Norway – Is it the publicity due to their racist comments or the quality of their song that make Plumbo and their song “Ola Nordmann” the run-away favorites to win the Norwegian national final “Melodi Grand Prix”? It probably is a combination of both. Last Sunday Plumbo had said Madcon reminded them of “Moccamen”, which created a media frenzy and a discussion about (more…)
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Norway: Plumbo The Hot Favourites in Melodi Grand Prix
Posted: January 18, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Norway23
Norway: Snippets of Three Melodi Grand Prix Songs and a Scandal
Posted: January 15, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Norway Norway – The first semi-final of the Norwegian national selection “Melodi Grand Prix” will be held next Saturday. Snippets of three entries have now appeared on amazon.com. The entire Melodi Grand Prix CD with all competitors will be released this Monday. You can already listen to High On Love by Reidun, Don’t Touch The Flame by Carburetos and Ola Nordman by Plumbo. Meanwhile, Plumbo have caused a scandal. (more…)
Eurovision History Chat: Norway
Posted: January 12, 2012 by hikarufreeman in Editorial, ESC History, NorwayTags: Eurovision Song Contest, Joy 94.9, Norway
Eurovision Podcast – Norway has been a Eurovision ever present since 1960 when the beloved Voi Voi announced its presence to the rest of the continent. As you will hear in this podcast, the Norwegians have scaled the heights and plumbed the depths since them. Their FOUR “nul points” have saddled them with a reputation for naffness, this is most unfair. Norway’s public broadcaster is Norsk Rikskringkasting or NRK. Some Eurovision types might argue that the acronym means (more…)
Norway – Today, the Norwegian national broadcaster NRK revealed the last three of the Melodi Grand Prix 2012 participants. Tommy Fredvang and Rikke Lie from the Norwegian version of X-Factor and the lead singer of Sie Gubba, Petter Øien will thus compete with 21 other acts for the honor to fly the Norwegian flag in Baku next May.The Heats will be held on January 21 and 28 and February 4 2012; with the national final on February 11. (more…)
Norway: The Canoes and Hanne Sørvaag Collaborate
Posted: November 19, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Norway Norway – The Norwegian national broadcaster NRK continues to publish the participants of the Norwegian national final “Melodi Grand Prix” little by little. The next participants revealed are the Norwegian-American band “The Canoes”. The band was founded after the 4 members had met during a canoe trip (hence the name).
Their song will be composed by Hanne Sørvaag, who competed in last year’s Melodi Grand Prix (more…)
Norway – Norwegian broadcaster NRK continues releasing one or two new participants regularly for their national final Melodi Grand Prix, instead of releasing them all at once.
NRK announced today that the duo Yaseen Asher & Julie Maria Dahl are among the participants. The duo previously took part in MGP Junior 2010. One of the other confirmed participants for MGP 2012 is Malin Reitan, who took part in MGP Junior 2005 and went on to end up in 3rd place at (more…)
Norway: Reidun Sæther And Rudi Myntevik to Compete in Melodi Grand Prix
Posted: November 12, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Norway Norway – The Norwegian national broadcaster NRK has revealed two more artists that will compete in the 2012 edition of Melodi Grand Prix. Rudi Myntevik used to release Christian music such as his album “Gud din skjønnhet” but since he moved to London in 2008 he has focused on a more pop-style of music. His entry is said to be in keeping with this new direction in his career. (more…)
Norway – Today it has been confirmed that Kim André Rysstad will participate in the Norwegian national final, MGP. Kim André Rysstad is a widely known folk musician and is very popular in his home country. Today he confirmed his participation in Melodi Grand Prix 2012 saying to NRK “my song is a kind of show, and hymn inspired. It is beautiful, reverent and quiet, with a lyrical Norwegian text. With so many songs competing, it is important to stand out, and (more…)
Norway - The Norwegian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf, Stella Mwangi, has released a new version of her entry “Haba Haba”. In the new version she sings in a higher key. Mwangi will compete in the first semi-final on May 10. Here you can listen to the new version: (more…)
Norway: “Stella Mwangi – Haba Haba” to Eurovision
Posted: February 12, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Norway
Norway – The Norwegian televoters have selected Stella Mwangi to represent them at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf with her song “Haba Haba”. The Lucky Bullets, Sie Gubba, the Blacksheeps and Stella Mwangi had qualified to the super final earlier in the evening. Stella won the final of “Melodi Grand Prix 2011″ with 280.217 votes! She is originally from Kenia, where she has already had some success. Watch her performance and rate her entry here: (more…)
LIVE: The Final of Melodi Grand Prix in Norway
Posted: February 12, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Norway
Norway -Tonight last year’s host Norway will decide who to sent to Düsseldorf. 8 artists have previously qualified from the semi-finals. The show will take place at “Oslo Spektrum” in Oslo. According to the bookies, the favourite to win the Norwegian ticket to Germany is Stella Mwangi with her song “Haba, haba”. (more…)
Norway – The Norwegian selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 will come to an end this Saturday. 8 artists will be vying to represent the 201o host country in Germany. According to the bookies, the big favourite to get the ticket to Düsseldorf is Stella Mwangi and her song “Haba haba” with an African feel to it. Only rarely a song is favoured that clearly by the bookies. Unsurprisingly the songs from the Second Chance round are outsiders. Here is the full list: (more…)
Norway – The Second Chance Round of the Norwegian national selection “Melodi Grand Prix 2011″was held tonight . 6 acts will tried to take their second chance to secure a place in the national final to be held on February 12 in Oslo. Sie Gubba and The Lucky Bulltes were the lucky qualifiers. The decision was be taken entirely by televoting. (more…)
Norway – The Norwegian national selection “Melodi Grand Prix 2011″continues tonight with the Second Chance Round. 6 acts will try to take their second chance to secure a place in the national final to be held on February 12 in Oslo. Two acts will qualify to the final of the competition. The decision will be taken by televoting. (more…)
Norway: Stella Mwangi and The Blacksheeps Qualify
Posted: January 29, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Norway Norway - The last semi-final has just ended in Norway. Stella Mwangi and The Blacksheeps qualified directly for the national final to be held in Oslo on February 12. A total of 7 acts competed tonight. 3 are out of the race, while another 2 (The Lucky Bullets and Susperia) have qualified for the Second Chance round to be held next week. This is the line-up of the Second Chance round and the entries already qualified for the final: (more…)
Norway – The Norwegian national selection “Melodi Grand Prix 2011″continues tonight with the third semi-final. 7 acts will compete for a place in the national final to be held on February 12 in Oslo. Two acts will directly qualify to the final of the competition while the songs in 3rd and 4th place will go to the Second Chance round. The decision will be made 100% by televoting. Didrik Solli-Tangen (ESC 2010) and Bjørn Johan Muri (NF 2010) will perform as the interval acts. 
