Norway NORWAY 2024 - Gåte - Ulveham

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[rasmuslights]

I love the fact that Norway send a screaming woman on a spinning platform and people are saying, "At last they've stopped sending gimmicky entries!"

Screaming? It's called a style of singing. Spinning on a platform is a one of the most basic forms of staging.

 

[Ana Raquel]

Gåte. It's spelled Gåte.

Honestly, expected more misspellings than this. Good job, most of you.

kldfsgkjldfgkjldfgkjldfgkl I know you dont like it Morty but I cant write the accent with my keyboard!!

 

[heke1988]

Gåte. It's spelled Gåte.

Honestly, expected more misspellings than this. Good job, most of you.

Keep in mind they don't perhaps have such a letter as å on their keyboard.

 

[theditz83]

It blows my mind a little bit that this was the first time Norway did 40/60 split and had they done it 50/50 as before, Keiino would've won

And this is why I'm not okay.

Has Eurovision introduced a 60/40 televote/jury split?

Congrats Gåte (for you @Morty ) I guess. Trying not to be bitter, failing miserably, want to be sick.

 

[PollyWantsACracker]

So I went to listen the studio version and it really is a song without melody.

It has pre-recorded EDM bass, bass guitar 2 chords riff, and one classic drumkick beat. That's all.

This won't work people. Not with the juries, nor the public.

 

[Morty]

kldfsgkjldfgkjldfgkjldfgkl I know you dont like it Morty but I cant write the accent with my keyboard!!

Keep in mind they don't perhaps have such a letter as å on their keyboard.

Copy/paste. I can almost understand mobile users, it's trickier on a phone, but with a keyboard, Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V are your friends.

 

[MooseShoes]

Screaming? It's called a style of singing. Spinning on a platform is a one of the most basic forms of staging.

As Eddie Izzard once said, "Yes, but I was doing comedy!" (Although in my case, it's bad Dad jokes!)

 

[I bims]

Really grew to absolutely love this

 

[theditz83]

Copy/paste. I can almost understand mobile users, it's trickier on a phone, but with a keyboard, Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V are your friends.

It's actually easy on the phone - press and hold a to get all the accent options. That's why I tend to do it since I'm mostly always on phone here.

 

[ESC94]

This the first entry in Norwegian since what, 2006?? I´m gonna listen to it tomorrow, I`m too drunk to listen right now.

 

[heke1988]

Copy/paste. I can almost understand mobile users, it's trickier on a phone, but with a keyboard, Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V are your friends.

Well people are usually lazy for copying and pasting.

 

[RainyWoods]

And this is why I'm not okay.

Has Eurovision introduced a 60/40 televote/jury split?

Congrats Gåte (for you @Morty ) I guess. Trying not to be bitter, failing miserably, want to be sick.

Your guys did great and I'm sure they'll be back again. Third time will be the charm.

 

[0scar]

What does Gohte mean though? Now I'm curious

 

[MS.]

Norway did the right choice i think tonight. Really love GATE !! The studio version was good but what elevated the song for me was the live version with the amazing live vocals and the great staging.

 

[JSSArcos]

I now challenge someone to take Norway out of 1st place in the season!

one of the best eurovision entries ever, without exaggeration (for my taste of course, I understand that it's not a song for everyone)

THANK YOU NORWAY, YOU MADE MY EUROVISON SEASON

I'll be voting for you in May

 

[SpZ]

Well Gaate seems to be a somewhat acceptable spelling if there is no å available. (the band uses it).

 

[Grinch]

This the first entry in Norwegian since what, 2006?? I´m gonna listen to it tomorrow, I`m too drunk to listen right now.

How can you always manage to be too drunk?

 

[Sabrewulf238]

Gåte. It's spelled Gåte.

Honestly, expected more misspellings than this. Good job, most of you.

It's the magic of copy paste.

 

[Fluke]

Okay so.... obviously a very brave choice. They're clearly not going the "Swedish route" here.

I'm thinking this is really true to what it attempts to be, whatever that is. It doesn't feel commercial and toned-down, it's a ethnic gutsiness that we don't really see much of in Eurovision anymore, and certainly not from a Nordic country. It actually reminds me a bit of Iceland's "Mundu eftir mer", but that was more international pop, and unfortunately changed to English. I guess they won't do that with this one!

There's no real melody to remember, and what there is would be hard for most to sing anyway. There's this recurring four-note theme in the "chorus", but the timing and timbre of it is so odd, few would even try. It's more about the overall mood, and i think they succeed at what they're aiming for. The song is so unconventionally structured, regular ESC rules doesn't apply here.

The staging is really dark and jumpy, i especially don't like that you can hardly see the other band members, other than as silhouettes at the edge of the screen. You can hardly see the lead singer either, everything's too dark and the light beams and video overlays kinda hide it. Hopefully they'll come up with something that brings the mood they want while bringing more of their live presence.

I would have made the nyckelharpa more audible and the end of the song even noisier, it's got a kind of noisy punk jam feeling that you very seldom hear in ESC - Georgia's "Midnight Gold" was kind of similar in one part, and done right i think it can really connect with the audience and make top 10. If Konstrakta could, and Blind Channel...

With this, Bambie Thug and possibly Smash Into Pieces for Sweden, it's gonna be a noisy ESC for sure!

 

[Skrzeczk]

What does Gohte mean though? Now I'm curious

"Gåte" means "Riddle".