Norway: 21 entries to compete in six shows in Melodi Grand Prix 2022

Norway: 21 entries to compete in six shows in Melodi Grand Prix 2022
Thursday, 25 November 2021

  • A total of 21 entries will be competing in the 2022 edtion of Melodi grand Prix that will unfold over six shows in order to determine the country's Eurovision 2022 hopeful. 

    Accordng to ESCNorge's report Melodi Grand Prix 2002 will consist of six shows, four semi-finals, a second chance round and one Grand final show. This means next year's selection will be one show shorter than the previous edition. 

    21 entries will take part in the Norwegian national selection. Four acts will compete in each semi-final heat with one of them qualifying to the Grand final. In addition a second chance round will take place for the 12 non qualifiers while five prequalified songs will have secured a spot in the Grand final.

    The competing act will go public on January 6, 2022 while the songs will be presented on a later date with the method of presentation still to be revealed. 

     

    Norway in Eurovision 

    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 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.

    This year TIX was crowned winner in the national final with his song 'Fallen Angel' which he performed on Rotterdam Ahoy's stage achieving to qualify to the grand final, where he finished 18th. 

     

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