MGP 2020: Listen "Som du er" , third pre-qualified finalist song

Today NRK, Norwegian broadcaster, has releases, “Som du er”, third pre-qualified finalist song, that will perform in the final of MGP 2020 by Akuvi. The song was composed by Akuvi herself and Andreas "Stone" Johansson.

Beatrice Akuvi Hosen Kumordzie, 25 years old, is an artist and composer of Ghanaian origin. Her sister, Anna-Lisa, was  fourth qualified in the superfinal of MGP 2019 with "Hallo. Both sisters has collaborated with their father in different concerts. Her personal experiences, together with a four-year trip in South Africa, have allowed her to create a new style artist, where she combines South African gospel, Afropop, hip-hop and R&B, or, as she calls it "infused neo-soul of reggae".

Following the format of this year, with a finalist performance each semi-final, tomorrow Akuvi will sing the song live in the third Semi-final as guest of the show.

This semifinal will be held at the H3 Arena in Fornebu (Oslo), at 19:50 CET. The four participants from Midle region of the country, will face each other in successive duels mode until left a single winner. This winner will get the pass to the final where he will join the five selected internally by NRK, and as happened with Raylee and Rein Alexander, chosen on the first and second semi-final.

Participants of the third semi-final (25/01/2020):

JÆGER - “How About Mars” 

• Kim Wigaard & Maria Mohn - “Fool for Love” 
• Rein Alexander - “One Last Time” 
• Tore Petterson - “The Start of Something New” 

The MGP 2020 final will take place on February 15 at the Spektrum Arena in Trondheim.

Another change of this edition is the fact that the winner, both in the semi-finals and in the final,  will be selected through televoting, disappearing the international jury in this last show.

The participants of the remaining semifinals will meet on Monday of the week in which their semifinal takes place. In this way, the next ones, corresponding to the third gala, will be known on Monday, January 20th.

The last Norwegian representatives in Eurovision and chosen by this format, the KEiiNO trio, formed by Tom Hugo, Alexandra Rotan, and Fred Buljo, not only achieved a more than meritorious sixth place in the final but also won the highest score of the televoting

Source: NRK