From love to dirt in Beat for Beat

OK, let us continue writing about the Norwegian tv show Beat for Beat, because it seems to be the place where Eurovision people hang out while waiting for the real action to start. Last night we encountered an a-team and a b-team in its purest form with our not so beloved Didrik representing the latter.

Finally prime time tv gave in to Astrid's continous wish for Jostein Hasselgård on a friday night. 

Didrik Solli-Tangen of course made sure he got to sing the first song as the not so entitled primadonna he is. And we can't really decide whether he reminds us of a spoiled little brat who flipped through his father's LP collection and wanted to sound exactly like one of those 80s' macho men or if he just reminds us of Don Johnson. Nonetheless not good. Definitely not good. We're pretty goddamn embarrassed when Didrik starts up the opera, but would even say there's blasphemy going on as he delivers our beloved Frøken Frantzen in the end. And let's skip the screaming cougar with the jacket of horror and shoes of the porn star next door, who btw suits him pretty well.

The contrast is huge to our all time favorite hunk Jostein Hasselgård paired up with Eurovision choir chick pro Åshild Stensrud. Now this man is just too good to be true, and can do just about any song better than the original. Also just love how he cuts off Didrik when he tries to be something that could sound like a beatbox. Guess he just shares our idea of Beat for Beat, which is having fun with music and singing well, not just clinging to your somewhat vanishing celebrity status.

So in the end nothing changed during this hour of Beat for Beat, except maybe for the fact that Jostein stole A1's Beat for Beat throne. We still have a major crush on mr Hasselgård and still have no respect of Didrik whatsoever. But hey, there's always a reason to spend some time with Jostein. And there's even a Eurovision medley in there for you to decode. Click here to watch the whole show or watch one horrible part of it below.

We need you, you (you)

So, guess this has been the weekend where all the MGP stars showed us what else they can do. We already know Maria can dance, but did you also know A1 can sing?

Eh, wait a moment.. That's the ONLY thing they can do. But at least now they also can sing in Norwegian prime time TV shows. Since GEE never hit the boyband wave, we were actually quite surprised by how charmed we were after meeting these guys in May. Guess common distrust of the Per Sundnes methods really can unite the most unlikely group of people.

We bring you the last part of the show, starting with Ben Adams talking about revolution. LOL, that's one thing we never thought he'd do. But apart from that, they still hit our spots in this show, so much loved by us to begin with. And this Mark Daniel Read really proves once again that he is a little bit better than most boybandies. Setting aside the slight worry A1 might be on a rolldown when they have to participate in family shows like this, we approve of their energy and star behavior. How lucky is the Norwegian state to be housing these charm buckets? (Nope, we didn't mention Christian Ingebrigtsen in our praising. Consider it a political statement connected to FrP)

Take a look, skip the first few second of grey, notice the audience gals about to faint in the front row, be mad at Ivar Dyrhaug for not wanting to sing with Ben Adams and please fast forward over the blonde spreckled hen trying to sing Dolly Parton for a while there.