Heja Norge! 🇳🇴
3 semis, 18 songs, and everything from goofy bops to emotional ballads. The Norsk Melodi Grand Prix 2024 songs are here, and lots of them have familiar faces. It's time for my #MGP2024 songwriter deep-dive 🕸️📊🧵
#nrkmgp #Eurovision
🇳🇴🔴SEMI FINAL 1🔴🇳🇴
Margaret Berger - Oblivion
After 11 years, and a top 5 finish at Eurovision 2013, Margaret Berger makes her grand return. This time she is partnering up with Sivert Hagtvet, who wrote Reiley's "Breaking My Heart" and Monika Engeseth, who wrote Stina Tallings "Elevate"
Gothminister - We Come Alive
Another NMGP2013-alumn, Bjørn Alexander "GOTHMINISTER" Brem is looking to rock the stage again. He failed to reach the final in 2013, is this his time to break through?
Mathilde SPZ, Chris Archer & Slam Dunk - Woman Show
Big collaboration here. Multiple songwriters from Jone's "Ekko inni meg" involved, including Audun Guldbrandsen, who wrote "Ecstasy" and "Sirena". Linda Dale (Queen of Kings) and Emmy (Witch Woods-singer) are involved as well
🇳🇴⚪️SEMI FINAL 2⚪️🇳🇴
Gåte - Ulveham/Eli Kristin - Touch of Venus
Both of these songs have Ronny Janssen in the credits. Ronny previously wrote Kim Wigaard's "La melodia" for 2022, where it made the top 4 of the second chance round, but failed to make the final. Will a song of his make it this time?
Super Rob and Erika Norwich - My AI
A duet between Erika Norwich who sang "Vertigo" with Thomas Løseth in 2020, and (ALLEGEDLY) Gaute Ormåsen of Subwoolfer fame, who also wrote the big fan favourite "Freya". Lars Horn Lavik of "Your Loss" and "Who I Am" fame involved too
Farida - Heartache
2022 finalist and "Tresko" songwriter, Farida is back. A complete 180 from "Dangerous", Farida shows her versatility as a songwriter, almost walking into K-Pop-territory with her 2024 entry
🇳🇴🔵SEMI FINAL 3🔵🇳🇴
Keiino - Damdiggida
A common fixture of eurofan talk, KEiiNO is back. Apart from the members, frequent collaborator Alexander Olsson and Melodifestivalen regular Jakob Redtzer are involved as well. The group has made the superfinal two times and won the ESC televote, what's next?
Miia - Green Lights
A major artist in her own right, MIIA is teaming up with Emelie Hollow for this one. She previously helped Tix turn "Ut av mørket" to "Fallen Angel", and also wrote Tiril's "Break It" from last year
Thomas Jenssen - Take Me to Heaven
Jonas Holteberg Jensen has had a song in every NMGP since 2020, including fan favourites like "Death of Us" and "Not Meant to Be". This time he partners up with Ricky Hanley, who previously wrote Raylee's "Louder"
Mistra - Waltz of Death
NMGP legend Benedicte Adrian is back, partnering with metal musician Anders Odden. She previously competed 3 times in the 80's as part of Dollie Deluxe, winning in 1984 and flying the Norwegian flag in Luxembourg. Can she do the double 40 years later?
Vidar Villa - Mer
Vidar achieved major streaming succes in 2018 with the cheeky "Moren din". He returns with a more wholesome song this time, partnering with the same songwriters. Will the change of attitude result in more succes at the contest?
As for the remaining six songs, they do not seem to have any connections to previous entries:
Myra - Heart on Fire
Ingrid Jasmin - Eya
Fredrik Halland - Stranded
Mileo - You're Mine
Dag Erik Oksvold and Anne Fagermo - Judge Tenderly of Me
Annprincess - Save Me
And that's all. I'll leave you with this graph of all NMGP songs this century. Make sure to check out my thread of previous songwriter deep-dives and follow me so you don't miss the many to come. Take care!
