Melodi Grand Prix 2022 Semi-Final 2 Preview
Melodi’s Norwegian Grand Prix continues its 60th edition this weekend with Semi-Final 2.
Each semi-final consists of four artists competing in multiple duels that will result in one act advancing directly to the final of each heat. These four songs will be joined in the grand final by the five pre-qualified entries as well as the second chance act who will be selected from the twelve songs that did not advance from their respective semi-finals.
Who’s in the queue?
Steffen Jakobsen – “With Me Tonight”
Steffen Jakobsen is a country artist who has been performing since he was little. He became well known to Norwegian audiences when he came in 3rd place on Norwegian Idol in 2013. Jakobsen has released two albums and is ready to showcase his deep voice on the Melodi Grand Prix stage.
Lily Lowe – “Bad Baby”
Lily Löwe is a 26-year-old artist, songwriter and stylist whose music is rooted in hard rock but likes to infuse it with elements from other genres such as metal, pop and punk. Löwe intends to challenge audience expectations of the hard rock genre and create his own unique musical universe. Löwe is primed and ready for her MGP stage debut and preparing to release her debut album.
Farida – ‘Dangerous’
Farida started her career in 2016 and received positive attention from Billboard and MTV for her singles “Three Weeks” and “Solo Ride”. Farida has experience performing at numerous festivals across Norway, South by Southwest in the US and even touring with artist Dua Lipa. She received praise for her 2020 single ‘Do About It’ from Norwegian radio station NRK and became a finalist in ‘The John Lennon Songwriting Contest’ in New York with the same song.
Daniel Lukas – ‘Kvelertak’
Daniel Lukas is a 23-year-old singer-songwriter from a musical family, having had an interest in music for as long as he can remember. Lukas starred in MGP Junior in 2013 and in 2018 tried his luck in Norwegian Idol where he wowed the judges with a self-composed song. Lukas is currently working as a salesman and his goal is to be able to work full time in music.
Christian Ingebrigtsen – ‘Wonder of the World’ [Pre-qualified to the final]
Christian Ingebrigtsen is a popular artist with a long career as a solo artist and member of pop group A1. With A1, Ingebrigtsen reached ten top 10 singles in the UK and sold over 10 million albums. The singer-songwriter has extensive experience writing national final songs for Norway and Finland with four of his tracks for other artists reaching the top 2, including the fan-favorite winner of the MGP 2020 “Warning” performed by Ulrikke.
How to watch
You can watch ‘Melodi Grand Prix’ live on the NRK website https://www.nrk.no/mgp/
Semi-final 2 will take place this weekend: