8 acts battle it out in Norway's "Sistesjanse"

Eurovision Express is looking forward to jetting off to the Norwegian MGP final in just over a week's time. Six acts have made it directly to the Oslo Spektrum, and this Saturday 2 more will join them from the Sistesjanse round.

NRK has created the lovely graphic above to illustrate how Saturday's show will work. It's going to be a series of duels.

Here at Eurovision Express we love nothing more than to get out our crystal ball and predict what's going to happen. So, taking you round by round, here are our thoughts:

Use Me v Pernille and Marius

We reckon Daisy, the poppy rock song by Use Me will just pip Pernille and Marius' slightly schlager-lite I'll Be Yours in this first duel.

Sie Gubba v Mimi Blix

Tricky one this. Alt du vil ha is a country style number by Sie Gubba, absolutely poles apart from Mimi Blix's Allergic. We like them both, but hope that Mimi's modern dance track will take this round.

Gatas Parlament v The Lucky Bullets

We really don't like either of these songs. Gatas Parlament's Jobbe Litt isn't our bag at all, and we find The Lucky Bullets rockabilly Fire Below uninspired, but if we had to choose we'd go for The Lucky Bullets!

Endre v Susperia

We were amazed last weekend when metal group Susperia didn't get an automatic pass to the Final with Nothing Remains. It's not our cup of tea, but we thought it was pretty good if you like that sort of thing. However we reckon Susperia are going to be disappointed a second time, as Endre and Puppy Love looks likely to pull in the girly vote.

OK. So first rounds over. Our predictions would then create the following second round duels:

Use Me v Mimi Blix

We hope that Mimi will win this one. Her funky tune is much more us!

The Lucky Bullets v Endre

Endre would definitely deserve to win this battle, although would probably be the weakest song in the Final.

So, our predictions are:

Mimi Blix and Endre to the Grand Final! Let's see if we get it right!