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Melodi Grand Prix 2014

Melodi Grand Prix 2014 was the 52nd edition of the Norwegian national final Melodi Grand Prix and selected Norway's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. For 2014, the competition consisted of three semi-finals on 7 to 9 March 2014 and a final on 15 March 2014. Five songs competed in each semi-final and the top three entries qualified to the final, determined exclusively by public televoting. [13] In the final, the top four entries will be selected from the nine qualified entries to go through to the Gold Final. In the Gold Final, the results of the public televote were revealed by Norway's five regions. [14]

Espen was officially announced to compete in Melodi Grand Prix 2014 on 27 January 2014. "Silent Storm" was drawn to compete in the third semi-final, [15] and later qualified to the final. In the final, the song would move on to the Gold Final, along with three other entries. The song eventually won the Gold Final and the Norwegian spot for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. [14]

At Eurovision

The song was selected to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, after Espen was chosen through Melodi Grand Prix 2014, the music competition that selects Norway's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. On 20 January 2014, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Norway was placed into the second semi-final, which was held on 8 May 2014, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show. After all the competing songs for the 2014 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the show's producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Norway performed in position 3, and qualified for the final, which took place on 10 May 2014. [16] It placed sixth in the semi-final with 77 points and overall finished in eighth place with 88 points. [2]

Track listing

  1. " Silent Storm" –2:57 [17]
  1. "Silent Storm" (Rykkinnfella Remix) –3:41 [18]

Charts

"Silent Storm"
Silent-Storm-Carl-Espen.jpg
Single by Carl Espen
Released18 February 2014
Recorded2013
Genre Pop
Length2:57
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Josefin Winther  [ no ]
Producer(s) Magnus Skylstad
Carl Espen singles chronology
"Silent Storm"
(2014)		"Holding On"
(2014)
Music video
"Silent Storm" on YouTube
Chart performance for "Silent Storm"
Chart (2014)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [19] 39
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [20] 29
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [21] 45
Denmark (Tracklisten) [22] 28
Finland Download (Latauslista) [23] 20
Germany (GfK) [24] 47
Ireland (IRMA) [25] 34
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [26] 20
Norway (VG-lista) [27] 37
Scotland (OCC) [28] 90
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [29] 40
UK Singles (OCC) [30] 97

Certifications

Certifications for "Silent Storm"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Norway (IFPI Norway) [31] Platinum10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Silent Storm"
RegionDateFormat(s)VersionLabelRef.
Various18 February 2014Single RCA Records
9 May 2014 Rykkinnfella Remix

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