In march, going this year’s Melodi Grand Prix of the stack, where it shall be decided who is the Norwegian contribution to the international final in Tel Aviv in Israel.
the Artists who will fight for the coveted top spot will be announced by NRK on Friday, but already now have some names leaked out in the media.
READY FOR MELODI GRAND PRIX: Monday could be the VG reveal that Chris Medina will be in the Eurovision song Contest in years. Photo: NTB Scanpix Show more
on Monday wrote to VG that the Oslo-residents american Chris Medina (35) are among the artists popping up in this year’s Melodi Grand Prix, and now claim to See and Hear to have revealed a further three of the year’s contributions.
According to the Look and Listen makes both Erlend Bratland (27) and former Turbonegro-vocals Hans-Erik Spanish Society (46), known under the stage name Hank von Hell, comeback in the Eurovision song Contest.
TURBONEGRO: Hans-Erik Spanish Society to supposedly be with in this year’s Melodi Grand Prix. Here pictured when he was active as the frontman of Turbonegro. Photo: NTB Scanpix Show more
Society and participated in the delfinalen in Florø in 2013, with the song “No One”, while Bratland came in a solid second place in the final with the song “Thunderstruck” two years later, in 2015.
Erland Bakke, Bratlands manager, will neither confirm or refute his artists participation towards the See and Hear.
Melodi Grand Prix is always a fantastic event, and we would have been proud about Erlend Bratland a time to participate there, he says to Look and Listen.
COMEBACK: Erlend Bratland will reportedly make a comeback in the Eurovision Grand Prix for four years. Photo: NTB Scanpix Show more
According to the magazine is also the band D’sound among this year’s contributions. Musikkgruppen 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.
D’SOUND: Band D’Sound, which today consists of lead guitarist Jonny Sjo, and guitarist Kim Ofstad, according to See and Hear in the Eurovision song Contest in years. Here pictured in 1999, with former front man and lead vocalist Simone Eriksrud. Photo: NTB Scanpix Show more
Facing the See and Hear the do not want the project manager Stig Karlsen at the Norwegian broadcasting corporation to comment on the speculation about this year’s contributions. He says the following:
– year as all previous years we will not comment on speculation about the attendees before the press conference, so it is only to follow in the morning.
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