Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

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Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Country Norway
National selection
Selection processMelodi Grand Prix 2019
Selection date(s)2 March 2019
Selected entrantKeiino
Selected song"Spirit in the Sky"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Tom Hugo Hermansen
  • Fred-René Buljo
  • Alexandra Rotan
  • Henrik Tala
  • Alex Olsson
  • Rüdiger Schramm
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (7th, 210 points)
Final result6th, 331 points
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Norway participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The Norwegian broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 2019 in order to select the Norwegian entry for the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The winning song of the Melodi Grand Prix 2019 was Spirit in the Sky by Keiino. In the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, Norway won the televote with 291 points, but received only 40 points from the juries, overall finishing in 6th place. Norway therefore became the third country since the introduction of professional jury voting in 2009 to lose the contest while having won the televote.

Background[]

Main article: Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2019 Contest, Norway had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-seven times since their first entry in 1960.[1] Norway had won the contest on three occasions: in 1985 with the song "La det swinge" performed by Bobbysocks!, in 1995 with the song "Nocturne" performed by Secret Garden and in 2009 with the song "Fairytale" performed by Alexander Rybak. Norway also had the two dubious distinctions of having finished last in the Eurovision final more than any other country and for having the most "nul points" (zero points) in the contest, the latter being a record the nation shared together with Austria. The country had finished last eleven times and had failed to score a point during four contests. Following the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Norway has only failed to qualify on three occasions. In 2018, Norway was represented by Alexander Rybak for the second time, with the song "That's How You Write a Song". The country placed 15th in the final with 144 points.

The Norwegian national broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), broadcasts the event within Norway and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. The broadcaster has traditionally organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix, which has selected the Norwegian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in all but one of their participations.

Before Eurovision[]

Melodi Grand Prix 2019[]

Melodi Grand Prix 2019 was the 57th edition of the Norwegian national final Melodi Grand Prix and selected Norway's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.[2] The show took place on 2 March 2019 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, hosted by Heidi Ruud Ellingsen and Kåre Magnus Bergh.[3][4] The show was televised on NRK1, NRK TV, broadcast via radio with commentary by Ole Christian Øen on NRK P1 as well as streamed online at NRK's official website nrk.no. The national final was watched by 961 thousand viewers in Norway with a market share of 68.6%.

Competing entries[]

A submission period was opened by NRK between 31 January 2018 and 9 September 2018.[2] Songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit entries, while performers of the selected songs would be chosen by NRK in consultation with the songwriters. In addition to the public call for submissions, NRK reserved the right to directly invite certain artists and composers to compete. Project leader Stig Karlsen stated that he wanted a participatory field with "celebrities and artists that people know" in the competition, and that NRK would "do an even bigger job to bring forth some new talents as well", making Melodi Grand Prix 2019 "the largest MGP final".[5][6] At the close of the deadline, over 1,000 submissions were received.[7] Ten songs were selected for the competition by various focus groups and the competing acts and songs were revealed on 25 January 2019 during a press conference at NRK's Store Studio, presented by Heidi Ruud Ellingsen and Kåre Magnus Bergh and broadcast via NRK1 and online at mgp.no. Among the competing artists was former Eurovision Song Contest entrant Mørland, who represented Norway in 2015 with Debrah Scarlett. At least two of the artists: Chris Medina and D'Sound were directly invited by NRK to participate in the national final. The competing entries were later premiered after the press conference.[6]

Final[]

Ten songs competed during the final on 2 March 2019.[4] The winner was selected over three rounds of voting. In the first round, the top four entries were selected by a 50/50 combination of public televoting and ten international juries to proceed to the second round, the Gold Final. The viewers and the juries each had a total of 580 points to award. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 1–8, 10 and 12 points. The public vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved. For example, if a song gained 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 580 points rounded to the nearest integer: 58 points.[8] In the Gold Final, the top two entries were selected solely by the public televote to proceed to the third round, the Gold Duel. In the Gold Duel, the results of the public televote were aggregated to the results from the Gold Final and led to the victory of "Spirit in the Sky" performed by Keiino with 231,937 votes.[8][9]

Final – 2 March 2019
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result
1 Chris Medina "We Try" Chris Medina, Jason Gill, Tormod Løkling, Julimar Santos Eliminated
2 D'Sound "Mr. Unicorn" Kim Ofstad, Jonny Sjo, Mirjam Omdal, Magnus Martinsen, Tormod Martinsen Gold Final
3 Mørland "En livredd mann" Kjetil Mørland Eliminated
4 Anna-Lisa Kumoji "Holla" Ashley Hicklin, Jeroen Swinnen, Maria Broberg Gold Final
5[a] Erlend Bratland "Sing for You" Erlend Bratland, Arvid Solvang, Nils Egil Brandsæter Eliminated
6 Ingrid Berg Mehus "Feel" Ingrid Berg Mehus, Bjørnar Hopland, Anthony Modebe Eliminated
7 Hank von Hell "Fake It" Hans-Erik Dyvik Husby, Andreas Werling Eliminated
8 Carina Dahl "Hold Me Down" Ashley Hicklin, Jeroen Swinnen, Pele Loriano, Laurell Barker, Laura Groeseneken Eliminated
9 Adrian Jørgensen "The Bubble" Jonas McDonnell, Aleksander Walmann, Kjetil Mørland Gold Final
10 Keiino "Spirit in the Sky" Tom Hugo Hermansen, Fred-René Buljo, Alexandra Rotan, Henrik Tala, Alex Olsson, Rüdiger Schramm[b] Gold Final
Gold Final – 2 March 2019
Draw Artist Song Televote Place Result
1 D'Sound "Mr. Unicorn" 11,123 3 Eliminated
2 Anna-Lisa Kumoji "Holla" 6,718 4 Eliminated
3 Adrian Jørgensen "The Bubble" 55,794 2 Gold Duel
4 Keiino "Spirit in the Sky" 98,328 1 Gold Duel
Gold Duel – 2 March 2019
Draw Artist Song Televote Total Place
First
Round 		Second
Round
1 Adrian Jørgensen "The Bubble" 55,794 106,814 162,608 2
2 Keiino "Spirit in the Sky" 98,328 133,609 231,937 1

