11/02/12 NORWAY

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The Norwegian Final was held on February 11th at the Spektrum in Oslo, hosted by Marte Stokstad & Per Sundnes. Previous to the final, there were 3 semi-finals consisting of 8 songs each.

The final was won by the song “Stay” sung by Tooji. The song itself sounds very current and could easily be heard on the radio waves of Europe. Although its sound is very Western in its production the addition of some Eastern style elements in the backing track as well as some of the choreography (which also complement his background) will widen its appeal.

The performance is quite clever. It seems like a very active performance from the singer, however on closer looking Tooji barely moves from the spot. It seems like they have looked and learnt from Eric Saade’s performance from last year and produced a version of the song that can actually be performed and sung without spoiling the vocal. Not too sure about the excess smoke at the end…

All in all I think this is a very good song choice by the Norwegians, a solid chance of qualifying but possibly not an overall winner.

SONG  - Stay

ARTIST – Tooji

COMPOSERS – Tooji Keshtkar, Peter Boström and Figge Boström

LANGUAGE – English