Clockwise from top left - Stina Talling, Jorn, Beady Belle, Blåsemafiaen (Courtesy: NRK)
This weekend is the first semi-final of Norway’s national selection Melodi Grand Prix and yesterday broadcaster NRK revealed the first four artists to compete.
This semi-final features four artists competing for only one place in the grand final where they will join the six artists who have already pre-qualified. Unlike last year’s Melodi Grand Prix format, hope is not lost for the losing three songs as a new ‘wildcard’ round is introduced this year. After the five semi-finals are completed, one more show will announce which of the excluded acts has earned the golden ticket to the grand finale.
Norway s Melodi Grand Prix 2021 - artists revealed including KEiiNO and Rein Alexander
Tonight Norwegian broadcaster NRK revealed 10 of the 26 artists who will be taking part in this year s Melodi Grand Prix.
The 10 artists include the four artists taking part in this weekend s first of five semi-finals, as well as the six artists who automatically have a spot in February s final compered by 2020 hosts Ingrid Gjessing Linhave, Ronny Brede Aase and Kåre Magnus Bergh.
The six automatic finalists
- Monument
KEiiNO were the big announcement of the night. They won Melodi Grand Prix in 2019 and then the televote at Eurovision in Tel Aviv finishing 6th overall. They went on to tour Australia and release a huge amount of music including a duet with our very own Electric Fields. Their song Monument will be revealed on 15th January and they will perform (not compete) in the first semi-final this weekend.