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Norway – NRK has just published snippets of the 7 songs competing in the third and last semi-final of their national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf. The Second chance round will be held the Saturday after and the final is set to be held on February 5. Here are the 7 songs competing this Saturday: (more…)
Norway – The second semi-final of the “Melodi Grand Prix 2011″ was held yesterday. 7 acts competed for a place in the national final to be held on February 12 in Oslo. Hanne Sørvaag and Babel Fish qualified directly to the final, while the songs in 3rd and 4th place will go to the Second chance round. The decision was taken by 100% televoting. Here you can watch the qualifying performances: (more…)
Norway – The Norwegian national selection “Melodi Grand Prix 2011″continues tonight with the second semi-final. 7 acts will compete for a place in the national final to be held on February 12 in Oslo. Two acts will directly qualify to the final of the competition while the songs in 3rd and 4th place will go to the Second Chance round. The decision will be made 100% by televoting. Guri Schanke (ESC 2007) and Alexander Stenerud (NF 2009, 2010) will perform as the interval act. (more…)
Finland – The first semi-final of Euroviisut 2011 which was held last Friday was the most watched television program that day in Finland. 634.000 people watched the show. Merete Manninen promised changes for 2012: “We are not going to try to reach the Swedish niveau of excitement, but we would like to make Eurovision a bigger brand for YLE. We are already exploring the possibility of a new system to select our song and a new look for the 2012 selection” (more…)
Norway – The Norwegian national broadcaster has just revealed 30s snippets of the 7 songs which will compete in Florø, this upcoming saturday. Here are the seven songs running for one of the two spots that will qualify them directly to the finale, while another 2 will be given a second chance later. (more…)
Norway: Helene Bøksle and Åste & Rikke qualify
Posted: January 16, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Norway Norway – The televised phase of the “Melodi Grand Prix 2011″ kicked off tonight in Ørland. 7 acts competed for a place in the national final to be held on February 12 in Oslo. Helene Bøksle and Åste & Rikke qualified directly to the final, while the songs in 3rd and 4th place will go to the Second chance round. The decision was taken by 100% televoting.
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Norway – The televised phase of the “Melodi Grand Prix 2011″ kicks off tonight in Ørland with the first semi-final. 7 acts will compete for a place in the national final to be held on February 12 in Oslo. Two acts will directly qualify to the final of the competition while the songs in 3rd and 4th place will go to the Second chance round. The decision will be made by 100% televoting. You can listen to the 7 songs here: (more…)
This time with news from Ireland, Azerbaijan and Norway
Ireland - Don Mescall has been confirmed to be the 4th artist competing in the Irish national final. The Jedward twins, the Vard Sisters and Nikki Kavanagh had already been confirmed earlier. This will be Mescall’s third try to represent his country
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Azerbaijan – The last stage before the grand national final in the Caucasian nation has started on Monday. 10 acts were supposed to compete and 5 are going to qualify for the final. Nikola Barkley, the Scottish singer who got into the next round thanks to the jury had to withdraw due to an illness she got celebrating New Year’s in her home in (more…)Norway – The Norwegian national broadcaster has just revealed 30s snippets of the 7 first songs which will compete in Ørland, this upcoming saturday. Here are the seven songs running for one of the two spots that will qualify them directly to the finale, while another 2 will be given a second chance later. (more…)
Norway – The Norwegian national broadcaster has just announced the running orders of the first and second semi-finals of their selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The qualification heats will be held on January 15, 22 and 29 and two songs from each semi-final will qualify for the final of “Melodi Grand Prix 2011″. Here are the line-ups of the first two semi-finals: (more…)
Norway – It’s a Scandinavian Monday! After Finland and Sweden, Norway has also revealed all the participants of its national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf. The Melodi Grand Prix 2011 consists of three semi-finals, a second chance round and the big final on February 12. These asre the competitors: (more…)
Alexander Rybak to return to Eurovision?
Posted: November 26, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Belarus, Norway
Belarus – Norwegian tabloid vg.no reports that the 2009 winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, Alexander Rybak, may return to Europe’s most favourite TV-show in the near future. When I first read this I though about a duet between Lena and Rybak for the German national selection (Rybak had said earlier this year that his biggest wish was to write a song for the German Eurovision winner). But the news is concerning the country where Rybak has his roots: (more…)
Norway – Norwegian national broadcaster NRK has revealed 9 of the participants of their national final “Melodi Grand Prix 2011″. Seven of the artists will perform in the first semi-final in Ørland and the other two in the second semi-final in Florø. The selected performers represent a large variety of music styles and therefore another site even wants to bestow Norway with the Nobel prize for musical diversity 
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