EUROVISION 2024 NORWAY: GÅTE - ULVEHAM + MELODI GRAND PRIX 2024

NRK arranged once again Melodi grand prix, even if with a revamped system with three semi-finals. After 60-40 televote-jury Gåte beat KEiiNO after winning the televote with a margin. That came after a new lyrics between semifinal and the final as originally the lyrics were nothing but a medieval ballad already existing. KEiiNO's original Damdiggida lyrics needed no change though.

Gåte is a Norwegian folk-metal-ethno-progressive rock band founded in 2000. These days the line up is Gunnhild Sundli, Magnus Børmark, Jon Even Schärer, Mats Paulsen and John Stenersen. They released their first EP in 2000 but it was the second one followed by an album in 2002 that breakthrough. They gained popularity not only in Norway but also in rest of Scandinavia and Germany. Another EP and second album were released before they announced a break. A live album was released in 2006. They toured and did live concerts until the farewell one in Oslo in 2010.

They were back in 2017 with another EP and then an album in 2018. Their latest album is from 2021. So that makes 5 albums (the first being #1, the second #3), six EPs (two of them Top-5) and a string of singles.

So, what do I think? Not particularly fan of this song or genre. The positive thing is of course it's in Norwegian rather than English, and she's really got the vocal chords but no. I don't quite get this.

Nor does our Home Jury this scoring all votes below 5.

Melodi grand prix 2024

1. Gåte - Ulveham (jury 76 + tele 76.672 = 174) 250

2.KEiiNO - Damdiggida (98 + 64.257 =146) 244

3. Super Rob & Erika Norwich - My AI (45 + 53.048 = 120) 165

4. Gothminister - We come alive (35 + 35.219 = 80) 115

5. Dag Erik Oksvold & Anne Fagermo - Judge tenderly of me (58 + 20.902 = 47) 105

6. Miia - Green lights (54 + 9.858 = 22) 76

7. Margaret Berger - Oblivion (26 + 8.366 = 19) 45

8. Ingrid Jasmin - Eya (22 + 8.860 = 20) 42

9. AnnPrincess - Save me (16 + 7.665 = 17) 33

Eliminated in semifinals:

Mathilde SPZ feat. Chris Archer and Slam Dunk - Woman show

Fredrik Halland - Stranded

Myra - Heart on fire

Farida - Heartache

Mileo - You're mine

Eli Kristin - Touch of Venus

Vidar Villa - Mer

Mistra - Waltz of death

Thomas Jenssen - Take me to heaven

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