Melodi Grand Prix 2019

Melodi Grand Prix 2019
Preliminary decision data
country	Norway
Broadcasting ; station
Producing ; broadcaster
place	; Oslo Spektrum , Oslo
date	2nd March 2019
Time	8:55 pm ( CET )
Duration	approx. 160 minutes
Number of participants	10
Number of contributions	10
poll	First round:; 50% international jury voting, 50% televoting ; Gold final & gold duel:; 100% televoting
Opening act	Alexander Rybak : That's How You Write a Song (Music / Text: Alexander Rybak) ; Fairytale (Music / Text: Alexander Rybak)
Pause filler	Heidi Ruud Ellingsen : ESC burlesque ; Netta : Toy (Music / Text: Doron Medalie, Stav Beger)
Moderation
	Heidi Ruud Ellingsen and Kåre Magnus Bergh

The 57th Melodi Grand Prix took place on March 2, 2019 at Oslo Spektrum and served to find the Norwegian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv ( Israel ). As every year, the broadcasting station was the Norsk Rikskringkasting NRK1 . The band KEiiNO won the competition with their song Spirit in the Sky . They reached sixth place in the final in Tel Aviv, the best Norwegian result since 2013 .

format

concept

On January 31, 2018, the state broadcasting company Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) confirmed its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 as the first country.

As in the previous year, a final with three rounds will also be held in 2019. 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 will then be determined by televoting.

Moderation

On December 6, 2018, NRK announced that Kåre Magnus Bergh and Heidi Ruud Ellingsen will be taking over the 2019 moderation . For Kåre Magnus Bergh it was the fifth time in a row that he moderated the preliminary decision. Heidi Ruud Ellingsen made her debut as a presenter of the Melodi Grand Prix.

Choice of contribution

Since the window for submitting contributions is always open in Norway, contributions can be submitted to NRK at any time. However, the window for submitting contributions for 2019 closed on September 9, 2018.

On September 10, 2018, NRK announced that the station had received over 1,000 applications. The producer and music director of the Melodi Grand Prix Stig Karlsen selected four participants from these applications for the preliminary decision. Six other participants were selected directly by NRK to take part in the competition.

Attendees

The participants were presented at a press conference on January 25, 2019. 15-second preview clips with the songs of the participants were then posted on nrk.no/mgp .

Recurring performers

A number of performers returned to the competition in 2019.

Interpreter	Previous year of participation
Alexandra Rotan (member of KEiiNO )	2018
Carina Dahl	2011 and 2013
Erlend Bratland	2015
Hank von Hell	2013
Mørland	2015 (winner)
Tom Hugo (member of KEiiNO )	2013 and 2018

final

The winners of the Norwegian preliminary rounds: KEiiNO

The final took place on March 2, 2019 at 8:55 p.m. ( CET ) in the Oslo Spektrum . Four participants qualified for the gold final , of which two participants qualified for the gold duel.

Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)
01	Chris Medina	We Try M / T: Chris Medina , Jason Gill, Tormod Løkling, Julimar Santo	English	We try
02	D'Sound	Mr. Unicorn M / T: Kim Ofstad , Jonny Sjo, Mirjam Johanne Omdal, Magnus Martinsen, Tormod Martinsen	English	Mister unicorn
03	Mørland	En livredd man M / T: Kjetil Mørland	Norwegian	A man terrified to death
04th	Anna-Lisa Kumoji	Holla M / T: Ashley Hicklin , Jeroen Swinnen, Maria Broberg	English	-
05	Erlend Bratland	Sing For You M / T: Erlend Bratland, Arvid Solvang, Nils Egil Brandsæter	English	Sing for you
06th	Ingrid Berg Mehus	Feel M / T: Ingrid Berg Mehus, Bjørnar Hopland, Anthony Modebe	English	Feel
07th	Hank von Hell	Fake It M / T: Hans Erik Dyvik Husby , Andreas Werling	English	Fake it
08th	Carina Dahl	Hold Me Down M / T: Ashley Hicklin , Jeroen Swinnen, Pele Loriano, Laurell Barker, Laura Groeseneken	English	Hold me tight
09	Adrian Jørgensen	The Bubble M / T: Jonas McDonnell, Aleksander Walmann , Kjetil Mørland	English	The bubble
10	KEiiNO	Spirit in the Sky M: Tom Hugo , Henrik Tala, Fred Buljo , Rüdiger Schramm; T: Alexander Olsson, Tom Hugo , Fred Buljo , Alexandra Rotan	English	Spirit in heaven

