Norway’s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest had made it into Saturday night’s “grand final,” but only managed to win enough points to land in 18th place, out of 26 performers. Was Norwegian singer-songwriter Andreas Haukeland, better known as TIX, disappointed? “Nei, nei, nei (no, no, no),” Haukeland told Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) in a chaotic live […]
‘TIX’ clicked with Eurovision fans
May 19, 2021
Norwegian singer-songwriter Andreas Haukeland, better known as “TIX,” was the first to be named Tuesday night as a finalist in the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. Both a professional jury and members of the public clearly thought his song, Fallen Angel, was worthy of a second performance before the world’s largest audience this weekend. There […]
Critic who bashed TIX won’t repent
February 24, 2021
The Norwegian singer known as TIX put his critics to shame when he won Norway’s qualifier for the Eurovision Song Contest last weekend by a wide margin. One of TIX’s toughest critics was even forced to eat a trademark TIX headband live on national TV Tuesday night, after an extraordinary live debate over how he’d allegedly […]
‘Fallen angel’ flies into Eurovision
February 21, 2021
Music critics hadn’t favoured him, but hundreds of thousands of Norwegians certainly did. Andreas Haukeland, better known as TIX, rose above rivals with his performance of “Fallen angel” to win Norway’s prelude to this spring’s Eurovision Song Contest. That means he’s now due to fly off to Rotterdam in May to represent Norway at the […]
Curtain falls for Eurovision entry
March 27, 2020
Ulrikke Brandstorp was supposed to be Norway’s entry in this year’s annual Eurovision song contest that was cancelled because of the Corona virus threat. State broadcaster NRK has decided to mount a whole new qualifying round for next year’s Eurovision and offered Brandstorp a spot in its final, but Bransdstorp has turned it down. “As […]
Norway loses a ‘national treasure’
February 25, 2020
Jahn Teigen was mostly known as a pop singer, perhaps even a laughable one at that, not least when he dressed up in skeleton costumes or green tights. He became all but immortal for scoring zero points when representing Norway at a Eurovision Song Contest, but that only made him even more endearing at home. […]
MGP winner keeps her eye on the prize
February 16, 2020
Amidst all the turmoil, anger and scandal following state broadcaster NRK’s voting system breakdown at the MGP national song contest Saturday night, Ulrikke Brandstorp claims she’s still thrilled that she was named as the winner. She thinks all the fuss will further motivate her when she represents Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest in May. […]
Scandal envelopes Eurovision run-up
February 16, 2020
Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) named a winner Saturday night to represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest this spring, but her victory was bittersweet. A “scandalous” breakdown of NRK’s system for voting by the public meant that a back-up jury of just 30 people chose Norway’s four finalists, and voting for them was only available through […]
‘Correction’ hits Eurovision result
May 23, 2019
Norway has ended up in 6th place instead of 5th after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) felt compelled to “correct the results” of last weekend’s final in the Eurovision song contest. The change also put Sweden ahead of Norway, if only slightly. Voting tallies for Norway’s entry, Spirit in the Sky performed by the trio […]
Eurovision ‘winners’ credit Sami joik
May 19, 2019
No other country’s entry at the huge if hotly debated Eurovision Song Contest won as many votes from the public as Norway’s trio known as KEiiNO late Saturday night. Two of KEiiNO’s members are crediting their Sami colleague Fred Buljo for catapulting them from 15th- to 5th place in the finals. Norwegian fans and not […]
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