Norway: NRK has opened the 2021 Melodi Grand Prix submission window

Norway: NRK has opened the 2021 Melodi Grand Prix submission window
Saturday, 16 May 2020

  • Norway's national broadcaster, NRK , has opened the submission period for the 2021 edition of  Melodi Grand Prix 2021, the formula Norway is using to select its Eurovision hopefuls. 

    NRK has moved on with its Eurovision plans and has opened the submission window for the next year's Melodi Grand Prix. The deadline for submission expirese on August 16, 2020. Next year's national selection will see a total of five semi finals and one grand final unwind during January and February 2021. 

    However, all submission must comply with the following specific terms: 

    1. Each composition team should include at least one local composer
    2. Each composer/producer can send in maximum three entries
    3. All participants must be over the age of 16
    4. All kinds of music are eligible

    Composers/producers/acts interested to apply can find more details and the submisision form in the official NRK website  

     

    The Eurovision Story So Far

    Norway has been taking part in the Eurovision Song contest since 1960 and has won the contest three times, in 1985, 1995 and 2009. However the country has marked some records , as it has finished in the last place most times than any other country, finishing in the last placing on the scoreboard 11 times. A total of four times it has received zero points, while in 2009 victory it received the remarkable number 16 sets of 12 points and was voted by every single country, reaching the impressive winning score of 387 points! Norway hasn’t qualified two times in the final the last decade, in 2011 with Stella Mwangi and in 2016 with Agnete

    In 2018 the country was represented for the second time by Alexander Rybak and his song That’s How You Write A Song, which finished in the 15th place of the grand final. Last year the three member group KEiiNo with their entry “Spirit in the Sky” defended the Norwegian colors in Tel Aviv achieving a remarkable 1st place in the televoting while they finished 6th on the overall scoreboard.

    Ulrikke won this year’s Melodi Grand Prix 2020 and was set to go on and represent Norway at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam with her entry “Attention” . Unfortunately the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic  and the female act never saw her Eurovision journey completed