Jury voting

Ten international juries cast their votes, although only their twelve points were made known to the audience. The remaining points and placements were not disclosed. The result of the jury makes up 50% of the final result of the first round.

Start number	song	Italy IT	Georgia GE	Spain IT	Denmark DK	Portugal PT	Switzerland CH	North Macedonia MK	Ireland IR	Hungary HU	Israel IL	total
01	We try											-
02	Mr. Unicorn		Georgia	Spain				North Macedonia	Ireland			4th
03	En livredd man				Denmark							1
04th	Holla	Italy										1
05	Sing for you											-
06th	Feel											-
07th	Fake it											-
08th	Hold me down											-
09	The bubble					Portugal	Switzerland			Hungary		3
10	Spirit in the Sky										Israel	1
Jury speakers and members
Italy- Nicola Caligiore , Silvia Gianatti, Saverio Perrino, Marta Cagnola, Eddy Anselmi Georgia- Sopio Toroschelidze , Natia Mshvenieradze, Natia Uznadze, Nodiko Tatishvili , Roma Giorgadze Spain- Antonio Losada Vela , Monica Vázquez, Magi Torras, Rocio Torres, César Vallejo Denmark- Mads Enggaard , Jonas Rasmussen , Kirsten Siggaard , Bryan Rice, Sandie Westh Portugal- Isabel Roma , Sofia Serpa, Nuxo Espinheira , Beatriz Vilas Boas, Joana Brandão Switzerland- Reto Peritz , Rico Fischer Male, Nyssina Swerissen, Andy Prinz, Anita Fernandes North Macedonia- Aleksandra Jovanovska , Avni Qahili, Andrijana Jovanovska, Jana Burčeska , Daniel Dann Ireland- Zbyszek Zalinski , Aoife Barry, Paul G Sheridan, Ryan O'Shaughnessy , Neil Doherty Hungary- Lőrinc Bubnó , Gábor Alfréd Fehérvári , Bogi Dallos, Attila Borcsik, Gabriella Csík Israel- Amit Wulff , Alon Amir, Linoy Bar Gefen, Yaniv Dorenbush, Aya Chayut, Merav Siman Tov

Candidate qualified for the gold duel.

Gold finals

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Audience votes (SMS)
space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	be right	%
1.	10	KEiiNO	Spirit in the Sky M: Tom Hugo , Henrik Tala, Fred Buljo , Rüdiger Schramm; T: Alexander Olsson, Tom Hugo , Fred Buljo , Alexandra Rotan	98,324	57.3%
2.	09	Adrian Jørgensen	The Bubble M / T: Jonas McDonnell, Aleksander Walmann , Kjetil Mørland , Rüdiger Schramm	55,794	32.5%
3.	02	D'Sound	Mr. Unicorn M / T: Kim Ofstad , Jonny Sjo, Mirjam Johanne Omdal, Magnus Martinsen, Tormod Martinsen	11,123	06.5%
4th	04th	Anna-Lisa Kumoji	Holla M / T: Ashley Hicklin , Jeroen Swinnen, Maria Broberg	06,718	03.6%

