Norway: NRK reveals the 21 competing acts of Melodi Grand Prix 2022

Norway: NRK reveals the 21 competing acts of Melodi Grand Prix 2022
Monday, 10 January 2022

  • The Norwegian national broadcaster, NRK, released today the 21 artists that will compete during the six weeks of Melodi Grand Prix 2022 - Norway's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.

    During a special press conference NRK unveiled the 21 competings acts of this year's national selection and the respective semi final rounds in which each contestant will take part in. 

    The Norwegian national selection will include four semi finals, "The Last Chance", which will go live, along with the Grand Final on the 19 th of february.

     

    The Melodi Grand Prix 2022 line-up has as following: 


    Semifinal one (15.01.22)


    Mira Craig - "We Still Here"
    Frode Vassel - "Black Flowers"
    TrollfesT - "Dance Like a Pink Flamingo"
    Eline Noelia - "Ecstasy"

     

    Semifinal two (22.01.2022)


    Lily Löwe - "Bad Baby"
    Steffen Jakobsen - "With Me Tonight"
    Farida - "Dangerous"
    Daniel Lukas - "Kvelertak"


     
    Semifinal three (29.01.2022)

    Mari Bølla - "Your Loss"
    Oda Gondrosen - "Hammer Of Thor"
    Sturla - "Skår i hjertet"
    VILDE - "Titans"


     
    Semifinal four (05.02.2022)


    Alexandra Joner - "Hasta la vista"
    Maria Mohn - "Fly"
    Kim Wigaard -"La Melodia"
    Sofie Fjellvang - "Made Of Glass"

     

    Pre-qualified to the final:

    Each prequalified act will have the chance to present their entry in one of the semi final shows and the Second chance round:

    Elsie Bay - "Death of Us"  (1st semi final)
    Christian Ingebrigtsen - "Wonder Of The World"  (2nd semi final)
    Subwoolfer - "Give That Wolf a Banana" (3rd semi final)
    NorthKid  - "Someone" (4th semi final)
    Anna-Lisa Kumoji   - "Queen Bees" (Second Chance)

     

    The next national selection will consist of six shows, four semi final rounds, a last chance heat and one Grand final show. Here is how the MGP 2022 will unfold: 

    • January 15 – Semi-Final One
    • January 22 – Semi-Final Two
    • January 29 – Semi-Final Three
    • February 5 – Semi-Final Four
    • February 12 – Second Chance Round
    • February 19 – Grand Final

     

    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 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: NRK

    Image: Eurovision.tv/ NRK