Norway in Eurovision: MY TOP 20 (2000-2020)
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2020
- My personal ranking of every 21st century song entered by Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest! This is part of a series where I rank every 21st century Eurovision song by country.
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Intro song: Ulrikke Brandstorp - Attention (Instrumental)
Outro song: Alexander Rybak - Fairytale (Instrumental)
SONGS FEATURED
Stockholm 2000: Charmed - My Heart Goes Boom (11th Place)
Copenhagen 2001: Haldor Lægreid - On My Own (22nd Place)
Riga 2003: Jostein Hasselgård - I'm Not Afraid to Move On (4th Place)
Istanbul 2004: Knut Anders Sørum - High (24th Place)
Kyiv 2005: Wig Wag - In My Dreams (9th Place)
Athens 2006: Christine Guldbrandsen - Alvedansen (14th Place)
Helsinki 2007: Guri Schanke - Ven a bailar conmigo (32nd Place)
Belgrade 2008: Maria Haukaas Storeng - Hold on, Be Strong (5th Place)
Moscow 2009: Alexander Rybak - Fairytale (1st Place)
Oslo 2010: Didrik Solli-Tangen - My Heart is Yours (20th Place)
Dusseldorf 2011: Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba (38th Place)
Baku 2012: Tooji - Stay (26th Place)
Malmo 2013: Margaret Berger - I Feed You My Love (4th Place)
Copenhagen 2014: Carl Espen - Silent Storm (8th Place)
Vienna 2015: Mørland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me (8th Place)
Stockholm 2016: Agnete - Icebreaker (31st Place)
Kyiv 2017: JOWST - Grab the Moment (10th Place)
Lisbon 2018: Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write a Song (15th Place)
Tel Aviv 2019: KEiiNO - Spirit in the Sky (6th Place)
Rotterdam 2020: Ulrikke Brandstorp - Attention (contest cancelled)
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*Thoughts:* You know it's a good country when you struggle to place your top few entries!! Well, Norway certainly has their shit together, there's some genuinely amazing songs here. There may be the odd flip flop, but they are forgiven. They had a great winner in 2009 (one of my fav ESC songs ever actually!!) and could pretty easily do it again with the right song.
Speaking of the future, I will totally miss Ulrikke but I also think it's cool that she acknowledges that she needs time to find another song that's really special to her if she enters MGP again one day. Next year could bring anything for Norway, let's hope it's something great. :)
Uhhh I'm at a loss for what to do next again, maybe time to talk about our tiny withdrawn microstate friends :)
monaco tingz?
Andorra maybe?
I think that might be Andorra next :D
PS. Are you going to do Estonia or Poland anytime soon? :D
I love that you had 2014 high. Silent Storm is one of the most beautiful esc songs ever and doesn't get the recognition from the fandom it deserves imo
The emotions are so strong, it feels like one of those songs that's truly honest and real and that's why I love it!!
@@eurovisiongal7007 It's beautiful, if someone wanted to make a video "ESC tear-jerkers" then this IMO should be included...
Once I saw someone's comment (dunno if under the video with a live performance or under the official video) which looked like this: "I want this song to be played at my funeral"...
Origo1 okay that’s a good idea
@@origo1165 I'm always drawn to songs like that for some reason, if it made me super sad and emotional then I think it did something right.
My favourites are A Monster Like Me and Silent Storm. So nostalgic and sad, touching, great. Love these songs. I also love Hold On Be Strong.
As a country in ESC they’ve really grown on me, they’re so good.
Icebreaker my favourite tho and it’s also now my second favourite ESC song ever!1!1
ESCRoPo my favourites are 2019, 2019 and 2019
ESCRoPo what's your first favorite song from esc then? 😂
Someone took the time to watch the videos and began to actively comment. :"D
Norway is a wonderful country, one of the best for me.
(since 2000 to 2020 - 1 winner and 3 runners-up)
I really love "Alvedansen", "Attention", "I feed you my love" and "Silent storm".
I remember Alexander Rybak since childhood, when my mother listened to "Fairytale".
Also I heard some of his songs in russian.
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I love so much norway at esc, especially recently :))
My favorites are 2016, 2015, 2013, 2020 and ofc 2019👑
I often Listen to Norway ESC songs. I looove 2013,2014,2015,2017, 2019 and 2020 ❤️
My favorite country in Eurovision! 🤩
And Ulrikke my favorite song from Norway 😍
My top 6:
1. Attention
2. Silent strom
3. Grab the moment
4. Hold on be strong
5. Fairytale
6. Spirit in the sky
my favourite entries are 2015 and 2008 ❤️
I really love A monster like me, Attention, I feed you my love, Silent storm, Hold on, Alvedansen and mostly Spirit in the Sky!
