Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
| Eurovision Song Contest 2011 | ||||
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| Country |  Norway | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodi Grand Prix 2011 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 15 January 2011 22 January 2011 29 January 2011 Last Chance: 5 February 2011 Final: 12 February 2011 | |||
| Selected entrant | Stella Mwangi | |||
| Selected song | "Haba Haba" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (17th) | |||
| Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Norway participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry through the national final Melodi Grand Prix 2011, organised by the Norwegian broadcaster, Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK).
Before Eurovision[]
Melodi Grand Prix 2011[]
Melodi Grand Prix 2011 was the 49th edition of the Norwegian national final Melodi Grand Prix and selected Norway's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The competition consisted of three semi-finals, a Last Chance round and a final in different cities across Norway, hosted by Anne Rimmen and Per Sundnes. The shows were televised on NRK1 as well as streamed online at NRK's official website nrk.no. The final was also broadcast online at the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[1]
Format[]
The competition consisted of five shows: three semi-finals on 15, 22 and 29 January 2011, the Last Chance (Siste sjansen) round on 5 February 2011 and a final on 12 February 2011.[2] Seven songs competed in each semi-final and the top two entries proceeded directly to the final, while the songs that placed third and fourth proceeded to the Last Chance round. The two fifth-placed acts from the semi-finals with the most votes also proceeded to the Last Chance round as wildcards. An additional two entries qualified from the Last Chance round to the final. The results in the semi-finals and Last Chance round were determined exclusively by public televoting. The results in the final were determined by public televoting and four regional juries.
Competing entries[]
A submission period was opened by NRK between 3 July 2010 and 15 September 2010. Songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit entries, while NRK reserved the right to choose the performers of the selected songs in consultation with the songwriters and directly invite certain artists and composers to compete in addition to the public call for submissions.[3][4] At the close of the deadline, 700 submissions were received.[5] Twenty-one songs were selected for the competition by a jury panel consisting of Per Sundnes (Melodi Grand Prix music producer) and Mattias Carlsson (choreographer).[6] Nine of the competing acts and songs were revealed on 22 November 2010 during a press conference at the Hard Rock Café in Oslo, presented by Per Sundnes.[7][8] The remaining competing acts were revealed on 29 November 2010.[9]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Åste and Rikke | "Not That Easy (Ah-Åh-Ah-Åh)" | Rikke Normann |
| Babel Fish | "Depend on Me" | Halvor Holter, Tarjei Van Ravens |
| Carina Dahl | "Guns & Boys" | Carina Dahl, Nanna Martorell, Hanne Sørvaag |
| Endre | "Oh, Oh (Puppy Love)" | Samsaya Sharma, Jarl Aanestad |
| Gatas Parlament | "Jobbe litt mindre og tjene litt mer" | Alex Molkom, Aslak Borgersrud, Elling Borgersrud, Martin Raknerud |
| Girl Happy | "SOS" | Tor Einar Krogtoft-Jensen, Christoffer Bergersen |
| Grethe Svensen | "Like Dreamers Do" | Grethe Svensen, Tommy Berre, Simon Walker |
