This week see’s the week-in, week-out National Final marathon season kick off! This week is just the start of things, with just the two shows… Saturday 11th January Lithuania – Eurovizijos Atranka Heat 1 Norway – Melodi Grand Prix Semi Final 1 Our #LiveBlogs will of course kick-off […]
BIRTHDAY: Guri Schanke from Norway is 58 today As you’ll know, Eurovision is a very fickle thing. Just ask Portugal. Or Austria. Or even the Netherlands. You can languish in the semi-finals one year, and then put in a storming performance the next. Our friends in Norway have […]
BIRTHDAY: Benny Borg is 74 today Back in the 1970s, it was almost the same countries that turned up every year. There was none of this semi-final tomfoolery. And as for the concept of countries further east taking part. Well, that would just be madness. Obviously things chance, […]
For the first time in 31 years, the Final of Melodi Grand Prix will be held outside of Oslo. Next year, the show will be coming from the city of Trondheim. Stig Karlsen, the Head of Delegation and MGP Producer, had the following to say: “We are excited […]
NRK of Norway, have confirmed the nation’s participation in next year’s Eurovision Young Musicians – which is taking place in Zagreb, Croatia. Virtuos will once again be used to find the Norwegian representative for the Contest. The Semi Final of Virtuos will take place on Friday 24th January, […]
BIRTHDAY: Jahn Teigen from Norway is 70 today You thought yesterday’s birthday was a big one – maybe more for the song than the performer. Well, today, we have a titan in the world of our favourite TV show. An absolute legend. And, perchance a contender for the […]
BIRTHDAY: Odd Børre from Norway is 80 today Time to look back. A long way back. Back before some of you might even have been born. But fear not, it’s in beautiful colour. If you didn’t know, the first contest in colour was in 1968. A time when […]
The dates for next year’s Melodi Grand Prix have been announced. As we’ve previously announced, six shows will form the 60th anniversary running of the National Selection in Norway. The Heats will take place on January 11th, 18th, 25th, February 1st and 8th. The Final will then take […]
Norway debut at this year’s Eurovision Choir contest in Gothenburg. This year, the Norwegians will be represented by Volve Vokal and will feature fifth in the running order. The following biography about Volve Vokal has been sourced from the EBU Press Handbook. Therefore the following biography is credited […]
If you haven’t heard yet about Alexandro Kröger Degerfeldt, you are about to be amazed now. The 26 year old Eurovision fan from Umeå, Sweden, has an unique hobby – he builds Eurovision stages with legos! This year he amazed yet again the Eurovision community by reimagining the […]
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