But i hate Fairytale and Grab the Moment.
I will probably be the only one who hates these songs😅
Edit: Can you do a Netherlands episode next?
Nah, I know of people who hate both 😂
you've asked for the Netherlands a few times and I'm always like "yeah I will do 😗" but I've actually yet to figure out how to rank their 2000s songs 😂 these things take time, but it'll happen!!
@@eurovisiongal7007 hi hi i hate fairytale hi hi
@@eurovisiongal7007 Haha, good luck with ranking our entries... ':-)
@@im.joeyb. That post 2013 glowup was enviable, it's what dreams are made of 😂
I think Icebreaker is one of the most underrated songs😕
YESSSS
It’s my third in 2016
Norway is definitely one of my favorite countries this decade. Love:2005,2009,2013,2014,2019,2020
Like:2006,2008,2015,2016,2017,2018
The rest of the songs are songs that I don't know much or I don't like it at all.
Alexander Rybak is a legend
2009, 2015, 2019 and 2020 😍
Norway is elegance
My favourite one is I feed you my love, such a good song :)
Fairytale is also good, and I think that Alexander shouldn't have returned because That's how you write a song is much worse than Fairytale.
Let's just all pretend 2018 never happened haha
A Monster like me is one of my favourite Songs from Norway! Its so powerful!
2009: his voice annoys me a bit but the song is really good and the violin is ICONIC
2010: id rather watch my cat eat a bird than have to listen to this again
2011: i honestly cant describe how much i love this yes her voice is flat af but the song and performance are genuinely so good
2012: nothing out of the ordinary but it works ok
2013: i always forget this entry but when i remember it im so happy cos I LOVE IT!!!! the song is so enchantingly weird yet beautiful and yeah
2014: this is the opposite of 2009 for me. his voice is powerful and fits perfectly but im not a fan of these ballads sorrrry
2015: i said i wasnt a fan of these ballads but i make exceptions...i think its sweet but no a winner
2016: shouldve qualified in my opinion cos her voice is killer for this song
2017: dont like it
2018: hate it
2019: LOVE IT
2020: like 2015 its sweet but not a winner for me
Great country. My favourite (definitely for nostalgic reasons): cos I'm in looooooooooooooooooove with a beautiful girl, she's the ooooooooooone from the magical world!
I'm too young to be nostalgic for 2003 but it's a cute song and such a grower for me!! 😭❤️
Here are my thoughts, year for year. It is an extract from my views of all the entries, posted at Schlager Lucas.
2000 Charmed - My Heart Goes Boom. 3/10 We are in the dark ages of Norwegian ESC entries, now. Boring pop.
2001 Haldor Lægreid - On My Own. 2/10 HEEEELP, SOMEONE!! We need to fix this!!!
2003 Jostein Hasselgård - I'm Not Afraid To Move On. 7/10 This song is borderline boring, but somehow it manages to engage. The chorus is quite nice. I am not a lyrics person, so if someone claim they are bad, I don't care that much.
2004 Knut Anders Sørum - High. 3/10 Back into the dark ages. Boring pop.
2005 Wig Wam - In My Dreams. 7/10 Glam rock! Fun song and staging. Our band has had Åge Sten Nilsen as guest vocalist. And he is great fun.
2006 Christine Gulbrandsen - Alvedansen. 9/10 I just love this song. The use of traditional instruments like the Hardanger fiddle and mouth harp, add something extra to it. Only minus is that the song ends too soon. In my top 5 of the Norwegian entries of all times.
2007 Guri Schanke - Ven A Bailar Commigo. 2/10 Going from traditional Norwegian sound to a bad copy of Spanish music, was not a good choice.
2008 Maria Haukaas Storeng - Hold On Be Strong. 6/10 The song is nice, but not my cup of tea.
2009 Alexander Rybak - Fairytale. 9/10 A great song, but I have probably heard it too many times. In my top 5 of the Norwegian entries.
2010 Didrik Solli-Tangen - My Heart Is Yours. 5/10 Nice song but a bit too grandiose.
2011 Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba. 4/10 OK song. Original in ESC but not in Africa, I would think. She is struggling a bit with her voice in some places.
2012 Tooji - Stay. 3/10 Not my cup of tea. Can listen to it, but would never search for it.
2013 Margaret Berger - I Feed You My Love. 10/10 It hit me hard when I heard it the first time on the car radio. When they told it was the Norwegian MGP winner, I almost drove off the road. This is clearly the best Norwegian entry ever imo.
