I also wondered: is there a link between Didrik and Emile Solli-Tangen or is it a common name in Norway?

They are brothers

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

Let's hope it's Julie

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.

Gosh! Gothminister didn't qualified! I don't get Norway, really!

margaret i love

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

Watch the complete shows here: http://tv.nrk.no/serie/melodi-grand-prix-tv/muhu13005113/19-01-2013

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