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Posted by: Ryan. 25th November 2015, 11:12 PM

Posted by: Ryan. 25th November 2015, 11:12 PM

Norway really have found themselves on an incredibly strong run of entries, ever since 2008 for me. Only Carl Espen was a slight dip in quality for my personal taste but there was no denying it was a very high quality song and performance. Mørland & Debrah were absolutely fantastic last year, I'd love for Norway to continue their slightly alternative-pop genre they've found themselves in since Margaret in 2013!

Posted by: Conderella 26th November 2015, 07:01 AM

monster like me and silent storm were alternative how exactly?

Posted by: Ryan. 26th November 2015, 08:37 AM

Not proper alternative, just they both had a different darker vibe that is unusual for Eurovision to an extent.

Posted by: AdventAloud 2nd December 2015, 12:33 PM

The final will take place in Oslo on 27th February and will once again be hosted by Silya and Kåre Magnus Bergh. The 10 finalists will be announced in January.

Posted by: Qassändra 2nd December 2015, 12:42 PM

God Monster Like Me was a RIGHT BORE. I get how it did well but it brought nothing new to the table at all. I started off loving Silent Storm but the perf totally killed it dead for me.

Time for a TITS OUT ODYSSEY THANKS NORGE

Posted by: AdventAloud 2nd December 2015, 12:48 PM

Norway are on a good run of 3 consecutive top 10's so hopefully they go all guns blazing to keep it up!

And yes no more ballads please, Norway ain't France or the balkans.

Posted by: Vülker 3rd December 2015, 08:54 PM

La Berger to return and win the whole thing, takk.

Posted by: Robot 3rd December 2015, 09:04 PM

OR ADELEN <3

Posted by: J▲hq 3rd December 2015, 09:32 PM

^ I choose this one

But "Monster Like Me" was a real highlight for me this year, in my personal top 5

Posted by: Izzletoe 5th December 2015, 05:10 PM

I've been loving Norway the past three years, all in my absolute favourites of each contest so MORE OF the classy pop please. They know how to do it. Although if they can put that formula through to something upbeat I won't complain either. Thing is, A Monster Like Me and Silent Storm really stood out for me among the rest of the ballads so I've taken very little issue with them.

Posted by: AdamAloud 8th January 2016, 10:43 AM

The song/artist announcement will take place on 19th January

Posted by: Vülker 18th January 2016, 10:43 PM

I'm in Oslo right now and apparently a boyband called Suite 16 are rumoured to take part.
Announcement is tomorrow but I hear there are no tickets left for the Press Conference.

Posted by: AdamAloud 19th January 2016, 12:56 PM

Suite 16 - Anna Lee
Stine Hole Ulla - Traces
Stage Dolls - Into The Fire
Elouiz - History
Freddy Kalas - Happy Rush
Makeda - Stand Up
Pegasus - Anyway
Laila Samuels - Afterglow
The Hungry Hearts ft. Lisa Dillan - Laika
Agnete - Icebreaker

15 second clips are http://www.nrk.no/mgp/her-er-alle-artistene-i-arets-mgp-1.12756061

Posted by: 💯 19th January 2016, 08:12 PM

Hoping for Laila's song to go cray cray in full form *.*

Stage Dolls is the stage name of, one would assume, three 14-year old girls, but apparently not.

Disney is back with Stine *.*

Suite 16 are winning this, aren't they? No one show them to Joseph plz

ugh i don't get this selection. 40 year olds singing something a 21 year old would usually get, a f***ing boyband, 57 lesbians choir trying very hard not to be a laughing stock of the competition, 3 token old men who are definitely going to the final. oh and did I mention a boyband?!

AGNETE SAVE US ALL

Posted by: JosephMendes 19th January 2016, 09:21 PM

Too late Pav, I've known about Suite 16 for about a year now

Posted by: Jerick 19th January 2016, 09:37 PM

I only knew Agnete and Freddy Kalas

I can only see Agnete winning this year

Posted by: Jerick 20th January 2016, 03:11 PM

Freddy Kalas is DSQ, the chours is to similar to a song he made 5 years ago...

It's embarrasing for NRK and Fredrik Karlsen that they didn't noticed this. Sad for the show too, cause I think he would've made a great show.

