Morten Thomassen is still busy looking at all 12 songs that failed to make it to the 2023 Norwegian Eurovision final. ESC Covers google translated this from Norwegian to English.

From time to time, NRK finds out that they are going to let an artist debut as just that on an MGP stage, I’m not sure if it’s the right place to do it.

An MGP participation does not only involve singing, here you have to think about camera angles, facial expressions and other empathy necessary to perform a song.

Not that I think that Tiril with a 35% final chance lost her way in any way, but it is noticeable that she is on unknown grounds.

This is a lovely ballad and I will of course honor Tiril for making an outstanding debut, but there are some shortcomings in the performance which possibly dragged it down.

She becomes too introverted and in a way does not get her message across and that is not good in such a heartfelt ballad.

One can only wonder how this song would have gone if some of the female composers of this song had taken the stage.

Photo credit – Morten Thomassen