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Choose the Norwegians on Saturday 27 February next year their songfestivalkandidaat for Stockholm, according to MGP-baas Jan Fredrik Karlsen. That writes ESCNorge.

At a meeting of the Norwegian branch of the Eurovision OGAE Association was also Jan Frederik Karlsen. Since June this year he is the new mastermind behind the Norwegian Melodi Grand PrixEurovision heat,. He commented a corner of the veil on for the edition of 2016.

As with this year’s Edition, there are no preliminary rounds, and the final will be only a suitable Norwegian participant. In March this year that the broadcaster NRK no wind eggs: with more than 1.2 million viewers was the most viewed Melodi Grand Prix 2015 Edition in years. There will also be a song less in the race than the last time. Then there were eleven songs, will next year that there are only ten.

‘ There will be a song that one hates, but the other great finds, and a group with an interesting history that many will charm ‘, Karlsen still know. He is positive that there will be again a wide variety in genres, with which he is referring to that the songs already selected.

The ten songs are announced in January of next year . Doing well the final place in the Oslo Spektrum, and as with Juliet and MGP 2015 will Kare Manus Bergh presenters. The Norwegian final is scheduled for Saturday 27 February next year.

On the last song festival in Vienna was the Scandinavian country eighth with the song A Monster Like Me by the duo Mørland and Dawn Scarlett (photo).