Edit: NRK is in a meeting now, discussing what to do next.

Posted by: Jerick 26th January 2016, 08:37 PM

Freddy Kalas will be participating in the final with a new chours. The song name is also been changed to 'Feel Da Rush'

http://www.nrk.no/mgp/freddy-kalas-1.12756126

Posted by: LexDANCE 1st February 2016, 11:56 PM

The songs are http://vk.com/melodigrandprix#wall

Posted by: Qassändra 2nd February 2016, 12:01 AM

Hungry Hearts is JAWDROPPING

It's like Frida and Agnetha LEZZING OFF ON VICODIN and I am LIVING

Posted by: Jerick 2nd February 2016, 11:17 AM

Afterglow is just amazing *.*

Posted by: gooddelta 2nd February 2016, 11:33 AM

OMG at Hungry Hearts, it's like a German ABBA techno tribute band were asked to knock up something quickly using eJay software from 2001.

Posted by: Jerick 2nd February 2016, 03:40 PM

My first ranking

01. Laila Samuels - Afterglow
02. Suite 16 - Anna Lee
03. Agnete - Icebreaker

04. Freddy Kalas - Feel Da Rush
05. Stine Hole Ulla - Traces
06. Elouiz - History

07. Stage Dolls - Into The Fire
08. Makeda - Stand Up
09. Pegasus - Anyway

10. The Hungry Hearts ft. Lisa Dillan - Laika

Posted by: JosephStyles 2nd February 2016, 08:47 PM

I'm a bit of a casual Suite 16 fan, I only really know Stupid Lovesong of theirs but Anna-Lee is way better than that, properly loving this

Posted by: 💯 2nd February 2016, 09:56 PM

afterglow though. a fantastic performance would secure norway's top 10 streak for another year. sure, it sounds a bit balkan circa 2007 but we haven't had this kind of song in the contest in years ;_;

icebreaker's change of tempo sounds REALLY WEIRD. it's like parts of two different songs are being played in turns :/

the hungry hearts i just have no words. i knew this would be a hot mess but this turned out to be even hotter than i could ever imagine. this will be a eurovision national final classic in a few years time

all in all, afterglow to win *.*

Posted by: Jerick 2nd February 2016, 10:40 PM

AGREE! With a better change of tempo it would've been SO much better!

Afterglow sounds like a secure top 10, let's hope for a third consecutive 8th place!

Posted by: gooddelta 10th February 2016, 08:38 PM

What's happened to MGP, this selection is so underwhelming So many sound so cheaply produced and most of the songs aren't that special to start with. With 10 songs I'd expect the quality control to be a bit higher, 2009 had double the number of songs and that included 7 or 8 which were 9/10+.

I'm rooting for Icebreaker or Afterglow, even though the structure of the former is indeed really odd. I like Laika (TRULY iconic mess) and Anna Lee too but I think another top 10 finish at Eurovision might be a tall order for Norway.

Posted by: Jerick 11th February 2016, 06:18 PM

MGP have been terrible dull since 2014, when they changed the format. I have lost my motivation, and I feel a bit fustrating. Thank god for Melodifestivalen. I think most people agree with me that NRK have made a big mistake. Before I was very proud of MGP, alot of people in Norway and abroad tuned in to watch just like MF. But now it feels more like EuroFest in Belarus.
When MGP had semi finals it felt like the whole nation took part, as they went all around the country. More Norwegians watched it, and people could listen to the songs for weeks and get to know them. The newspapers wrote much more about mgp, and people were much more engaged.

I'm glad they scrapped the "MGP weekend" though, cause those semi finals that took part in a theater in 2014 was just dire to watch.


Viewing figures of the finals

2009 1 526 000
2010 1 382 000
2011 1 304 000
2012 1 216 000
2013 980 000
2014 755 000
2015 1 250 000

Posted by: AdamAloud 21st February 2016, 03:10 PM

Running order for the final

1. The Hungry Hearts feat. Lisa Dillan – “Laika”
2. Stage Dolls – “Into The Fire”
3. Ulla – “Traces”
4. Makeda – “Stand Up”
5. Pegasus – “Anyway”
6. Freddy Kalas – “Feel Da Rush”
7. Laila Samuels – “Afterglow”
8. Elouiz – “History”
9. Suite 16 – “Anna Lee”
10. Agnete – “Icebreaker”

Posted by: Ryan. 21st February 2016, 03:21 PM

Spotted this earlier, all the 4 runaway favourites in the second half of the draw I see! Should be fairly simple for Freddy, Laila, Suite 16 and Agnete to make the superfinal unless The Hungry Hearts can spring a surprise.

