Tonight: Norway chooses for Copenhagen

The hosts of tonight's show: Erik Solbakken and Jenny Skavlan.

Oslo, Norway - Tonight, the Norwegian people will help choose their entry for this year's Eurovision Song Contest when 9 acts will compete in Melodi Grand Prix 2014

Tonight, nine acts will compete for the right to represent Norway at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen,
After a good result in Malmö last year, Norway is keen to better this and tonght no effort will be spared to find their entry for Copenhagen..
After three semi-finals last weekend, nine acts have made it to the grand final of Melodi Grand Prix 2014, only one of which can win.

Norway: Melodi Grand Prix 2014 Acts

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The acts tonight are as follows:

The Final Line-Up

Below is the start line-up for tonights show, in order of appearance:

1. El Cuero - Ain't No Love In This City No More
2. Elisabeth Carew – Sole Survivor
3. Knut Kippersund Nesdal - Taste of You
4. Dina Misund - Needs
5. Mo - Heal
6. Linnea Dale - High Hopes
7. Charlie - Hit Me Up
8. Carl Espen - Silent Storm
9. Oda & Wulff - Sing

A spectacular show

Melodi Grand Prix is always a popular show, both at home and abroad, and this year promises to be spectacular. The show will start at 19:55 CET and broadcast live from the Oslo Spektrum Arena, where incidentally the Eurovision Song Contest took place in 1996.
The show will be presented by Jenny Skavlan and Erik Solbakken, the latter of whom presented the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest at the Telenor Arena in Oslo.

Where to watch

You can watch the broadcast of tonghts Melodi Grand Prix final LIVE right here on Eurovision.tv from 19:55 CET by visiting our WebTV.
Norway will take part in the second Semi-Final of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest to take place at the B&W-Hallerne in Copenhagen on the 8th of May.

Who do you think should win tonight?

Watch Latvia select their entry tonight!

Tonight's artists at the draw for running order.

 

Ventspils, Latvia - Tonight in the city of Ventspils in Latvia, the final will take place of Dziesma 2014 to decide which of the 12 songs will represent the nation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, and you can watch Dziesma 2014 tonight on Eurovision.tv from 20:25 CET.

After staging two semi-finals which took place in Riga, Latvia on the 1st and 2nd February, when 24 songs were reduced down to 12 songs, the final now moves to its traditional home of the Ventspils Theatre in the city of Ventspils.
The running order was determined by a draw, which took place on the 11th of February, and resulted in the following order.

The participants

1. Revelation sung by Ralfs Eilands, Valters Pūce & Nelli Bubujanca
2. Lights On sung by Markus Riva
3. Moment And Tomorrow sung by Katrīna Bindere
4. Pēdējā Vēstule sung by Dons
5. Stay sung by Samanta Tina
6. Here I Am Again sung by Niko
7. Going All The Way sung by MyRadiantU
8. Saule Riet (Take Away) sung by Olga & Līgo
9. I Can Breathe sung by Aminata Savadogo
10. Cake To Bake sung by Aarzemnieki
11. If I Could (Get Away) sung by Eirošmits
12. You Are The Reason sung by Katrine Lukins

The Voting

The decision as to which song will represent Latvia, will be determined by a 50/50 combination of a jury and televoting. It will also be possible to vote online via the LTV website.

Superfinal

The top three songs will go forward to the so called Superfinal, and again it will be down to a 50/50 vote. However should there be a tie, then the winner will be the song with the higher televote.
The winning song will compete in the First Semi-Final to be held in Copenhagen on Tuesday the 6th of May.

Special Guests

• Last year's winners of Dziesma - the group PeR, who will be joined by the Lithuanian singer Jurga.
• The reunited group Fomins and Kleins who represented Latvia in the 2004 contest.
• The popular artists Lauris Reiniks and Norman Rutulis.
• From Estonia, the group Tenfold Rabbit.

Don't forget you can watch on Eurovision.tv the final of Dziesma 2014 from 20:25 CET

Factfile:

• Latvia made their debut in the 2000 contest with an impressive third place, and My Star performed by Brainstorm.
• They've won the contest once, in 2002 with I Wanna sung by Marie N.
• Latvia haven't reached the Grand Final since 2008 when Pirates of the Sea took the song Wolves Of The Sea to 12th place.
• In 2013, the group PeR finished in 17th place in their Semi-Final with 13 points with the song Here We Go.

Which song is your favourite to represent Latvia in Copenhagen?

Highlights from the Maltese National Final 2014

 

 

 

The show was presented by two former Maltese entrants, Ira Losco who finished in second place for the country in the 2002 edition, and last year's participant Gianluca. They were joined by the experienced presenter Moira Delia.