

Of course I know Amanda! I didn’t know she is half Greek. She is so good. Her music is so alternative and authentic, with a dash of Scandinavian style, in such a way that her songs can touch your soul. She can be that something-different, by taking part in Eurovision Song Contest. I am really excited and quite curious about the final outcome. For sure, the Greek proposal is something new and different for the contest this year.. 

A while before we said goodbye to Farida, she sang the bridge of her song acapella.

Don’t miss our exclusive interview with Farida! You can watch it on the video below:

You can listen to “Dangerous“, Farida’s entry at MGP 2022 below:

Stay tuned at EurovisionFun for all the latest developments with Melodi Grand Prix 2022 and the Norwegian entry for this year!

 

Norway: Results of the first heat of Melodi Grand Prix

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The first heat of Melodi Grand Prix 2022 took place today at 19:50 CET. We witnessed 5 amazing performances. Four hopefuls competed for the ticket to the Grand Final which will take place on February 19. We saw one of the automatic qualifiers perform on the stage as well. Three more heats, so-called ‘Last Chance’ and the Grand Final are yet to come!

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

 

The four contestants of the first heat were:

These four competed in duels, where the two selected winners also competed with each other, in order to secure a place at the Grand Final of Melodi Grand Prix.

The duels that were determined by a draw yesterday are shown here:

The odds before the show looked like this:

 

The winner of the first duel (Mira Craig – We still here VS  Eline Noelia – Ecstasy) was…

Eline Noelia with her song “Ecstasy”

The winner of the second duel (TrollfesT – Dance like a pink flamingo  VS  Frode Vassel – Black Flowers) was…

Frode Vassel with the song “Black Flowers”

Elsie Bay, one of the automatic qualifiers, performed her song ‘Death of Us‘ right after the first 2 winners were selected:

 

Eline and Frode once again performed their songs. The final duel determined the winner of the heat and the first qualifier as well:

The choice was made and the winner of the first heat and the first qualifier is:

Frode Vassel with his song “Black Flowers”

 

The next heat will take place next Saturday at 19:50 CET! You can watch MGP 2022 by clicking here.

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Norway: The first betting odds, right before the 1st heat of MGP 2022!

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Today is the date! In a few moments the first heat of MGP 2022 will take place. Four songs will compete, to secure a place at the Final, which will be held on the 19th of February. But what do the betting odds predict for today’s heat?

The odds

It seems like the battle will be between two songs, in the hopes of qualifying to the Final of MGP. Eline Noelia with her song Ecstasy, places now first in the odds, throwing Trollfest and their song Dance like a pink flamingo to the second place, despite the fact that they are currently first in streams, at Spotify.

Today is the first heat

The first heat will be broadcasted tonight and the four contestants to compete are the following:

The above four contestants will compete in duels, where the two selected winners will compete with each other, in order to secure a place at the Grand Final of the Norwegian national selection for this year.

The duels, that were determined by a draw yesterday are the following:

  1. Mira Craig – We still here VS  Eline Noelia – Ecstasy
  2. TrollfesT – Dance like a pink flamingo  VS  Frode Vassel – Black Flowers

After the two duels are completed, their two winners will compete at the Gold Duel and the winner will qualify to the Final..

Elsie Bay, one of the five automatic qualifiers, will appear as a guest and will perform her song “Death of Us”.

The hosts of tonight’s show will be: Kåre Magnus Bergh, Annika Momrak and Mikkel Niva.

You can watch the first heat of MGP 2022 tonight at 19:50 CET at the official webpage of the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK by clicking here.

Stay tuned at EurovisionFun, for all the latest developments regarding the Norwegian entry at Eurovision Song Contest 2022!

Norway: The Battles for MGP 2022 1st Semi-Final revealed!!

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Earlier today morning, the Norwegian public national broadcaster, NRK, revealed the battles for the 1st Semi-Final of the 2022 Melodi Grand Prix. Four acts will compete against each other for the ticket to the final, while the big favourite, Elsie Bay, has already been allocated to the Final.

The battles draw was held by the programme manager Kåre Magnus Bergh. There going to be one pop battle and one rock battle.

The first duel is between established artist and songwriter Mira Craig and 22-year-old MGP debutant Eline Noelia.

Mira Craig– We still here VS  Eline Noela– Ecstasy

The second duel is going to be a rock competition between the cross-genre group TrollfesT and singer Frode Vassel. 

Trollfest– Dance like a pink flamingo  VS  Froode– Black Flowers

After the aforementioned duels are completed, the winners advance to the gold battle and the gold winner takes the ticket to the final. This means that only one entry goes to the final and another one will advance to the second chance round, where an additional finalist will emerge.

The first semi-final is going to take place this Saturday 15/01/2022.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun.com for all the developments regarding Norway and their participation at the upcoming contest in Turin.

Source: NRK

Norway: Listen to the 21 songs competing in Melodi Grand Prix 2022!

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NRK channel has announced today the 21 songs of MGP 2022 competing to represent Norway in Eurovision Song Contest 2022!

After all the rumours of the high level of songs that are competing this year in Melodi Grand Prix and the rumours of a Eurostar among the participants , it’s the day we are finally ready to hear all the songs competing.

The 21 participants of Melodi Grand Prix 2022:

The participants that will perform directly in the Final are:

The participants that are going to compete in the first semifinal are:

In the second semifinal the acts that are competing are:

In the third semifinal the participants are:

Last but not least, the last’s semifinal acts are:

We remind you that only one act of each semifinal will go directly to the final and one will have a chance on the second chance round.

The schedule for the Melodi Grand Prix shows is as follows:

  • January 15 – Semi-Final One
  • January 22 – Semi-Final Two
  • January 29 – Semi-Final Three
  • February 5 – Semi-Final Four
  • February 12 – Second Chance Round
  • February 19 – Grand Final

Who is your favourite among the MGP participants this year? Should we book a flight for Oslo 2023? Share your opinion in the comments below.

Norway: A Eurostar among the rumoured MGP 2022 participants!

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The participants of Melodi Grand Prix 2022 will be announced next week but escNorge.no has already revealed some names that according to them will be among the competitors.

It seems that VILDE, Kim Wigaard, Northkid, Farida, Maria Mohn, Christian Ingebrigtsen, Oda Gondrosen, Mari Bølla and Elsie Bay might be on the list of the participants of the Norwegian national final.

Also, former Melodi Grand Prix participants Anna-Lisa Kumoji (MGP 2019) and Alexandra Joner (MGP 2015) are likely to return.

However, what is perhaps the most interesting revelation is that a former MGP winner is probably in the running, aiming to represent Norway once more, or for the first time, in case the former winner turns out to be Ulrikke.

The participation of a former MGP winner was also hinted by the Twitter account of Eurovision Norway :

NRK will reveal the 22 competing artists on Monday, January 10th 2022 and all the songs will be released later on the same day.

The schedule for the Melodi Grand Prix shows is as follows:

  • January 15 – Semi-Final One
  • January 22 – Semi-Final Two
  • January 29 – Semi-Final Three
  • February 5 – Semi-Final Four
  • February 12 – Second Chance Round
  • February 19 – Grand Final

Source: escNorge

Who do you think is the returning MGP winner? Are you excited for any of the other competitors? Comment below!

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