Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Norway will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy with "Give That Wolf a Banana" performed by Subwoolfer. The Norwegian broadcaster (NRK) organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix "2022" in order to select the Norwegian entry for the 2022 contest. 21 entries were selected to compete in the national final, which consists of seven shows: four semi-finals, two Last chance round shows and a final. Ten entries ultimately qualified to compete in the final that took place on 19 February 2022 and the winner was determined over two  rounds of voting. Background. Prior to the 2022 contest, Norway has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty times since its first entry in . Norway has won the contest on three occasions: in with the song "" performed by Bobbysocks!, in with the song "" performed by Secret Garden and in with the song "Fairytale" performed by Alexander Rybak. Norway also has the two dubious distinctions of having finished last in the Eurovision final more than any other country and for having the most (zero points) in the contest, the latter being a record the nation shared together with Austria. The country  has finished last eleven times and has failed to score a point in four contests. Following the introduction of semi-finals for , Norway has finished in the top ten eight times. In , "Fallen Angel" performed by Tix qualified to the final and placed eighteenth. The Norwegian national broadcaster, (NRK), broadcasts the event within Norway and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. NRK confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest on 28 May 2021. The broadcaster has traditionally organised the national final , which has selected the Norwegian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in  all but one of their participations. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster revealed details regarding their selection procedure and announced the organization of "2022" in order to select the 2022 Norwegian entry. Before Eurovision. Melodi Grand Prix "2022". "2022" was the 60th edition of the Norwegian national final which selected Norway's entry for the 2022 contest. The competition took place at the H3 Arena in Fornebu and consists of four semi-finals between 15 January and 5 February, two Last chance round shows on 7 and 12 February, and a final on 19 February. The seven shows were  hosted by , , and . The national final was televised on NRK1 and NRK TV as well as streamed online at NRK's official website "nrk.no". Final. Ten songs consisting of the four semi-final and Last chance qualifiers alongside five pre-qualified songs competed during the final on 19 February 2022. The winner was selected over two rounds of voting, with the four-way Gold Final being dropped for the first time since 2015. At Eurovision. According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom ) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 25 January 2022, an 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 has been placed into the first  semi-final, to be held on 10 May 2022, and has been scheduled to perform in the second half of the show. Once all the competing songs for the 2022 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 16, following the entry from and before the entry from .