I'll admit it – I can hum every Eurovision winner and I love rewatching the nail-biting 1993 contest. If only the UK took things as seriously as me, we might stand a chance of winning My name is John and I am a fan of the Eurovision song contest. Not an ironic, one-night-a-year, let's get pissed and laugh at our silly, backward European neighbours and jokily bemoan the inevitability of the UK finishing last fan. A bona fide, hardcore, 365-day Eurovision obsessive. I could tell you every winning entrant in chronological order and hum most of them. My idea ...

Yes, yes, yes! Melodifestivalen is back for another year, and it's poised to be the biggest yet. While I can't say I'm behind the decision to post the clips in these weird lo-fi audio/video teasers this year, that doesn't mean I won't follow tradition and do some preliminary ratings before the show tomorrow. As always, my opinion can radically change once I've heard the songs in full, but that's half the fun! ( Listen to clips here ) Dilba - Try Again This sounds so much clubbier than I expected to. Not necessarily a bad ...

Norwegian metallers KEEP OF KALESSIN performed a version of their song "The Divine Land" with Eurovision Song Contest 2009 winner Alexander Rybak last night (Saturday, January 15) as the intermission act during the first semifinal of the Norwegian national Eurovision Song Contest competition "Melodi Grand Prix".

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart: 01. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka 02. Contrazt - Ser på verden 03. Vestlandsfanden - Livets Glade Plommer 04. A-ha - 25 05. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel 06. Kvelertak - Kvelertak 07. Guren Hagen - Alle de beste 08. Roy Lønhøiden - Tilbake i tid - de beste sangene 09. Aasmund Nordstoga - Friaren 10. Alexander Rybak - No Boundaries 11. Jan Toft - Alle e aleina 12. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og Deilig - Knutsen og Ludvigsen 13. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn 14. Trond Granlund - Sanger jeg lærte av faren min 15. Celine - Jentekveld 16. Ingeborg Selnes - Heartcore 17. Lars Vaular - Helt ...

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart: 01. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka 02. Contrazt - Ser på verden 03. Motorpsycho - Timothy's Monster 04. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel 05. Alexander Rybak - No Boundaries 06. Jan Toft - Alle e aleina 07. Vestlandsfanden - Livets Glade Plommer 08. Kvelertak - Kvelertak 09. Aasmund Nordstoga - Friaren 10. Guren Hagen - Alle de beste 11. Roy Lønhøiden - Tilbake i tid - de beste sangene 12. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn 13. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og Deilig - Knutsen og Ludvigsen 14. Trond Granlund - Sanger jeg lærte av faren min 15. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen ...

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart: 01. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka 02. Contrazt - Ser på verden 03. Alexander Rybak - No Boundaries 04. Aasmund Nordstoga - Friaren 05. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel 06. Kvelertak - Kvelertak 07. Guren Hagen - Alle de beste 08. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn 09. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og Deilig - Knutsen og Ludvigsen 10. Roy Lønhøiden - Tilbake i tid - de beste sangene 11. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen 12. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life 13. Trond Granlund - Sanger jeg lærte av faren min 14. Madrugada - Industrial Silence 15. StMorritz - Tusenvis av ting 16 ...

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart: 01. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka 02. Contrazt - Ser på verden 03. Alexander Rybak - No Boundaries 04. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel 05. Aasmund Nordstoga - Friaren 06. Kvelertak - Kvelertak 07. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn 08. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life 09. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Knutsen & Ludvigsens beste 10. Madrugada - Industrial Silence 11. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen 12. Divin' Ducks - Best Of 13. Steff Nevers - Ain't no bad life 14. Diverse artister - Go'natt 15. Celine - Jentekveld 16. Trond Granlund - Sanger jeg lærte av faren min 17. Guren Hagen ...

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart: 01. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka 02. Contrazt - Ser på verden 03. Alexander Rybak - No Boundaries 04. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel 05. Kvelertak - Kvelertak 06. Guren Hagen - Alle de beste 07. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn 08. Aasmund Nordstoga - Friaren 09. Madrugada - Industrial Silence 10. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen 11. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og Deilig - Knutsen og Ludvigsen 12. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life 13. Gitarkameratene - Kanon! Gitarkameratenes aller beste 14. Celine - Jentekveld 15. Divin' Ducks - Best Of 16. Steff Nevers - Ain't no bad life 17. A-ha ...

