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Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Country	Norway
National selection
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 2022
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals: 15 January 2022 22 January 2022 29 January 2022 5 February 2022 Last chance: 7 February 2022 12 February 2022 Final: 19 February 2022
Selected artist(s)	Subwoolfer
Selected song	"Give That Wolf a Banana"
Selected songwriter(s)	Ben Adams (Keith) Gaute Ormåsen (Jim) DJ Astronaut
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (6th, 177 points)
Final result	10th, 182 points
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Norway participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy with "Give That Wolf a Banana" performed by Subwoolfer. The Norwegian broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 2022 in order to select the Norwegian entry for the 2022 contest. 21 entries were selected to compete in the national final, which consists of seven shows: four semi-finals, two last chance round shows and a final. Ten entries ultimately qualified to compete in the final that took place on 19 February 2022 and the winner was determined over two rounds of voting.

Background

Prior to the 2022 contest, Norway has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty times since its first entry in 1960. Norway has won the contest on three occasions: in 1985 with the song "La det swinge" performed by Bobbysocks!, in 1995 with the song "Nocturne" performed by Secret Garden and in 2009 with the song "Fairytale" performed by Alexander Rybak. Norway also has the two dubious distinctions of having finished last in the Eurovision final more than any other country and for having the most nul points (zero points) in the contest, the latter being a record the nation shared together with Austria. The country has finished last eleven times and has failed to score a point in four contests. Following the introduction of semi-finals for 2004, Norway has finished in the top ten eight times. In 2021, "Fallen Angel" performed by Tix qualified to the final and placed eighteenth.

The Norwegian national broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), broadcasts the event within Norway and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. NRK confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest on 28 May 2021. The broadcaster has traditionally organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix, which has selected the Norwegian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in all but one of their participations. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster revealed details regarding their selection procedure and announced the organization of Melodi Grand Prix 2022 in order to select the 2022 Norwegian entry.

Before Eurovision

Melodi Grand Prix 2022

Melodi Grand Prix 2022 was the 60th edition of the Norwegian national final Melodi Grand Prix which selected Norway's entry for the 2022 contest. The competition took place at the H3 Arena in Fornebu and consists of four semi-finals between 15 January and 5 February, two last chance round shows on 7 and 12 February, and a final on 19 February. The seven shows were hosted by Mikkel Niva [no], Kåre Magnus Bergh, and Annika Momrak [no]. The national final was televised on NRK1 and NRK TV as well as streamed online at NRK's official website nrk.no.

Semi-finals and last chance round

• The first semi-final took place on 15 January 2022. "Black Flowers" performed by Frode Vassel qualified to the final.
• The second semi-final took place on 22 January 2022. "Dangerous" performed by Farida qualified to the final.
• The third semi-final took place on 29 January 2022. "Hammer of Thor" performed by Oda Gondrosen qualified to the final.
• The fourth semi-final took place on 5 February 2022. "Made of Glass" performed by Sofie Fjellvang qualified to the final.
• The last chance round (Sistesjansen) took place over two shows on 7 and 12 February 2022. "Fly" performed by Maria Mohn qualified to the final.

Final

Ten songs consisting of the four semi-final and last chance qualifiers alongside five pre-qualified songs competed during the final on 19 February 2022. The winner was selected over two rounds of voting, with the four-way Gold Final being dropped for the first time since 2015.

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 25 January 2022, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Norway has been placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 10 May 2022, and has been scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.

Semi-final

Once all the competing songs for the 2022 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Norway was set to perform in position 16, following the entry from Greece and before the entry from Armenia.

At the end of the show, Norway was announced as a qualifier for the final.

Voting

Points awarded to Norway

Points awarded to Norway (Semi-final 1) Score Televote Jury 12 points  Iceland 10 points  Denmark  Iceland  Moldova 8 points 7 points  Austria  Croatia  Greece  Latvia  Netherlands  Portugal  Ukraine  Bulgaria  Latvia  Moldova   Switzerland 6 points  Armenia  Netherlands 5 points  Italy  Lithuania 4 points  Bulgaria  Slovenia  Austria 3 points  Armenia  Denmark  France  Lithuania 2 points  Albania  France  Albania  Portugal  Slovenia 1 point  Greece  Ukraine