2014 Carl Espen - Silent Storm. 8/10 Haunting and beautiful song.
2015 Mørland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me. 5/10 OK song, but a bit too grandiose imo.
2016 Agnete - Icebreaker. 7/10 What I like about this song is the tension that is created by her going into halftime in the choruses.
2017 JOWST - Grab The Moment. 7/10 I like this song. Cool staging. Catchy chorus.
2018 Alexander Rybak - This Is How You Write A Song. 4/10 OK, but shubi dubi dap dap, also a tad too silly…
2019 Keiino - Spirit In The Sky. 8/10 This grew on me. Didn’t quite like it in the Norwegian final, though.
2020 Ulrikke - Attention. 7/10 I like this song, but it doesn't get up amongst the best, though.
2021 TIX - Fallen Angel. 8/10 I like this song very much. A bit banal, but who cares?
My favorite Eurovision country
Wait, we have strange situation: no Passe Partout! Maybe she's late...
I like how everyone notices when she's missing, she's just that iconic 😂
@@eurovisiongal7007 Absolutely!
The country with so many last places
1.2009
2.2019
3.2020
4.2015
5.2003
6.2014
7.2005
8.2010
9.2012
10.2008
I love so much Norway, my 2nd favourite esc country
Unrelated but I just hit 20 subscribers and I'm so happyyyyy!!
Oh and Norway is one of my favorite countries. They barely send bad songs, if ever.
Congrats! 🎉🎉🎉
@@eurovisiongal7007 thanks!
Norway is a great country in Eurovision, I really like what they have been doing in recent years! The older entries are usually pretty good as well! Here's my opinion!
20. 2011 - 3/10
Never been a fan of this one. The chorus is way too simple and the song itself is a bit weird even for me.
19. 2016 - 4/10
This one is... overrated by fans. I'm fine with it staying in the semi final.
18. 2010 - 4,5/10
It's not bad, just very bland and forgettable.
17. 2000 - 5,5/10
So I think that this song is just okay. There is a room for improvements, something's definitely missing.
16. 2020 - 6/10
It's a weird ballad for me - sometimes I like it, sometimes I'm tired of it. That's why it's not that high on this list.
15. 2007 - 7/10
Good entry, very energetic, I like it. Not in my qualifiers, because 2007 was one of the strongest years ever.
14. 2004 - 7/10
A solid entry, good chorus and verses. Far from the best one, though.
13. 2005 - 7/10
I am a rock person, but this glam rock entry is just good in my view. I like their costumes, but the song sounds like one of many generic rock songs which aren't very noticeable.
12. 2006 - 7,5/10
Good entry with an ethnic bits. I can't really say anything else about it.
11. 2014 - 7,5/10
Good ballad, I understand how it ended up so high. The vocals are good and overall it's a solid entry.
10. 2013 - 7,5/10
Nice entry, a bit overrated, but it's not bad by any means.
9. 2008 - 7,5/10
The same can be said about this song, except for the fact that this one's better.
8. 2001 - 8/10
Really underrated track. Definitely one of my favourites from 2001, it's just a good ballad.
7. 2012 - 8,5/10
Didn't deserve last place. The instrumental is definitely my favourite part of the song.
6. 2018 - 9/10
Alexander returned with a different, but still a great entry! It's catchy and has a fun melody with nice lyrics.
5. 2019 - 9,5/10
I love these types of Nordic songs, they are so fun and catchy, but still manage to stand out in some ways!
4. 2009 - 9,5/10
Really great winner, the verses and chorus are awesome, combined with Alexander's charisma, and we've got a well deserved winner!
3. 2017 - 9,5/10
Cool and modern, yet still great! I enjoy this type of electronic music, so I'm glad that we got a song like this in Eurovision!
2. 2003 - 10/10
My winner of 2003. A beautiful ballad, which works on every level! I really love the sound of it, and it got a deserving top 5 placement!
1. 2015 - 10/10
But I still love this ballad more. It has an amazing duet and they had a beautiful song with an amazing buildup! Both vocals are amazing, and the empty staging surprisingly works, with a dark atmosphere which turns into brighter colours at the end of the song! I'm not surprised at all that this made the top 10!
This may be the first positive take I've heard in this comment section about That's How You Write a Song 😂
@@eurovisiongal7007 Seriously? xD
Why does everyone dislike the song? Is it just because it's different from his first entry?
@@therealbricker I think it's okay but a little bit silly. I wonder if it would be as badly received by fans if there wasn't Fairytale to compare it to?