Posted by: Jerick 25th February 2016, 04:34 PM

Top 5 most streamed MGP entries on Spotify in the largest cities in Norway.

1. Freddy Kalas - 3 million streams
2. Suite 16 - 75 000 streams
3. Agnete - 45 000

Spotify streams usally don't reflect the results, but it's kinda interesting how much more Freddy Kalas have been streamed than his other contenders.

When it comes to Suite 16 I have grown really fund of them the last couple of days after I heard it on the radio and they released Norway's first 360° video the other day. I think the preformance on Saturday will decide if my vote will go to Laila Samuels or Suite 16. Would be nice with something else than a ballad.

Posted by: Ryan. 27th February 2016, 12:05 AM

Running Order
Click ♫ to listen to each song!

01 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS1Q-1EcEYc The Hungry Hearts feat. Lisa Dillan - Laika
02 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cQ_Kt0WPg0 Stage Dolls - Into The Fire
03 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIFFxBu4EL4 Stine Hole Ulla - Traces
04 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2DaS9hmZ1E Makeda - Stand Up
05 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwDc33tD-NI Pegasus - Anyway
06 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nMnoC26JQQ Freddy Kalas - Feel Da Rush
07 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARyzJ49GhbU Laila Samuels - Afterglow
08 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZOdtnp9JdE Elouiz - History
09 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrDKHstlk_8 Suite 16 - Anna Lee
10 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYnfLY0h8vY Agnete - Icebreaker

Voting
The voting will consist of two rounds and both will be decided by 100% televoting. In the first round the top 4 songs will progress to the superfinal where the winner will be chosen, with televotes announced region by region!

Potential Winners?
Jerick will probably know the general feeling in Norway more than me, but it terms of the odds the bookmakers all agree that Agnete is favourite to win with odds averaging around Evens for her. Already a big Spotify hit in Norway, second favourite is Freddy Kalas with odds around the 3/1 mark and is closely followed by Laila Samuels and Suite 16 on odds averaging around 4/1 and 5/1 respectively. The Hungry Hearts feat. Lisa Dillan aren't too far behind either with odds averaging around 6/1, although as low as a victory-challenging 3/2 at Nordic Bet!

Further details available at http://esctoday.com/109864/tonight-melodi-grand-prix-2016-final/

Posted by: Jerick 27th February 2016, 01:27 AM

Media have already declared Agnete as the favorite, at least NRK Dagsrevyen (Norway's most daily watched news program) did today. They had an interview with her today.

There was a program late tonight, called 'Dagen før Dagen' (The day before the day). I didn't watch it because I had to go to work, so I don't know if they discussed any winning chances. I recorded it so will be watching it before the final tomorrow.

How I see it, the one's with a chance of winning is Laila Samuels, Agnete and maybe followed close by Suite 16 and Freddy Kalas. Laila Samuels sounds like something the average Norwegian will vote for (including myself). Right at this moment I'm split between her and Suite 16. Would be nice to send something else than a ballad this year, will be deciding after the performances before I decide. Since 2008 my favorite have won, but this year I think it will be extreamly close!

My prediction for the superfinal would be

1. Laila Samuels
2. Agnete
3. Freddy Kalas
4. Suite 16

The Hungry Hearts may kick Freddy Kalas or Suite 16 out of the superfinal as Young adults/teenagers votes will be split between them.

Posted by: Ryan. 27th February 2016, 01:32 AM

Agnete is my favourite quite easily, but I'd be very happy with Freddy Kalas winning too I think. Unlike the Pizza song last year this comes across as a solid summer pop song and not just a novelty song!

I've only listened to Laila once and I can't remember it so I'll have to see if it clicks tomorrow, and while Suite 16 was nice we don't need another boyband type song when we already have Lighthouse X, Nicky Byrne and now I suppose Joe and Jake all filling that category even if Suite 16 does it better than a couple of them.

