News arrived from Norway, Rybak the recordist points winner of 2009 is back, this time as a composer and lyricist of the x-factor finalist Annsofie Pettersen (18 years old). you can check the full article here: http://touch.vg.no/article.php?artid=10074028 ps only a rumour but both Rybak and the signer refused to give any comment about it.
I also wondered: is there a link between Didrik and Emile Solli-Tangen or is it a common name in Norway?
NRK are playing their cards very close to their chest, aren't they? Listening to some of the other stuff by competing artists, it sounds to me like everything from Tom Hugo sounds the same, although I grant you that often for Eurovision people have an entirely different sound. And are Datarock going to turn up in those awful red nylon tracksuits?
The qualifiers live (Emil & Gromth, Datarock, Vidar ): The rest live (Carina, Julie, Tom, Mimi): NRK can use a wildcard
All 7 live videos are now up We only know that Emil & Gromth won the semifinal and if I had to guess I'd say Datarock were 2nd and Vidar 3rd.
Saturday's qualifiers (Margaret Berger, Fjellefolk, Annsofi) (This round's winner) (Sung in dialect) Others (Martin Blomvik, Shackles, Hank, Haji): Martin Shackles Hank Haji
Since Ulvetuva's the only qualifier in Norwegian (so far) and since it tells a sad story, I thought I'd post the translation Once upon a time, of old Two young people traveled across the mountains They wanted to see into the future For the girl was expecting little ones But late on the road home their fears came true "Go get help, mother earth is calling" Go now, quick as the wind And hide me in the depths of your heart In the raging of the storms I'll be hoping For you to come and rest in my embrace once more Far away she lay alone Gave life to little ones on the wild moors He chased down the steep hillsides And by midnight made it to a farm But mother and children never saw another day Because out of the darkness grey wolves appeared Go now, quick as the wind And hide me in the depths of your heart In the raging of the storms I'll be hoping For you to come and rest Go now, quick as the wind And hide me in the depths of your heart In the raging of the storms I'll be hoping For you to come and rest in my embrace once more
I wonder why everyone on facebook is screaming that Margareta Berger has to and will win in Norway. I am not used to listen to songs in advance, before the nf, but I did in this case because i was curious. It's not that special to me. Not bad but not as outstanding as I thought after those posts.
Qualifiers in order of televoting position: Adelen, Sirkus Eliassen, Gaute Ormasen (Norway's 'Eg Syng') (The most relevant name in all the selection) Others: Gothminster Lucky Lips Missing Winta and Anina, but I'm sure someone will upload them soon. NRK will announce the final contestant, the wildcard, next week.
Lucky Lips got the wildcard. The running order is: 1. Vidar Busk - Paid My Way 2. Fjellfolk - Ulvetuva 3. Adelén - Bombo 4. Gromth Feat. Emil Solli-Tangen - Alone 5. Gaute Ormåsen - Awake 6. Lucky Lips - Sweet And Heavy 7. Datarock - The Underground 8. Annsofi - I'm With You 9. Margaret Berger - I Feed You My Love 10. Sirkus Eliassen - I Love You Te Quiero
Here's a translation of I Love You Te Quiero if anyone's curious: And I live the dream And I live the dream And I live the dream I love you You show me everything from black holes to waterfalls You let me look inside you close up You give me insight, my life is insane Feed me, feed me, you are my diet Tonight we dance salsa, Hanne Sørvaag¹ Mountain hiking with Monsen, ah we are too wicked² We will keep going, we who dare to Sing out while a million people watch us on the TV I love you, I love you, I love you oh-oh-oh I love you, I love you, I love you ai-ai-ai I love you, I love you, I love you oh-oh-oh I love you, ja-ha-ha Living room, kitchen, bathroom, even in the bedroom We have done it everywhere since I was a kid It's so nice and safe when you dance in front of me I want to become old and forget everything with you Do you remember the champagne incident with Aune Sand?³ Have you forgot that we came out of the closet at Skavlan?⁴ You only live once, you say that it won't be I think they have forgotten that the life is repeated I love you, I love you, I love you oh-oh-oh I love you, I love you, I love you ai-ai-ai I love you, I love you, I love you oh-oh-oh I love you, ja-ha-ha I love you, I love you, I love you oh-oh-oh I love you, I love you, I love you ai-ai-ai I love you, I love you, I love you oh-oh-oh I love you, ja-ha-ha And I live the dream, right here, right here And I live the dream, the life, I live And I live the dream through a TV I love you I love you, I love you, I love you oh-oh-oh I love you, I love you, I love you ai-ai-ai I love you, I love you, I love you oh-oh-oh I love you, ja-ha-ha I love you, I love you, I love you oh-oh-oh I love you, I love you, I love you ai-ai-ai I love you, I love you, I love you oh-oh-oh I love you, ja-ha-ha ¹ - Singer/songwriter, recently won the Norwegian "Strictly Come Dancing" ² - Lars Monsen, explorer and hiker ³ - Artist and film director, known for drinking a lot of Champagne and making bad movies ⁴ - Fredrik Skavlan, talk show host and journalist, Skavlan is the name of his talk show
Today's the day My favorites: Margaret, Sirkus, Datarock, Fjellfolk Would be fine if they won: Gromth Feat. Emil, AnnSofi, Gaute, Lucky Lips Don't want them to win: Vidar, Adelen (my toilet but more because of the voice than the song )
Well, after I listened to Margaret's song a few more times (I was curious as to what people saw in it), I did start to like it and compared to the rest of the songs in this final, I think it's the best one and should go to Malmo (with a different outfit).
my last place by a country mile it will take something truly awful to replace it at the bottom for me