Norway: NRK reveals the Melodi Grand Prix 2021 final running order

Norway: NRK reveals the Melodi Grand Prix 2021 final running order
Tuesday, 16 February 2021

  • The Norwegian national broadcaster, NRK, has revealed the running order of the upcoming Melodi Grand Prix 2021 final show, which will determine the nation's Eurovision 2021 hopeful. 

    After five semi final rounds and a last chance heat, the Norwegian national selection is heading next Saturday to its final show which will select the country's next Eurovision act for Rotterdam. 

    A total of 12 acts will compete in the upcoming national final with six of them pre-qualified acts and the rest six having qualified from the previous semi final rounds. 

    The running order according to which the 12 act will compete is the following: 

    1. Atle Pettersen – "World on Fire"
    2. Raylee – "Hero"
    3. Stavangerkameratene – "Barndomsgater" (Who I Am)
    4. KIIM – "My Lonely Voice"
    5. Blåsemafian feat. Hazel – "Let Loose"
    6. Emmy – "Witch Woods"
    7. TIX –"Ut Av Mørket"    (Fallen Angel)
    8. Kaja Rode – "Feel Again"
    9. Rein Alexander – "Eyes Wide Open"
    10. IMERIKA –"I Can’t Escape"
    11. KEiiNO – "Monument"
    12. Jorn – "Faith Bloody Faith"

     

    The Voting Process

    The result of the national final will be determined exclusively by public voting and will consist of three round. After the first round of voting the four acts with the most votes will advance to the next round. All scores will start from zero and the two acts who will receive the most votes will proceed to a final gold round, during which the final winner and next Eurovision representative will be selected.

    To avoid last year's technical issus in the voting system, NRK will have a back up jury of 1000 members which will replace the public vote in case the voting system crashes. Voters will be able to cast their votes not only through the web application but via SMS too. 

     

    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. In 2019 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 last 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.

    News Source: NRK