Melodi Grand Prix 2011

Melodi Grand Prix 2011
Preliminary decision data
country	Norway
Broadcasting station
Producing broadcaster
date	February 12, 2011
Number of participants	8th
Number of contributions	21st
Preliminary rounds	4th
Preliminary round dates	Semi-finals: January 15, 2011 January 22, 2011 January 29, 2011 Siste Sjansen: February 5, 2011
poll	Preliminary rounds : 100% televoting Final : 50% jury voting, 50% televoting
Moderation
Anne Rimmen & Per Sundnes

The 49th Melodi Grand Prix took place from January 15 to February 12, 2011. It served to find the Norwegian contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf . After three semi-finals, a second chance round and the grand finale, the singer Stella Mwangi emerged as the winner with her title Haba Haba .

format

The winner of the Melodi Grand Prix 2011: Stella Mwangi

For the Melodi Grand Prix 2011 , the system from previous years was retained. From three semi-finals with seven contributions each, the two songs with the most votes qualify for the grand finale after a telephone vote. Third and fourth places receive a place in the second chance round (Norwegian Siste Sjansen ). The two fifth-placed songs that achieve the highest percentage of votes receive a place in the second-chance round. This is structured according to the knockout system . The eight participants will be divided into four duels. The winners move on to the second round, in which the two final qualifiers emerge from two duels.

In the final, the audience will first determine the four most popular contributions that will make it to the superfinal. The vote in the superfinal is - unlike in the preliminary rounds - divided. In addition to the telephone rating, which is divided into two regions ( Northern , Western and Southern Norway as well as Eastern Norway and Trøndelag ), the audience in the Oslo Spectrum and four regional juries also vote . These are located in the four venues of the semifinals and the Siste Sjansen and can award the points 2,000, 4,000, 6,000, 8,000.

Contributions could be submitted until September 15, 2010; there were 700 entries in total. The first nine songs were announced at a press conference on November 22, 2010, and the remaining twelve a week later.

broadcasts

Ørland Florø Skien Sarpsborg Oslo

Venues of the Melodi Grand Prix 2011 (blue marking)

broadcast	date	city	venue	Previous events
Dolfinals 1	January 15, 2011	Ørland	Hangar E of the Ørland hovedflystasjon	2010
Dolfinals 2	January 22, 2011	Florø	Florø Idrettssenter	-
Dolfinals 3	January 29, 2011	Skien	Skien Fritidspark	2009, 2010
Siste Sjansen	0February 5, 2011	Sarpsborg	Sparta Amfi	2010
final	February 12, 2011	Oslo	Oslo spectrum	1992, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2003–

Semifinals

First semi-final

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)
1.	7th	Åste & Rikke	Not that Easy (Ah-Oh-Ah-Oh) M / T: Rikke Normann	English	Not that easy (Ah-Oh-Ah-Oh)
2.	3	Helene Bøksle	Vardlokk M: Helene Bøksle, Sindre Hotvedt, Knut Avenstroup Haugen; T: Cecilie Larsen	Norwegian	-
3.	4th	You Gubba	Alt du vil ha M: Magne Ålmas; T: Petter Øien	Norwegian	Everything you want
4th	2	Use Me	Daisy M / T: Jim André Bergsted	English	-
5.	5	Gata's parliament	Jobbe suffered less and tjene suffered more M: Alex Molkom; T: Aslak Borgersrud, Elling Borgersrud, Don Martin	Norwegian	Work a little less and earn a little more
-	1	Carina Dahl	Guns and Boys M / T: Carina Dahl, Nanna Martorell, Hanne Sørvaag	English	Guns and boys
-	6th	Sickle	Trenger mer M / T: Christine Dancke	Norwegian	Need more

 Candidate has qualified for the final.

 The candidate qualified for the Siste Sjansen.

Second semi-final

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)
1.	2	Babel Fish	Depend on Me M / T: Halvor Holter, Tarjei van Ravens	English	Depends on me
2.	6th	Hanne Sørvaag	You're like a Melody M / T: Hanne Sørvaag, Martin Hansen	English	You are like a melody
3.	5	Endre Nordvik	Oh Oh (Puppy Love) M / T: Samsaya, Jarl Aanested	English	Oh oh (childhood love)
4th	7th	Mimi Blix	Allergic M / T: Merethe La Verde, Kjetil Schei	English	Allergic
5.	1	Pernille & Marius	I'll Be Yours M / T: Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu , Johanna Demker, Björn Djupström	English	I will be yours
-	3	Marika Lejon	Hungry for You (Gipsydance) M / T: Marika Lejon	English	Hungry for you (plaster dance)
-	4th	Isabella Leroy	Sand M / T: Isabella Leroy	English	sand

 Candidate has qualified for the final.

 The candidate qualified for the Siste Sjansen.

