Okay, so here's the deal for those of you who aren't in the know. NRK (The Norwegian State broadcaster) has selected 21 Songs of the 700 songs submitted to compete for the Ticket to Düsseldorf. I'm pretty sure they are gonna follow their 2009 winning formula so that's what i'm going on...even though certain facts have not been confirmed (But we'll get to those later)
Anywho.... So here's the deal. The 21 songs have been divided into 3 Semi Finals, In each Semi Final, a Televote will select the 2 Songs who will advance to the Final in Oslo on 02/12. The Televote will also select 2 Songs who will advance to a Second Chance Semi Final, which will be held on 02/05 in Sarpsborg. In addition to those 6 Songs, 2 "Wild Cards" will be selected (In 2009, they were the highest scoring 5th place song and a song chosen by the readers of VG. In 2010, they were the 2 highest scoring 5th place songs).
So let's get started.
The first Semi Final was held on 01/16 in Brekstad. The songs were :
Number - Title - Translation - Artist - Author(s)
01 - Guns And Boys - Carina Dahl - Carina Dahl (M & L), Nanna Martorell (M & L) and Hanne Sørvaag (M & L)
02 - Daisy - Use Me - Jim André Bergsted (M & L)
03 - Vardlokk - Song Of The Soul - Helen Bøksle - Helene Bøksle (M), Sindre Hotvedt (M), Knut Avenstroup Haughen (M) Cecilie Larsen (L)
04 - Alt Du Vil Ha - Everything You Want - Sie Gubba - Magne Almås (M & L) Petter Ølen (M & L)
05 - Jobbe Litt Mindre Og Tjene Litt Mer - Work A Little Less And Earn A Little More - Gatas Parlament - Jester (M), Aslak Borgersrud (L), Elling Borgersrud (L), Martin Raknerud (L)
06 - Trenger Mer - Need More - Sichelle - Christine Dancke (M & L)
07 - Not That Easy (Ah - Åh - Ah - Åh) - Åste And Rikke - Rikke Normann (M & L)
My Reviews -
01 - Guns And Boys - After a few listens, this song stops sounding like just noise and starts sounding awesome. It just kinda gets into your system...you almost start to crave it....06 Points out of 10
02 - Daisy - I kinda get it...it's like a modernish pop/rock song...not bad. - 04 Points out of 10
03 - Vardlokk - OMG! This song went from "Boring, Despereate and tragically Norwegian" to "OMG! Schlanger Ballad Awesomeness) 06 Points out of 10
04 - Alt Du Vil Ha - Ugh...i'm sorry i just think that this sort of thing is lame. 03 out of 10
05 - Jobbe Litt Mindre Og Tjene Litt Mer - Ugh. This is just terrible. 1 point (For trying to be original) out of 10
06 - Trenger Mer - FINALLY! Awesome! Just so nordic and schanger and awesome! 10 Points.... 09 Points out of 10.
07 - Not That Easy - Erm....i''m getting it...getting it....and GOT it! 07 Points out 10.
My Selection -
To choose my favorites, I listened to the songs on repeat over the course of 2 Days and then awarded them a number of Televotes based well just what felt like the right number of votes. The top 4 Songs advanced to the Second Round, where I listened to them over the course of 2 Days and awarded my final placements.
Round 01 –
Number | Title | Televote | Place |
01. | Guns And Boys | 68 450 | 3rd |
02. | Daisy | 45 945 | 5th |
03. | Vardlokk | 53 714 | 4th |
04. | Alt Du Vil Ha | 37 647 | 6th |
05. | Jobbe Litt | 25 772 | 7th |
06. | Trenger Mer | 73 159 | 1st |
07. | Not That Easy | 64 223 | 2nd |
Round 02 –
Number | Title | Televote | Place |
01. | Guns And Boys | 86 524 | 3rd |
02. | Vardlokk | 82 917 | 4th |
03. | Trenger Mer | 113 459 | 1st |
04. | Not That Easy | 98 836 | 2nd |
Key –
Advancing To Second Round |
Advancing To The Final |
Advancing To Semi Final 04 |
The actual results from the SF were as follows -
1st - Not That Easy
2nd - Vardlokk
3rd - Alt Du Vil Ha
4th - Daisy
Out -
Guns And Boys
Jobbe Litt Mindre Og Tjene Litt Mer
Trenger Mer
Well, it won’t quite be Melodi Grand Prix without a few questionable choices.
Everyone must have taken their bathroom break during Trenger Mer. Cleary.
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