Kristin Husøy has won the third semi-final of Melodi Grand Prix 2020 and will compete in the Grand Final on February 15th.

Melodi Grand Prix returned to television screens this evening, with this year’s contest celebrating 60 years of Norway’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. The host for this evening were Kåre Magnus Bergh, Ingrid Gjessing Linhave and Ronny Brede Aase. Tonight’s show was the third of five semi-finals in the H3 Arena in Fornebu, with a different region of Norway represented each week. This week it was the turn of Central Norway.

The four acts were drawn into two duels live on stage, from each duel one winner was crowned. The winners of each duel then met in the ‘Gold Duel’ with the winner going to the final of Melodi Grand Prix 2020 in Trondheim. The results were entirely determined by online voting.

The results of the first semi-final are (duel winners in bold):

First Round

Alexandru – Pink Jacket v Sie Gubba – Kjære du

Kristin Husøy – Pray for Me v Thomas Løseth – Vertigo

Gold Duel

Sie Gubba – Kjære du v Kristin Husøy – Pray for Me

Akuvi, who has pre-qualified for the final alongside four other acts, also performed her song “Som du er” during the show.

The final of Melodi Grand Prix 2020 will be held in Trondheim Spektrum on February 15. This will only be the third time in history that the final of Melodi Grand Prix has been held outside of Oslo.

Norway won the televote at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, with KEiiNO and their song “Spirit in the Sky”. They finished in 6th place overall.

Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest Norway debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960, and have won the contest three times – in 1985, 1995 and 2009. The country has the dubious record of finishing last the most times, eleven in total, and have received nul points four times. Norway last won the contest in 2009 when Alexander Rybak broke all records with his song “Fairytale”. He scored 387 points in the final, receiving 16 sets of 12 points and scoring points from every country.