Norway's MGP starts tonight with the first semifinal. The past few years MGP has been better than Melodifestibalen if you ask me for staging and songs so this blogger's expectations are high. And indeed it's a very solid selection of songs. I don't hate any of them. My least favourites are maybe Nora and The Carburetors and I'm not sure about United and Irresistible but the rest is fine. The easy early favourite is Reidun. NRK is also putting an extra effort this year by a pre-show that shows the host city, rehearsals and the preparations with the artist presentation as a warm up to the night's main event. Great idea! The first show comes from Ørland. And there's no more last chance round. You can watch the show here from 19.55 CET. Irresistable - Elevator Kim André Rysstad - Så vidunderlig Reidun Sæther - High on love Rudi Myntevik - You break it, you own it Lisa Stokke - With love United - Little Bobbi Nora Foss Al-Jabri - ...