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Melodi Grand Prix Nordic 2008 was the fourth Nordic Melodi Grand Prix

MGP Nordic

MGP Nordic is a Scandinavian song contest for children aged 8 to 15, organized by DR, NRK, SVT and YLE through FST5...

Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...

n song contest for children. The contest was held on November 29, 2008 in Aarhus

Aarhus

Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...

, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

and the participating countries were Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, Denmark

Denmark

and Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. Each country submitted two songs to participate in the first round with the top placing entry from each country proceeding to the super-final. The winner of the MGP Nordic 2008 was Norway's The BlackSheeps

The BlackSheeps

The BlackSheeps is a band from Nesseby in northern Norway. Their breakthrough came following their participation in the MGP jr, a song contest for children organised by Norwegian state broadcaster NRK. Having won MGP jr 2008 with the song Oro jaska, beana the group went on to represent Norway in...

with "Oro jaska beana

Oro jaska, beana

"Oro jaska beana" is a song by Norwegian group The BlackSheeps. It won both the Norwegian MGP jr contest in September 2008 and went on to win MGP Nordic 2008, beating songs from Denmark, Sweden and Finland.The song reached #1 in the official Norwegian charts....

Format

Each country partakes in a national selection for MGP Nordic. The top two songs from each country proceed to MGP Nordic. Eight songs participate in the contest to make it more substantial. All eight songs in the Final are performed. After the eight songs have been performed the Scandinavia

Scandinavia

n countries vote for their favourite. After the voting has closed, the top song from each participating country is announced. The top four songs then sing again in the Super Final. The Scandinavian countries then vote again for their favourites. The winner is announced after the second round of voting has taken place. The voting system is different to the Eurovision

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Junior Eurovision Song Contest

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest , is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union annually since 2003 and is open exclusively to broadcasters that are members of the EBU. It is held in a different European city each year.The competition has many...

. It is also different to the Eurovision Dance Contest

Eurovision Dance Contest

The Eurovision Dance Contest was an international dancing competition that was held for the first time in the United Kingdom on Saturday 1 September 2007....

, making it unique in European contests. The percentage of votes given by a country is translated directly into points, eg. 21% equals 21 points. No country can get nil points as each country gives points to every country. A country cannot vote for themselves, like in the Eurovision contests. The winning song then sings again as the credits roll.

Denmark

The Johanssons consist of brothers Mattias and Marcus. Their song "En for alle, alle for en", which means "One For All, All For One", is a pop-rock song about the need to care for each other.
Sandra Monique will sing the song "Hola chica" which means "Hey Girl". The song is about friendship at a distance. Sandra is 12 years old and her biggest idols are Lil Mama and Chris Brown. In her spare time she practices gymnastics, singing and dancing. In the future she hopes to become a singer or a photographer.

Finland

Footboys are a group from Finland. The duo consists of friends Anton and Ivar. Like the band name suggests, these two boys are very interested in football and the song "Fotboll" is a song just about football!
No fewer than six band members are in the group Big Bang! The six friends are competing with a contribution entitled "Här är vi", which means "Here We Are" and the song is about their love for music.

Norway

"Oro jaska beana" is the song sung by The BlackSheeps
The BlackSheeps
The BlackSheeps is a band from Nesseby in northern Norway. Their breakthrough came following their participation in the MGP jr, a song contest for children organised by Norwegian state broadcaster NRK. Having won MGP jr 2008 with the song Oro jaska, beana the group went on to represent Norway in...

. The song title roughly means "Be Quiet Dog" and is about a dog that is fat and unhealthy and eventually dies from high blood pressure. The group consists of three girls and a boy all aged 14 or 15.
The Battery consists of four fourteen-year-old boys. The boys have played together since December 2006 and have written over 10 songs as a band. One of them is the song "Tenke nå", which means "Think Now", and deals with climate issues. The song invites us to reflect on what actually is happening to the environment and nature and that it is time to do something about global warming. In October 2008, the band gained a new member to play the bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

.

Sweden

Linn is 15. She is growing up in Falun and plays both violin and piano. She usually writes her songs on the piano. In Linn's spare time she watches films and listens to Evanescence.
When fourteen-year-old Jonna from Färgelanda listens to music, it is often Avril Lavigne songs. She describes herself as a positive girl who likes to be with her friends and also likes to sing. A rare talent she has is that she can "tremble" with her eyes.

Final

Each of the Scandinavia

Scandinavia

n countries were represented by two artists. The artist with the most votes from each country proceeded to the Super Final. The Johanssons represented Denmark in the Super Final, Footboys represented Finland in the Super Final, The BlackSheeps represented Norway and Jonna represented Sweden.

_{Running order from YLE}

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	Result
01	Denmark	Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...	The Johanssons	"En for alle, alle for en"	One for all, all for one	Super-final
02	Norway	Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...	The Battery	"Tenke nå"	Think now	Out
03	Sweden	Swedish Swedish language Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...	Linn	"En sång från hjärtat"	A song from the heart	Out
04	Finland	Swedish Swedish language Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...	Footboys	"Fotboll"	Football	Super-final
05	Denmark	Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language... , Spanish Spanish language Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...	Sandra Monique	"Hola chica"	Hello girl	Out
06	Norway	Sami, Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...	The BlackSheeps The BlackSheeps The BlackSheeps is a band from Nesseby in northern Norway. Their breakthrough came following their participation in the MGP jr, a song contest for children organised by Norwegian state broadcaster NRK. Having won MGP jr 2008 with the song Oro jaska, beana the group went on to represent Norway in...	"Oro jaska beana Oro jaska, beana "Oro jaska beana" is a song by Norwegian group The BlackSheeps. It won both the Norwegian MGP jr contest in September 2008 and went on to win MGP Nordic 2008, beating songs from Denmark, Sweden and Finland.The song reached #1 in the official Norwegian charts.... "	Be quiet, dog (or) Shut up, dog	Super-final
07	Sweden	Swedish Swedish language Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...	Jonna	"Kommer jag våga"	Will I dare	Super-final
08	Finland	Swedish Swedish language Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...	Big Bang!	"Här är vi"	Here we are	Out

Super-final

Each country sang their songs again for the Scandinavian public. The viewers then voted for the second time whilst the second interval act took place. This included the MGP Nordic Allstars singing the MGP Nordic Medley about music. The results were announced by puppets for each country. Each song gained points depending on the percentage of votes they won from each country. Norway was the runaway winner with 74 points more than second placed Denmark.

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points
01	Denmark	Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...	The Johanssons	"En for alle, alle for en"	One for all, all for one	2	90
02	Finland	Swedish Swedish language Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...	Footboys	"Fotboll"	Football	4	70
03	Norway	Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... , Sami	The BlackSheeps The BlackSheeps The BlackSheeps is a band from Nesseby in northern Norway. Their breakthrough came following their participation in the MGP jr, a song contest for children organised by Norwegian state broadcaster NRK. Having won MGP jr 2008 with the song Oro jaska, beana the group went on to represent Norway in...	"Oro jaska beana Oro jaska, beana "Oro jaska beana" is a song by Norwegian group The BlackSheeps. It won both the Norwegian MGP jr contest in September 2008 and went on to win MGP Nordic 2008, beating songs from Denmark, Sweden and Finland.The song reached #1 in the official Norwegian charts.... "	Be quiet, dog (or) Shut up, dog	1	164
04	Sweden	Swedish Swedish language Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...	Jonna	"Kommer jag våga"	Will I dare	3	76

Voting

	Televoting Results

Jonna	76		25	30	21
The BlackSheeps	164	51		53	60
The Johanssons	90	19	52		19
Footboys	70	30	23	17

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