Gold duel

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Audience votes
space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	be right	%
1.	10	KEiiNO	Spirit in the Sky M: Tom Hugo , Henrik Tala, Fred Buljo , Rüdiger Schramm; T: Alexander Olsson, Tom Hugo , Fred Buljo , Alexandra Rotan	231.937	58.8%
2.	09	Adrian Jørgensen	The Bubble M / T: Jonas McDonnell, Aleksander Walmann , Kjetil Mørland	162,608	41.2%

Web links

Norwegian preliminary round website (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

↑ Maiken Amanda Brennås: Fersk ESC-vinner to MGP-final. In: nrk.no. February 28, 2019, Retrieved February 28, 2019 (Norwegian).
↑ ^a ^b Jon Marius Hyttebakk: Lover spectacular MGP show. In: nrk.no. September 28, 2018, accessed October 24, 2018 (Norwegian).
↑ ^a ^b Louise LaFleur: KEiiNO is Norway's choice for Tel Aviv! In: eurovision.tv. March 2, 2019, accessed March 3, 2019 .
↑ Anthony Granger: Norway: Confirms Eurovision Song Contest 2019 Participation. In: eurovoix.com. January 31, 2018, accessed October 24, 2018 .
^ ^A ^b Anthony Granger: Norway: Kåre Magnus Bergh and Heidi Ruud Ellingsen to host MGP 2019. In: eurovoix.com. December 6, 2018, accessed December 6, 2018 .
↑ Emily Herbert: Norway: Over 1000 Entries Submitted for Melodi Grand Prix 2019. In: eurovoix.com. September 10, 2018, accessed October 14, 2018 .
↑ Ewan McCaig: Norway: Artists And Songs For MGP 2019 Announced. In: eurovoix.com. January 25, 2019, accessed January 25, 2019 .
↑ Anthony Granger: Norway: Melodi Grand Prix 2019 Final on March 2. In: eurovoix.com. September 28, 2018, accessed October 24, 2018 .
↑ Jon Marius Hyttebakk: Medlemmene i the Internasjonale juryen. In: nrk.no. March 2, 2019, accessed March 2, 2019 (Norwegian).
↑ ^a ^b Jon Marius Hyttebakk: Over Place MGP seier til KEiiNO. In: nrk.no. March 4, 2019, Retrieved March 4, 2019 (Norwegian).

[1] Maiken Amanda Brennås: Fersk ESC-vinner to MGP-final. In: nrk.no. February 28, 2019, Retrieved February 28, 2019 (Norwegian).

[Konzept-2] Jon Marius Hyttebakk: Lover spectacular MGP show. In: nrk.no. September 28, 2018, accessed October 24, 2018 (Norwegian).

[Sieger-3] Louise LaFleur: KEiiNO is Norway's choice for Tel Aviv! In: eurovision.tv. March 2, 2019, accessed March 3, 2019 .

[4] Anthony Granger: Norway: Confirms Eurovision Song Contest 2019 Participation. In: eurovoix.com. January 31, 2018, accessed October 24, 2018 .

[Format-5] A ^b Anthony Granger: Norway: Kåre Magnus Bergh and Heidi Ruud Ellingsen to host MGP 2019. In: eurovoix.com. December 6, 2018, accessed December 6, 2018 .

[6] Emily Herbert: Norway: Over 1000 Entries Submitted for Melodi Grand Prix 2019. In: eurovoix.com. September 10, 2018, accessed October 14, 2018 .

[7] Ewan McCaig: Norway: Artists And Songs For MGP 2019 Announced. In: eurovoix.com. January 25, 2019, accessed January 25, 2019 .

[8] Anthony Granger: Norway: Melodi Grand Prix 2019 Final on March 2. In: eurovoix.com. September 28, 2018, accessed October 24, 2018 .

[9] Jon Marius Hyttebakk: Medlemmene i the Internasjonale juryen. In: nrk.no. March 2, 2019, accessed March 2, 2019 (Norwegian).

[Stimmen-10] Jon Marius Hyttebakk: Over Place MGP seier til KEiiNO. In: nrk.no. March 4, 2019, Retrieved March 4, 2019 (Norwegian).