Norway MGP 2020: Finalists' songs
Norway's Melodi Grand Prix 2020 will have a total of six shows – Five Semi-finals and a Final. Listen to all the finalists' songs and vote in our poll: Who wins Melodi Grand Prix 2020?
In Norway's Melodi Grand Prix 2020 (MGP) there are five pre-qualified finalists, and another 20 artists who have fighted to qualify to the Final on 15 February 2020.
In the last weeks, the songs for the pre-qualified finalists have been released, and the Semi-finals taken place.
MGP 2020 – Finalists
Running order
- Raylee – "Wild" (Semi-final 1 winner)
- Didrik & Emil – "Out of Air" (pre-qualified)
- Magnus Bokn – "Over the Sea" (Semi-final 4 winner)
- Akuvi – "Som du er" (pre-qualified)
- Kristin Husøy – "Pray for Me" (Semi-final 3 winner)
- Rein Alexander – "One Last Time" (Semi-final 2 winner)
- Tone Damli – "Hurts Sometimes" (pre-qualified)
- Sondrey – "Take My Time" (pre-qualified)
- Ulrikke Brandstorp – "Attention" (pre-qualified)
- Liza Vassilieva – "I Am Gay" (Semi-final 5 winner)
MGP 2020 – Finalists' songs
Melodi Grand Prix 2020
Melodi Grand Prix 2020 will select the artist and song that will represent Norway at Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam.
There will be a total of six shows from 11 January to 15 February 2020:
11 January 2020: Semi-final 1(winner: Raylee)18 January 2020: Semi-final 2(winner: Rein Alexander)25 January 2020: Semi-final 3(winner: Kristin Husøy)1 February 2020: Semi-final 4(winner: Magnus Bokn)8 February 2020: Semi-final 5(winner: Liza Vassilieva)- 15 February 2020: MGP 2020 Final
The five Semi-finals all took place live from H3 Arena in Fornebu, Oslo. There were four contestants in each of the Semi-finals, where the best from each qualified to the Final of MGP 2020.
The Final takes place live from Trondheim Spektrum on 15 February, where the 5 qualifiers from the Semi-finals will compete with 5 pre-qualified songs.
Norway in Eurovision Song Contest
Since the debut in 1960 Norway has participated 58 times in Eurovision. They have won the competition three times:
- 1985: Bobbysocks - "La Det Swinge"
- 1995: Secret Garden - "Nocturne"
- 2009: Alexander Rybak - "Fairytale"
In 2009, Alexander Rybak's Fairytale was the song that has received most points with the old voting system: 387 points – got 12 points from 16 countries. But Norway holds another Eurovision record: The country that ended last most times – 10 last places!
Since the introduction of Semi-finals in 2004, Norway has been very succesful with qualification to the Grand Final 13 out of 16 times.
