11 June – I watch you at night
The home entrant. To be fair, they haven't had the best of times of late. There was a time when singing in a contest...
Eurovision 2003 – Second Rehearsals Part One
Netherlands
Well she has been practicing!!. The more that I look at this, the more that I get the sense that this could well be...
Norway’s song search comes to an end with a shooting star!
Celebrating their 60th Eurovision year may not have been easy for NRK, but they put on a series terrific shows, and the MGP Final...
15 July – I’ll wait forever and a lifetime
Do you ever notice that some songs are touted as winners, only to fade away once they get to the host city. It could...
It’s Norse of course – NRK sets scene for 2019 MGP
Ten songs are in the running to represent Norway at the 2019 Euroivision Song Contest. The line-up for the next Melodi Grand Prix was...
Eurovision 2009 – A view from afar
Now, to my Jaded eye (do you see what I did there?), none of these looked half bad - until the last 30 seconds...
Norway – this is entertainment!
Now this is all sorts of genius. Possibly not in the way the Contest Gods intended 66 years ago, but genius none the less.
Subwoolfer's...
14 August – It’s a game of girl-and-boyness
Another week, another €uro. Work is all just one big game. You try and earn as much as possible, whilst working as efficiently as...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 27 – Norway
Gåte are what you get by mixing Norwegian folk music with modern rock. They have quite a pedigree in this niche Norwegian scene and...
Semi Final One results from Norway
The first Semi Final results are now in from Norway and are shown below. The Duels were contested between the first 2, and then...