Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

Melodi Grand Prix 2021 was the 59th edition of the Norwegian national final Melodi Grand Prix which selected Norway's entry for the 2021 contest. The competition consisted of five semi-finals between 16 January and 13 February, a second chance round on 15 February and a final on 20 February 2021.[2] The five semi-final shows were hosted by Kåre Magnus Bergh, Ingrid Gjessing Linhave and Ronny Brede Aase, while the second chance round and the final were hosted by Kåre Magnus Bergh, Ingrid Gjessing Linhave and Silje Nordnes. The national final was televised on NRK1, NRK TV, broadcast via radio on NRK P1 as well as streamed online at NRK's official website nrk.no.

• The first semi-final took place on 16 January 2021. "Let Loose" performed by Blåsemafian feat. Hazel qualified to the final.
• The second semi-final took place on 23 January 2021. "Hero" performed by Raylee qualified to the final.
• The third semi-final took place on 30 January 2021. "Witch Woods" performed by Emmy qualified to the final.
• The fourth semi-final took place on 6 February 2021. "My Lonely Voice" performed by Kiim qualified to the final.
• The fifth semi-final took place on 13 February 2021. "I Can't Escape" performed by Imerika qualified to the final.
• The second chance round took place on 15 February 2021. "Faith Bloody Faith" performed by Jorn qualified to the final.

Twelve songs consisting of the six semi-final and Second Chance qualifiers alongside the six pre-qualified songs competed during the final on 20 February 2021 at the H3 Arena in Fornebu. The winner was selected over three rounds of online voting. In the first round, the top four entries were selected to proceed to the second round, the Gold Finall: "Let Loose" performed by Blåsemafian feat. Hazel, "Fallen Angel" performed by Tix, "Monument" performed by Keiino and "Faith Bloody Faith" performed by Jorn. In the Gold Final, the top two entries were selected to proceed to the third round, the Gold Duel: "Fallen Angel" performed by Tix and "Monument" performed by Keiino. In the Gold Duel, the results of the online vote were revealed by Norway's five regions and led to the victory of "Fallen Angel" performed by Tix with 380,033 votes.

Tix recorded a backup tape of his performance on 22 February 2021, which would have been broadcast at Eurovision in the event that he was unable to travel to Rotterdam for the contest.[3]

Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Norway was set to perform in position 9, following the entry from Cyprus and preceding the entry from Croatia.[5]

On May 18th, the day the semi-final was held, Norway qualified for the Grand Final, to be held on May 22nd.

Norway performed 22nd in the grand final on 22 May 2021, following Azerbaijan and preceding the Netherlands.

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with a diversity in gender and age represented. The judges assess each entry based on the performances during the second Dress Rehearsal of each show, which takes place the night before each live show, against a set of criteria including: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.[6] Jury members may only take part in panel once every three years, and are obliged to confirm that they are not connected to any of the participating acts in a way that would impact their ability to vote impartially. Jury members should also vote independently, with no discussion of their vote permitted with other jury members.[7] The exact composition of the professional jury, and the results of each country's jury and televoting were released after the grand final; the individual results from each jury member were also released in an anonymised form.[8][9]

The following members comprised the Norwegian jury:[8][9]

• Kate Gulbrandsen
• Anna-Lisa Kumoji
• Rolf Lennart Stensø
• Vilde
• Aleksander Walmann

Detailed voting results from Norway (Semi-final 1)[10]

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Lithuania	15	8	9	14	11	13		1	12
02	Slovenia	7	6	6	7	13	7	4	14
03	Russia	4	11	4	13	12	8	3	7	4
04	Sweden	2	1	7	1	2	2	10	2	10
05	Australia	14	9	13	12	9	14		15
06	North Macedonia	13	10	10	15	14	15		12
07	Ireland	12	5	14	9	5	10	1	13
08	Cyprus	8	3	8	6	6	6	5	8	3
09	Norway
10	Croatia	11	15	12	11	7	12		10	1
11	Belgium	9	12	11	8	15	11		9	2
12	Israel	3	7	3	3	8	3	8	6	5
13	Romania	10	13	15	4	4	9	2	11
14	Azerbaijan	5	4	5	5	10	5	6	5	6
15	Ukraine	6	14	2	10	3	4	7	4	7
16	Malta	1	2	1	2	1	1	12	3	8

Detailed voting results from Norway (Final)[11]

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Cyprus	12	8	23	9	17	15		13
02	Albania	13	18	11	22	20	19		21
03	Israel	2	5	3	3	13	3	8	18
04	Belgium	21	19	18	18	22	22		22
05	Russia	9	12	8	23	18	16		11
06	Malta	1	2	1	4	2	1	12	8	3
07	Portugal	14	15	14	10	11	17		12
08	Serbia	19	25	22	20	24	24		15
09	United Kingdom	20	9	7	13	12	14		24
10	Greece	10	7	13	5	23	10	1	19
11	Switzerland	18	3	5	2	5	4	7	9	2
12	Iceland	4	13	15	14	7	9	2	2	10
13	Spain	22	23	20	19	14	21		23
14	Moldova	17	24	25	25	19	23		25
15	Germany	24	22	24	24	25	25		14
16	Finland	16	16	4	15	9	13		5	6
17	Bulgaria	23	4	19	7	1	5	6	16
18	Lithuania	25	14	10	16	15	18		1	12
19	Ukraine	5	21	2	21	10	8	3	6	5
20	France	6	6	9	8	8	7	4	7	4
21	Azerbaijan	8	11	6	11	16	11		10	1
22	Norway
23	Netherlands	11	10	16	17	4	12		20
24	Italy	7	20	12	6	3	6	5	4	7
25	Sweden	3	1	17	1	6	2	10	3	8
26	San Marino	15	17	21	12	21	20		17