Norway has a special place in the heart of Eurovision Express. When Bobbysocks won the Contest in 1985, we were delighted. Despite being unfairly labelled with the 'nil points' tag, Norway always seems to enter a high quality song, culminating in the best entry from Eurovision 2008 - Maria Haukaas Storeng's Hold On Be Strong.
So what has Norway got to offer this year? Snippets of the 21 songs competing in Melodi Grand Prix are now available to listen at NRK's website
It's a mixed bunch of songs, including rap, schlager, R'n'B, American soft rock, something from the 1920s and some pretty contemporary sounding stuff too. We were however a tad disappointed to discover that there doesn't seem to be a strong ballad.
Our favourites (on 30 seconds of each song) are Butterflies, a catchy number sung by Tone Damli Aaberge (pictured above), and the kicking toon, Tricky by girl group, Velvet.
There's also something about Alexander Rybak's song, Fairytale, which may mark it out from the rest of the field.
The first of three qualifying rounds kicks off on 24 January. Norway's selection last year was one of the most exciting and well produced, so let's hope for as much fun this year!
1 comment:
i agree love those 2 aswell including Wenche!!
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