Grand Prix veteran believes that the public’s sense of justice is challenged when an artist who are caught cheating get another chance.
Wednesday it became known that Eurovision contribution of the artist and hitprodusenten Freddy Kalas is disqualified from this year’s contest.
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NRK content themselves However, with dic song, or more specifically: The chorus. The artist will be on. Now says Jan Fredrik Karlsen Freddy Kalas gets set with the song “Feel Da Rush,” which replaces the now rejected “Happy Rush.”
– Half of the song is the same as it was originally, but they have written a new chorus. And then there is zero problem for us to bring the track in Grand Prix, says Karlsen.
Jostein Pedersen, NRK Grand Prix commentator from 1994 to 2007, is not impressed by the solution.
– Ethically, this is of course not correct, says Pedersen told VG.
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disputed: Fredrik Auke, better known as Freddy Kalas. Photo: NTB SCANPIX
He is in principle in favor of the Grand Prix has a so popular and topical artist as 25-year-old from Drammen.
– But an artist competition is something quite other than a singing competition. Grand Prix is a singing competition. Here priority has been given artist.
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Pedersen understand that NRK hurry to get the puzzle space, but also believes that the state channel could have gone for other solutions – for example, to hold the finals on February 27, with only the nine other finalists.
– I think people’s sense of justice is put to the test here, and it does not deserve Grand Prix in its 60th year. There is a risk NRK runner and must accept the consequences. To ask such programs reputation into disrepute is quite serious.
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Grand Prix veteran does not seem that Freddy Kalas’ plagiarism maneuver is something to be proud of.
– When you first sign up for such a contest must respect the rules.
BELIEVE KALAS GET SPECIAL TREATMENT: Morten Thomassen in the Norwegian Grand Prix- club. Photo: NTB SCANPIX
Morten Thomassen, leader of the Norwegian Grand Prix team, points out that Kalas is among the artists NRK has applied to for the competition, in Unlike the hundreds of hopefuls who submit contributions.
– As you may have little clearers rules than if you are in “submitted photos» -Bunker.
Thomassen also believe that Kalas as a professional talented songsmith has another advantage.
– If this concerned a different, lesser artist would this perhaps struggled to come up with a new låtbidrag in 24 hours. I assume that artists like Kalas has some tunes in the back. NRK will surely have a song in the genre, and they know what they get out of him.
– How do you think people perceive this, that one is caught for cheating in a competition and still get to continue ?
– Of what I’ve read on the net it seems that some think it is okay, others think it is very unfair. I also believe there may be more noise around this if he wins the Grand Prix.
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Margaret Berger won the Grand Prix in 2013 and took Norway to fourth place in the Eurovision Song Contest. She thinks to see why NRK wants Kalas the party.
– I think that NRK would like Kalas with because he made great success in streaming and has many fans. He is an important artist to have Grand Prix now, because he reaches a young segment.
One of Norway’s most ardent Grand Prix enthusiasts, Anders Tangen, has written a blog post about the situation.
“Freddy Kalas should in my opinion not participate with another song when his original is disqualified” , he writes.
“For To quote Jan Fredrik Karslen at the press conference on January 19: “The melody trumps artist.” I agree. Therefore, it is strange that the artist gets set with another song when the song will be disqualified. Out of respect for all the other songwriters who submitted one of the 1,000 submitted songs should one of those selected. “
Jan Fredrik Karlsen However, little sensitive to criticism.
GRAND PRIX-GENERAL: Jan Fredrik Karlsen. Photo: NTB SCANPIX
– There are peak that Jostein Pedersen engages in this, but here he is completely out and bicycles. Now he talks without actually having the knowledge of what it’s about.
– What do you think about how this is perceived by contributors who are not asked to participate in the Grand Prix of you?
– My task in Grand Prix is to find the best songs and find artists who can best capture the songs on stage. And the new Freddy Kalas song-beating everything else that is submitted anyway, so there is no problem.
– Do not you see something problematic in that one of the artists are caught cheating and still get to be with?
– You may well use the word cheating, but there is no one who has gone into this and tried to fool anyone. There has been an unfortunate situation that the guys have settled long flat and apologized. And when they have now come up with this new refrain we are happy.
– Is it especially important to have Freddy Kalas in Grand Prix because he is so popular?
– Freddy is because I have motivated him to see the Grand Prix as an opportunity. It embraced him and his people with great enthusiasm. It gives a credibility effect that he takes the current Norwegian broad popular into the MGP circus, and we are mortal grateful for.
Freddy Kalas itself concedes that it disqualified contribution was an attempt to improve his five year old song “Cannabus.”
– What we tried was to create something new from an old work, a song we wanted to refresh the little but so shat ourselves a little out here. It is a hundred, no, thousands percent original now.
About the criticism in general, he says:
– Totally agree with Karlsen!
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