Eurovision 2024: Norway’s first rehearsal!
Next up, and second to last for today, on the stage of Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is Norway! Gåte with their song“Ulveham” are ready for their first rehearsal on the stage of Malmö Arena, in Sweden!
Who are Gåte?
Gåte (Norwegian for ‘riddle’) is a band from Trøndelag, Norway playing Norwegian folk music bred with metal and electronica. Their style has been referred to as progressive folk-rock. The band consists of Gunnhild Sundli, Magnus Børmark, Jon Even Schärer, Mats Paulsen and John Stenersen. The band released their first EP, “Gåte EP” in 2000, and rapidly gained popularity. In 2024 they competed in the Norwegian national final for Eurovision 2024, winning the ticket to Malmö and the country’s representation in this year’s contest.
The Rehearsal
Two more rehearsals to go today, and next up Is Norway! Gåte have been performing together for over twenty years – their sound is a mix of rock and Norwegian folk. Their song, Ulveham is a folk tale about a maiden with an evil stepmother who is banished to the woods, transformed into a wolf and ordered to kill her brother. We are not expecting a dance break.
What we are getting, however, is the whole dark, witchy mood of this song, very similar to Gåte’s performance at Melodi Grand Prix but on an epic Malmö scale. A low, slow-spinning platform with some rocks and trees, like a goth terrarium, backed by spooky swirling graphics, lots of atmospheric lasers and green spotlights.
We’ve seen lead singer Gunnhild in lots of amazing outfits over pre-party season – today she’s wearing dark green wide trousers with a matching top that designed to look like she has leaves woven across one shoulder. In the final chorus one of the guitarists throws his guitar high into the air, then catches it – we can only imagine how many guitars have been sacrificed for this big finish.
This is one of the harder performances to describe today because it’s pure atmosphere – a mix of pounding drums, building tempo and Gåte giving it everything.
Norway’s First Rehearsal Credits: Corinne Cumming /EBU
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The second rehearsal of Norway will take place on Friday 3/5, when we will have a better picture of what we will see from Gåte on the Eurovision stage, as we will have the official TV snippet.
Below you can watch a small clip from Norway’s first rehearsal from TikTok:
@eurovision Fireflies, guitar throwing, a spinning rock platform… Malmö is living for @GÅTE dark woodscape #Eurovision2024 ♬ original sound – Eurovision
Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Norwegian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö!
Source: eurovision.tv
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