Posted by: Freeze 27th February 2016, 08:04 PM

Hurrah! I am so excited! What a great opening number!

Posted by: Freeze 27th February 2016, 08:15 PM

That was such an intriguing song and a really interesting and bold stage performance! So fun! I would almost love for this to win! I actually wouldn't be opposed to it.. as that would give us a lot of attention

Posted by: LexDANCE 27th February 2016, 08:22 PM

I have no words for that 'Laika' performance. Would be such a change of style for Norway to the point of absolute ridiculousness.

Posted by: Freeze 27th February 2016, 08:24 PM

Two alright songs in a row. I guess they're nice within each genre, though. But I guess they have to be there because, well, diversity and stuff!

Posted by: Freeze 27th February 2016, 08:29 PM

Hmm.. interesting outfit () and a nice voice. Kind of catchy too, but that is all. It should be more to it, though, if she wants to advance to the gold final, I feel.

Posted by: Freeze 27th February 2016, 08:38 PM

Wooooooh! This is some serious sexy stuff! Amazingly deep "jamaican" styled voice and so catchy! I love it!

Posted by: Jerick 27th February 2016, 08:40 PM

Omg Freddy Kalas *.* its amazing!

Posted by: Freeze 27th February 2016, 08:45 PM

Wow.. this is wonderful!

Posted by: Jerick 27th February 2016, 08:46 PM

Stunning performance from Laila! The crowd screams her name after she was finished!

Posted by: Freeze 27th February 2016, 08:51 PM

I really like this too! It's actually quite rare that I like most of what our national final has to offer these past few years, so that's great

Posted by: Freeze 27th February 2016, 08:57 PM

Well.. I thought that was catchy And now I'm really excited to hear Agnete!

Posted by: Jerick 27th February 2016, 09:02 PM

Suite 16's vocals were really off some places

Amazing performance from Agnete, think the bookmakers are right about Agnete winning!!

Posted by: Freeze 27th February 2016, 09:02 PM

That. Was. Incredible! She really has to win this! In a way it does really seem perfect to represent Norway in Eurovision!

Posted by: Jerick 27th February 2016, 09:04 PM

Agnete ftw!! I have voted for her 10 times *.*

Posted by: Jerick 27th February 2016, 09:09 PM

Gave Laila a couple of votes too.

Gave Freddy Kalas and Suite 16 one vote. 70 kroner out the window so far

Posted by: Freeze 27th February 2016, 09:10 PM

Haha, awesome! I love your commitment!

Posted by: LexDANCE 27th February 2016, 09:13 PM

Hoping for a Hungry Hearts, Laila, Freddie, Agnete superfinal (oh wait it's Norway they call it the 'gold final' or something don't they?).

Posted by: Jerick 27th February 2016, 09:14 PM

Gullfinale yes

Posted by: Jerick 27th February 2016, 09:18 PM

I'm so suprised by Agnete, that change tempo sounded so weird in the studio version, but looked so great in the performance!

Here we go! Agnete, Laila, Freddy and Suite 16 please!!!

Posted by: Freeze 27th February 2016, 09:42 PM

Apart from Suite 16, this gold final is PERFECT!

Posted by: Freeze 27th February 2016, 09:43 PM

Wow, I just noticed this You must be ecstatic!

Posted by: Freeze 27th February 2016, 10:08 PM

PERFECT! I am so happy about this!

Posted by: Ryan. 27th February 2016, 10:09 PM

What a landslide, but great winner! Laila and Freddy were both fab too and would've been great winners too. Suite 16 were nice but weren't good enough to win.

Posted by: Jerick 27th February 2016, 10:29 PM

Really happy with the top 4! Fantastic winner even though I didn't realize it before I saw her performance!

Posted by: Jerick 27th February 2016, 10:29 PM

Double post

Posted by: AdamAloud 27th February 2016, 10:34 PM

True winner.

Posted by: Electric Top 10 16th March 2016, 07:54 AM

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Posted by: Ryan. 22nd April 2016, 03:15 PM

The music video is finally here:

Posted by: Jerick 22nd April 2016, 04:13 PM

The music video looks fantastic. I've been waiting for ages to see it.