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GRAND PRIZE: Hege Øversveen plays Swedish Eurovision winner Charlotte Nilsson “Take Me to Your Heaven.” Photo: Julia Marie Naglestad, NRK
In this week’s edition of “Star Wars,” artists will sample pop and Eurovision classics. VG continually reviews the night’s performances.
Melodi Grand Prix is the theme of the second edition of the Star Wars season. On Saturday’s broadcast, the first contestant of the year blows up – the one with the fewest votes in total after the first two shows can’t join.
Tonight, MGP veteran Hanne Krogh and self-proclaimed MGP blood fan Kevin Vågenes are guest judges on the show. The two will sit on the panel alongside the season’s only regular judge, Mona B. Riise.
Hanne Krogh has also acted as a mentor to the artists at MGP’s pre-show rehearsals.
– Everyone will give the iron, and have chosen such a wide range of songs, Krogh boasts of the participants.
Read the VG reviews of tonight’s songs, and roll your own dice, at the bottom of the box.
At the season premiere last Saturday, artists were allowed to perform songs of the genre in which they usually perform, at that time no contestant should be excluded from the program.
Ingeborg Walther, Knut Marius Djupvik and Vegard Bjørsmo topped the list of those who received the most votes last week.
Bjørsmo was also named a favorite by judges Maria Mena, Stian “Staysman” Thorbjørnsen and Mona B. Riise.
This year’s participants are:
- Sandra Lyng (33), from Mosjøen
- Emil Solli-Tangen (30), from Porsgrunn
- Hege Øversveen (34), by Biri
- Knut Marius Djupvik (32), from Tomrefjord
- Myra Regina Tucker (25), from Bergen
- Vegard Bjørsmo (19), from Karasjok
- Anita Hegerland (59), from Sandefjord / Nærsnes
- Odd Einar Nordheim (48), from Årdal
- Ingeborg Walther (20), from Skjeberg / Sarpsborg
- Alex Rosén (52), from Oslo / Jar
