Melodi Grand Prix 2007
Norwegian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Melodi Grand Prix 2007 (shortened MGP 2007) is the television show organised by Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.
As with in 2006, there were three semifinals held before the final, where televoting decided the top four songs, the top two of which went to the final (in random order), and the songs who were placed 3rd and 4th went to the 'Second Chance' semifinal (also in random order).
On 12 October 2006, NRK announced that it had received 464 songs for the 2007 Melodi Grand Prix, over half of which came from Sweden. However, in the final selection of the 18 participating entries, only five were written partially or entirely by Swedish composers, less than half the number of the 13 Swedish entries in Melodi Grand Prix 2006. This was most probably the results of the heavy criticism NRK received from Norwegian composers due to the heavy Swedish dominance in MGP 2006.
Just like in MGP 2006, Synnøve Svabø and Stian Barsnes Simonsen hosted all five shows. However, 2006's additional side commentator, Jostein Pedersen, was swapped with trend guru and television host Per Sundnes, though Sundnes played a slightly smaller role than his predecessor, primarily being in charge of interval reports from the different host cities. However, he will substitute Jostein Pedersen as the new Norwegian Eurovision commentator for NRK in Helsinki.
Schedule
Semi-finals
Semi-final 1
Semi-final 2
Semi-final 3
Siste Sjansen round
Final
Voting
Spokespersons
Alta: Marit Hætta Øverli
Bodø: Jonas Ueland Kolstad
Stokke: Tove Lisbeth Vasvik
Eastern Norway: Jorun Vang
Southern Norway: Knut Knudsen Eigenland
Northern Norway: Nina Birgitte Einem
Central Norway: Tom Erik Sørensen
Western Norway: Øyver Bakke
Past Grand Prix experience
Trine Rein took part in the Melodi Grand Prix 2006 final, where also the two songwriters of "Are You Ready", Moen and Hagen, participated as artists. Unlike Trine, they reached the super final where they became the runners up behind Christine Guldbrandsen.
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