@@eurovisiongal7007 That's definitely something to think about. Sure, Fairytale is better, but I never let other songs by the same artist impact my view on a certain song.
Im so glad 2003 gets recognition😭😍 finally. 😊
Norway is my favourite country in Eurovision 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴♥️♥️♥️ 2 of my favourite eurovision songs of all time are Fairytale and Monster like me😍😍😍
me, waiting for passe partout to comment bcos there is nobody else to meme with: 👁👄👁
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@@eurovisiongal7007 absolutely stunning, a moment that is most pleasing to me in my career
@@a.s.1659 thank u, i learned from the best
Can we just pretend that Norway's entry in 2018 does not exist?
i love 2007 tho. one of my favorite countries. i just hate one song ( hi alexander! )
His 2018 entry? Yeah, I think the idea of it was a little cute but it wasn't very good 😂 He probs shouldn't enter ESC again, he's always going to have people unfavourably comparing the song to Fairytale.
eurovision gal well i must say i am not a fan of 2009 one but i like it and it is deserved. but his 2018 song is a lot cringy and it is not THAT bad but it is bad. it is my 34th or sth so... but its low in norwegian quality
I skipped to the end to see who your winner was and now I'm just mad hehe
Jk i respect your opinion
It was expected 😂 I really like everything from about #8 or so though
@@eurovisiongal7007 but still 2019 6th?
@@wystxrr still 😬 tbf they're like 7th in my 2019 ranking and every song above them is in that place or higher in their own year so it's not a bad spot. I do really like them but the only ESC pop songs I'm SUPER obsessed with are usually experimental or outlandish like Euphoria, Love Injected, etc. It's just my weird personal taste 😂
@@eurovisiongal7007 I wont explain how i feel about spirit in the sky because i feel like you know
My Thoughts:
20. I watched 2007 a few days ago and honestly I was very close to putting this in my qualifiers no cap, it's not great but compared to some of 2007 this is really quite a bop
19. Ugh boring. Everything about this is so blasé, his outfit, the staging, the song, and even his looks are just so generic. I'm sorry to this man
18. His voice seems nice but that shirt is making me want to throw myself out of a window
17. Awww this seems cute. Gives me the same sort of vibes that Divine and Even If give me, and I loved both of those. This seems a bit worse than those tho :/ but not bad
16. ALEXANDER WHY DID U COME BACK. I cannot believe that he honestly thought after the iconiqueness of fairytale that this would be a good idea. honey no. sweaty what is u doing
15. Feels very Junior Eurovision circa 2004 and I Do Not Vibe With That
14. FOURTEENTH??? THIS DESERVED A TOP 10. The way in which this song continues to raise the bar throughout all of it, ugh the iconic tempo change, the amazing voice, and that transition of tempo near the end where she sings 'it takes a lot of nerve to save a LIIIIIIIIII----IIICEBREAKER omg her minddddd, Norway and Iceland did NOT deserve to be left in the semi
13. This is a bop and very very similar to popular in quality so I have no idea how this came last and that came THIRD. I rly like Stay and I had it qualifying but I would've taken Sofi :/ even tho they were both in my final. The ethnic flair in this chorus just hits different tho
12. IM SORRY WHY IS THIS SO LOW IN YOUR RANKING???????? Morland is one of the best composers to enter Eurovision, on par with Zeljko ngl, and his and Debrah's voices are so nice together I can't believe it. this is one of the best ballads, nay songs, to grace the eurovision stage, and 12th is just not it hunny
11. Meh it seems fine but lets move on
10. A whole bop that deserved to qualify, and that's on Europe not accepting afrobeat songs or songs with any sort of African inspiration :/
9. Not horrible but it gets a bit same-same after a while. didnt rly deserve top 10, sorry
8. QUEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNN. Ugh this song is so well produced and her vocal is absolutely everything. However, I rly did want Pang to win....but this was an incredibly close second so im not mad. what I AM mad at is the fact that she won't be trying again next year, but here's hoping for 2022 or 23
7. Another queen, the adjective I would describe this song as is smooth because I mean it just is, yes this is good I approve
6. Hot take but I don't love this. The vocals are perfect (especially Alexandra's), the joiking is spectacular, but the song structure and instrumental are so generic it hurts. I had it 11th in my semi but I got why it qualified. still tho. its kinda cheap. but issa bop
5. I am watching the 2006 final tomorrow and I already have the feeling this will be my winner. ITS SO GOOD. GIVING ME LOTR, GIVING ME ELVES AND FAIRIES, GIVING ME FANTASY SOUNDTRACK, I AM LIVING. AND IN NORWEGIAN?????? CONSIDER ME SHOOK AND CONSIDER ME SOLD
4. Ugh the raw emotion in this.....sis this song is also amazing. His vocal is stunning and the arrangement is just perfection. brb im crying now
3. Seems ok, Lordi Lite but I like it 100000000% better than I like Lordi. Not quite sold on it tho
2. MY 2013 WINNER!!! GIVING ME ELSA, GIVING ME DUBSTEP + BEAUTIFUL BALLAD, GIVING ME FUTURISTIC AND MODERN, I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW DENMARK, AS GOOD AS IT WAS, WON OVER THIS. Holy crap this song is one of the best songs ever. AND THE LYRICISIM??? POETRY PERIODT
1. Very iconic and very good. A whole entire bop. HOWEVER. Randajad should have won in 2009. And then also Alexander came back in 2018. So my love for it has lessened. Still amazing tho
Oooh what did you think of 2007??? Opinion a little unpopular but I like almost every song, it's one of my fav years. ❤️ Just... Not this one, lol.
