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Norway: Stig Karlsen reveals changes in MGP 2024 combined voting ratio!
Yesterday NRK, the Norwegian public broadcaster, revealed details on how MGP 2024 will be structured.
Stig Karlsen, Norway‘s Head of Delegation, took part in a bubble rally in the Facebook group “Grand Prix Bobla” which was streamed on YouTube, Facebook and escNorge and he revealed even more details about next year’s national selection process.
Combined voting ratio changes! | People have the power!
Karlsen revealed that after the return of the jury in MGP 2023, the jury will remain in next year’s selection proces. However, Stig has previously advocated that the jury should count somewhat less than 50% in Eurovision. In yesterday’s interview he explained that he sees MGP and Eurovision as the people’s programs, and that it is therefore important that it is the people who have the final and decisive word, and that people should therefore count more than the jury votes. He more than hinted that this will be the case in MGP 2024. Then the jury will count 40%, while the popular vote counts 60%.
He also explained that work is being done on new and better technology to handle the popular vote. The system of only being able to vote from the NRK app, or as a logged-in user, has as a weakness that no one under the age of 13 can actually vote. This is because you must be over 13 years old to be able to create a profile with NRK. Another weakness is that it is easy to create more profiles, and thus acquire more votes than you have the right to use.
Broadcast from two studios
Stig Karlsen said that there will be two studios involved in the broadcast. One studio will be used as the main stage and the other studio will act as a green room. Both studios will have audience present and people can choose whether to buy a ticket on one studio or the other.
Are any released songs competing at MGP 2024?
New this year is that all songs released after September 1st are allowed to compete. When asked if there are any songs out on the charts, on the radio or elsewhere now, and that are ready for MGP, the MGP boss answered yes.
This year, Norway was represented by Alessandra and the song “Queen of Kings”. With a total of 268 points, Alessandra came in fifth place overall and third in the televote. Will Norway be able to maintain its success and secure a third consecutive top 10 finish?
Source: escnorge.no
Photo: Mandy Pettersen/ESC Norge
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Eurovision 2024: Did Stig Karlsen succeed in reducing the power of juries?
As we have previously informed you, the Eurovision Song Contest’s workshop took place today in Berlin.
During this workshop representatives of the -already confirmed- competing broadcasters had the opportunity to interact and discuss on new ideas regarding the contest.
The attendees of the Eurovision Song Contest Workshop in Berlin.
Stig Karlsen’s “mission”
On behalf of Norway, Stig Karlsen was present. Karlsen serves as the head of the Norwegian delegation to the Eurovision Song Contest. A month prior to the workshop, Karlsen stated that the Norwegian Television is planning on proposing a change of the voting format and specifically a change in the ratio of jury-public voting results. He suggested that a 30% or 40% percent of jury’s participation in the final result would be essential as a balancing factor and a boost for public’s interest, who often sees its favorite entry not winning or placing low.
Karlsen posted earlier on his instagram feed the following story:
Mission accomplished ✔
Does the aforementioned indicate that a discussion regarding a possible change in the voting format has been made? Well, the reduction of jury’s power in the contest for sure would benefit Norway, a country that has experienced conflicting results between jury and public vote for the past years. The highlight was in 2019, when Norway won the public vote only to finish 18th in the jury voting. We can assume that Karlsen brought this topic on today’s meeting and made his proposal among Eurovision executives.
A possible change in the jury-public vote ration is indeed a hot topic among Eurovision fans due to this year’s Finnish entry finishing second overall, regardless taking the first place on public voting with a margin of 133 points. Considering EBU’s approach on the contest, eager to try new ideas and bring changes when needed, it might be the time for this specific change.
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Norway: Listen to the Italian version of “Queen of Kings”!
A few minutes ago, Alessandra, the representative of Norway, released an entirely new version of her song for Eurovision 2023, “Queen of Kings”.
Alessandra Mele, won Melodi Grand Prix some time ago and thus, she is travelling to Liverpool, in the name of Norway. However, Alessandra also originates from Italy, and she just couldn’t resist adding something of Italian scent in her song.
So, except from the italian intro that was added to her song for her performance in Melodi Grand Prix, Alessandra now released a whole new version of the song, entirely in Italian:
We remind you that Norway competes in the first semi-final and is also the opening act of the competition part of the contest, as it will be the first performing country of the night!
You can also watch the EurovisionFun team reacting to the song from Norway, in the video below:
Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Norwegian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!
Norway: NRK announced the celebrity panel for “Adresse Liverpool”
Norway‘s state broadcaster NRK broadcasts a special programme dedicated to the Eurovision Song Contest every year. As we have already revealed for 2023, ‘Adresse Liverpool‘ will premiere on 15 April with the first entries in this year‘s competition. Approximately 8 songs will be reviewed each week with the judges scoring the songs from one to twelve points.
