Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country	Norway
National selection
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 2012
Selection date(s)	Semi-final 21 January 2012 28 January 2012 4 February 2012 Final 11 February 2012

Norway will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and will select their entry through the national final Melodi Grand Prix 2012, organised by the Norwegian broadcaster NRK.

Melodi Grand Prix 2012

On 30 June, NRK announced their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, held in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[1]

The deadline to submit the songs was on 2 September 2011. A special jury will select the 24 songs which will proceed to the national selection. The artist who sings the song in the demo version, doesn’t necessarily mean that he or she will sing it in the national selection as well. NRK reserves the right to select a performer for any of the submitted songs.^[2]

On 1 October 2011, NRK announced that more than 800 songs have been submitted, nearly one hundred more than in 2011.^[3]

On 19 October 2011, the dates for next years events were revealed. The final will be held on 11 February 2012, at the Oslo Spektrum, with the three semi-finals being held on 21, 28 January and 4 February.^[4]

Schedule

Date	City	Venue	Heat
21 January	Brekstad	Ørland Hovedflystasjon	Semi-final 1
28 January	Larvik	Arena Larvik	Semi-final 2
4 February	Florø	Florø Idrettssenter	Semi-final 3
11 February	Oslo	Oslo Spektrum	Final

Participants

NRK has already revealed thirteen acts, which will participate in MGP 2012:

• Irresistible^[5]
• Malin Reitan^[6] - "Crush"
• Isabel Ødegård^[7] - "I've got you"^[8]
• Nora Foss al-Jabri^[9] - "Somewhere Beautiful"
• Minnie Oh - "You and I"
• Marthe Valle - "Si" (Say)
• Plumbo^[10] - "Ola Nordmann"
• Kim André Rysstad^[11] - "Så vidunderleg" (So wonderful)
• Rudi Myntevik^[12] - "You Break It, You Own It"
• Reidun Sæther - "High on Love"^[13]
• Yaseen Asher & Julie Maria Dahl^[14] - "Sammen" (Together)
• The Canoes - "Seemed like a good idea"^[15]
• Velvet Inc.^[16]
• Lisa Stokke - "With Love"^[17]

At Eurovision

Norway participates in one of the two semi-finals, held on 22 and 24 May respectively.

See also

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 2012

References

1. ^ Juhas, Ervin (2011-06-30). "Norway starts the search for songs". Escdaily.com. http://escdaily.com/articles/19833. Retrieved 2011-07-01. 
2. ^ Busa, Alexandru (2011-06-30). "Norway starts the search for songs". Esctoday.com. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17513. Retrieved 2011-07-01. 
3. ^ Hondal, Victor (2011-10-01). "Norway: 800 entries received". Esctoday.com. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17678. Retrieved 2011-10-01. 
4. ^ Storvik-Green, Simon (26 October 2011). "Norwegian final gets bigger and better". EBU. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=39403&_t=norwegian_final_gets_bigger_and_better. Retrieved 26 October 2011. 
5. ^ Hondal, Victor (2011-10-27). "Norway: Irresistible to participate in MGP 2012". Esctoday.com. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17756. Retrieved 2011-10-30. 
6. ^ Busa, Alexandru (2011-10-28). "Norway: Malin Reitan enters MGP". Esctoday.com. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17759. Retrieved 2011-10-30. 
7. ^ Pozzi, Renee (2011-10-29). "Norway: Isabel Ødegård the next confirmed MGP entrant!". Escdaily.com. http://escdaily.com/articles/24830. Retrieved 2011-10-30. 
8. ^ "Norwegen: Isabel Ødegård beim Melodi Grand Prix dabei" (in German). Eurofire.de. 2011-10-29. http://eurofire.blog.de/2011/10/29/norwegen-isabel-degard-beim-melodi-grand-prix-dabei-12089282/. Retrieved 2011-10-30. 
9. ^ "Norway: Nora Foss Al-Jabri announced as the next MGP act". Escdaily.com. http://escdaily.com/articles/24872. Retrieved 2011-10-30. 
10. ^ "Norway: Plumbo announced as the next MGP act". Escdaily.com. http://escdaily.com/articles/25132. Retrieved 2011-11-02. 
11. ^ Hondal, Victor (2011-11-10). "Norway: Kim André Rysstad enters MGP". Esctoday.com. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17804. Retrieved 2011-11-10. 
12. ^ Hondal, Victor (2011-11-11). "Norway: Rudi Myntevik to compete in MGP 2012". Esctoday.com. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17813. Retrieved 2011-11-11. 
13. ^ Busa, Alexandru (2011-11-12). "Norway: Thomas G:son and Ovi join forces for MGP 2012". Esctoday.com. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17816. Retrieved 2011-11-12. 
14. ^ Busa, Alexandru (2011-11-16). "Norway : Yaseen Asher and Julie Maria Dahl in MGP". Esctoday.com. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17831. Retrieved 2011-11-16. 
15. ^ http://www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/melodi_grand_prix/1.7881381
16. ^ http://www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/melodi_grand_prix/1.7881381
17. ^ http://www.oikotimes.com/eurovision/2011/11/23/mgp-2012-lisa-stokke-the-next-act/

External links

• (Norwegian) Official rules NRK
• (Norwegian) mgp webside NRK