‘WHAT DOES THE WOLF EAT?’ – Subwoofer WINS Norway MGP! – escYOUnited
Oslo, February 19, 2022
It’s decided ! Norway has finally chosen its competitor for Eurovision! The sensation of Lupine Subwoofer, the favorites before the final aired, managed to live up to expectations and won the MGP. However, the competition showed its teeth along the way.
For the past few weeks, Norway has reduced its coterie of hopefuls through useless and endless duels. Frode Vassel, Farida, Oda Gondrosen and Sofie Fellvjang emerged victorious from this round, with Maria Mohn win a Last Chance special to earn his spot.
However, these five had to face five acts that NRK automatically qualified for the final: Member A1 Christian Ingebrigtsen, sassy feel Anna-Lisa Kumojiindependent princess Elsie’s Bayarctic boy band NordKid and something or someone called “subwoofer“. The latter turned out to be a puzzle, as the two men (I guess?) behind the strange yellow masks desperately hid their identities from everyone.
Here are the ten acts that made it to tonight’s finale, and they did so in this order:
- Oda Gondrosen – “Thor’s Hammer”
- NordKid – “Someone”
- Anna-Lisa Kumoji – “Queen Bee”
- Farida – “Dangerous”
- Sofie Fellvjang – “Made of Glass”
- Frode Vassel – “Black Flowers”
- Christian Ingebrigtsen – “World’s wonder”
- Maria Mohn – “Steal”
- subwoofer – “Give that wolf a banana”
- Elsie’s Bay – “The Death of Us”
Voting opened during the liveshow and fans and Norwegians were able to vote for each competing entry.
This year saw a slight change in the rules when the usual silver final was skipped entirely. Previously, the top four would be announced and votes would be reset, after which two acts would be eliminated.
This year however, the silver final was skipped entirely. subwoofer, NordKid, Sophia and Elsie were announced as the top four in the televised vote, then the hosts IMMEDIATELY eliminated Sofie and Elsie, as they failed to place in the top two. NorthKid and Subwoofer faced off in a head-to-head duel that would leave only one winner.
You can listen to the two gold finalists here:
Subwoofer:
NordKid
After the covers and a performance by TiX (who sang “Fallen angel” in Norwegian- and no, do not “Ut av mørket”) the votes of the top five regions were revealed one by one. This vote turned out to be a highlight, when NorthKid overwhelmingly won the North vote (which is not a surprise, since the group is from Hasvik, which is one of the most southern settlements). northern Norway), but Subwoofer beat the West and East tallies, winning with a 40K vote difference.
So it was decided that SUBWOOLFER will travel to Turin with their song “Give that wolf a banana“. We don’t know who is officially behind the mask (although Ben Adams and Gaute Ormåsen are widely rumored) and we’ll see how long they’ll have to continue the charade. Norway has chosen a new dance floor and it will lead to some interesting results in the future.
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