VIDEO: Bouncer wins Norway Eurovision spot
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17 Mar, 2014
Updated Mon 17 Mar 2014 11:59 CEST
Norway has chosen the thick-set former bouncer Carl Espen to represent it at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, betting on a piano-driven ballad rather than the usual frenetic Europop.
Espen, who at 32 is older than the usual Eurovision entry, worked as a bouncer in Bergen nightclubs, as a carpenter, and as a soldier serving in Kosovo, before making his breakthrough as a singer. He won Norway Melodi Grand Prix on Saturday night, beating Utøya survivor Mo Abdi Farah, Linnea Dale, and Knut Nesdal. The song Silent Storm, by the singer-songwriter Josefin Winther, is described on Espen's website as an "intense, fragile and powerful ballad". It is backed by sparse piano and has a sort of folky celtic melody. Have a listen here:
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Espen, who at 32 is older than the usual Eurovision entry, worked as a bouncer in Bergen nightclubs, as a carpenter, and as a soldier serving in Kosovo, before making his breakthrough as a singer.
He won Norway Melodi Grand Prix on Saturday night, beating Utøya survivor Mo Abdi Farah, Linnea Dale, and Knut Nesdal.
The song Silent Storm, by the singer-songwriter Josefin Winther, is described on Espen's website as an "intense, fragile and powerful ballad". It is backed by sparse piano and has a sort of folky celtic melody.
Have a listen here:
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