It’s been one month now, since Loreen managed to become the second ever artist, to ever win the competition twice, as well as tying Sweden as the most succesful country in the contest, with Ireland. However, as most might even recall, she didn’t quite convince the televote and yesterday, the debate continued, but this time, it happened within a broadcaster. …
As is tradition, NRK has officially opened the submission period for Melodi Grand Prix 2024 entries about a month after the close of Eurovision 2023. And this year NRK will introduce a new change to the rules of MGP. This rule change will allow songs to be considered for the Norwegian national final even if they have been publicly released …
Alessandra, the Norwegian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 has today released the Italian version of her entry ‘Queen of Kings’. The release is seen as a signal to her Italian heritage. Alessandra states: ‘I can finally release Queen of Kings in Italian! It was a really fun challenge to translate the song, and I actually had to call …
Each year prior to the Eurovision Song Contest, the Norwegian broadcaster NRK organizes “Adresse” to review the competing entries over four, one-hour televised shows. The show features a jury panel, celebrity guest, and public jury who each critique the entries, and then cast their points for that entry. The process is then repeated for the next 8-9 entries, and at …
Tonight concluded the first of the Nordic national finals Melodi Grand Prix, and means we now have the fourteenth artist selected for Liverpool! Tonight’s show kicked off in the Trondheim Spektrum arena in Trondheim, the first time that the MGP final has been held there since 2020. Nine acts qualifier for the final from three semi-final rounds that took place …
This evening the final semi-final of Melodi Grand Prix came to a close, with the final seven acts taking to the stage and showcase why they should move on to the Grand Final. The running order for the semi-final was determined mid-week and would see MGP returnees Akuvi and Atle Pettersen open and close the show respectively. You can check …
This week we snuck in a last minute interview with Melodi Grand Prix returnee Atle Pettersen thanks to the help of his publicist. Atle first appeared in the Norwegian national final back in 2021 as a pre-qualified act, meaning that he and his song “World on Fire” advanced directly to the MGP Final. This year NRK has removed the pre-qualified …
This week we received the final batch of songs for Norway’s infamous Melodi Grand Prix, and that means it’s time for the writing staff at ESCUnited to review them! This week features the same writers: Boris, Tyler, Connor, James and David and their equally bold opinions. Is someone’s winner found in this bunch? Will the staff reviews match the final results …
The final semi-final of the Melodi Grand Prix “circus” is set to begin this coming Saturday, which means we have another interview to release! Today we get the opportunity to chat with drag queen and singer Skrellex, who has been singing for years but only recently transitioned her career into the art of drag. Since then her career has taken …
At midnight tonight the final seven competing entries for Melodi Grand Prix’s third semi-final were released on Spotify. The full line-up for the semi-final is as follows: Akuvi – Triumph Atle Pettersen – Masterpiece Eline Thorp – Not Meant to Be Maria Celin – Freya Skrellex – Love Again Stig van Eijk – Someday Tiril – Break It Only three …
