Norway
Eurovision debut: 1960
Total appearances to date: 61
Best finish: Three-time winners - 1985 (Bobbysocks!, 'La det swinge'), 1995 (Secret Garden, 'Nocturne'), 2009 (Alexander Rybak, 'Fairytale')
2023 performance: Fifth with 'Queen of Kings' by Alessandra
Official broadcaster: NRK
2024 selection process: National selection, 'Melodi Grand Prix 2024'
Artist: Gate
Song: 'Ulveham'
Songwriter(s): Gunnhild Sundli, Magnus Bormark, Jon Even Scharer, Marit Jensen Lillebuen, Ronny Graff Janssen, Sveinung Ekloo Sundli
Language: Norwegian
Sounds Like: Evanescence
Official music video
Lyrics
(English translation)
I was a very fine and beautiful maiden
With an evil stepmother. My mother had died.
She transformed me into a sword and a needle
And sent me off to the King's estate.
The wrath of my stepmother grew
When all the fine people loved me most.
She gave me the hide of a grey wolf
And forced me to go into the woods alone.
And I would never be whole and good
Before I had drunk of my brother's blood.
Performance schedule: Gate will perform 15th in the first semi-final on Tuesday, May 7
Bookmaker odds: 80/1
Neil Wilkes
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