NORWAY – Melodi Grand Prix 2022 is set to be the 60th edition of the Norwegian music competition Melodi Grand Prix (MGP). The contest is held annually and serves as the country’s preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. MGP is organized by Norway’s public broadcaster NRK and will be held in January and February 2022. The winner of the competition will represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy in May 2022.
About one week after the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, NRK officially opened for songwriters to submit entries for Melodi Grand Prix 2022. The submission window was set to close on 15 August 2021 but was later extended to 15 September 2021.
The competition is open to all songwriters, and each songwriter could submit up to three songs. Each song should have at least one Norwegian contributor, in order to “prioritize and promote the Norwegian music scene”. In addition to the open submission, NRK also looked for possible entries through targeted search and direct dialogue with the Norwegian music industry.
In late November 2021, it was reported that 21 entries had been selected to take part in the contest. Originally, the lineup of participating artists was scheduled to be revealed on 6 January 2022, and their entries at a later time; however, it was later decided they would be announced together on 10 January.
15.01.2022 – FIRST SEMI-FINAL
- Mira Craig – “We Still Here”
- Frode – “Black Flowers”
- TrollfesT – “Dance Like a Pink Flamingo”
- Eline Noelia – “Ecstasy”
22.01.2022 – SECOND SEMI-FINAL
- Lilly Löwe – “Bad Baby”
- Steffen Jakobsen – “With Me Tonight”
- Farida – “Dangerous”
- Daniel Lukas – “Kvelertak” (Suffocating)
29.01.2022 – THIRD SEMI-FINAL
- Mari Bølla – “Your Loss”
- Oda Gondrosen – “Hammer of Thor”
- Sturla – “Skår i hjertet” (Shards in the heart)
- VILDA – “Titans”
05.02.2022 – FOURTH SEMI-FINAL
- Alexandra Joner – “Hasta la vista”
- Maria Mohn – “Fly”
- Kim Wigaard – “La melodia” (The melody)
- Sofie Fellvjang – “Made of Glass”
12.02.2022 – SECOND CHANCE
- TBA
19.02.2022 – FINAL
- NorthKid – “Someone”
- SubWoolfer – “Give That Wolf a Banana”
- Christian Ingebrigtsen – “Wonder of the World”
- Anna-Lisa Kumoji – “Queen Bees”
- Elsie Bay – “Death of Us”
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