Norway - TIX - Fallen Angel

Both versions have the same digital release image.

18 - 75 pts 10 - 115 pts in semi 1
TIX is the winner of the 2021 Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix. His song the Fallen Angel will represent Norway in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. TIX wrote the song himself with English lyrics by Emelie Hollow. 

TIX (Andreas Haukeland) was already allocated a place in the final and when he first introduced the song (in the semi 1 broadcast) it was performed in Norwegian as Ut Av Mørket (Out of the dark). TIX wrote the lyrics to the Norwegian version himself.

Ut Av Mørket was released on January 15, Fallen Angel was released on February 20. Both songs are available to stream and buy digitally.

2022: On the night of the first semi-final it was revealed that our TIX is the DJ?Astronaut in the golden suit in Subwoolfer, the Norwegian act for the Turin Songcontest.

Norway's Melodi Grand Prix had 6 nights of songs to select their 60th* Eurovision entry. With the final on Februari 20.

The selection was a mix of invited artists who already had a place in the final and 4 songs each week battling it out for the other final spots. 

2019 Eurovision stars KEiiNO finished second with Monument.

Another familiar name was Ketil Stokkan who gave us Romeo in 1986 (12th place) and Brandenburger Tor in 1990 (21st).

All participating songs are released through the usual digital platforms.

2020 MGP winner Ulrikke Brandstorp declined a spot in the 2021 MGP.

* 60th including 2020. 

Versions

Fallen Angel - English

- digital 20-2, Rotterdam 2CD

Ut Av Mørket - Norwegian

- digital release 15-1

Fallen Angel - karaoke 

- The karaoke has backing vocals but no lyrics so it can be used for both language versions.

- karaoke on the official karaoke album (digital)

Charts

(Norwegian version) Norwegian VG lista top 40: 3, 4, 4, 6, 7, 1, 4, 6, 11, 17, 19, 19, 28, 34, -, -, 40, 32, 15, 38, -

(English version) Norwegian VG lista top 40: 3, 2, 7, 17, 27, 31, 35, -, re: 27, 4, 14, 24, 30, -

Netherlands single top 100: 65, -

Sweden top 100 (Topplistan): 41, 74, -

Finland top 20 (IFPI): 20, 20, -

Links and sources
Watch the MGP shows here at NRK

- If you click Vis Flere Episoder you can watch most MGP's from 1965 to 2020. At first it appeared to be geoblocked but when I tried again it worked.

NRK MGP pages (English intro / Norwegian)

TIX Website, Facebook, Instagram