January 15, 2022

Tonight is the start of the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix. You can follow the show here and here. It starts at 19.50 CET. Two times two songs will have a duel; both the winning songs will compete for 1 ticket to the final. One other song, that goes directly to the final, will be presented too. This week it will be Elsie Bay, singing “Death of us”. The winners of the several heats are in bold letters: First heat:Eline Noelia, “Ecstasy” vs Mira Craig, “We still here” Second heat:TrollfesT, “Dance like a pink flamingo” vs Frode Vassel, “Black flowers”  Final:Eline Noelia, “Ecstasy” vs Frode Vassel, “Black flowers”  That means, Frode Vassel will return in the final with his “Black flowers”! Mira Craig took part in Melodi Grand Prix in 2010 (semifinal). She wrote and composed the 2008 Norwegian entry “Hold on, be strong”.

Tonight the Lithuanian national final heats “Pabandom iš Naujo!” will continue with it’s 2nd heat. You can watch it here and here at 20.00 CET. 11 songs will compete; six out of them will go to one of the semifinals. The songs are: Clockwork Creep, “Grow” Justė Kraujelytė, “How to get my life back” Gabrea, “Make it real” Titas & Benas, “Getting through this” Cosmic Bride, “The devil lives in Spain” Viktorija Kajokaitė, “Piece of universe” Emilijana, “Illuminate” Justin3 feat. Nanaart, “Something that is natural” Ieva Zasimauskaitė, “I’ll be there” Moosu X, “Love that hurts” Queens of roses, “Washing machine” The songs that went through to the semifinal are in bold letters.   Titas & Benas became 6th in 2021.Ieva Zasimauskaitė was 5th in 2013, reached the 7th heat in 2014, 4th in 2016, reached the semifinal in 2017 and finally won it in 2018. She represented Lithuania in 2018 with “When we’re old” and became 12th.Queens of Roses reached the quarterfinal in 2017 and the 4th heat in 2019.Cosmic Bride reached the quarterfinal in 2018.Justin3 took part in both 2017 and 2018. In both years, they stranded in the first heat.