SANREMO 2025 SONGWRITER DEEP DIVE 🇮🇹🕸️📊
Always a highlight of the Eurovision year, Sanremo is back for the 75th time. And as always, the songs feature many familiar faces from Sanremo past and present. Let's take a closer look at all the connections (a thread 🧵) #sanremo25
Sarah Toscano - Amarcord
"Amarcord" was written with the help of regular writers Federica Abbate and Jacopo Ettorre who previously collabed on "Due" and "Fino a qui", as well as a team of less frequent writers who worked on "No grazie" and "Furore"
Serena Brancale - Anema e core
Another Abbate/Ettorre song, this time with Nicola Lazzerin in the mix. Nicola is making a big debut in this years contest, being behind 4 of the original 30 songs. Serena herself competed in the Newcomers section back in 2015
POLSKIE KWALIFIKACJE 2025 SONGWRITER DEEP DIVE 🇵🇱🕸️📊
After a brief experiment with internal selection Poland is back to giving us national finals. In the lineup we find multiple entrants and songwriters from the past. Let's take a closer look at all the connections (a thread 🧵)
Chrust - Tempo
"Tempo" was written with the help of Krzysztof Falkowski, who was behind Maciej Musiałowski's entry in last year's internal selection, finishing 9th, receiving Kasia Moś highest points
Daria Marx - Let It Burn
Daria made the superfinal back in 2022 with her hit song "Paranoia". Now she's back, this time with the help of veteran writer Peter Boström and DMGP 2025 entrant Maria Broberg. The two also collaborated on Xannova Xan's song for this year's Greek final
VIDBIR 2025 SONGWRITER DEEP DIVE 🇺🇦🕸️📊
As always, #Vidbir is a highlight of the Eurovision season. This year, five out of the ten entries have connection to other entries in the Eurovision world. Let's take a closer look at all the connections (a thread 🧵)
A quick note:
As I source my database from different sources, different translitterations have to be harmonized for me to make these connections. Due to that some connections may have been missed. Please let me know if non-Ukrainian transliterations have been used in the plots!
Molodi - My Sea
The Mariupol group is making their Vidbir debut with the help of one of last year's winning songwriters, Anton Chilibi. On top of his "Teresa & Maria" involvement, Anton also wrote Carpetman's "Endless Fight"
EUROSONG 2025 SONGWRITER DEEP DIVE 🇧🇪🕸️📊
Tonight is the night, where we'll once again witness a Belgian selection, after last years internal process. What really sets #Eurosong apart, is the fact the 5/8 were written by the same person! Let's take a closer look (a thread 🧵)
Leez - Perfectly Imperfect
Perfectly Imperfect was written by Will Knox, who was involved with Eurovision 2019 winner "Arcade", in addition to a few NF entries. Also in the mix is Loek van der Grinten, who helped write Netherlands 2023 entry "Burning Daylight"
Le Manou - Fille à papa
One of five songs written by Willem Vanderstichele, who is truly making an impactful debut in the Eurovision world
ETHNIKÓS TELIKÓS 2025 SONGWRITER DEEP DIVE 🇬🇷🕸️📊
After many years of internal selections the Greek selection is finally back to our screens! Among the participants we see a few connections to former entries, both recent and older. Let's take a look (a thread 🧵) #EthnikosTelikos
Klavdia - Asteromata
One of the two big favourites, Asteromata was written by the writing team Arcade, who were also involved with Stefania's 2020 and 2021 entries. Will they be able to add another Eurovision participation to their resumé?
Constantinos Christoforou and Kostas Karafotis - Paradeisos
Constantinos is no stranger to Eurovision, having represented his native Cyprus three times (1996/2002/2005). Will he be able to at a Greek participation to his list? Rodoula was involved with two Cypriot entries as well
MALTA EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2025 SONGWRITER DEEP DIVE 🇲🇹🕸️📊
Another year, another MESC. Like previous years, the song list is filled with connections to previous entries, with not a single song being disconnected. Let's take a closer look! (a thread 🧵)
Adria Twins - Qalb ma' Qalb
A collaboration between regular Maltese writers Sebastian Pritchard-James (Loop) and Joe Julian Farrugia (We Are More) and Swedish writer Melanie Wehbe (Move/Sand/Love Is Forever)
Dario Bezzina ft. Joseph Il-Muni - Għażliet
Dario's fifth attempt, and the second with the help of mega-writer Phillip Vella (7th wonder/Desire/Breathlessly/etc.). Could this be Phillip's 7th Eurovision entry?