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Norway: The results of the 1st Semi Final of Melodi Grand Prix!

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Tonight took place the first semi-final of the 2023 Melodi Grand Prix, the show that determines the representative of the the Kingdom of Scandinavia, Norway, to the Eurovision Song Contest. 7 artists competed with then aim to win the three tickets that lead to the Grand Final on the 4th of February.

The hosts of the show were Arian Engebø and Stian Thorbjørnsen

The 7 contestants of the first semi-final were:

  1. Alessandra Mele – “Queen of Kings“
  2. Erik Næss – “Wave“
  3. Rasmus Thall – “TRESKO“
  4. Kate Gullbrandsen – “Tårer i paradis“
  5. Umami Tsunami featuring Kyle Alessandro, Kristian Haugstøyl & Magnus Winjum – “Geronimo“
  6. Ulrikke Brandstorp – “Honestly“
  7. Byron Williams Jr & Jowst – “Freaky For The Weekend“

After the performances of all the artists, the voting lines opened. The outcome was solely in the hands of the televoters.

The Norwegian public decided that the three best performances of the night were:

Umami Tsunami featuring Kyle Alessandro, Kristian Haugstøyl & Magnus Winjum – “Geronimo“

     Ulrikke Brandstorp –“Honestly“

Alessandra Mele – “Queen of Kings“

The next heat will take place next Saturday at 19:50 CET! You can watch MGP 2023 by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun, for all the news regarding the Norway’s participation at Eurovision Song Contest 2023!

Norway: The entries of Melodi Grand Prix 2023 have been selected!

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As confirmed by Norway’s head of delegation in the Eurovision Song Contest, Stig Karlsen, and also by Eurovision Norway, the 21 artists and songs that will compete in Melodi Grand Prix 2023 have already been selected.

The announcement of the 21 artists who will compete to represent Norway at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool will take place in early January.

Details on how Melodi Grand Prix 2023 will be held have yet to be announced, but it is expected to include three qualifying rounds and a Grand Final, hosted by Arianrhod Engebø and Staysman. According to previous statements by Stig Karlson, the inclusion of an international committee is likely, unlike in recent years, where the results of Melodi Grand Prix were determined solely by the television audience.

In Eurovision 2022, Norway was represented by Subwoolfer with “Give That Wolf a Banana”, finishing 10th in the Grand Final with 182 points.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Norway’s participation in Eurovision 2023, in Liverpool!

Source: Eurovision Norway, Stig Karlsen

Eurovision 2022: Norway’s Second Rehearsal!

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The second country to rehearse for the second time is Norway with their wolves! This staging is very similar to the performances we’ve seen from Subwoolfer at MGP and the Eurovision parties – Keith and Jim are supported by three backing dancers in yellow suits and DJ astronaut is overseeing proceedings from their elevated pulpit. We know some people think Subwoolfer are a novelty act, but we beg to differ – it’s a really polished routine and both Keith and Jim deliver great vocal performances. The dance routine is PRECISION.

About the Second Rehearsal

The performance is very slick and polished. They managed to use the MGP text that’s visible for TV viewers only. The Astronaut is in front of the kinetic sun and Subwoolfer are joined by three backup dancers. Vocally an amazing performance. This is so going to be loved by audience, still not sure how juries will react to this. The camera angles are perfect! The third performance of this semi-final that could do very well (after Ukraine and Greece). Very memorable!

Below you can watch an exclusive preview clip of Norway’s rehearsal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXkcnACPLUA

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Norway: Subwoolfer will offer to Europe their bananas!!

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The Grand Final of Melodi Grand Prix 2022 took place tonight at 19:55 CET. After six shows, 10 artists competed for the ticket to the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy.

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

The participants

The 10 finalists of the show were as follows:

  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

After the performance of the ten songs, the four acts that proceeded to the Gold Final phase were:

  1. Sofie Fjellvang – Made Of Glass
  2. Elsie Bay – Death of us
  3. Subwoolfer – Give that wolf a banana
  4. NorthKid – Someone

From there the two acts that advanced to the Gold Duel were:

  1. NorthKid – Someone
  2. Subwoolfer – Give that wolf a banana

Later on the show the representative of Greece Amanda Tenfjord gave a small interview to one of the hosts of the show.

Afterwards we had the chance to enjoy TIX and his entry in 2021 Eurovision in Rotterdam, Fallen Angel, in English and Norwegian.

After the announcement of the votes from each region of Norway the representatives of Norway in Eurovision Song Contest 2022 are Subwoolfer with the song Give that Woolf a Banana !!

 

Subwoolfer and Norway are going to participate at the second half of the First Semi-Final on 10th of May. Do you think that they can achieve a better result this year? Let us know in the comments below.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun.com for all the developments regarding the Norwegian entry at the upcoming 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. 

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: Results of MGP 2022 Second Semi-Final!!

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Tonight we watched the second semi-final of Melodi Grand Prix 2022, which took place 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 “Wonder of the World” by Christian Ingebrigtsen.

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

The four contestants of the second live show 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. Lily Lowe – Bad Baby VS  Stefen Jakobsen – With me Tonight
  2. Farida – Dangerous  VS  Daniel Lucas – Kvelertak

The betting odds before the show looked as follows:

The winner of the first duel (Lily Lowe – Bad Baby VS  Stefen Jakobsen – With me Tonight) was

Stefen Jakobsen – With me Tonight

The winner of the second duel (Farida – Dangerous  VS  Daniel Lucas – Kvelertak) was

Farida – Dangerous 

Afterwards we had the chance to listen live to the automatic finalist Christian Ingebrigtsen and his entry “Wonder of the World”

Stefen and Farida once again performed their entries in this final duel.

 Stefen Jakobsen – With me Tonight VS Farida – Dangerous 

After this battle the second qualifier of MGP 2022 was Farida with the song “Dangerous”

The next semi-final is going to take place on 22nd of January 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: 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.

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

Norway: Spotify streams of the second semi-final of MGP 2022

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Tonight is the second semifinal of MGP 2022, Norway’s national final for the selection of the song that will represent the nordic country in Eurovision 2022.

There are four songs that competing tonight. The competition is going to be in the form of duels, and the winners of each duel will compete against each other for a ticket to the grand final. The duels are:

  1. Lily Löwe – Bad Baby VS  Steffen Jakobsen – With me Tonight
  2. Farida – Dangerous  VS  Daniel Lukas – Kvelertak

All four songs are available on Spotify and here is the rank by number of streams:

  1. Steffen Jakobsen – With me Tonight 67866
  2. Daniel Lukas – Kvelertak  56364
  3. Lily Löwe – Bad Baby  46223
  4. Farida – Dangerous 41896

Regarding all the songs of MGP 2022, Death Of Us by Elsie Bay and Give That Wolf A Banana by Subwoolfer are far ahead of the others.

Will we will see Steffen Jakobsen in the grand final of MGP? In just a few hours we will know the answer!

You can watch the second semi-final of MGP 2022 at 19:55 CET through the official website of NRK by clicking here

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

photo: JULIA MARIE NAGLESTAD / NRK

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 .

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

Source: NRK

Norway: Watch the trailer of MGP 2021!

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Earlier today, the Scandipop music site post on their Twitter account the trailer of Melodi Grand Prix 2021, the procedure through which Norway is going to choose their next representative at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2021, in Rotterdam.

 

The MGP 2021 is going to be held on the following dates

Semi-finals:
16 January 2021
23 January 2021
30 January 2021
6 February 2021
13 February 2021

Final:
20 February 2021