Points awarded to Norway (Final) Score Televote Jury 12 points 10 points  Australia  Iceland  Sweden 8 points  Denmark  Serbia  Iceland 7 points  Azerbaijan 6 points  Finland  Greece  Moldova  United Kingdom 5 points  Austria  Croatia  Latvia  Netherlands  Austria  Latvia 4 points  Estonia  Ireland  Israel  Italy  Malta  Poland  Finland 3 points  Czech Republic  Slovenia  Spain  Germany  Netherlands  Sweden 2 points  Lithuania  Montenegro  North Macedonia  Portugal  Romania  San Marino  Ukraine  Bulgaria  Czech Republic 1 point  Bulgaria  Germany   Switzerland

Points awarded by Norway

Points awarded by Norway (Semi-final 1) Score Televote Jury 12 points  Greece  Greece 10 points  Ukraine  Portugal 8 points  Lithuania  Netherlands 7 points  Iceland  Armenia 6 points  Moldova  Ukraine 5 points  Armenia  Lithuania 4 points  Denmark   Switzerland 3 points  Austria  Denmark 2 points  Portugal  Iceland 1 point  Netherlands  Moldova

Points awarded by Norway (Final) Score Televote Jury 12 points  Ukraine  Greece 10 points  Lithuania  Portugal 8 points  Sweden  Sweden 7 points  Greece  Spain 6 points  United Kingdom  United Kingdom 5 points  Poland  Netherlands 4 points  Moldova  Armenia 3 points  Serbia  Ukraine 2 points  Estonia  Lithuania 1 point  Spain   Switzerland

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Norwegian jury:

• Jowst – Music producer, songwriter, represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
• Mari Bølla – Singer, musician
• Mats Borch Bugge – Music editor-in-chief
• Royane – Singer
• Trine Rein – Singer, songwriter

Detailed voting results from Norway (Semi-final 1)

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror 1	Juror 2	Juror 3	Juror 4	Juror 5	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Albania	12	7	15	15	13	13		13
02	Latvia	13	11	9	16	9	12		12
03	Lithuania	4	2	14	10	8	6	5	3	8
04	Switzerland	16	8	4	6	4	7	4	11
05	Slovenia	15	12	8	13	12	14		16
06	Ukraine	2	3	3	9	10	5	6	2	10
07	Bulgaria	9	14	16	12	15	16		15
08	Netherlands	5	4	2	4	2	3	8	10	1
09	Moldova	8	13	6	8	16	10	1	5	6
10	Portugal	6	1	7	3	1	2	10	9	2
11	Croatia	11	16	11	14	11	15		14
12	Denmark	3	10	10	5	7	8	3	7	4
13	Austria	7	15	12	11	14	11		8	3
14	Iceland	14	9	13	7	6	9	2	4	7
15	Greece	1	6	1	2	5	1	12	1	12
16	Norway
17	Armenia	10	5	5	1	3	4	7	6	5

Detailed voting results from Norway (Final)

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror 1	Juror 2	Juror 3	Juror 4	Juror 5	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Czech Republic	7	14	9	16	13	12		11
02	Romania	22	15	21	17	11	19		19
03	Portugal	3	5	1	2	2	2	10	20
04	Finland	21	24	23	23	20	24		17
05	Switzerland	9	12	16	9	7	10	1	13
06	France	12	20	7	20	14	14		14
07	Norway
08	Armenia	14	21	10	4	4	7	4	15
09	Italy	16	13	12	18	17	17		23
10	Spain	6	2	2	5	8	4	7	10	1
11	Netherlands	8	9	13	8	3	6	5	16
12	Ukraine	4	6	11	13	22	8	3	1	12
13	Germany	15	23	22	19	12	21		18
14	Lithuania	19	7	6	10	21	9	2	2	10
15	Azerbaijan	18	8	15	22	18	16		24
16	Belgium	20	22	14	12	16	18		22
17	Greece	1	1	3	1	1	1	12	4	7
18	Iceland	24	16	19	14	15	22		12
19	Moldova	10	19	20	21	23	20		7	4
20	Sweden	5	3	4	3	5	3	8	3	8
21	Australia	11	11	17	7	19	13		21
22	United Kingdom	2	4	5	6	9	5	6	5	6
23	Poland	13	17	18	11	10	15		6	5
24	Serbia	23	10	24	24	24	23		8	3
25	Estonia	17	18	8	15	6	11		9	2

References

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External links

• Official NRK Melodi Grand Prix site
• Full national final on nrk.no

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
• 2022 in Norwegian music
• 2022 in Norwegian television