Melodi Grand Prix 2017

Melodi Grand Prix 2017
Preliminary decision data
country	Norway
Broadcasting station
Producing broadcaster
place	Oslo Spektrum , Oslo
date	March 11, 2017
Time	8:55 pm ( CET )
Duration	approx. 125 minutes
Number of participants	10
Number of contributions	10
poll	50% international jury voting, 50% televoting
Pause filler	Agnete : Icebreaker (Music / Text: Agnete Johnsen , Gabriel Alares, Ian Curnow)
Moderation
Line Elvsåshagen and Kåre Magnus Bergh

The 55th Melodi Grand Prix 2017 took place on March 11, 2017 and was the Norwegian preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kiev . Jowst won together with singer Aleksander Walmann and their title Grab the Moment and represented Norway in Kiev.

format

The show consists of a broadcast. In 2017, the international jury will be reintroduced, which has already brought Norway two wins. 50% are made up of the votes of the international juries and the other 50% from the audience vote. The ten international juries from Armenia, Germany, Finland, Ireland, Israel, Malta, Austria, Sweden, Hungary and the United Kingdom presented their results in the first voting round, after all 10 had appeared, from points 1–7, 8, 10 and 12. The four entries that have now received the most votes from the international juries will now compete again in the second round (gold finals). The other six contributions were eliminated. After these four presented their song for the second time, only the viewers in Norway were entitled to vote for their favorite in the final voting round. The entry with the most votes, from these four, will ultimately be the winner and present Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

Attendees

Composers could submit their songs between June 9, 2016 and September 11, 2016. Both Norwegian and foreign composers were allowed to submit contributions. The ten internally selected contributions were presented on February 7, 2017.

final

The final took place on March 11, 2017 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo . There ten songs competed against each other. The four top-ranked countries qualified for the gold final. They are highlighted in light green here.

Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)
01	Ulrikke	Places M / T: Ulrikke Brandstorp , Tony Alexander Skjevik	English	Places
02	Jenny Augusta	I Go Where You Go M: Jenny Augusta Enge; T: Jenny Augusta Enge, Inga Þyri Þórðardóttir	English	I go where you go
03	Rune Rudberg Band	Run Run Away M / T: Peter Danielson, Åsa Larsson, Mats Larsson	English	Run, run away
04th	Jowst feat. Aleksander Walmann	Grab the Moment M: Joakim With Steen ; T: Jonas McDonnell	English	Grasp the moment
05	Kristian Valen	You & I M / T: Kristian Valen	English	You and me
06th	In fusion	Nothing Ever Knocked Us Over M / T: Gustav Eurén, Danne Attlerud, Niklas Arn, Ulrik Eurén, Cissi Kallin	English	Nothing will ever kick us out
07th	Amina Sewali	Mesterverk M / T: Amina Sewali	Norwegian	Masterpiece
08th	Ammunition	Wrecking Crew M / T: Åge Sten Nilsen , Erik Mårtensson	English	Destructive crew
09	Elin & The Woods	First Step in Faith (Oadjebasvuhtii) M / T: Robin Lynch, Elin Kåven	English, Sami	First step in faith (security)
010	Ella	Mama's Boy M / T: Per Kristian Ottestad, Ida Maria	English	Mom's boy

Jury voting

The jury voting accounted for 50% of the final result. A total of ten European countries voted and had to choose a song.

Start number	song	IE	AT THE	FI	SE	IL	DE	AT	HU	MT	UK	total
01	Places											3
02	I Go Where You Go
03	Run run away
04th	Grab the moment											4th
05	You & I
06th	Nothing Ever Knocked Us Over
07th	Mesterverk
08th	Wrecking crew											2
09	First Step in Faith (Oadjebasvuhtii)
10	Mama's boy											1
Jury points speaker
- Johnny Logan - - Terhi Norvasto - - Alon Amir - Carola Conze - - Gábor Alfréd Fehérvári - - William Lee Adams

 Candidate qualified for the gold final.

Gold finals

In the gold final, only the audience voted. Jowst and singer Aleksander Walmann won the gold final with 46,064 votes.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Audience votes (SMS)
				be right	%
1.	1	JOWST feat. Aleksander Walmann	Grab the Moment M: Joakim With Steen; T: Jonas McDonnell	46,064	36.14%
2.	4th	Ammunition	Wrecking Crew M / T: Åge Sten Nilsen, Erik Mårtensson	40.128	31.49%
3.	3	Elin & The Woods	First Step in Faith (Oadjebasvuhtii) M / T: Robin Lynch, Elin Kåven	28,591	22.43%
4th	2	Ulrikke	Places M / T: Ulrikke Brandstorp, Tony Alexander Skjevik	12,662	09.94%

Web links

• Norwegian preliminary round website (Norwegian)

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2017
• Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Anthony Granger • 1 month ago: Iceland: Söngvakeppnin Semi Final Draw Complete. In: Eurovoix. January 30, 2017, accessed March 10, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Anthony Granger • 20 hours ago: Norway: Ten Countries Make Up Melodi Grand Prix International Jury. In: Eurovoix. March 9, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Anthony Granger • 20 hours ago: Norway: Ten Countries Make Up Melodi Grand Prix International Jury. In: Eurovoix. March 9, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Anthony Granger • 4 months ago: Norway: 1035 Songs Received For Melodi Grand Prix. In: Eurovoix. November 9, 2016, accessed March 10, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Jon Marius Hyttebakk: Here he results from MGP gullfinalen. In: NRK. March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017 .