| Hanne Sørvaag | "You’re Like a Melody" | Hanne Sørvaag, Martin Hansen |
| Helene Bøksle | "Vardlokk" | Helene Bøksle, Sindre Hotvedt, Knut Avenstroup Haugen, Cecilie Larsen |
| Isabella Leroy | "Sand" | Isabella Leroy |
| Marika | "Hungry for You (Gipsydance)" | Marika Lejon |
| Mimi Blix | "Allergic" | Merethe La Verdi, Kjetil Schei |
| Noora Noor | "Gone With the Wind" | Simone Larsen, Moh Denebi, Jennifer Brown, Bjørn Djupström |
| Pernille and Marius | "I'll Be Yours" | Ovi, Johanna Demker, Björn Djupström |
| Sichelle | "Trenger mer" | Christine Dancke |
| Sie Gubba | "Alt du vil ha" | Magne Almås, Petter Øien |
| Stella Mwangi | "Haba Haba" | Beyond51, Big City, Stella Mwangi |
| Susperia | "Nothing Remains" | Terje Andersen, Christian Hagen, Kenneth Åkesson, Håkon Didriksen, Øyvind Mustaparta, Pål Mathiesen |
| The BlackSheeps | "Dance Tonight" | Agnete Johnsen, Emelie Nilsen |
| The Lucky Bullets | "Fire Below" | Knud Kleppe |
| Use Me | "Daisy" | Jim André Bergsted |
Semi-finals[]
Three semi-finals took place on 15, 22 and 29 January 2011, held at Hangar E of the Ørland Hovedflystasjon in Brekstad, the Florø Idrettssenter in Florø, and the Fritidspark in Skien.[10] Seven songs competed in each semi-final; the top two entries as determined by public televoting proceeded directly to the final, while the songs that placed third and fourth proceeded to the Second Chance round. The two fifth-placed acts from the semi-finals with the most votes also proceeded to the Second Chance round as wildcards; these two songs were announced on 31 January 2011.[11]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Place | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carina Dahl | "Guns & Boys" | 6 | Out |
| 2 | Use Me | "Daisy" | 4 | Siste Sjansen |
| 3 | Helene Bøksle | "Vardlokk" | 2 | Final |
| 4 | Sie Gubba | "Alt du vil ha" | 3 | Siste Sjansen |
| 5 | Gatas Parlament | "Jobbe litt mindre og tjene litt mer" | 5 | Wildcard |
| 6 | Sichelle | "Trenger mer" | 7 | Out |
| 7 | Åste and Rikke | "Not That Easy (Ah-Åh-Ah-Åh)" | 1 | Final |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Place | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pernille and Marius | "I'll Be Yours" | 5 | Wildcard |
| 2 | Babel Fish | "Depend on Me" | 1 | Final |
| 3 | Marika | "Hungry for You (Gipsydance)" | 7 | Out |
| 4 | Isabella Leroy | "Sand" | 6 | Out |
| 5 | Endre | "Oh, Oh (Puppy Love)" | 3 | Siste Sjansen |
| 6 | Hanne Sørvaag | "You're Like a Melody" | 2 | Final |
| 7 | Mimi Blix | "Allergic" | 4 | Siste Sjansen |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Place | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Susperia | "Nothing Remains" | 4 | Siste Sjansen |
| 2 | Noora Noor | "Gone With the Wind" | 5 | Out |
| 3 | Girl Happy | "SOS" | 6 | Out |
| 4 | Grethe Svensen | "Like Dreamers Do" | 7 | Out |
| 5 | The BlackSheeps | "Dance Tonight" | 2 | Final |
| 6 | Stella Mwangi | "Haba Haba" | 1 | Final |
| 7 | The Lucky Bullets | "Fire Below" | 3 | Siste Sjansen |
Last Chance round[]
The Last Chance (Siste sjansen) round took place on 5 February 2011 at the Sparta Amfi in Sarpsborg. The six entries that placed third and fourth in the preceding four semi-finals alongside the two wildcards competed and the results were determined over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the eight entries competed in four duels and the winners of each duel were selected to proceed to the second round. In the second round, the four entries competed in two duels and the winners of each duel proceeded to the final.