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart: 01. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka 02. Madrugada - Industrial silence 03. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel 04. Kvelertak - Kvelertak 05. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn 06. Aasmund Nordstoga - Friaren 07. Tre Små Kinesere - Kjærlighet på tunga 08. Alexander Rybak - No Boundaries 09. Celine - Jentekveld 10. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life 11. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen 12. Gitarkameratene - Kanon! Gitarkameratenes aller beste 13. Liv Marit Wedvik - Solid Ground 14. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og Deilig - Knutsen og Ludvigsen 15. Venke Knutson - Smiles - The Very Best Of 16. A-ha - Hunting high and ...

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart: 01. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka 02. Kvelertak - Kvelertak 03. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn 04. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen 05. Celine - Jentekveld 06. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og Deilig - Knutsen og Ludvigsen 07. Tre Små Kinesere - Kjærlighet på tunga 08. Alexander Rybak - No Boundaries 09. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life 10. Gitarkameratene - Kanon! Gitarkameratenes aller beste 11. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel 12. Aasmund Nordstoga - Friaren 13. Liv Marit Wedvik - Solid Ground 14. Venke Knutson - Smiles - The Very Best Of 15. Trond Granlund - Sanger jeg lærte av faren min ...

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart: 01. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka 02. Kvelertak - Kvelertak 03. Alexander Rybak - No Boundaries 04. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn 05. Tre Små Kinesere - Kjærlighet på tunga 06. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen 07. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel 08. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Knutsen & Ludvigsens beste 09. Liv Marit Wedvik - Solid Ground 10. Gitarkameratene - Kanon! Gitarkameratenes aller beste 11. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life 12. Steff Nevers - Ain't no bad life 13. Venke Knutson - Smiles - The Very Best Of 14. Purified In Blood - Under Black Skies 15. Thomas Dybdahl - Waiting ...

"Kathy, why not me?" Unless you're willing to wade through some serious schmaltz (and some very... interesting lyrics), I don't recommend Alexander Rybak's new album. There's certainly nothing as strong as Fairytale , nor is the overall quality up to that of his debut. But, there is one standout worth noting. Why Not Me is an interesting rock/pop song, partly because it's so straight forward. There's no mention of magic dolphins or drowning horses or any of the other odd stuff he usually sings about. Instead, we get a slightly 80's sounding rocker ...

Alexander Rybak slog sönder fiolen före sitt uppträdande hos "Lotta på...

Lena Meyer-Landrut's catchy pop song edged out Turkey and Romania as the continent put aside its financial woes for a night of musical exuberance in Oslo. The 19-year-old had been second favorite among leading bookmakers but first in a Google program that also correctly projected last year's winner, Norwegian fiddler Alexander Rybak.

Here are the winners of this year's Spellemannprisen, the Norwegian equivilent to the Grammy: Female Artist: Noora Noor - Soul Deep (Blue Mood) Male Artist: Sivert Höyem - Moon Landing (Hektor Grammofon) Pop Group: Montée - Isle Of Now (VME) Electronica: Röyksopp - Junior (Virgin/EMI Music Norway) Rock: John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen - For Sant Til Å Være Godt (VME) Metal: The Cumshots - A Life Less Necessary (Rodeostar) Hip-hop: Tommy Tee - Studio Time (Bonnier Amigo Music) Jazz: Tord Gustavsen Ensemble - Restored, Returned (ECM) Open Class: Kristin Asbjørnsen - The Night Shines Like The Day (Emarcy/Universal Music) Lyrics: Kjartan Kristiansen/Aslak Dørum - DumDum Boys; Tidsmaskin (EMI Music Norway) Best Newcomer: Donkeyboy - Caught in a life (Warner Norway Music Video: Donkeyboy - "Ambitions" Hit of the Year: Donkeyboy - "Ambitions" Spellemann of the Year: Alexander Rybak More here: http://spellemann.no/