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Norway In The Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Lighter", written by Kyle Alessandro and Adam Woods, and performed by Alessandro himself. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), organised the national final ''2025'' in order to select its entry for the contest. Background Prior to the 2025 contest, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Norway sixty-three times since its first entry in . It had won the contest on three occasions: in with the song "" performed by Bobbysocks!, in with the song "" performed by Secret Garden, and in with the song "Fairytale" performed by Alexander Rybak. Norway also had the two dubious distinctions of having finished last in the Eurovision final twelve times, more than any other country, including with the song "" performed by , and for having received (zero points) four times, the latter being a recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodi Grand Prix
Melodi Grand Prix (), commonly known as Grand Prix and MGP, sometimes as Norsk Melodi Grand Prix, is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster (NRK). It determines for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1960. The festival has produced three List of Eurovision Song Contest winners, Eurovision winners, Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, a non-winning televote winner and nine top-five placings for Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest, Norway at the contest. However, Norway holds the record for the number of entries who have come last since entering Eurovision; 12 in all. Despite this, the competition still makes considerable impact on music charts in Norway and other Nordic countries, with the 2008 winner topping the Norwegian charts. Origins The Eurovision Song Contest began on 24 May 1956 with its first edition in Lugano, Switzerland. Norway's first contest was the fifth, the . The first Melodi Gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo Spektrum
Oslo Spektrum is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in east central Oslo, Norway, that opened in December 1990. It is currently owned and operated by Nova Spektrum, formerly Norges Varemesse. Oslo Spektrum is primarily known for hosting major events such as the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert, the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, and concerts by artists of national and international fame. History Construction and opening Oslo Spektrum was built as part of a large-scale redevelopment of the formerly industrial Grønland, Oslo, Grønland/Vaterland, Norway, Vaterland area. It was developed and designed by LPO Arkitektkontor AS, and its exterior walls were decorated with a mosaic, made out of almost 400,000 unique tiles, containing fragments of prints by the artist Rolf Nesch. Since this artist died in 1975, permission was obtained from his living relatives, and the decorating was supervised by painter Guttorm Guttormsgaard and ceramic artist Søren Ubisch. In 2004, Oslo Spektrum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chips (band)
Chips was a Swedish country group formed in Sweden in 1979. History Chips finished 4th in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1980 with the song " Mycke' mycke' mer", with Lars Westman, Lisa Magnusson, Mats Rådberg and Monica Silverstrand (back then Barwén) as background singers. After Melodifestivalen 1980, Britta ”Tanja” Johansson also became a member. In 1980, the album ''Chips'' was released and shortly after this, Elisabeth Andreasson became a member. Just some weeks after this, they toured the former West Germany. Under a new name ''Sweets 'n Chips'', which they used since a dansband also said they owned the right for the name Chips, the group competed at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1981, and finished second with the song " God morgon". A little bit later the group was reduced to two members, Danielsson and Andreasson, although Holm stayed as songwriter. Chips won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1982, with the song " Dag efter dag". They represented Sweden at the Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanne Krogh
Hanne Krogh (born 24 January 1956) is a Norwegian singer and actress from Haugesund and Oslo. Krogh is among the most selling record artists in Norway ever. She represented Norway alone at the age of fifteen at the "Eurovision Song Contest 1971" with the song "Lykken er..." and is internationally well known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with Elisabeth Andreassen in the group Bobbysocks!. Personal life She is the mother of television presenter Sverre Krogh Sundbø and actress :no:Amalie Krogh, Amalie Krogh. Career She officially started singing when she was 9 years old, and released her first album when she was 14. She represented Norway with the song "Lykken er..." ("Happiness is...") in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest. She has received major acclaim through Norwegian awards. Among them are numerous Spellemann (Norwegian Grammy) including the Honorary Award, and the Peer Gynt Prize, which is awarded by members of the Parliament to those Norwegians who have d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Andreassen
Elisabeth Gunilla Andreassen (; born 28 March 1958), also known simply as Bettan, is a Norwegian-Swedish singer who has finished both first and second in the Eurovision Song Contest. Career Her talent was discovered in 1979 by Swedish musician and TV host Lasse Holm. She was produced by Bert Karlsson's label Mariann Grammofon AB. In 1980, she joined Lasse's group Chips (band), Chips. Chips participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song "Dag efter dag" ("''Day After Day''"), and reached 8th place. Andreassen is active in many musical genres such as country music, country, schlager, and Musical theatre, musicals. She is mostly famous from Eurovision Song Contest 1985 when she and Hanne Krogh participated as Bobbysocks with the song "La det swinge", and won. Andreassen has sung in various genres such as country music, country, pop music, pop, rock music, rock and in musical theatre, musicals. She plays three musical instrument, instruments; guitar, piano and contraba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wig Wam
