It is soon time for the music competition Eurovision song Contest, one of the year’s major musical events. The program is one of the longest running, and has a large following.

the Winner of the eurovision song gets to represent Norway in the international Eurovision final.

Therefore, there is a great tension related to who should participate. Today revealed which ten artists who have been picked out to the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix final.

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The first artist was presented by the presenters Kåre Magnus Bergh and Heidi Ruud Ellingsen at 12.30 on Friday afternoon. Then were the ten artists presented in turn.

First up is the band D’sound. They participate with the song “Mr. Unicorn”.

Musikkgruppa was started 25 years ago, and consisted up in the year of Jonny Sjo on the guitar, Kim Ofstad drums and frontman Simone Eriksrud on vocals. Eriksrud left the band in the last year, and the D’sound is today, currently with the single “Happy”, where “The Voice”-the participant, Miriam, Joanne Omdal has vocals.

It’s really digg that there is room for our music here, ” says the band to participate.

MGP D’sound with Miriam Joanne Motifs. Photo: Lars Eivind Bones / Dagbladet Show more

Next is Chris Medina (35), who will be singing the song “We try”.

The Oslo-residents the american tells that his relation to the Eurovision song Contest is completely new.

When I was asked to do this, and heard the name “Grand Prix”, I thought it was Formel1-run. But when I got to know what it was, I was quickly enthusiastic to be involved in this, ” says Medina on the stage.

Next artist for the third time, namely, Carina Dahl (33).

the Song she is going to participate with is called “Can’t hold me down”.

I think this is a wonderful circus to be with, ” says Dahl.

Also Anna-Lisa Kumoji (28) to be with. She participates with the song “Holla”.

I am a girl from Asker, from a tiny kjernefamilie. With a mom from Bodø, way up in the north, and a dad from Africa. There was a lot of music in the home, tells Kumoji, and continues:

– Now is barndomsdrømmen come true. I am ready, and am really excited!

Next artist is Erlend Bratland (27), which participates with the song “Sing for you”.

I’m going to get butterflies – no, the elephants in the stomach. But it has been four years since the last, and I think I’m going to cope with it well, ” says Bratland, who participated in the Eurovision song Contest in 2015, and continues:

time to bring this talent forward into the limelight again

– the Song of my trades that it is OK to go on my face sometimes, and stand up again afterwards.

Next artist is Adrian Jørgensen (26), which participates with the song “The Bubble”.

In the last year the choir he for Aleksander Walmann in the Eurovision song Contest. In the year he sings the song Walmann has written. To-day he works as a fiskerøkter, in addition to being a singer and songwriter.

I have grown up along the coast and the nice scenery we have there. For me, it is important to have fixed something concrete to go to. To combine those things gives me the positive energy to write the songs and do the career by the side of. If your career would take off, so get it happen. I enjoy both parts, ” he says on stage.

the Next band out is KEiiNO. They participate with the song “Spirit in the Sky”.

Text and melody are written by Tom Hugo Hermansen.

my Husband and I started on a song that is about being accepted for who you are. So we got with these guys here, and when was KEiiNO a reality, they tell from the stage.

– There is no doubt that the joik is in the wind for the time, and we will be happy to convey the sami heritage on my way, ” says vocalist Fred Buljo.

Next artist is Kjetil Mørland (38), participating with the song “A terrified man”.

” I can’t wait to perform this for the whole Oslo Spektrum. It is the first song I write in Norwegian, and in the beginning it was strange to disclose me, ” says Mørland.

MEMBER: Ingrid Berg Mehus is participating with the song “Feel”. Photo: Lars Eivind Bones / Dagbladet Show more

Next man out is Ingrid Berg Mehus (31) . She participates with the song “Feel”.

Mehus is ekskjæresten to the Melodi Grand Prix veteran Alexander Rybak, and is the woman that Rybak sings about in vinnerlåten from 2009, “Fairytale”. She has in many years worked as nattklubbfiolinist.

She has written his contribution, along with two of his closest friends.

– the Intention and the content of the song here, even though we are different, have different opinions and background, I believe that there is a desire and a possibility that we can be here for each other, ” she says.

Latest artist out is Hank Von Hell, with the song “Fake it”.

Hank Von Hell steps out on the stage in kongekappe and black makeup. He says he recently has come back from the Dutch alps. How does it feel to be in the MGP?

I sat and chain me, and then called it a guy named Stig from NRK. Offered a trip to Hell Aviv in Israel. All I had to do, was to play a concert for the whole Oslo Spektrum, ” he says.

It is the little bit of fat is that everyone who looks at, are my Peaks – and Grinder-matches, so there will be lots of petting, ” says Hank Von Hell, and ends with kissing Kåre Magnus Bergh.

HANK VON HELL: Hans-Erik Spanish Society and is the person behind the character Hank Von Hell. Here on the stage together with Kåre Magnus Bergh and Heidi Ruud Ellingsen. Photo: Lars Eivind Bones / Dagbladet Show more Israel to the top

In the year it was Alejandro Fuentes, Alexander Walmann, Alexander Rybak, Charla K, Ida Maria, Nicoline, Rebecca, Stella and Alexandra, Tom Hugo and Vidar Villa that knife on the win in the Norwegian final.

Alexander Rybak won the Eurovision song Contest

however, It was Alexander Rybak who walked off with the win, and who got to perform the song “Thats How You Write a Song,” during the Eurovision finals in Portugal. Rybak won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009 with the song “Fairytale”.

In the year ended Rybak, however, on a 15. space, while it was the israeli artist Netta who walked away with the victory after an exciting voting in which both Israel, Sweden, Cyprus and Austria lay in the upper echelon.

Great discussion

Israeli Nettas høneklukkende and metoo-inspired song “Toy” convinced both the people and the fagjuryene.

But the victory was also the start of what would become a huge Eurovision discussion in the months that followed.

I love my country. Next time in Jerusalem! said namely Netta when the first place was a fact.

So it went with the MGP-winners that disappeared Dagbladet Plus

She received support from the country’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who wrote on Twitter last night that he wanted to 2019-the event should take place in Jerusalem.

Several responded to the statement, including the middle East researcher Hilde Henriksen Waage.

– This is politics. “Next year in Jerusalem” is a message that very many jews use. It has a great symbolic importance. There is a phrase that shows that “finally, all jews gather in their country”, in Zion, that is Jerusalem. It is the artist says to the world, ” said Henriksen Waage to the Newspaper.

In september, however, kontrabeskjeden that Tel Aviv had been chosen as the hosts for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, and not Jerusalem. The finals will be held on 18. may.

The Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix finals held Saturday 2. march, and will be sent directly on NRK from Oslo Spektrum.

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