NRK organises a special preview show of all acts competing at Eurovision Song Contest. First edition of “Adresse Europa” (Address Europe) aired back in 2012 with the name “Adresse Baku” when both the host city and all the competing songs at Eurovision 2012 were presented and reviewed by the panel of singers, composers and music directors as well as Eurovision fans. Each week around 8 songs are reviewed with the jurors scoring songs from 1 to 12 points.
Top three acts chosen by the panelists since 2017 are as follows:
Adresse Kiev – 2017: 1. Israel, 2. Norway, 3. Armenia;
Adresse Lisboa – 2018: 1. Austria & Greece, 2. Belarus, 3. Finland;
Adresse Tel Aviv – 2019: 1. Cyprus, 2. Italy, 3. Azerbaijan;
Adresse Europa 2020: 1. MGP 1989 Jahn Teigen – Optimist; 2. Ireland 1987 – Johnny Logan – Hold Me Now & Austria 2014 – Conchita Wurst – Rise Like a Phoenix and 3. Moldova 2010 – Sunstroke Project feat. Olia Tira – Runaway
Adresse Rotterdam 2021: 1. Italy – Måneskin – “Zitti e buoni”; 2. Malta – Destiny – “Je me casse” and 3. Switzerland – Gjon’s Tears – “Tout l‘Univers”
Adresse Torino 2022: 1. France – Alvan & Ahez – “Fulenn”; 2. Greece – Amanda Tenfjord – “Die Together” and 3. Sweden – Cornelia Jakobs – “Hold Me Closer”
Adresse Liverpool 2023: 1. France – La Zarra – “Evidement”; 2. Finland – Käärijä – “Cha Cha Cha” and 3. a tie between Sweden – Loreen – “Tattoo” and Belgium – Gustaph – “Because of You”
You can watch all the previous shows in Norwegian at the link HERE.
The show is hosted by Marte Stokstad, who is joined by an expert panel of judges three are its permanent members while the fourth one changes in each episode of the show the regular panelists are: Ingeborg Heldal, journalist and editor of Kvinner og Klær magazine, second is a well known participant at Melodi Grand Prix, 3rd place of MGP 2015 with “En godt stekt pizza” together with Lazz and an artist who took part last year as the member of Landeveiens Helter, Stian “Staysman” Thorbjørnsen, and the third regular member is the famous Norwegian comedian, Kevin Vågenes. The four of them are joined by the four Eurovision fans. Applications to become the guest fan at the judging panel are open you can access them HERE.
The show will start airing on 5th of April. It will feature five episodes every Friday ahead of Eurovision with the last one set to take place on the 3rd of May.
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