| Duel | Draw | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1 | Use Me | "Daisy" | Advanced |
| 2 | Pernille and Marius | "I'll Be Yours" | Out | |
| II | 3 | Sie Gubba | "Alt du vil ha" | Advanced |
| 4 | Mimi Blix | "Allergic" | Out | |
| III | 5 | Gatas Parlament | "Jobbe litt mindre og tjene litt mer" | Out |
| 6 | The Lucky Bullets | "Fire Below" | Advanced | |
| IV | 7 | Endre | "Oh, Oh (Puppy Love)" | Out |
| 8 | Susperia | "Nothing Remains" | Advanced |
| Duel | Draw | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1 | Use Me | "Daisy" | Out |
| 2 | Sie Gubba | "Alt du vil ha" | Final | |
| II | 3 | The Lucky Bullets | "Fire Below" | Final |
| 4 | Susperia | "Nothing Remains" | Out |
Final[]
Eight songs consisting of the six semi-final qualifiers alongside two qualifiers from the Last Chance round competed during the final on 12 February 2011 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo. The winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top four entries were selected by public televoting to proceed to the second round, the Gold Final. In the Gold Final, four regional juries from the four semi-final and Last Chance round host cities awarded 2,000, 4,000, 6,000 and 8,000 points to their top four songs. The results of the public televote and the audience in the Spektrum were revealed by Norway's regions and added to the jury scores, leading to the victory of "Haba Haba" performed by Stella Mwangi with 280,217 votes. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval acts featured a performance by 2010 Norwegian Eurovision entrant Didrik Solli-Tangen.[1]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helene Bøksle | "Vardlokk" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Sie Gubba | "Alt du vil ha" | Gold Final |
| 3 | Babel Fish | "Depend on Me" | Eliminated |
| 4 | The Lucky Bullets | "Fire Below" | Gold Final |
| 5 | The BlackSheeps | "Dance Tonight" | Gold Final |
| 6 | Stella Mwangi | "Haba Haba" | Gold Final |
| 7 | Åste and Rikke | "Not That Easy (Ah-Åh-Ah-Åh)" | Eliminated |
| 8 | Hanne Sørvaag | "You're Like a Melody" | Eliminated |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Spektrum Audience |
Regional Juries | Televoting Regions | Total | Place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ørland | Florø | Skien | Sarpsborg | North, West and South |
East and Trøndelag | ||||||
| 1 | The BlackSheeps | "Dance Tonight" | 1,602 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 6,000 | 4,000 | 50,088 | 77,369 | 155,059 | 2 |
| 2 | Sie Gubba | "Allt du vil ha" | 386 | 4,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 25,906 | 58,592 | 94,884 | 4 |
| 3 | Stella Mwangi | "Haba Haba" | 3,616 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 121,388 | 127,213 | 280,217 | 1 |
| 4 | The Lucky Bullets | "Fire Below" | 2,397 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 6,000 | 1,976 | 45,420 | 115,793 | 3 |
At Eurovision[]
Norway competed in the first semi-final of the contest, on 10 May, performing second on the night, after Poland's Magdalena Tul and before Aurela Gaçe from Albania. Stella did not qualify, placing 17th with 30 points.[12] The public awarded Norway 9th place with 56 points and the jury awarded 17th place with 29 points.[13]
Voting[]
Points awarded to Norway[]
| Score | Country |
|---|---|
| 12 points | |
| 10 points |  Iceland
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| 8 points |  Finland
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| 7 points | |
| 6 points | |
| 5 points | |
| 4 points |  Malta
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| 3 points | |
| 2 points | |
| 1 point |
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Points awarded by Norway[]
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References[]
- ^ a b Hondal, Victor (12 February 2011). "Live: National final in Norway". Esctoday. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Schulstock, Marit (8 October 2010). "Ny MGP i januar". Varden (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
- ^ Hondal, Victor (3 July 2010). "Norway: NRK call for songs". ESCToday. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ^ "Vil ha mer black metal i Grand Prix". NRK (in Norwegian). 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ Al Kaziri, Ghassan (12 October 2010). "700 songs for 2011 MGP". Oikotimes.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- ^ Sætre, Eivind Charlie M. (11 October 2010). "700 bidrag til MGP 2011". ESC Norge (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 May 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Hondal, Victor (22 November 2011). "Norway: NRK confirms first 9 names for Melodi Grand Prix". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ^ Knap Saeby, Inger-Marit (22 November 2011). "Disse artistene deltar i MGP 2011" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ^ Hondal, Victor (29 November 2011). "Norway: Full line up for Melodi Grand Prix revealed". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- ^ Svanes, Brit Jorunn (20 October 2010). "Florø får delfinale i MGP" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ Hansen, Tom Espen (31 January 2011). "Norway: Second chance for Gatas Parlament and Pernille & Marius". Esctoday. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "First Semi-Final of Düsseldorf 2011". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ Bakker, Sietse (26 May 2011). "EBU reveals split televoting and jury results". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Results of the First Semi-Final of Düsseldorf 2011". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ "Results of the Grand Final of Düsseldorf 2011". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
External links[]
- (in Norwegian) Melodi Grand Prix official website
- Full national final on nrk.no
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