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‘TIX’ clicked with Eurovision fans
May 19, 2021
Norwegian singer-songwriter Andreas Haukeland, better known as “TIX,” was the first to be named Tuesday night as a finalist in the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. Both a professional jury and members of the public clearly thought his song,
Fallen Angel, was worthy of a second performance before the world’s largest audience this weekend.
The Norwegian artist known as TIX took off his trademark sunglasses to show the world why he needs them, to divert attention from the involuntary ticks around his eyes that come with the Tourettes Syndrome he’s had since childhood. PHOTO: NRK screen grab
Norway ends 18th in Eurovision
May 23, 2021
Norway’s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest had made it into Saturday night’s “grand final,” but only managed to win enough points to land in 18th place, out of 26 performers. Was Norwegian singer-songwriter Andreas Haukeland, better known as TIX, disappointed?
“Nei, nei, nei (no, no, no),” Haukeland told Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) in a chaotic live interview right after Italy was announced as the winner well after midnight. That’s about the only coherent thing that came out of Haukeland/TIX, who had claimed ahead of the four-hour-long show that even if he didn’t win with his performance, he aimed to win the partying that went on after it.