Rasmussen has won the Melodi Grand Prix with his song Higher Ground and will therefore represent Denmark at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Portugal in May.
10 songs competed in the final –
Ditte Marie – Riot
Anna Ritsmar – Starlight
Rasmussen – Higher Ground
Sannie – Boys On Girls
Sandra – Angels To My Battlefield
Lasse Meling – Unfound
Carlsen – Standing Up For Love
KARUI – Signals
Rikke Ganer-Tolsøe – Holder Fast i Ingenting
Albin Fredy – Music For The Road
The voting was decided by a combination of jury and public voting.
You can see Rasmussen perform his winning song below.
The local broadcaster, NRK, in Norway have announced the 10 finalists for the 2018 Melodi Grand Prix. Some familiar names are in the line up including the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest winner for Norway, Alexander Rybak. Also, back is Stella Mwangi (this time as part of a duet) from 2011.
Here are the lucky finalists –
Charla K – Stop The Music
Alejandro Fuentes – Tengo otra
Alexander Walmann – Talk To The Hand
Stella & Alexandra – You Got Me
Vidar Villa – Moren din
Tom Hugo – I Like I Like I Like
Ida Maria – Scandilove
Rebecca Thorsen – Who We Are
Nicoline – Light Me Up
Alexander Rybak – That’s How You Write A Song
All the songs can be heard at this link on the NRK website https://www.nrk.no/mgp/her-er-artistene-i-mgp-2018-1.13867010
