Tonight the stage is set for the last semi-final where three artists will go on to the Norwegian MGP final in Trondheim next weekend. Then we will get the answer to who will defend Norway’s honor during Eurovision in Liverpool in May. Before we get that far, tonight’s seven contestants must concentrate on capturing your vote. You vote for the winners of the final passes at news.no/stem when the presenters open the vote. In the meantime, you can share your dice rolls and opinions about the songs with music critic Espen Borge in news Svarer. The artists perform in the following order: Akuvi: “Triumph” Lyrics and melody: Akuvi, Andreas Stone Johansson, Anderz Wrethov and Konstantinos Vlastaras Music critic Espen Borge: Akuvi opens the ball with his genre-mixing salad bowl “Triumph”. Here, the scene is covered in fire, so it sure looks like Khazad-dum up there. A dance crew with full limb control helps make this song even fatter live than in the studio. Akuvi himself has no problem conveying his own triumph. She not only has control over her vocals, but her body language also shows what this evening means to her. I still love this song, which offers the most from many different genres and kicks off the evening in a masterful way. Triumph for Akuvi! The audience thinks: “Cool song” – Karoline Aasen “I’m not quite sure what I think about the first one today.. a bit boring but catchy every now and then…” – Fredrik Holm Tiril Beisland: “Break It” Lyrics and melody: Emma Steinbakken , Emelie Hollow, Lars Rossnes and Benjamin Pinkus See Tiril Beisland: “Break It”. Music critic Espen Borge: Tiril Beisland has brought Emma Steinbakken and Emilie Hollow herself on the songwriting side, and that can be good when you don’t have much control over the music industry, as she herself says. Music industry or not, there’s nothing wrong with the vocals. Beisland probably doesn’t have the catchiest song of the year, but when you convey it in this way, it’s a little harder to forget it anyway. Still, this is not a heighter, that is. Difficult to find something to cling to, and then it becomes difficult to push out of the starting blocks. Sticks to dice roll 3, this. The audience thinks: “Nice song by Tiril” – Aage Heggland “This song was a bit boring for Eurovision.” – Alida Haaland Skrellex: “Love again” Lyrics and melody: Kai Thomas Ryen Larsen, Michael James Down, Will Taylor, Primoz Poglajen and Jonas Gladnikoff Photo: Julia Marie Naglestad / news Music critic Espen Borge: Skrellex, ass. What an energy. What a moss! Impossible not to enjoy this trick here. It’s hard to argue that this is peak Eurovision, isn’t it? The Skrellex character is truly a masterpiece, both stylistically and musically, and here is an artist who has understood what this competition is all about! That chorus here is going to settle down for the rest of the evening. After all, Skrellex on stage is also a completely different experience than on record, so this here really picked up. What a show, what a radiance! The fourth clearly moves up to a fifth. The audience says: “Lord peace, this puts a real smile on your face, Thank you Skrellex!!” – Sebastian Bredin “Skrellex is absolutely top!” – Marianne Lund Eline Thorp: “Not Meant to Be” Text and melody: Jonas Holteberg Jensen, Andreas Stone Johansson, Elsa Søllesvik and Eline Thorp Photo: Julia Marie Naglestad / news Stig van Eijk: “Someday” Text and melody: Stig van Eijk and Beate Helen Thunes Photo: Julia Marie Naglestad / news Maria Celin: “Freya” Text and melody: Sindre Timberlid Jenssen, Anna Timgren, Gaute Ormåsen, Benjamin Alasu and Erik Fjeld Photo: Julia Marie Naglestad / news Atle Pettersen: “Masterpiece” Text and melody: Andreas Stone Johansson, Hannah Dorothy Bristow and Atle Pettersen Photo: Julia Marie Naglestad / news Read also:
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