Melodi Grand Prix 2018

Melodi Grand Prix 2018
Preliminary decision data
country	Norway
Broadcasting station
Producing broadcaster
place	Oslo Spektrum , Oslo
date	March 10, 2018
Time	7:55 pm ( CET )
Duration	approx. 135 minutes
Number of participants	10
Number of contributions	10
poll	First round: 50% international jury voting, 50% televoting Gold final & gold duel: 100% televoting
Pause filler	JOWST feat. Aleksander Walmann with an orchestral version of Grab the Moment (M: Joakim With Steen; T: Jonas McDonnell)
Moderation
Kåre Magnus Bergh and Silya Nymoen

The 56th Melodi Grand Prix 2018 took place on March 10, 2018 in Oslo Spektrum and was the Norwegian preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon ( Portugal ). Alexander Rybak won with the song That's How You Write A Song .

format

concept

In line with the change made in 2017, a final with three rounds will also be held in 2018. All ten participants will be evaluated in the first voting round by 50% international jury voting and 50% televoting. The four best participants with the most votes from the first round then compete against each other again in the second round, the so-called gold final . Only the audience determines the two finalists for the gold duel . The winner of the show and the interpreter, who will represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, will then also be determined exclusively by televoting.

Choice of contribution

From January 31, 2017 to September 10, 2017, composers had the opportunity to submit a contribution to the Norwegian television network NRK. Norwegian and foreign composers were allowed to submit contributions. However, NRK will prefer to select Norwegian composers. A total of 1200 contributions were submitted to NRK by the deadline. Compared to the previous year, 200 more entries were submitted, setting a new record. The new producer and music director of the Melodi Grand Prix Stig Karlsen selected the ten participants.

Attendees

On January 15, 2018, NRK presented all ten participants in the preliminary decision at a press conference. Among them were three former Norwegian ESC representatives: Alexander Rybak , who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 for Norway , Stella Mwangi , who represented Norway in 2011 in Düsseldorf , and Aleksander Walmann , who represented Norway in 2017 together with Joakim With Steen . The latter also returns as a composer, as does Kjetil Mørland , who represented Norway in 2015 .

Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	image
01	Stella & Alexandra	You Got Me M / T: Stella Mwangi , Gustav Eurén, Niclas Arn, Andreas Alfredsson	English	You got me
02	Aleksander Walmann	Talk to the Hand M / T: Joakim With Steen , Jonas McDonnell, Magnus Klausen	English	Talk to the hand
03	Ida Maria	Scandilove M / T: Ida Maria Børli Sivertsen , Stefan Törnby	English	Scandi love
04th	Nicoline	Light Me Up M / T: Nicoline Berg Kaasin, Johan Larsson, Emilie Adams	English	Light me up
05	Tom Hugo	I Like I Like I Like M / T: Tom Hugo Hermansen	English	I like, I like, I like
06th	Charla K	Stop the Music M / T: Charlotte Kjær, Per Gessle , Alex Shield	English	Stop the music
07th	Alejandro Fuentes	Tengo otra M / T: Alejandro Fuentes, Angel Arce Pututi, Alejandro Pututi	Spanish	I have something else
08th	Vidar villa	Moren din M / T: Vidar André Mohaugen, Jonas Thomassen, Martin Thomassen	Norwegian	Your mother
09	Rebecca	Who We Are M / T: Kjetil Mørland	English	who we are
10	Alexander Rybak	That's How You Write A Song M / T: Alexander Rybak	English	This is how you write a song

Jury voting

The jury voting made up 50 percent of the final result. A total of ten European countries voted and had to choose a song. The four best-placed countries qualified for the televoting vote.

Start number	song	FR	RU	CZ	DK	BG	EE	MK	IL	SE	UK	total
01	You Got Me											2
02	Talk to the hand											1
03	Scandilove											-
04th	Light Me Up											-
05	I like I like I like											-
06th	Stop the music											-
07th	Tengo Otra											-
08th	Moren din											-
09	Who We Are											3
10	That's How You Write A Song											4th
Jury points speaker
- Edoardo Grassi - Ekaterina Orlova - William Lee Adams - Molly Plank - Vasil Ivanov - Mart Normet - Meri Popova - Alon Amir - Helen Mattsson - Jan Bors

 Candidate qualified for the gold final.

Gold finals

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Audience votes (SMS)
				be right	%
1.	4th	Alexander Rybak	That's How You Write A Song	133.164	61.3%
2.	3	Rebecca	Who We Are	046,260	21.3%
3.	1	Stella & Alexandra	You Got Me	029,784	13.7%
4th	2	Aleksander Walmann	Talk to the hand	007,927	03.7%

 Candidate qualified for the gold duel.

Gold duel

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Audience votes (SMS)
				be right	%
1.	2	Alexander Rybak	That's How You Write A Song	306.393	71%
2.	1	Rebecca	Who We Are	122.504	29%

Web links

Commons : Melodi Grand Prix 2018  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Norwegian preliminary round website (Norwegian)

See also

• Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest

Individual evidence

1. ^ Anthony Granger: Norway: Ten Countries Make Up Melodi Grand Prix International Jury. In: Eurovoix. March 9, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Jon Marius Hyttebakk: MGP FRIR til Norges best komponister. In: nrk.no. January 31, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017 (Norwegian). 
3. ↑ Anthony Granger: NORWAY: MELODI GRAND PRIX 2018 SUBMISSIONS OPEN. In: eurovoix.com. May 14, 2017, accessed October 12, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Jon Marius Hyttebakk: Ny påmeldingsrekord i MGP. September 11, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2017 (Norwegian). 
5. ↑ Jon Marius Hyttebakk: Her er artistene i MGP 2018. In: nrk.no. January 15, 2018, accessed January 15, 2018 (Norwegian). 
6. ↑ Jon Marius Hyttebakk: Medlemmene i the Internasjonale juryen. In: nrk.no. March 11, 2018, accessed March 11, 2018 (Norwegian). 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Jon Marius Hyttebakk: fikk mer enn dobbelt så mange som Rebecca stemmer. In: nrk.no . March 12, 2018, Retrieved March 12, 2018 (Norwegian).