Third semi-final

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)
1.	6th	Stella Mwangi	Haba Haba M: Beyond51, Big City; T: Stella Mwangi	English, Swahili	Bit by bit
2.	5	The BlackSheeps	Dance Tonight M / T: Agnete Kristin Johnsen, Emelie Nilsen	English	Dance tonight
3.	7th	The Lucky Bullets	Fire Below M / T: Knud Kleppe	English	Fire below
4th	1	Susperia	Nothing Remains M / T: Susperia	English	Nothing remains
-	2	Noora Norr	Gone with the Wind M / T: Simone Larsen, Moh Denebi, Jennifer Brown, Björn Djupström	English	Blown by the wind
-	3	Girl happy	SOS M / T: Tor Einar Krogtoft-Jensen, Christoffer Bergersen	English	SOS
-	4th	Grethe Svensen	Like Dreamers Do M: Grethe Svensen, Tommy Berre; T: Simon Anthony Walker	English	Like dreamers do

 Candidate has qualified for the final.

 The candidate qualified for the Siste Sjansen.

Siste Sjansen

	First round				Second round				Qualifiers
	Use Me - Daisy	further
	Pernille & Marius - I'll Be Yours	eliminated
					Use Me - Daisy	eliminated
					You Gubba - Alt du vil ha	further
	You Gubba - Alt du vil ha	further
	Mimi Blix - Allergic	eliminated
									You Gubba - Alt du vil ha
									The Lucky Bullets - Fire Below
	Gata's parliament - Jobbe suffered less and tjene suffered more	eliminated
	The Lucky Bullets - Fire Below	further
					The Lucky Bullets - Fire Below	further
					Susperia - Nothing Remains	eliminated
	Endre - Oh, Oh (Puppy Love)	eliminated
	Susperia - Nothing Remains	further

final

The final took place on February 12, 2011 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo.

Oslo spectrum

space	Start number	Interpreter	song	Audience votes (SMS)
1.	6th	Stella Mwangi	Haba Haba M: Beyond51, Big City; T: Stella Mwangi	280.217
2.	5	The BlackSheeps	Dance Tonight M / T: Agnete Kristin Johnsen, Emelie Nilsen	155.059
3.	4th	The Lucky Bullets	Fire Below M / T: Knud Kleppe	115,793
4th	2	You Gubba	Alt du vil ha M: Magne Ålmas; T: Petter Øien	094,884
-	1	Helene Bøksle	Vardlokk M: Helene Bøksle, Sindre Hotvedt, Knut Avenstroup Haugen; T: Cecilie Larsen	-
	3	Babel Fish	Depend on Me M / T: Halvor Holter, Tarjei van Ravens
	7th	Åste & Rikke	Not that Easy (Ah-Oh-Ah-Oh) M / T: Rikke Normann
	8th	Hanne Sørvaag	You're like a Melody M / T: Hanne Sørvaag, Martin Hansen

 Candidate qualified for the gold final.

Gold finals

space	Interpreter	song	Jury voting by region						Audience votes by region (SMS)			total
			spectrum	Ørland	Florø	Skien	Sarpsborg	total	North, West, South Norway	Eastern Norway, Trøndelag	total
1.	Stella Mwangi	Haba Haba M: Beyond51, Big City; T: Stella Mwangi	3,616	6,000	6,000	8,000	8,000	31,616	121,388	127213	248,601	280.217
2.	The BlackSheeps	Dance Tonight M / T: Agnete Kristin Johnsen, Emelie Nilsen	1,602	8,000	8,000	6,000	4,000	27.602	050,088	077,369	127.457	155.059
3.	The Lucky Bullets	Fire Below M / T: Knud Kleppe	2,397	2,000	4,000	4,000	6,000	18,397	051,976	045,420	097,396	115,793
4th	You Gubba	Alt du vil ha M: Magne Ålmas; T: Petter Øien	0386	4,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	10,386	025.906	058,592	084,498	094,884

Eurovision Song Contest

Since Norway was not part of the Big Five (those countries with the highest financial contribution to the competition, i.e. Germany , France , Italy , Spain and the United Kingdom ) nor the host of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest , it first had to qualify through one of the semi-finals . Stella Mwangi thus appeared in starting position 02 in the first semi-final. She was supported by two dancers and three background singers.

In the competition, Mwangi and Haba Haba only reached 17th place with 30 points in the first semifinals, so they dropped out quite clearly. This is due to the national juries, the result of which flows 50% into the overall result of a country. Here she also reached 17th place, while she would have qualified with ninth place in the audience. Before the competition, Mwangi was one of the favorites for the overall victory, so the end in the semi-finals came as a surprise. Haba Haba was the first entry in the Eurovision Song Contest to contain text in Swahili .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Victor Hondal: Norway: Melodi Grand Prix final on February 12th ( English ) In: esctoday.com . October 20, 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
2. ↑ Simon Storvik-Green: Stella Mwangi victorious in Norway ( English ) In: Eurovision.tv . February 12, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
3. ↑ Ghassan Al Khaziri: 700 songs in 2011 MGP ( English ) In: oikotimes.com . October 12, 2010. Archived from the original on December 30, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 27, 2011. 
4. ↑ Victor Hondal: Norway: NRK confirms first 9 names for Melodi Grand Prix ( English ) In: esctoday.com . November 22, 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
5. ↑ Victor Hondal: Norway: Full line up for Melodi Grand Prix revealed ( English ) November 29, 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2011.