Recently, NRK released more information about the show and the names of the celebrities who will form the jury and vote during the four episodes of Adresse Liverpool. The show will be presented by Norwegian commentator Marte Stokstad, who will be joined by Ingeborg Heldal (music editor), Staysman (singer and presenter) and Kevin Vågenes (comedian).
Adresse Liverpool will consist of four shows with an additional celebrity judge joining the show‘s panel. The broadcast dates, the additional judges and some of the countries that will be featured are as follows:
- April 14 – Kim Wigaard (MGP Participant), featuring Czechia, Norway and France.
- April 21 – Agnete Husebye (YouTuber), featuring Serbia, Ukraine and Denmark.
- April 28 – Amanda Tenfjord (Greece 2022) & Fawad Ashraf (Past Eurovision juror), featuring Iceland, Austria and Germany.
- May 5 – Henrik Aasheim (Deputy Lead of the Conservative Party), Linn Skåber (Comedian and writer), featuring Sweden, Finland and Moldova
As always, there will be an audience jury that will vote on each of the shows led by Jim Ødegård Pedersen. It has also been confirmed that Marte Stokstad will return to NRK’s commentary booth for Eurovision 2023 in May.
Source: Eurovoix.com
Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding Eurovision 2023 !
Germany: Over 2 million viewers for “Unser Lied für Liverpool!”!
Earlier today, Germany chose their representative for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest through the German National Final “Unser Lied für Liverpool!”.
The winners of the final were Lord Of The Lost with their song “Blood & Glitter”, who will compete directly to the Grand Final of Eurovision in 13th of May!
A total of over 2 million viewers watched the National Final, but the viewing was lower compared to last year.
In addition, NDR declared satisfied with the viewing results, because there was a huge increase in the percentage of 14 to 49 years old who watched the German selection this year. Overall, the final had a viewing share 15,2% for this age range, this is up by 10% based on the last year’s selection.
Unser Lied für Liverpool was the 23rd most watched show on German TV last night, but the fourth most watched in the 14 to 49 age group.
Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the developments regarding Germany’s participation in Eurovision 2023!
Norway: “Adresse Liverpool” to begin on April 15!
NRK has been airing a special show dedicated to promotion of songs performing at Eurovision Song Contest. ‘Adresse Liverpool’ will commence on April 15, with a jury formed of Eurovision fans and famous faces will review all of the songs competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Each week around 8 songs are reviewed with the jurors scoring songs from 1 to 12 points.
The show is hosted by Marte Stokstad, the four experts in the judging panel are Ingeborg Heldal who is a regular member of it, second is a well known participant at Melodi Grand Prix, 3rd place of MGP 2015 with “En godt stekt pizza” together with Lazz and an artist who took part last year as the member of Landeveiens Helter, Stian “Staysman” Thorbjørnsen, the third regular member is the famous Norwegian comedian, Kevin Vågenes. The fourth member is the guest who always changes. The four of them are joined by the four Eurovision fans.
Applications to feature on the panel are currently open. Interested participants must be available to attend auditions at the NRK studios in Oslo on 28th, 29th or 30th of March. More information can be found here.
Previous winners of the Adresse preview shows include:
- 2022 – France – Alvan & Ahez
- 2021 – Italy – Måneskin – Zitti e buoni
- 2019 – Cyprus – Tamta – Replay
- 2018 – Austria – Cesar Sampson – Nobody But You
Norway this year is represented by Αlessandra with “Queen of Kings” and will be competing on the first half of the First Semi-Final:
Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news about Eurovision 2023!
Norway: Listen to the songs of the third semi-final of Melodi Grand Prix 2023!
Norway’s public television, NRK, is once again organizing the national final Melodi Grand Prix for the selection of its Eurovision entry in Liverpool this May. A few minutes ago, the songs of the artists of the third semi-final were released!
There will be nine finalists this year. The 21 total artists were divided into three semi-finals of seven with the top three from each semi-final receiving the ticket to the grand final of MGP 2023!
Timetable
Saturday, 14 January: First Semi-Final (Song Announcement on Monday, 9 January)Saturday, 21 January: Second Semi-Final (Song Announcement on Monday, 16 January)- Saturday, 28 January: Third Semi-Final (Song Announcement on Monday, 23 January)
- Saturday, 4 February: Grand Final
You can check out the results of the first and second semi-final here and here respectively.
The participants of the second semi-final
The last three tickets for the MGP grand final will be claimed by:
Skrellex – “Love Again”
Tiril Beisland – “Break It”
Akuvi – “Triumph”
Atle Pettersen – “Masterpiece”
Eline Thorp – “Not Meant to Be”
Maria Celin – “Freya”
Stig van Eijk – “Someday”
We remind you that this year’s Melodi Gran Prix is quite different from the previous ones, as there are no duels or second chance round. In each semi-final, only the Norwegian television audience is able to vote, while in the final, for the first time since 2019, there will also be an international jury that will determine 50% of the result.
