Hello Europe and Australia. It’s time to carry on the Norwegian’s journey in finding their 2020 Eurovision Song Contest participant, in this their 60th anniversary year. Tonight, the following acts will be competing in two duels, before the winner of each compete in the final duel. Tonight’s acts […]
The first week, of what is the National Final marathon season is complete. Every Sunday, #JoinUs for a full round-up of all the results, in one place. Saturday 11th January In Lithuania, Heat One of “Pabandom is Naujo!” took place. Six acts were selected to got through to […]
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 […]