My Review Of The Norwegian Final

So finally, here we are at the Final of MGP 2011. In the actual Final, the winner will be selected in 2 Rounds. In the First Round, a Secret Televote will reduce the 8 songs to 4 Songs. In the Second Round, a mixture of “Expert” Juries and Televoting will choose the winner.

I will follow this process with a few changes. In the First Round, I will select my 4 “Gold Finalists” by listening to all 8 songs 4 Times and after each listen awarding points. In the “Gold Final” I will award the same Televotes as given in the actual Final.

Songs –

01 – Vardlokk (Calm Call) – Helene Bøksle

02 – Alt Du Vil Ha (Everything You Want) – Sie Gubba

03 – Depend On Me – Babel Fish

04 – Fire Below – The Lucky Bullets

05 – Dance Tonight – The BlackSheeps

06 – Haba Haba (Little By Little) – Stella Mwangi

07 – Not That Easy (Ah – Åh – Ah – Åh) – Åste And Rikke

08 – You’re Like A Melody – Hanne Sørvaag

Round 01 –

Number	Title	01	02	03	04	Total	Place	Q?
01.	Vardlokk	08	10	04	06	28	4th	Q
02.	Alt Du	X	02	X	X	02	8th
03.	Depend	01	X	01	01	03	7th
04.	Fire	02	01	02	02	07	6th
05.	Dance	06	04	06	04	20	5th
06.	Haba	10	12	10	08	40	2nd	Q
07.	Easy	04	08	08	10	30	3rd	Q
08.	Melody	12	06	12	12	46	1st	Q

Round 02 –

Number	Title	Televote	Place
01.	Vardlokk	115 793	3rd
02.	Haba Haba	155 059	2nd
03.	Not That Easy	94 884	4th
04.	You’re Like A Melody	280 217	1st

Actual Results –

Round 01 –

01 – Vardlokk – Out

02 – Alt Du Vil Ha (Everything You Want – Qualified

03 – Depend On Me – Out

04 – Fire Below – Qualified

05 – Dance Tonight – Qualified

06 – Haba Haba (Little By Little) – Qualified

07 – Not That Easy – Out

08 – You’re Like A Melody – Out

Round 02 –

1^st – Haba Haba (Little By Little) – 280 217 Votes

2^nd – Dance Tonight – 155 059 Votes

3^rd – Fire Below – 115 793 Votes

4^th – Alt Du Vil Ha (Everything You Want) – 94 884

Comments –

Dude. WTF Norway? Of my top 4 of your (Laugh) Final, only 1 made it through! You pick TERRIBLE SONGS! That being said, HOORAY! For picking an AWESOME song to send to Düsseldorf! It’s awesome and brilliant! That being said, I kinda hate you for not even putting “You’re Like A Melody” into the Golden Final. Ugh. Okay. Think positive. At least an awesom