The songs are published every Monday before the semi-final in which they are competing. Melodi Grand Prix 2023 is taking place at the Spectrum in Trondheim and is hosted by Arian Engebø and Stian Thorbjørnsen.
What do you think of the third set of MGP 2023 songs? Do you think the winner might be amongst them? Tell us in the comments!
Norway: Listen to the songs of the second semi-final of Melodi Grand Prix 2023!
Norway’s public television, NRK, is once again organizing the national final Melodi Grand Prix for the selection of its Eurovision entry in Liverpool this May. A few minutes ago, the songs of the artists of the second semi-final were released!
There will be nine finalists this year. The 21 total artists were divided into three semi-finals of seven with the top three from each semi-final receiving the ticket to the grand final of MGP 2023!
Timetable
Saturday, 14 January: First Semi-Final (Song Announcement on Monday, 9 January)- Saturday, 21 January: Second Semi-Final (Song Announcement on Monday, 16 January)
- Saturday, 28 January: Third Semi-Final (Song Announcement on Monday, 23 January)
- Saturday, 4 February: Grand Final
You can check out the results of the first semi-final here.
The participants of the second semi-final
The second set of three tickets for the MGP grand final will be claimed by:
Sandra Lyng – “Drøm d bort”
JONE – “Ekko Inni Meg”
Swing’it – “Prohibition”
Ella – “Waist”
Alejandro Fuentes – “Fuego”
Bjørn Olav Edvardsen – “Turn Off My Heart”
Elsie Bay – “Love You in a Dream”
We remind you that this year’s Melodi Gran Prix is quite different from the previous ones, as there are no duels or second chance round. In each semi-final, only the Norwegian television audience is able to vote, while in the final, for the first time since 2019, there will also be an international jury that will determine 50% of the result.
The songs are published every Monday before the semi-final in which they are competing. Melodi Grand Prix 2023 is taking place at the Spectrum in Trondheim and is hosted by Arian Engebø and Stian Thorbjørnsen.
What do you think of the second set of MGP 2023 songs? Do you think the winner might be amongst them? Tell us in the comments!
Norway: Melodi Grand Prix 2023 First Heat tonight!
The selection process for the Norwegian participation in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest is finally starting tonigh. Melodi Grand Prix 2023 will take place in Trondheim and will be broadcasted every Saturday for the next four weeks, with the winner artist getting the ticket to Liverpool!
Melodi Grand Prix’s hosts for this year is the TV host Arian Engebø and the singer Stian Thorbjørnsen who has also participated in MGP himself, back in 2015 and 2021.
The first Heat of Melodi Grand Prix 2023 will be broadcasted tonight in 19:50 CET and will last for about one and a half hour. You can watch it through NRK’s official website, by clicking HERE.
The Participants of the first Heat of Melodi Grand Prix 2023:
In the list below, you can see the seven artists and the songs, competing in the first heat of Melodi Grand Prix 2023 (You can listen to each song by clicking on their title):
- Alessandra Mele – “Queen of Kings“
- Erik Næss – “Wave“
- Rasmus Thall – “TRESKO“
- Kate Gullbrandsen – “Tårer i paradis“
- Umami Tsunami featuring Kyle Alessandro, Kristian Haugstøyl & Magnus Winjum – “Geronimo“
- Ulrikke Brandstorp – “Honestly“
- Byron Williams Jr & Jowst – “Freaky For The Weekend“
Melodi Grand Prix 2023
In total, 21 songs are going to take part in Melodi Grand Prix 2023, after being selected by NRK’s competent jury. Seven song will compete in each of the three heats, with the three best songs advancing for the Final.
In the three heats, the three best songs will qualify for the final solely based on the vote of the Norwegian public.
For the first time since 2019, an international jury that will determine 50% of the result will be featured in the final, while the rest 50% will be determined by the public vote.
One more thing we couldn’t let unmentioned, is that NRK decided to give the contestants the opportunity to use Auto-Tune in their performances, in order to be vocally in the best way possible.
The program of Melodi Grand Prix 2023
- First Heat: January 14th
- Second Heat: January 21st
- Third Heat: January 28th
- Grand Final: February 4th
Until we learn who is going to represent Norway in Eurovision 2023, lets remember their song for last year’s contest. Previous MGP winners and Norway’s representatives at Eurovision 2022 were Subwoolfer with their song “Give That Wolf a Banana” and finished 10th in the Grand Final, continuing the country’s qualification streak for the fifth year.
Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding Norway’s participation in Eurovision 2023, in Liverpool!
