MGP Nordic 2008

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MGP Nordic 2008
Date and venue
Final
  • 29 November 2008
Venue Musikhuset Store Sal
Aarhus, Denmark
Organisation
Broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR)
Presenters
  • Jakob Riising
  • Signe Lindkvist
Participants
Number of entries8 entries, 2 from each Scandinavian country
Vote
Voting systemPoints are given depending on the percentage of the vote received by each country e.g. 21% equals 21 points
Winning song Flag of Norway.svg Norway
"Oro jaska beana"
2007  MGP Nordic  2009

Melodi Grand Prix Nordic 2008 was the fourth Nordic Melodi Grand Prix, a Scandinavian song contest for children aged 8 to 15. The contest was held on November 29, 2008 in Aarhus, Denmark and the participating countries were Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Each country submitted two songs to participate in the first round with the top placing entry from each country proceeding to the super-final. The winner of the MGP Nordic 2008 was Norway's The BlackSheeps with "Oro jaska beana".

Contents

Format

Each country partakes in a national selection for MGP Nordic. The top two songs from each country proceed to MGP Nordic. Eight songs participate in the contest to make it more substantial. All eight songs in the Final are performed. After the eight songs have been performed the Scandinavian countries vote for their favourite. After the voting has closed, the top song from each participating country is announced. The top four songs then sing again in the Super Final. The Scandinavian countries then vote again for their favourites. The winner is announced after the second round of voting has taken place. The voting system is different from the Eurovision and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It is also different from the Eurovision Dance Contest, making it unique in European contests. The percentage of votes given by a country is translated directly into points, e.g. 21% equals 21 points. No country can get nil points as each country gives points to every country. A country cannot vote for themselves, like in the Eurovision contests. The winning contestant then sings again as the credits roll. [1]

National selections

Participating countries

Participants of MGP Nordic 2008
CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageSongwriter(s)
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR The Johanssons"En for alle, alle for en"Danish [a]
  • Marcus Johansson
  • Mattias Johansson
Sandra Monique"Hola chica"Sandra Monique
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Yle Fem Footboys"Fotboll"Swedish
  • Anton Wikström
  • Ivar Arvidsson
Big Bang!"Här är vi"
  • Edward Isaksson
  • Emma Rehn
  • Märta Westerlund
  • Mathias Broman
  • Rafael Berglund
  • Robin Granqvist
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK The Battery"Tenke nå"Norwegian
  • Brage Kristian Einum Jr.
  • Hans Olav Settem
  • Oddbjørn Sponås
  • Stein Boge
The BlackSheeps "Oro jaska beana"Norwegian, Sami
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SVT Linn"En sång från hjärtat"SwedishLinn Eriksson
Jonna"Kommer jag våga"Jonna Torstensson

Denmark

Finland

Norway

Sweden

Results

Each of the Scandinavian countries were represented by two artists.

First round

The artist with the most votes from each country proceeded to the Super Final. The qualifiers were the Johanssons from Denmark, Footboys from Finland, The BlackSheeps from Norway, and Jonna from Sweden.

Running order from YLE [12]

DrawCountryArtistSongResult
1 Flag of Denmark.svg DenmarkThe Johanssons"En for alle, alle for en"Super-final
2 Flag of Norway.svg NorwayThe Battery"Tenke nå"Out
3 Flag of Sweden.svg SwedenLinn"En sång från hjärtat"Out
4 Flag of Finland.svg FinlandFootboys"Fotboll"Super-final
5 Flag of Denmark.svg DenmarkSandra Monique"Hola chica"Out
6 Flag of Norway.svg Norway The BlackSheeps "Oro jaska beana Super-final
7 Flag of Sweden.svg SwedenJonna"Kommer jag våga"Super-final
8 Flag of Finland.svg FinlandBig Bang!"Här är vi"Out

Super-final

Each super finalist sang their songs again for the Scandinavian public. The viewers then voted for the second time whilst the second interval act took place. This included the participants singing a medley containing excerpts from songs about music. The results were announced by puppets for each country. Each song gained points depending on the percentage of votes they won from each country. Norway won by a landslide with 74 points more than second-placed host country Denmark.

DrawCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1 Flag of Denmark.svg DenmarkThe Johanssons"En for alle, alle for en"902
2 Flag of Finland.svg FinlandFootboys"Fotboll"704
3 Flag of Norway.svg Norway The BlackSheeps "Oro jaska beana"1641
4 Flag of Sweden.svg SwedenJonna"Kommer jag våga"763

Scoreboard

Voting

Televoting Results
ESCTotaltscoreJ.svg ESCDenmarkJ.svg ESCFinlandJ.svg ESCNorwayJ.svg ESCSwedenJ.svg
ESCConJ.svg Flag of Denmark.svg The Johanssons90195219
Flag of Finland.svg Footboys70172330
Flag of Norway.svg The BlackSheeps164536051
Flag of Sweden.svg Jonna76302125

References

  1. MGP Nordic 2008 (2008-11-29). SVT1 . Retrieved on 2008-11-29.
  2. "SVT MGP Nordic 2008 The Johanssons" (in Swedish). SVT. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  3. "SVT MGP Nordic 2008 Sandra Monique" (in Swedish). SVT. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  4. "SVT MGP Nordic 2008 Footboys" (in Swedish). SVT. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  5. "SVT MGP Nordic 2008 Big Bang!" (in Swedish). SVT. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  6. "The BlackSheeps" (in Swedish). SVT. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  7. "Smakebiter" (in Norwegian). The Battery. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  8. "SVT MGP Nordic 2008 The Battery" (in Swedish). SVT. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  9. "The Battery Band" (in Norwegian). The Battery. Archived from the original on 2008-12-23. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  10. "SVT MGP Nordic 2008 Linn" (in Swedish). SVT. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  11. "SVT MGP Nordic 2008 Jonna" (in Swedish). SVT. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  12. "YLE MGP Nordic 2008". Archived from the original on 2008-12-24.
  1. "Hola chica" contains a repeated phrase in Spanish.