Today’s Eurovision news come to us from Norway. Namely, after a decade-long run as the music director and project leader for Melodi Grand Prix, Stig Karlsen has announced his departure from this position. The decision comes as a new and exciting opportunity emerged, involving a collaboration with Norway’s first female astronaut, Jannicke Mikkelsen. According to Karlsen, this role offers a …
Over the summer, Norway marked itself as one of the skeptical countries, whether they would participate in 2025. However, over the summer the Norwegian broadcaster (NRK) did make the decision to stay in the competition, but are still careful regarding the entire situation about keeping politics out of the contest. Norway in ESC 2025 Despite everything, Norway is looking forward …
Despite the announcement that they will be opening the MGP final this year, our readers have unanimously declared that they want KEiiNO to win MGP this year and go to Malmo. Overall our poll collected a total of 76 votes from our readers, with KEiiNO receiving exactly 32 of those (44% total). The next highest pick by the readers was …
Just two days after the third semi-final concluded, NRK has already decided and revealed the official running order for the grand final. NRK has decided that Eurovision 2019 participants KEiiNO will open the show with their electrodance number “Damdiggida”, while Erika Norwich & Super Rob will close the show with “My AI”. The full running order is as follows: KEiiNO …
This weekend the final semi-final of Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix concluded, and the last three spots in the final were filled. Now a total of nine artists are set to battle it out in the Trodheim Spektrum arena to win the right to compete at Eurovision. The competing artists are as follows: KEiiNO – “Damdiggida” Annprincess – “Save Me” Gothminister …
Today is the day we find out the last three Norwegian finalists at this year’s Melodi Grand Prix. To get all of you ready for tonight’s shenanigans, we had the chance to interview KEiiNO a couple of days ago. During our conversation, we delved into their creative process of writing and producing songs, discussed their experience of visiting the hospital …
Today marks another weekend of the national final season, and we are set to have more Eurovision related shows and news from 4 different countries: Norway, Lithuania, Luxembourg, and Iceland. Catch up on what you need to know below and learn where YOU can watch! 🇳🇴 Norway – Melodi Grand Prix 2024 Semi-Final Three (19:50 CET) Photo credit: NRK The …
The last semi-final of Melodi Grand prix is set to happen tomorrow, which means there are three more spots in the February 3rd grand final up for grabs. But this begs the question – who did YOU want to take those spots? Well we opened our poll earlier this week and 72 votes were cast, with every artist receiving support. …
Norway is currently in the midst of an exciting edition Melodi Grand Prix 2024 with the third and final semi-final being on Saturday. Among the six talented acts gracing the stage is the independent artist Annprincess. In this interview, we got the chance to talk about her journey, advocacy for mental health, and of course her song for this year’s …
Another day another poll here at ESCUnited, and it’s time for us to head back to Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix for the final semi-final! This weekend we will see the last batch of artists compete for the covered ticket to the delfinale, and remain in the competition to represent Norway at Eurovision 2024. So far our readers have correctly guessed …
