Norway: Melodi Grand Prix 2022 dates revealed; National final on February 19

Norway: Melodi Grand Prix 2022 dates revealed; National final on February 19
Sunday, 29 August 2021

  • The Norwegian Head of Delegation, has revealed the dates over which the semi finals and final show of Melodi Grand Prix 2022 will unfold. 

    With the submission process for the Eurovision 2022 national selection underway and expiring on September 15, 2021, the Norwegian Head of Delegation has revealed to ESCNorge the dates on which the 2022 Melodi Grand Prix will take place. 

    Stig Karlsen talking to ESCNorge confirmed that the next national selection will consist of six shows, five semi final rounds and one Grand final show. The first semi final will take place on Saturday, January 15,2022 while the final show will be held on February 19, 2022. 

    While further details on the semi finals and the format to come to light in the following weeks, it is still unknown the venue that will host the event and whether an audience will be allowed to attend the shows.

     

    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. 

     

    News Source: ESCNorge

    Image: NRK