At Eurovision[]

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 28 January 2019, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Norway was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 16 May 2019, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[11]

Once all the competing songs for the 2019 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Norway was set to perform in position 15, following the entry from Albania and preceding the entry from Netherlands.[12]

Semi-final[]

Norway performed fifteenth in the second semi-final, following the entry from Albania and preceding the entry from Netherlands. At the end of the show, Norway was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Norway placed seventh in the semi-final, receiving a total of 210 points: 170 points from the televoting and 40 points from the juries.

Voting[]

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.[13]

Points awarded to Norway[]

Points awarded by Norway[]

Detailed voting results[]

The following members comprised the Norwegian jury:[13]

  •  [no] (jury chairperson) – musician, music producer, songwriter
  • Finn-Ulrik Berntsen – music producer
  •  [no] – artist
  • Kamilla Wigestrand – artist, songwriter
  • Maiken Kroken – musician, singer, vocal coach
Detailed voting results from Norway (Semi-final 2)[14]
Draw Country Jury Televote
F.-U. Berntsen K. Bjørnar Asphol J. Jenssen K. Wigestrand M. Kroken Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  Armenia 9 17 7 17 16 14 16
02  Ireland 15 16 17 15 17 17 15
03  Moldova 8 14 8 11 6 9 2 14
04   Switzerland 5 2 3 4 5 3 8 4 7
05  Latvia 11 15 15 3 14 10 1 12
06  Romania 14 11 11 7 9 11 13
07  Denmark 7 10 2 13 2 6 5 3 8
08  Sweden 2 1 5 1 1 1 12 2 10
09  Austria 17 12 12 16 13 16 17
10  Croatia 16 9 9 8 12 12 11
11  Malta 4 8 14 12 7 7 4 8 3
12  Lithuania 10 7 13 14 15 13 1 12
13  Russia 6 6 10 10 11 8 3 7 4
14  Albania 13 13 16 9 10 15 9 2
15  Norway
16  Netherlands 3 3 6 2 3 2 10 6 5
17  North Macedonia 12 4 1 5 4 4 7 10 1
18  Azerbaijan 1 5 4 6 8 5 6 5 6
Detailed voting results from Norway (Final)[15]
Draw Country Jury Televote
F. Berntsen K. Bjørnar Asphol J. Jenssen K. Wigestrand M. Kroken Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  Malta 13 7 13 13 7 11 12
02  Albania 23 16 23 19 23 22 18
03  Czech Republic 1 1 2 3 3 1 12 13
04  Germany 20 10 21 15 17 17 24
05  Russia 7 14 8 12 16 13 10 1
06  Denmark 10 11 4 9 4 7 4 6 5
07  San Marino 24 17 24 24 25 24 15
08  North Macedonia 12 3 1 2 2 2 10 17
09  Sweden 3 4 5 5 1 3 8 1 12
10  Slovenia 16 19 22 14 21 20 16
11  Cyprus 6 12 14 20 5 10 1 19
12  Netherlands 4 2 10 4 12 4 7 3 8
13  Greece 25 25 25 22 24 25 25
14  Israel 18 23 17 17 20 21 21
15  Norway
16  United Kingdom 11 13 7 6 8 9 2 22
17  Iceland 15 9 11 25 22 15 2 10
18  Estonia 21 8 20 11 11 14 9 2
19  Belarus 22 18 18 16 15 19 23
20  Azerbaijan 2 5 6 7 14 6 5 8 3
21  France 14 20 15 23 18 18 14
22  Italy 8 21 16 1 13 8 3 4 7
23  Serbia 17 22 12 18 10 16 20
24   Switzerland 5 6 3 8 6 5 6 5 6
25  Australia 9 15 9 10 9 12 7 4
26  Spain 19 24 19 21 19 23 11

Notes and references[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Due to technical difficulties in the performance, Erlend Bratland was allowed to perform again after all the performances.
  2. ^ Rüdiger Schramm was later added as one of the composers of "Spirit in the Sky".

References[]

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  9. ^ Overlegen MGP-seier til KEiiNO
  10. ^ Medlemmene i den internasjonale juryen
  11. ^ Jordan, Paul (28 January 2019). "Eurovision 2019: Which country takes part in which Semi-Final?". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Exclusive: This is the Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final running order!". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ a b Groot, Evert (30 April 2019). "Exclusive: They are the judges who will vote in Eurovision 2019!". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 30 April 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ a b c "Results of the Second Semi-Final of Tel Aviv 2019". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 3 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  15. ^ a b c "Results of the Grand Final of Tel Aviv 2019". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 3 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

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