Norway NORWAY 2018 - Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write a Song

[Alaska49]

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who knew this year's joke act would come from one of the biggest winners ever

because this is a joke act

 

[Matt]

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I won't be rude if you guys grant the 1 digit rule as well! Then I won't have any reason to badmouth your forum at all!

Not gonna happen so feel free to throw more shade our way. I'm ready!

 

[Kitakaze]

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Horrible. This song will probably do very well because most people don't seem to share my personal distaste for smug performers and sleazy songs. I just hope it doesn't actually win.

 

[Matt]

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oh, come on..you should've said:

"No, I'm not mad, I'm Matt... with two t-s"

Dang, I didn't think of that...let's have a redo...post that pic again....

 

[Malagant]

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Our MGP-final for 2018 is over and we have a winner.

First let me say that I enjoyed the Show, well produced/run I thought and with a cool opening number (Norwegian MPG music homage) and beautiful interval act (Karoline Krüger/Anita Skorgan)

As for the songs, I thought the general standard was pretty good this year, very few truly awful songs (only one I thought was utter crap was the one by Vidar Villa) but I also missed the 'vow'-song'.


My personal favourites (in order of preference):

1. Stella & Alexandra (cool energetic mix of 'La Det Swinge' meets modern rhytms and rap, great performance, my nr 1)
2. Rebecca (very nice power-ballad, quite well performed I thought)
3. Alejandro Fuentes (cool piece of Reggaeton, groovy I thought)
3. Alexander Rybak (great stage-presence, infectious enthusiasm and cool stage-show, song ok but kinda average imo)


Final result and some reflections:

I knew the ballad by Rebecca would go far in our final since Norwegians (as I tend to comment here each year) often embrace ballads (if decently performed) in MGP. We are in many ways a nation of ballad-lovers. I also expected Alexander Rybak to do well since he is still very popular here. Also I guessed (correctly) that Alejandro Fuentes’ Reggaeton-song would not get a lot of votes; that kind of music is not that well known/popular (unfortunately imo) in Norway. As for the rest, it was fairly open in my view with several dance-pop entries that might get some points. We also had the International juries which made things even more interesting.

In the end, Alexander Rybak won. Congrats Alexander! I have always been a fan of him, but personally I would have preferred an other winner (as my list above shows) because I prefer Alexander Rybak’s folk-pop songs (in the style of ‘Fairytale’) best. He is however a great entertainer and stage-presence, had a cool/good stage-show I thought, and has an infectious ‘charisma’ and famous 'face' which may give Norway quite a few points in Lisbon, even for a song I personally think is ok but kinda average (I like the energy of the song but the pop-jazz element is just not my thing really).

Looking forward to ESC 2018 - Lykke til, Good luck, Alexander and Norway in Lisbon in May!

 

[Chorizo]

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More like the songs are extra bad this year. This will be the worst ESC in the 2010s.

Then why didn't anybody create a thread titled "Is 2018 the worst Eurovision ever?" yet? Normally we get those by mid January.
There isn't even a thread dedicated to complaints about the stage. I don't know what happened this season.

 

[BernadetteCydonia]

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and our servers don't, um, reliably crash and burn every time there's a live event going on

lmao yas that's our weakest point ever ;; one point for you

But I can assure you that our servers can be able to be rebooted

 

[EscGeek]

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Dang, I didn't think of that...let's have a redo...post that pic again....

 

[BernadetteCydonia]

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Not gonna happen so feel free to throw more shade our way. I'm ready!

I'll save it for tomorrow (CET) when Kotryna flops in our NF then...

 

[Matt]

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I'm not Mad, I'm Matt...



ZING!!!!!!

 

[BernadetteCydonia]

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I'm not Mad, I'm Matt...



ZING!!!!!!

hi Mad I'm Dad

[/originality]

 

[GianlucaTomoe]

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Unfortunately, it seems that there are some "singers" who can't make a living out of just selling their music, so they constantly need the Eurovision exposure in order to get a bit of media attention, so that they can go on with their so-called "career". But actually, no matter how they try, they will never be as relevant as those who can sell their music without being always involved in the Eurovision bubble. I've lived in 2 countries so far in my life and believe me, not even one single person in Italy or in the UK knows who Alexander Rybak is.

 

[sapsan]

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I don't like his first song and I hate this one. Hope for the big flop this year for this terrible entry

 

[NemesisNick]

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Not bad Alexander Rybak, but not as good as "Fairytale" in 2009. You may still hold the record for highest grand total for one set of points (387 points), despite the introduction of the two-part voting in 2016 I think you're the next Niamh Kavanagh or Dana International, not the next Johnny Logan.

 

[Mykola]

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and I again liked his song ))) I think top 10

 

[SirPeterGriffin]

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What the F is this? Don't understand these artists with the urge to destroy their beautiful legacy in Eurovision. This is as gimmicky as Electro Velvet (it even has a muppet moment like Shoo-bee-doo-bee dab dab/Scoo-bee-doo-bee bap bap). This is a joke but not a good one.

Mess. It belongs to junior Eurovision.

 

[BernadetteCydonia]

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believe me, not even one single person in Italy or in the UK knows who Alexander Rybak is.

that's why UK gave their flag to Stella and her friend Thank you Wiwiwilliam, once again!

 

[QwaarJet]

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The bitter tears are most enjoyable here, and for only the 5th time this year...

12 points!

Good job Norway.

 

[Kaz]

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If this qualifies I will eat my shoes

 

[nunaney]

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If this qualifies I will eat my shoes

Saving this post. You'd better keep your word, if this does qualify!