A reason to keep hoping

I sent this to Margaret's page and to MGP's page right after Margaret won. A while ago I got this reply! So, fingers crossed then! :D

Norway 2013 - With Margaret Berger to Malmö

Photo: Mattis Sandblad

Thank you thank you thank you Norway!!! Margaret won!! I am extatic! "I Feed You My Love" is my ESC winner right now! Denmark dropped to no2!

There's only one thing they need to do now.

Dear norwegian delegation,
I am begging you to keep the performance the way it is now! Send it to Malmö WITHOUT changing anything. Keep the same staging, same lighting, same camera work, same dress, same hairdo... EVERYTHING!
It's so unique the way it is now! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING!

We might even go back to Oslo next year! ;)

MGP 2013 - Qualifiers of first semi

So yeah. I got back from work at around 19:30 only to see on facebook several posts about MGP beginning in 20 minutes! I had totally forgotten about the first semi! I watched it but I got quite bored to be honest! Thank God Erik Solbakken was there! The songs were pretty meh. Some of them, horrible. Despite all that, I found a couple of songs that I kinda liked. They didn't make it of course!

• Vidar Busk - Paid My Way (3rd Place)
• Carina Dahl - Sleepwalking
• Tom Hugo - Det er du
• Gromth and Emil Solli-Tangen - Alone (1st Place)
• Julie Bergan - Give A Little Something Back
• Mimi Blix/Doc MC - Catch Me
• Datarock - The Underground (2nd Place)

I can't find Vidar's and Datarock's songs on youtube. Maybe they will take down "Alone" as well. I don't know if MGP has the same rules as Melodifestivalen. I suppose they do... Anyway the qualifiers are pretty bad. Maaaaybe Datarock have a little something but nah. Not my cup of tea. Didrik's little brother Emil didn't impress me. Actually I hate all that growling in the song! Which is not Emil's fault but overall I really don't like "Alone"! As for Vidar, such a crap song! Again, for my taste! I don't know if the rockabilly lovers like this. I don't!

If I had to pick the three qualifiers I'd send to the final Julie Bergan, Carina Dahl (I'm not sure she can sing live though. Her performance was like a pure playback!) and Tom Hugo. Mimi's song has a nice beat but the lyrics are... Well let's say I don't really like songs promoting sex in that way...

PS Sorry about the links guys. The synch is pretty bad but that's I could find on youtube right now.