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Tonight, NRK, the Norwegian broadcaster revealed the 7 acts that will compete to the first heat of Melodi Grand Prix 2013.

In the live show MGP Direkte, NRK revealed the 7 participants of the first heat of Melodi Grand Prix 2013 that will be held this Saturday in Steinkjer. The participants for the next two heats will be revealed following the same pattern, on the Wednesday before the Saturday’s heat.

The seven acts which will compete in Steinkjer this Saturday are:

  1. Vidar Busk – Paid my way
  2. Carina Dahl – Sleepwalking
  3. Tom Hugo – Det er du
  4. Gromth and Emil Solli-Tangen – Alone
  5. Julie Bergan – Give a little something back
  6. Mimi Blix – Catch me
  7. Datarock – The underground

The next two heats will take place in Florø and Larvik. Each heat will reveal 3 finalists that will meet in Oslo Spektrum on Saturday 9 February 2013. The winner of the grand final will represent the country to Malmö in the second semi-final on 16 May.


Michalis Vranis is the General Manager of ESCToday. Since 2007 he writes about Eurovision, media, technology, voting and the wider political and cultural issues surrounding the contest.