This year, Norway once again decided on a national final to decide upon their next Eurovision act. A record number of song submissions were received by the Norwegian broadcaster NRK, and out of the 1035 songs submitted, 10 were chosen to perform at Melodi Grand Prix.
The 10 competing acts were:
Ammunition – Wrecking Crew
Ulrikke – places
Amina Swali – Mestervek
JOWST – Grab The Moment
Kristian Valen – You and I
Elin & The Woods – First Step in Faith/Oadjebasvuhtii
Jenny Augusta – I Go Where You Go
Ella – Mamma Boy
Rune Rudberg Band – Run Run Away
In Fusion – Nothing Ever Knocked Us Over
This year saw the implementation of jury votes for the first time since 2013, and were applied during the first round of voting. There were 10 international juries from across Europe, including Armenia, Finland, Ireland, Israel, Malta, UK, Sweden, Germany, Hungary and Austria.
JOWST was the most popular with the juries, followed by Ulrikke, Ammunition and Ella. Four acts qualified to the ‘golden final’ of which only the public voted to decide the winner from these four. The top four were:
Ammunition – Wrecking Crew
Ulrikke – places
JOWST – Grab The Moment
Elin & The Woods – First Step in Faith/Oadjebasvuhtii
JOWST was announced as the winner of the competition, and will therefore be taking their song Grab the Moment at Eurovision in Kyiv. Listen to the song down below, and if you’re loving the choice Norway made, make sure to vote for them in our poll!
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