Wig Wam is a Norwegian glam metal band formed in Halden in 2001. Wig Wam's lineup—consisting of vocalist Glam (Åge Sten Nilsen), guitarist Teeny (Trond Holter), bassist Flash (Bernt Jansen) and drummer Sporty (Øystein Andersen)—has remained unchanged since the band's formation. The band's style mixes glam metal and hard rock with humorous lyrics and imagery. Wig Wam had their international breakthrough in 2005 when they in the Eurovision Song Contest held in Kyiv and placed ninth with the song " In My Dreams"''.'' Wig Wam split up in 2014, but reunited in 2019. The band enjoyed a resurgence in 2022 when James Gunn chose their song "Do Ya Wanna Taste It" as the opening theme for the HBO Max television series '' Peacemaker'' and featured "In My Dreams" on the soundtrack. Wig Wam has released six studio albums as of 2023. The band's slogan is: "Rock is the new schlager". History Wig Wam was formed in Halden in 2001 as a session band for a club and originally played cover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV 2 (Norwegian TV Channel)
TV 2 Direkte ('' English: TV 2 Live'') is a Norwegian terrestrial television channel. Its headquarters are located in Bergen. TV 2 began test broadcasting on 13 November 1991, and a year later, it was officially launched on 5 September 1992, becoming Norway's first commercial free-to-air television channel. In 1992, TV 2 A/S was admitted as full active member of the European Broadcasting Union. As is common with television (and cinema) in Norway, most foreign-language shows and segments of local programmes with foreign language dialogues (e.g. interviews with foreigners) are subtitled in Norwegian, not dubbed (with a notable exception being children's programmes). Since 2012, TV 2 has been owned by one of its co-founders, the Danish media company Egmont Group. The channel was renamed from TV 2 to TV 2 Direkte in 2023, in an attempt to differentiate it from their streaming service ''TV 2 Play'' (not to be confused for the Danish service with the same name). Although ''direkte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January 2025 Southern California Wildfires
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 14 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from February 2024 California atmospheric rivers, the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached . The wildfires killed at least 30 people, forced more than 200,000 to evacuate, destroyed more than 18,000 homes and structures, and burned over of land in total. Most of the damage was from the two largest fires: the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, Altadena and the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, both of which were fully Fire containment, contained on January 31, 2025. Municipal fire departments and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) fought the property fires and wildfires, which were extinguished by tactical airc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelina Jordan
Angelina Jordan Astar (born 10 January 2006) is a Norwegian singer whose audition for the 2014 season of '' Norway's Got Talent'' at the age of seven, singing "Gloomy Sunday" in the style of Billie Holiday, became a viral video online and brought her worldwide press coverage. She went on to win the competition at the age of eight with her performance of George Gershwin's " Summertime". Since then, she has worked to raise money on behalf of environmental causes and various children's charities. She always performs barefoot, after befriending a young shoeless girl and giving her shoes to her. Jordan later wrote a book about the experience, '' Mellom to hjerter (Between Two Hearts)''. Jordan has released multiple digital singles and EPs, and one full-length album called ''It's Magic''. She appeared on the first season of '' Little Big Shots'' in 2016, and the second season of '' America's Got Talent: The Champions'' in 2020, where her cover version of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rena, Norway
Rena is the administrative centre of Åmot Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located at the confluence of the rivers Glomma (Norway's longest river) and Renaelva, Rena (a tributary to Glomma). It is located about north of the village of Åsta and about south of the village of Koppang. The village has a population (2024) of 2,117 and a population density of . The Rena Campus of the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences is located in Rena. It has a modern school building plus student dormitories at this site. There are also two Chinese restaurants, a public cinema, and several hotels in the village. Åmot Church is also located in the village as well. Rena is the starting point of both the Birkebeinerrennet ski race and the Birkebeinerrittet Mountain bike race. The village lies within the Østerdalen valley which is a mountainous and forested area. The surrounding area has several lakes, forests and rivers. Just northeast of Rena is the Rena Militar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NRK TV
The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (), commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-run, government-influenced radio and television public broadcasting company. The NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and thirteen national radio channels on digital terrestrial television, digital terrestrial radio and subscription television. They also offer an online video on-demand and podcast streaming service, and produce online and broadcast news. The NRK is a founding member of the European Broadcasting Union and a member of the Norwegian Press Association. Financing Until the start of 2020, about 94% of NRK's funding came from a mandatory annual licence fee payable by anyone who owns or uses a TV or device capable of receiving TV broadcasts. The remainder came from commercial activities such as programme and DVD sales, spin-off products, and certain types of sponsorships. NRK's license income in 2012 was more than 5 billion NOK. In the autumn of 2015, the go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NRK Tegnspråk
NRK Tegnspråk is a Norwegian television channel broadcasting signed versions of programs broadcast by NRK1, NRK2, NRK3, and NRK Super. Starting in 2022-23, the program schedule was increased from circa 4 shows per day, to around 8 to 12 shows per day that were no longer tied to being simulcasts of the other NRK channels (except for the big newscasts, which remain simulcasts). All programmes have their regular audio tracks and hard subtitles alongside the signing. Programming consists mostly of newscasts, children's shows, and documentaries. A very limited selection of TV2 documentary shows have been aired on NRK Tegnspråk too, which includes ''TV2 hjelper deg'' and ''Tina - Jakten på en drapsmann''. During the channel's downtime, it shows a TV guide with program descriptions, and plays an audio feed of NRK1. For the week of 19-25 May 2025, among the shows that were broadcast were: * Dagsrevyen * Happy the Hoglet *Fireman Sam *Dagsnytt ''Dagsnytt'' (Norwegian langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
