Each year prior to the Eurovision Song Contest, the Norwegian broadcaster NRK organizes “Adresse” to review the competing entries over four, one-hour televised shows. The show features a jury panel, celebrity guest, and public jury who each critique the entries, and then cast their points for that entry. The process is then repeated for the next 8-9 entries, and at …

Tonight concluded the first of the Nordic national finals Melodi Grand Prix, and means we now have the fourteenth artist selected for Liverpool! Tonight’s show kicked off in the Trondheim Spektrum arena in Trondheim, the first time that the MGP final has been held there since 2020. Nine acts qualifier for the final from three semi-final rounds that took place …

This evening the final semi-final of Melodi Grand Prix came to a close, with the final seven acts taking to the stage and showcase why they should move on to the Grand Final. The running order for the semi-final was determined mid-week and would see MGP returnees Akuvi and Atle Pettersen open and close the show respectively. You can check …

This week we snuck in a last minute interview with Melodi Grand Prix returnee Atle Pettersen thanks to the help of his publicist. Atle first appeared in the Norwegian national final back in 2021 as a pre-qualified act, meaning that he and his song “World on Fire” advanced directly to the MGP Final. This year NRK has removed the pre-qualified …

This week we received the final batch of songs for Norway’s infamous Melodi Grand Prix, and that means it’s time for the writing staff at ESCUnited to review them! This week features the same writers: Boris, Tyler, Connor, James and David and their equally bold opinions. Is someone’s winner found in this bunch?  Will the staff reviews match the final results …

The final semi-final of the Melodi Grand Prix “circus” is set to begin this coming Saturday, which means we have another interview to release! Today we get the opportunity to chat with drag queen and singer Skrellex, who has been singing for years but only recently transitioned her career into the art of drag. Since then her career has taken …

At midnight tonight the final seven competing entries for Melodi Grand Prix’s third semi-final were released on Spotify. The full line-up for the semi-final is as follows: Akuvi – Triumph Atle Pettersen – Masterpiece Eline Thorp – Not Meant to Be Maria Celin – Freya Skrellex – Love Again Stig van Eijk – Someday Tiril – Break It Only three …

Norway’s national broadcaster (NRK) are continuing their search, and tonight saw another 7 acts compete in tonight’s second semi-final. Only 3 of them can join the already 3 qualified acts from last week’s semi-final. Melodi Grand Prix 2023 – Semi-final 2 Once again, tonight saw another seven songs take the stage, in order to compete for the votes of the …

Today the next batch of seven hopefuls will hit the stage in Norway to compete for a spot in the Melodi Grand Prix final on February 4th – but only three will make it to the final. Last week the staff accurately predicted two of the qualifiers through their reviews, so who do we think this week’s three could be? …

While this week has been full of Eurovision news and interviews, we were able to arrange an interview Melodi Grand Prix contestant Bjørn Olav Edvardsen over zoom. Our conversation covered a number of topics, with the most important showcasing who Bjørn Olav Edvardsen is as a singer and a songwriter. Throughout his answers Bjørn shared a number of times the …