Agnete should've qualified tbh, I don't reeeeally vibe with the song and even I see that. And GRETA, don't remind me, I cry everytime 😭
LET ME EXPLAIN MY BEEF WITH A MONSTER LIKE ME..... I used to love it, obsessed with it, top 3 of 2015 (back when Grande Amore or Warrior was my winner lol). But it just kind of unravelled for me, slowly then all at once. Why does the song want to be mature and realistic but also give off Disney villain vibes? Why are they dressed so boring? What did Morland do? Did Debrah do something too? If they're trying to say that we're all monsters, then why don't they specify what exactly it was so I know how to recieve the moral of the story or how far I can forgive or ditch people guilty of certain things? Did he steal a lollipop from the shop once? Did he hurt someone's feelings? Did he pirate music? Did he commit murder? I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THEY WON'T TELL ME. It's still pretty sounding but quite simple and not comparable to Zeljko aka a god who can do no wrong imo.
2006 lowkey SUCKS but yes Norway was a high point in a world of lows 😭😭 she's not my winner winner because Lejla exists (see Zeljko comment) but she would be a good one tbh.
AND I LOVE MARGARET TOO she used to be my fav of "13 but I have sudden affection for Zlata lately.
I agree Randajad is art but the charm of nostalgia of Fairytale wins me over still 😭❤️ I don't really like it any less bc of his 2018 effort but I know of a lot of people who only like it BECAUSE of their love for Alexander and I can safely say I'm not in that deep 😂
@@eurovisiongal7007 I thought 2007 wasn't as bad as everyone says tbh, Serbia, Ukraine, Latvia, Hungary, and Russia were my top 5, and I am absolutely FUMING that Andorra, Malta, and Czech Republic did not qualify.
I still do be sad about greta tho :/
Look honestly I would give Mørland the edge over Zeljko. At least Morland makes songs that sound unique..en livredd Mann should have won 2019 mgp no cap. And as beautiful as Zeljko's songs are you have to concede that they all sound SO SIMILAR. And idk I just vibe with the angsty lyrics, like part of the fun is guessing what he did (and also makes me a bit upset cos what if it was like assault or something)
Randajad is art periodt, should have at least been top 3, but im glad it did so well tbh
@@a.s.1659 you liked Malta and Czechia's songs??? That's a spicy take that I respect.
I always put too much stock in lyrics honestly, if a song doesn't make sense to me I usually start to dislike it unless it's so garbled that it adds to the charm. (YES I'M GONNA LIKE IT..... LET ME INTO HEART) I also totally overthought a good, fine song into one I only kind of like, but that's the consequence of spending years thinking it's #deep 😂 I don't know about the songwriting thing, I feel like they write in such different genres it's tough to compare? I think Morland writes good songs but they're a little generic even if they're well composed. That's just my hypercritical take though 😂
I do think it's really cool that Randajad did so well for an experimental song!!! Other kind of avant garde pop songs like Love Injected or Taken By a Stranger kind of flopped in the televote so they did something right to place so close to top 5.
@@eurovisiongal7007 The melodies of Vertigo and Mala Dama are so satisfying from a music theory perspective honestly. And omfg I forgot about taken by a stranger, that song is better than satellite period
@@a.s.1659 Maybe for you Željko's songs sound similar. I think they are all quite different, but every song has traditional vibe, maybe just that vibe is thing that connects all the songs. I think so. But remember, everyone has their own taste😃
I'm sorry but I really don't like the Norwegian entry from 2013
It's alright, it's loud as hell 😂
Me too! Itbis the most overrated entry in 2013, and Norwegian history.