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Tonight: Norway picks its entry for Vienna

14 March 2015 at 05:20 CET

Broadcaster NRK are keen to make Melodi Grand Prix 2015 one of the most spectacular ever in order to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest. The Semi-Finals have been dropped in favour of one big show being held tonight at the Oslo Spektrum Arena in the Norwegian capital. In addition, the orchestra has been brought back for the first time since 1998. Leading you through the show will be presenters Silya Nymoen and Kåre Magnus Bergh.

Where to watch

You can watch Melodi Grand Prix 2015 right here on Eurovision.tv from 20:25 CET via our WebTV.

Running Order

The running order for tonight's show is as follows:

  1. Erlend Bratland - Thunderstruck (with orchestra)
  2. Raylee - Louder
  3. Tor & Bettan - All Over The World (with orchestra)
  4. Jenny Langlo - Next To You
  5. Ira Konstantinidis - We Don't Worry
  6. Contrazt - Heaven
  7. Marie Klåpbakken - Ta meg tilbake (with orchestra)
  8. Staysman & Lazz - En godt stekt pizza (with orchestra)
  9. Mørland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me (with orchestra)
  10. Alexandra Joner - Cinderella (with orchestra)
  11. Karin Park - Human Beings

The Orchestra

The 54 member Kringkastingsorkesteret (KORK) - NRK's in-house orchestra - will be an integral part of tonight's show for the first time since 1998, where Lars Fredriksen won Melodi Grand Prix with the song Alltid sommer. As well as providing entertainment throughout the show, KORK will also be accompanying 6 of tonights 11 songs.

The orchestra are preparing for tonight's show:

Veterans Return

Among tonight's pariticpants are Tor & Bettan (aka Tor Endresen and Elisabeth Andreassen), who have both entered the Eurovision Song Contest before. Tor Endresen represented Norway in Dublin 1997 with the song San Francisco but failed to score a single point. Elisabeth Andreassen is a bit of a veteran when it comes to Europe's favourite TV show having entered for Sweden in 1982 and Norway in 1985, 1994 and 1996. In 1985 she won with the song La det swinge as part of the group Bobbysocks. In 1996 she came second with the song I evighet on home turf at the Oslo Spektrum Arena, where tonight's show is being held!

Karin Park has previously entered the Eurovision Song Contest as the composer of Margaret Berger's song, I Feed You My Love, in 2013, finishing a very respectable 4th in the Grand Final in Malmö.

Some Statistics

This year 450 have accreditation to Melodi Grand Prix, including 143 dancers and choristers, including a choir of 60 children; the 54 strong orchestra, and a crew of approximately 140 working behind the scenes. In addition there are the artists, management, press and other involved parties. In addition NRK has decided to drop the Eurovision Song Contest rule of a maximum of six persons being on stage during a performance.

Listen to the songs

Below is a list of the 11 finalists taking part in Melodi Grand Prix 2015 (in random order). You can listen to full length versions of all the songs on the NRK website.

Erlend Bratland - Thunderstruck


Song: Thunderstruck
Artist: Erlend Bratland
Lyrics: Erlend Bratland, Linnea Deb
Music: Joy Deb, Linnea Deb

Listen: HERE

Raylee - Louder


Song: Louder
Artist: Raylee
Lyrics/Music: Andreas Stone Johansson & Ricky Hanley

Listen: HERE

Tor & Bettan - All Over The World


Song: All Over The World
Artist: Tor & Bettan
Lyrics/Music: Are Selheim, Tor Endresen

Listen: HERE

Jenny Langlo - Next to You


Song: Next to You
Artist: Jenny Langlo
Lyrics/Music: Jenny Langlo, Robin Mortensen Lynch, Niklas Olovson

Listen: HERE

Ira Konstantinidis - We Don't Worry


Song: We Don't Worry
Artist: Ira Konstantinidis
Lyrics: Ali Pirzad, Julie Bergan
Music: Øyvind Blikstad, Bjarte Giske

Listen: HERE

Contrazt - Heaven


Song: Heaven
Artist: Contrazt
Lyrics/Music: Jan Lysdahl, Jacob Collin Launbjerg

Listen: HERE

Marie Klåpbakken - Ta meg tilbake


Song: Ta meg tilbake
Artist: Marie Klåpbakken
Lyrics/Music: Marie Klåpbakken, Linn Hege Sagen, Olav Tronsmoen

Listen: HERE

Staysman & Lazz - En godt stekt pizza


Song: En godt stekt pizza
Artist: Staysman & Lazz
Lyrics/Music: Stian Thorbjørnsen, Petter Kristiansen, Lars-Erik Blokkhus, Jesper Borgen, Magnus Clausen

Listen: HERE

Mørland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me


Song: A Monster Like Me
Artist: Mørland & Debrah Scarlett
Lyrics/Music: Kjetil Mørland

Listen: HERE

Alexandra Joner - Cinderella


Song: Cinderella
Artist: Alexandra Joner
Lyrics/Music: Erik Smaaland, Kristoffer Tømmerbakke (GoToGuy)

Listen: HERE

Karin Park - Human Beings


Song: Human Beings
Artist: Karin Park
Lyrics/Music: Karin Park, Guy Chambers

Listen: HERE


Norway will take part in the second Semi-Final of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest on the 21st of May at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria. The Grand Final takes place on the 23rd of May.